Piper Demonstration

YOU MUST FIRST PUBLISH A STREAM USING THIS APP BEFORE USING THE CONTROL ROOM APP BELOW

Publishes your webcam to the server and then plays back a unmodified and modified version of the stream back to you.

To enable your camera, click the small black box in the lower right-hand corner

To connect to a different piper server, click on the text at the bottom middle of the page, and enter a new server address in the box that comes up.

The Piper Control Room. This very basic interface allows you to take a stream that is being "published" and start adding live filters to modify the video. IT ASSUMES YOU ARE ALREADY PUBLISHING A STREAM IN THE PUBLISH APP ABOVE

To enable a video filter, select the desired filter from the drop down and then hit the "active" button.

To configure the effect, press the "config" button.

Effects are applied in order; up to 8 effects total

To clear all filters, select the "Clear Filters" button.

Each "control room" can only control one stream; use the "Set Name" button to change the stream. There is also a bug in the Control Room where if you lose your connection it will incorrectly report that no filters are currently set (although their effects will still be visible). Click "Clear Filters" to set it up again.

If another Internet Browser or user is using the Control Room at the same time that you are, well, results are likely to be somewhat undefined. This is a demo after all -- not a full functioning application with things like access control. If someone else is screwing around with the control room, try waiting a while for them to finish.

For audience members who want to watch the Piper demo. Connect to the piper server and you will see the unmodified live stream on the left, and the modified stream on the right.