Motion Stills – Now on Android

Re:Motion Stills – Now on Android by bambax on Friday July 21, 2017 @03:05AM (#14818626)

> In order to display your Motion Stills stream immediately, our algorithm computes and stores the necessary stabilizing transformation as a low resolution texture map. We leverage this texture to apply the stabilization transform using the GPU in real-time during playback, instead of writing a new, stabilized video that would tax your mobile hardware and battery.

But doesn't this mean videos can only be shared/viewed within the app? How does one share videos with users that are not on Android 5.1+ then (and who therefore can't even install the app)?

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Re:Motion Stills – Now on Android by pgeorgi on Friday July 21, 2017 @03:18AM (#14818674)

I think the keyword is

>> "immediately"

The GPU texture mapping thing is the strategy employed for immediate feedback in the app. The stabilized video can still be rendered to a file in the background (and/or while plugged in) later.

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