Initializing a Meeting

config()

Before initializing the meeting, you will need to first provide token. Please refer this documentation to generate a token.

//meeting configuration using VideoSDK

VideoSDK.config("<your token>");

You can initialize the meeting using a factory method provided by the SDK called initMeeting(). By passing the parameters according to the need, it will generate a new Meeting class and then return the initiated meeting.

initMeeting()

Javascript

const meeting = VideoSDK.initMeeting({
  meetingId: "abc-1234-xyz",
  name: "John Doe",
  micEnabled: true,
  webcamEnabled: true,
  maxResolution: "hd",
  multiStream: true,
  mode: "CONFERENCE", // "CONFERENCE" || "VIEWER"
});

Meeting Initialization Parameters

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meetingId

• Unique Id of the meeting where that participant will be joining.

  • type : String
  • REQUIRED

Please refer this documentation to create a room.

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name

• Name of the participant who will be joining the meeting, this name will be displayed to other participants in the same meeting.

  • type : String
  • REQUIRED

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participantId

• Unique Id of the participant. If not passed then SDK will create an Id by itself and will use that id.

  • type : String
  • OPTIONAL

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micEnabled

• Whether mic of the participant will be on while joining the meeting. If it is set to false, then mic of that participant will be disabled by default, but can be enabled or disabled later.

  • type: Boolean
  • defaultValue : true
  • OPTIONAL

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webcamEnabled

• Whether webcam of the participant will be on while joining the meeting. If it is set to false, then webcam of that participant will be disabled by default, but can be enabled or disabled later.

  • type: Boolean
  • defaultValue : true
  • OPTIONAL

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maxResolution

• Sets the maximum upload resolution of that participant's webcam stream.

  • type: String
  • value: sd | hd
  • defaultValue: sd
  • OPTIONAL

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multiStream

• Sets wheather to send multi resoultion streams while publishing video.

  • type: boolean
  • defaultValue: true
  • OPTIONAL

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customCameraVideoTrack

• Set the initial custom video track using different encoding parameters, camera facing mode, and optimization mode.

  • type: MediaStream
  • OPTIONAL

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customMicrophoneAudioTrack

• Set the initial custom audio track using different encoding parameters and optimization mode.

  • type: MediaStream
  • OPTIONAL

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mode

• OPTIONAL

• There are 2 types of modes:

  • CONFERENCE: Both audio and video streams will be produced and consumed in this mode.

  • VIEWER: Audio and video streams will not be produced or consumed in this mode.

  • defaultValue : CONFERENCE

Returns

meeting

• After initializing the meeting, initMeeting() will return a new Meeting instance.