Change Input Device - Javascript

During the meeting, at any point, a participant wishing to switch their input audio or video device, can do so using the below-mentioned methods.

Changing Audio Input Device

getMics()

• This method of the Meeting class will provide you with a list of all the available mics, which can be displayed in a dropdown list.

• It will return an array of objects, which will contain the deviceId and the label of the audio input device.

changeMic()

• Once you know which device you want to switch the audio input to, you can pass the deviceId to this method to change the audio input device.

Example

let meeting;

// Initialize Meeting
meeting = VideoSDK.initMeeting({
  // ...
});

const mics = await meeting?.getMics();

const { deviceId, label } = mics[0];

meeting?.changeMic(deviceId);

Getting the Audio Input Device currently in use.

• You can get the audio device that is currently in use in the meeting,using the selectedMicrophoneDevice property of the Meeting class.

Example

let meeting;

// Initialize Meeting
meeting = VideoSDK.initMeeting({
  // ...
});

// ...

console.log("Currently used Audio Input Device : ", meeting?.selectedMicrophoneDevice);

Changing Camera Input Device

getWebcams()

• This method of the Meeting class will provide you with a list of all the available cameras, which can be displayed in a dropdown list.

• This method will return an array of objects which will contain the deviceId and label of the camera input device.

changeWebcam()

• Once you know which device you want to switch the camera input to, you can pass the deviceId to this method to change the camera input device.

Example

let meeting;

// Initialize Meeting
meeting = VideoSDK.initMeeting({
  // ...
});

const webcams = await meeting?.getWebcams();

const { deviceId, label } = webcams[0];

meeting?.changeWebcam(deviceId);

Getting the Camera Device currently in use.

• You can get the camera device that is currently in use in the meeting, using the selectedCameraDevice property of the Meeting class.

Example

let meeting;

// Initialize Meeting
meeting = VideoSDK.initMeeting({
  // ...
});

// ...

console.log("Currently used Webcam : ", meeting?.selectedCameraDevice);

API Reference

The API references for all the methods and events utilized in this guide are provided below.

• getMics()
• getWebcams()
• changeMic()
• changeWebcam()