Jitsi Meet intergration: Camera is "disabled" by default - How can I change the default setting to "enabled"?

moell9 · February 21, 2023, 1:41pm

Just a quick question:
Jitsi Meet intergration: Camera is “disabled” by default - How can I change the default setting to “enabled” ?

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dudanogueira · February 23, 2023, 10:59pm

I tried looking into this, and was not able to get some more infos

moell9 · February 24, 2023, 8:03am

But you keep looking for it please ? It’s annoying that colleagues always forget to turn on their camera. That wouldn’t happen if it was on by default.

dudanogueira · February 24, 2023, 1:46pm

I am not sure, but that looks like a privacy concern.

And this is the desired behavior, as of now. I was able to trace it back to this line:

github.com

RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/blob/develop/packages/ui-video-conf/src/hooks/useVideoConfControllers.ts#L9


      
          import { useCallback, useState } from 'react';
          
          
type controllersConfigProps = {
          	mic?: boolean;
          	cam?: boolean;
          };
          
          
export const useVideoConfControllers = (
          	initialPreferences: controllersConfigProps = { mic: true, cam: false },
          ): { controllersConfig: controllersConfigProps; handleToggleMic: () => void; handleToggleCam: () => void } => {
          	const [controllersConfig, setControllersConfig] = useState(initialPreferences);
          
          
	const handleToggleMic = useCallback((): void => {
          		setControllersConfig((prevState) => ({ ...prevState, mic: !prevState.mic }));
          	}, []);
          
          
	const handleToggleCam = useCallback((): void => {
          		setControllersConfig((prevState) => ({ ...prevState, cam: !prevState.cam }));
          	}, []);

What would be interesting, as a feature request, is to maybe remember this configuration on a global or per channel scope.

But as of now, this is the intended behavior.

moell9 · February 24, 2023, 2:44pm

Is it worth to change this file in our system ?
The file is located here:
/opt/Rocket.Chat/programs/server/npm/node_modules/@rocket.chat/ui-video-conf/src/hooks/useVideoConfControllers.ts
And cam is on false.

dudanogueira · February 25, 2023, 1:45am

It’s not that easy. hehehe

There is a whole building process involved.

But past that step, that’s the file you should change

moell9 · February 26, 2023, 11:05am

So, there isn’t a quick solution ?
As the basis of a feature request, I would see that the setting is configurable.

dudanogueira · February 27, 2023, 5:00pm

You could try using the Custom JavaScript to change that setting, but I am not sure how to do that… or if that’s even possible using this customization feature

But that would be a first try.

moell9 · February 27, 2023, 8:10pm

Which customization feature do you mean ?

dudanogueira · February 27, 2023, 8:21pm

here:

http://localhost:3000/admin/settings/Layout

Custom Scripts

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Jitsi Meet intergration: Camera is "disabled" by default - How can I change the default setting to "enabled"?