User did not grant camera or microphone permissions in the popupĪnother application or browser tab is using the camera (common on Windows) Import ) Documentation requestMediaPermissions() Errors Error Type (MediaPermissionsError)īrowser does not have access to camera or microphone (common on macOS) mic-check categorizes the major errors and allows you to focus on building a great experience! Installation Handling these errors across browsers and OS's can be difficult, but is crucial to a great user experience. Oh, and Firefox is the only one with any error documentation at all. Whereas being unable to start the video stream due to another application using it is more Windows specific. Some problems, like the system denying permission, are more common on macOS. () is now available on all major browsers, but it returns different errors for the same problems across various browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari) and operating systems (macOS, Windows). Ideally, you should be able to use the Permissions API to request media device access, but it isn't yet available on Safari which accounts for a significant group of users.
One of the most frustrating pieces of building a video chatting website is helping the user set up camera and microphone access. You can, however, use the code included in the examples. Note: This library does not include any UI or components and is designed to help you implement those pieces more easily through better error handling.
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