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Minimal code to use webcam on Chrome browser
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| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <html lang="en"> | |
| <head> | |
| <meta charset="UTF-8"> | |
| <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> | |
| <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge"> | |
| <title>Go Live on Chrome Camera</title> | |
| </head> | |
| <style> | |
| #SourceVideo { | |
| width: 400px; | |
| border: 5px solid black; | |
| } | |
| </style> | |
| <body> | |
| <p> | |
| Minimal code to play video on Chrome, works on Edge too, but dont work on Firefox, not even with polyfill<br> | |
| <strong>Chrome</strong> - Version 71.0.3578.98 (Official Build) (64-bit)<br> | |
| <strong>Edge</strong> - Microsoft Edge 42.17134.1.0 Microsoft EdgeHTML 17.17134<br> | |
| <strong>Firefox</strong> - version 64.0 (64-bit) Firefox Release December 11, 2018, 3 days ago | |
| </p><br> | |
| <video id="SourceVideo" source="video.mp4"></video> | |
| <button>Go Live</button> | |
| <script> | |
| var video, button; | |
| window.addEventListener('load', init); | |
| function init(){ | |
| button = document.getElementsByTagName('button')[0]; | |
| video = document.getElementById('SourceVideo'); | |
| if(video.readyState >=3){ | |
| readyToPlay(); // on first load wont be ready, bc state is 0 so goes to else, eventually turns to >=3 | |
| } else { | |
| // initial config for video | |
| video.addEventListener('canplay', readyToPlay); // later it'll fire on its own thus running readyToPlay | |
| } | |
| // the on switch | |
| button.addEventListener('click', function(){ | |
| startCamera(); | |
| }); | |
| } | |
| // plays the video once eveything else is good to go | |
| function readyToPlay(){ | |
| video.play(); | |
| } | |
| // when turning switch on, main purpose to get a stream to feed video by using browser's devices (camera) | |
| function startCamera(){ | |
| if(navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia){ // if browser has a camera and can grab the user media | |
| navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({video: true, audio: true}) // can enable/disable video & audio here | |
| .then((vid_stream) => initCamera(vid_stream)) // then feeds stream | |
| .catch("console error: ",console.error); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| // camera feeds stream to video element | |
| function initCamera(stream){ | |
| // video.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(stream); // works for edge, but breaks chrome | |
| video.srcObject = stream; | |
| console.dir( video) | |
| } | |
| // MediaDevices polyfill | |
| // will work on chrome, edge, firefox, but 1 at a time | |
| (function() { | |
| var promisifiedOldGUM = function(constraints, successCallback, errorCallback) { | |
| // First get ahold of getUserMedia, if present | |
| var getUserMedia = (navigator.getUserMedia || | |
| navigator.webkitGetUserMedia || | |
| navigator.mozGetUserMedia || | |
| navigator.msGetUserMedia); | |
| // Some browsers just don't implement it - return a rejected promise with an error | |
| // to keep a consistent interface | |
| if(!getUserMedia) { | |
| return Promise.reject(new Error('getUserMedia is not implemented in this browser')); | |
| } | |
| // Otherwise, wrap the call to the old navigator.getUserMedia with a Promise | |
| return new Promise(function(successCallback, errorCallback) { | |
| getUserMedia.call(navigator, constraints, successCallback, errorCallback); | |
| }); | |
| } | |
| // Older browsers might not implement mediaDevices at all, so we set an empty object first | |
| if(navigator.mediaDevices === undefined) { | |
| navigator.mediaDevices = {}; | |
| } | |
| // Some browsers partially implement mediaDevices. We can't just assign an object | |
| // with getUserMedia as it would overwrite existing properties. | |
| // Here, we will just add the getUserMedia property if it's missing. | |
| if(navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia === undefined) { | |
| navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia = promisifiedOldGUM; | |
| } | |
| })(); | |
| // End polyfill -------- | |
| </script> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
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Minimal code to play video on Chrome, works on Edge too, but don't work on Firefox, not even with polyfill