Wider video size: is it possible?

[biva]

Currently, the size of the video is 4:3 (or something similar). It's almost square, and not wide. With Skype, the video is wider: we can see more people in the room. I think it's something like 16:9 or 16:10

Is it possible to make the video wider?

Thanks! (I'm using Firefox)

It might be related to the video resolution https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed/issues/504

[biva]

Maybe some insights here: https://github.com/webrtcHacks/WebRTC-Camera-Resolution

[biva]

Hello, any update regarding this enhancement request? Thanks! :)

[nickvergessen]

Not really, it is also only in our backlog. So we are not working actively on the issue.

[biva]

@nickvergessen I found different sites where they can choose the resolution:

• https://webrtchacks.github.io/WebRTC-Camera-Resolution/
• https://blog.addpipe.com/getusermedia-video-constraints/
• https://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/getusermedia/intro/
• https://webrtc.github.io/samples/src/content/getusermedia/resolution/
• https://w3c.github.io/mediacapture-main/getusermedia.html#media-track-constraints

Do you think it would bring a solution? This issue is preventing us to use Talk with larger groups because we can't see everybody. Thanks :)

[nickvergessen]

Well good news, the way big calls are working will change with #1056 anyway.

[biva]

Ho, @nickvergessen there might be a misunderstanding. My point in larger groups is when we have several people in the same room, in front of the same camera: the video display has to be wide enough to see everybody in the room: I can't see everybody with a 4:3 format. Is it clearer?

[biva]

It looks like Constraint should be used, maybe this article gives some useful information (I'm not a developer, sorry if it doesn't help): https://webrtc.org/getting-started/media-capture-and-constraints

I also mentioned several websites using different resolutions above https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed/issues/1806#issuecomment-555623607

[ruedigerkupper]

See also #3407.

[ruedigerkupper]

I tried Jitsi today, which is WebRTC too, same browser, same camera. It instantly accessed my camera in 16:9 HD. In contrast, Nextcloud Talk accesses it 3:4 low resolution. So it seems there must be a way of selecting the mode?

[biva]

Hello @nickvergessen , would you know if there's any news on this topic?

[hoergen]

Any news? Would like to use it mainly with desktop sharing, nut the fixed 4:3 aspect ratio is a show stopper.

[ChildLearningClub]

Maybe we will get it for Christmas :)

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[pmlejnek]

I really need this feature. I use 16:9 aspect ratio and I use my own blackboard through OBS. Talk always trims my video on both sides (left and right) to 4:3. So I cannot share anything this way. The strange thing is that if I use Firefox this doesn't happen, but there is another issue (the video becomes laggy and slow) on other participants' screens. With Chrome this doesn't happen, but I have the mentioned problem. So I cannot use one or another.

[lfirewall1243]

Anything new to it? Would like to use nextcloud talk instead Jitsi, but with the bad and cropped video it’s not really usable.