Version 21.2.0 LA

What's new in this release?

  • API for pinning a participant's video
  • The new PinParticipant API enables you to pin a participant's video.
  • The syntax for this new API is:
  • PinParticipant({participant:Object, pin:Boolean})

Resolved issues

The following table lists the issues we have resolved in VidyoClient for WebRTC JavaScript Library Version 21.2.0 LA.

VidyoClient for WebRTC JavaScript Library Version 21.2.0 LA - resolved issues

Key

Summary

IOWEBRTC-1920

When using Chrome Canary 91, the participants list now properly displays the list of participants.

IOWEBRTC-1919

If a speaker is plugged in or unplugged while using Chrome on a Mac, the selected speaker no longer displays as "None"; instead, the correctly selected speaker is displayed.

IOWEBRTC-1915

The preview tile no longer gets overlapped by the right pane.

IOWEBRTC-1910

If a user does not allow permission to use the microphone, that user can now still hear the other users in the call.

IOWEBRTC-1909

The timestamp inside the chat bubbles now remains within the border of the bubbles.

IOWEBRTC-1905

The names of the participants in the Participants tab now display fully across the field.

IOWEBRTC-1868

The requested resolution no longer changes when the loudest speaker switches.

IOWEBRTC-1682

Video tiles are now correctly displayed in one row instead of two rows.

IOWEBRTC-1214

If a call participant shares content in a very narrow window, other users joining that call are now able to see the shared content.

IOWEBRTC-1142

On WebRTC calls, the video tiles no longer randomly change their layout when there is a mobile user in portrait mode on the call.

Known issues

The following table lists the known issues in VidyoClient for WebRTC JavaScript Library Version 21.2.0 LA.

VidyoClient for WebRTC JavaScript Library Version 21.2.0 LA - known issues

Key

Summary

IOWEBRTC-1999

If a participant in a call is pinned using the PinParticipant API, and another participant mutes their camera, the tile of the muted participant is also displayed.

IOWEBRTC-1983

When using a Pixel 4 XL on Android 11, the Chrome tab may freeze when a remote participant hangs up and rejoins the call a few times.

IOWEBRTC-1942

Because of known limitation on iOS (iPad OS), if a call participant on an iPad uses the back camera for video and the front camera for camera sharing, the iPad user will see their self-view tile as black and the other call participants will see a black tile from the iPad user.

IOWEBRTC-1921

Video tiles that drop from calls due to network conditions sometimes do not get restored when the network conditions improve.

IOWEBRTC-1906

If a call participant with more than one camera or microphone disconnects their active device while their camera/microphone drop-down list is open, the drop-down list doesn't update to display the remaining camera/microphone.

IOWEBRTC-1861

When using iOS 14, audio artifacts can be heard for a few seconds after the remote participant starts speaking.

IOWEBRTC-1860

When using Safari Technology Preview 121 on a Mac with an Intel processor, users are unable to share content. This is a known issue with Safari that cannot be fixed by Enghouse Vidyo at this time.

IOWEBRTC-1804

Audio lip-sync is delayed on WebRTC after VidyoConnect is put in the background and then returned to the foreground.

IOWEBRTC-1784

Audio lip-sync is delayed on iOS Safari after flipping the camera, muting and unmuting, or putting VidyoConnect in the background. This is a known issue with Safari that cannot be fixed by Enghouse Vidyo at this time.

IOWEBRTC-1705

Occasionally, Chrome encodes at 10-15 fps even when the network is unconstrained.

IOWEBRTC-1673

On Macs with dual-core CPUs, when the "Google Chrome Helper (Renderer)" process goes beyond 100% CPU, Chrome detects a CPU limitation and lowers the encoding resolution.