Possible to Dynamically Handle If User Allows One/Denys Other? + Both Permissions At Once

[GuyMight44]

Description

Issue 1
Let's say we have the audio-screen.html example running. If the user allows screen capture but denies the microphone capture, the script fails. Is it not possible to just allow the screen capture then if the audio gets denied?

Issue 2:
In Firefox, after selecting which screen to record, Firefox jumps out of focus and focuses on the window you selected. However, because the audio permission box didnt appear yet, the recording does nothing. We have to click back on the Firefox window to force appear the audio permission and allow/deny that for it to actually start recording

Steps to reproduce

Issue 1:
Allow the screen capture, deny the audio capture

Issue 2:
Select the screen u wish to capture, Firefox becomes out of focus

Results

Expected

Issue 1:
After denying the audio, it should record the screen without audio

Issue 2:
Instead of focusing on the window, it should ask all permissions needed before jumping

Actual

Both explained as above

Error output

Issue 1:
Console outputs: uncaught exception: Object

Issue 2:
Nothing on console output, something up with the coding itself

Additional Information

Please include any additional information necessary here. Including the following:

versions

videojs

Last version downloaded today (May 18, 2020)

browsers

Firefox 76.0.1 (64-bit) Stable

OSes

Windows 10

[thijstriemstra]

Issue 1: If the user allows screen capture but denies the microphone capture, the script fails. Is it not possible to just allow the screen capture then if the audio gets denied?

This is same issue as #463

In Firefox, after selecting which screen to record, Firefox jumps out of focus and focuses on the window you selected. However, because the audio permission box didnt appear yet, the recording does nothing. We have to click back on the Firefox window to force appear the audio permission and allow/deny that for it to actually start recording

I think this is a browser issue and not something we can fix. Please open a ticket for the Firefox browser and/or look in their bugzilla.

Instead of focusing on the window, it should ask all permissions needed before jumping

This is definitely something you should open a new Firefox ticket for. I can't change the way their permissions system works.

So marking this as a duplicate of #463.

[thijstriemstra]

The focus issue is also discussed here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60172910/is-it-possible-to-tell-the-browser-not-to-focus-bring-to-front-the-selected-wi

No, it is generally not possible to change this behavior, since it is intentional.

[GuyMight44]

Hi @thijstriemstra Wouldnt it be a better idea then to put the screen sharing permission after the microphone or other permissions? Making the screen-sharing permission last?

[thijstriemstra]

that sounds like a good idea but I'm not sure because someone else added this feature and added a comment that "order matters".

// join microphone track with screencast stream (order matters)
screenStream.addTrack(mic.getTracks()[0]);
this.onDeviceReady.bind(this)(screenStream);

Please open a new ticket and I'll take a look (for v4.1.0 or something).