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opentok how to hide the publisher video display

I am using OpenTok and I am trying to swich with video display on/off. So I use the following pubOptions

 	var pubOptions;
 	if (show_video) 
 	{
   pubOptions= null; 		
  }
 	else
 	{
   pubOptions= { videoSource: null,  style: {buttonDisplayModeo: 'off'}};
 	}
  //Replace the first parameter with the replacement element ID:
  session.on("streamCreated", function(event) 
  {
   session.subscribe(event.stream);
  });
  session.connect(token, function(error) 
  {
   publisher = OT.initPublisher("publisher_text",pubOptions);
   session.publish(publisher);
  });

But the video window is displayed in both cases.

Solution

  • Look at the following documentation: https://tokbox.com/opentok/tutorials/audio-video/js/#publish_audio_video_only

    If you want to disable video after publishing, you'll need:

    publisher.publishVideo(false);