# Can't render local user video stream on canvas without user click **URL:** \ **Category:** Web\ **Created:** [November 18, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cant-render-local-user-video-stream-on-canvas-without-user-click/60419 "2021-11-18T13:44:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dekoyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@dekoyre](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/dekoyre)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cant-render-local-user-video-stream-on-canvas-without-user-click/60419/1 "2021-11-18T13:44:20Z")
**Description** I can’t render local user video stream on canvas, but lately I noticed response [here](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/not-render-on-canvas/58846) that you can’t startVideo and render it without user click event. When I did startVideo and renderVideo on user click, it worked. For my application it’s gonna be very confusing, so I’m wondering is there a workaround? When user is navigated to page (or component renders), he already checked camera/mic settings and ready to start a call, so asking user to click somewhere to turn video/audio on will be a bad UX. **Which Web Video SDK version?** 1.1.6 ---
**Author:** ![tommy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/tommy/32/72769_2.png) [@tommy](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tommy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cant-render-local-user-video-stream-on-canvas-without-user-click/60419/2 "2021-11-23T23:40:59Z")
Hey @dekoyre , > [@dekoyre](#): > > I can’t render local user video stream on canvas Can you share some more details on what was not working and steps to reproduce the issue? I was able to render the local video track. > [@dekoyre](#): > > but lately I noticed response [here](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/not-render-on-canvas/58846) that you can’t startVideo and render it without user click event. When I did startVideo and renderVideo on user click, it worked. That is correct, due to privacy, a user has to click to start their video. > [@dekoyre](#): > > For my application it’s gonna be very confusing, so I’m wondering is there a workaround? When user is navigated to page (or component renders), he already checked camera/mic settings and ready to start a call, so asking user to click somewhere to turn video/audio on will be a bad UX. We suggest making a “Start Video” button so it is clear to your users that is how they turn on their camera. 🙂 Thanks, Tommy ---
**Author:** ![dekoyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@dekoyre](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/dekoyre)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cant-render-local-user-video-stream-on-canvas-without-user-click/60419/3 "2021-12-01T17:05:48Z")
Thank you for the answer! Just wanted to mention, that without feedback it’s quite complicated to find out the reason why render wasn’t happened. ---
**Author:** ![tommy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/tommy/32/72769_2.png) [@tommy](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tommy)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cant-render-local-user-video-stream-on-canvas-without-user-click/60419/4 "2021-12-09T22:47:54Z")
Thanks for the feedback, we will be updating our docs to make this clear! 🙂 -Tommy ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/6/1/614bdd549b610bbaa46ff934617683a02bdaa03c.png) [@system](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 8:48am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cant-render-local-user-video-stream-on-canvas-without-user-click/60419/5 "2022-01-09T08:48:46Z")
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