# Joining with camera enabled does not persist through preview

**URL:** https://devforum.zoom.us/t/joining-with-camera-enabled-does-not-persist-through-preview/121994
**Category:** UI ToolKit
**Created:** [December 5, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/joining-with-camera-enabled-does-not-persist-through-preview/121994 "2024-12-05T15:51:37Z")
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### Author: ![ngiesbrecht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/57b2e6/32.png) [@ngiesbrecht](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/ngiesbrecht)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/joining-with-camera-enabled-does-not-persist-through-preview/121994/1 "2024-12-05T15:51:37Z")

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Enabling the camera during the preview step does not persist on the user’s side when moving to the meeting room.

The other participant will be able to see the user’s camera, but the users self view remains a grey box. The enable/disable camera button however _does_ persist. So for the user to see their own self view, they required 2 additional clicks (disabled camera, then re-enable camera again)

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### Author: ![ngiesbrecht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/57b2e6/32.png) [@ngiesbrecht](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/ngiesbrecht)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/joining-with-camera-enabled-does-not-persist-through-preview/121994/2 "2024-12-10T16:44:18Z")

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## Things of Note:

1. The video tag has a name of “Unable to play media” when in this state  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/7/e/7e6f26e18f46266d729d587a314285ba38c7f15e.png)
2. The srcObject property is not set on the \<video\> element when in this state
3. I have noticed this bug does not exist in your shared buffer array demo ([Zoom Video SDK UI toolkit](https://videosdk.dev/uitoolkit/)), however I would find it hard to imagine that sharedBufferArray would be the cause of this.

This issue can be bypassed by disabling and re-enabling the camera again, but that is not an acceptable long term solution.

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### 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: [February 10, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/joining-with-camera-enabled-does-not-persist-through-preview/121994/3 "2025-02-10T19:53:52Z")

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Hey @ngiesbrecht ,

This issue is fixed in 2.1.0-1:

> **[Version 2.1.0-1 - Zoom Developers](https://developers.zoom.us/changelog/ui-toolkit/web/2.1.0-1/)**
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> This update introduces several new features, including livestreaming, cloud recording, live transcription, PSTN/SIP call capabilities, session feedback, access to the Video SDK Client, and file sharing in chat. The Video SDK has been upgraded to...

Best,  
Tommy