# mediaStream.getActiveCamera doesn't return deviceId

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/mediastream-getactivecamera-doesnt-return-deviceid/77910>\
**Category:** Web\
**Created:** [October 26, 2022, 7:32am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/mediastream-getactivecamera-doesnt-return-deviceid/77910 "2022-10-26T07:32:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![thanh.huynh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@thanh.huynh](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/thanh.huynh)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 7:32am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/mediastream-getactivecamera-doesnt-return-deviceid/77910/1 "2022-10-26T07:32:58Z")

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The mediaStream.getActiveCamera function return “user”  
Please fix!

Web Video SDK: 1.5.1  
Device: Chrome on Android 8.1

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**Author:** ![vic.yang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/vic.yang/32/24656_2.png) [@vic.yang](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/vic.yang)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 7:19am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/mediastream-getactivecamera-doesnt-return-deviceid/77910/2 "2022-10-27T07:19:32Z")

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Hey @thanh.huynh

Thanks for your feedback.

On mobile devices, we recommend using [FacingMode](https://marketplacefront.zoom.us/sdk/custom/web/enums/MobileVideoFacingMode.html) as the camera ID, So the activeCamera may be ‘user’.

Thanks  
Vic

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**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:** [November 26, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/mediastream-getactivecamera-doesnt-return-deviceid/77910/3 "2022-11-26T17:20:25Z")

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Closed on November 26, 2022, 5:20pm UTC

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