Passive mute not working when host tries to mute a participant that is already muted

Description
I am leveraging the passive mute and unmute to moderate participant use of the audio functionality in my app. But when I call the mediaStream.muteAudio(userId) as a host when the participant is already muted the event is not fired.

Which Web Video SDK version?
Zoom Video SDK for Web version 1.9.8

To Reproduce(If applicable)
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Join meeting as host and then as participant.
  2. Mute audio as participant
  3. Call the mediaStream.muteAudio(userId) where userId is the participant’s user id as the host.

Hey @godwin.owonam

Thanks for your feedback.

Are you referring to the current-audio-change event not firing on the participant side when the participant is already muted?

That’s by design. If the participant is already muted, there’s no action required on the host’s part.

Alternatively, could you provide more details about what you need to accomplish? I can offer some thoughts based on that information.

Thanks
Vic

Hi @vic.yang
Yes I am referring to the current-audio-change event, but the case where the source is the source === MutedSource.PassiveByMuteOne || source === MutedSource.PassiveByMuteAll.

I am using this for some form of moderation in my implementation.

But it happens that if the participant is already muted, then the event is not fired.

Hey @godwin.owonam

Yes, that’s correct.

When a participant is already muted, the host won’t take any further action. Are you looking to restrict participants from unmuting themselves?

Thanks
Vic

Yes. I want to prevent the participants from un-muting themselves unless the host un-mutes them which allows them to unmute themselves and speak. I have already implemented this and it works well if the participant was unmuted before I call the mediaStream.muteAudio(userId). But if the participant was muted when the method was triggered, then nothing is fired and this is not what we want.

I need the event to be fired in order to execute some business logic to prevent the participant from unmuting until the host permits again for participants to speak.

Is this possible?

Hey @godwin.owonam

You can achieve this using the Command Channel feature in the Video SDK.

When the host needs to restrict participants from unmuting, the host sends a message to all participants, including future joiners, indicating the restriction on unmuting. You can choose a name for this message, for example, “restrict-unmute.”

On the participant’s side, if they receive the “restrict-unmute” message, they should restrict the user from calling the stream.unmuteAudio method. Conversely, if the host wants to lift the restriction, they can broadcast a message like “allow-unmute.”

I hope this thought is helpful for you.

Thanks
Vic

@vic.yang
Okay, thanks. I will try this.

@vic.yang
Thanks, the Command Channel worked for me.

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