Question about enabling `video_webrtc_mode` for specific users in a session

Video SDK Web
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Description
Is it possible to enable video_webrtc_mode for only specific users in a session while keeping it disabled for others?

Or does the video_webrtc_mode setting apply to all users in the session based on the configuration of the first user who joins—making per-user control impossible?

Thank you for your continued support!

Which Web Video SDK version?
2.1.0

Device:

  • Device: Win, Mac
  • Browser: Chrome, Edge, Safari
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Hi Truong,

Yes, you can customize that on the server side when generating the JWT for each user. The video_webrtc_mode flag is set within the JWT payload, so you can enable it for specific users and leave it disabled for others - even within the same session.

Let me know if you’d like an example JWT structure for this!

Best,
Naeem Ahmed

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Hi @freelancer.nak,

Thank you for your response. We also believe this approach might work, but we’d like to confirm it with Zoom officially, as we’re unsure about the mechanism behind it.
According to our internal sources, we received the following information:

“The video_webrtc_mode setting is applied to all users in the session based on the configuration of the first user who joins—making per-user control impossible.”

We’d appreciate any clarification on this point.

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Hey @lmtruong1512

Thanks for your feedback.

Is it possible to enable video_webrtc_mode for only specific users in a session while keeping it disabled for others?

The video_webrtc_mode field in the JWT is user-level, meaning it only affects the behavior for the user associated with that specific token. It does not impact other users in the same session.

Thanks
Vic

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@vic.yang Thank you for the confirmation.