# Video call starts with camera off

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/video-call-starts-with-camera-off/18489>\
**Category:** Android\
**Created:** [May 20, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/video-call-starts-with-camera-off/18489 "2020-05-20T19:21:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![bcristina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@bcristina](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/bcristina)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/video-call-starts-with-camera-off/18489/1 "2020-05-20T19:21:18Z")

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I’m integrating your sdk into an application, when I enter the video call the camera is disabled. Is it possible to configure the user to enter the video call with the camera on already?

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**Author:** ![carson.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/carson.zoom/32/785_2.png) [@carson.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/carson.zoom)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 8:46am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/video-call-starts-with-camera-off/18489/2 "2020-05-21T08:46:21Z")

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Hi [bcristina](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/bcristina),

Thanks for the post. If the user does not have account-level settings that turned the video off by default, the video should be on by default.

You could use the following interface to turn the video on by default(Need to set it before the meeting):

- enableForceAutoStartMyVideoWhenJoinMeeting:[https://zoom.github.io/zoom-sdk-android/us/zoom/sdk/MeetingSettingsHelper.html#enableForceAutoStartMyVideoWhenJoinMeeting-boolean-](https://zoom.github.io/zoom-sdk-android/us/zoom/sdk/MeetingSettingsHelper.html#enableForceAutoStartMyVideoWhenJoinMeeting-boolean-)

Or when successfully joined a meeting, call the `muteMyVideo` interface to unmute the video:[https://zoom.github.io/zoom-sdk-android/us/zoom/sdk/InMeetingVideoController.html#muteMyVideo-boolean-](https://zoom.github.io/zoom-sdk-android/us/zoom/sdk/InMeetingVideoController.html#muteMyVideo-boolean-)

Hope this helps. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![DeveloperBot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/developerbot/32/12632_2.png) [@DeveloperBot](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/DeveloperBot)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/video-call-starts-with-camera-off/18489/3 "2020-08-21T21:27:42Z")

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Closed on August 21, 2020, 9:27pm UTC