# What does participant\_video flag do?

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/what-does-participant-video-flag-do/13735>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [April 17, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/what-does-participant-video-flag-do/13735 "2020-04-17T20:03:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![rval](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/rval/32/6329_2.png) [@rval](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/rval)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/what-does-participant-video-flag-do/13735/1 "2020-04-17T20:03:25Z")

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What does participant\_video flag do? in createMeeting API rest call. Does it disable participants video ?

I don’t want to use webinar but want to start meeting with all participant video not enabled. i don’t want them to be able to start the video either,

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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:** [April 20, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/what-does-participant-video-flag-do/13735/2 "2020-04-20T16:18:43Z")

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Hey @rval,

`participant_video` sets either video on (depending on that users video settings) or off by default when the user is joining the meeting. They can toggle this after they join.

[https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/meetings/meetingcreate](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/meetings/meetingcreate)

![Screen Shot 2020-04-20 at 10.18.27 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/2X/b/ba1cb706e767fb1f3ab28165a1876a45632147e2.png)

Thanks,  
Tommy

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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, 8:33pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/what-does-participant-video-flag-do/13735/3 "2020-08-21T20:33:43Z")

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Closed on August 21, 2020, 8:33pm UTC