Can't set default camera to rear camera about ngx-webcam

[basst314]

Hi @sinh-idnow,

I was able to reproduce the issue. I fixed a glitch where user provided video constraints were not applied properly under some circumstances. The issue appeared just on some devices and had to do with the amount of information the respective device/browser revealed about the available webcams.
Fixed in version 0.2.6 of this library.

I was able to control the facingMode with the property you described. However I didn't use facingMode: 'environment' directly in my tests, but facingMode: { ideal: 'environment' } (see this).

In case you still encounter any issues, feel free to open a new issue here.

Cheers.

[basst314]

Hi @sinh-idnow,

Thanks for raising this.
You‘re right, currently the only way to pass in your requirements is to pass in MediaTrackConstraints through videoOptions.

Instead of specifying facingMode:‘environment‘, have you tried using the more advanced properties of ConstraintDOMString?

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ConstrainDOMString

Can you try using the ‚ideal‘ property of it?

Also what browser are you using? Are you trying it on a laptop/desktop/phone? What exactly is the result you‘re seeing?

Please provide some details so that I can try to reproduce the issue.

Thanks!