I am creating a project using A-frame (https://aframe.io) and the networked A-frame component (https://www.npmjs.com/package/networked-aframe)
(project at: https://glitch.com/edit/#!/networkedtest?path=public%2Fscene.html%3A44%3A0)
and I've run into an issue with the video feed. Currently in my project, video feed is working perfectly fine, but whenever I switch this line of code in scene.html on line 202:
<a-scene moving-sun vr-mode-ui="enabled: false;" physics networked-scene="
room: audio;
adapter: easyrtc;
audio: true;
video: true;
debug: true;
inspector=https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/aframevr/aframe-inspector@master/dist/aframe-inspector.min.js">
With this code:
<a-scene moving-sun vr-mode-ui="enabled: false;" physics dynamic-room="
room: audio;
adapter: easyrtc;
audio: true;
video: true;
debug: true;
inspector=https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/aframevr/aframe-inspector@master/dist/aframe-inspector.min.js">
If I test my code by pulling up two tabs, where the video feed should be there is just a blank white plane. I'm not sure why, but whenever I exchange the part of the line networked-scene=""
with dynamic-room="" the video feed stops working and when you join on another tab, all you see is a white screen where the video feed should be.
I'm not sure why this is happening since all I'm changing is networked-scene for dynamic-room. I've tried fixing this error by modifying some code but still can't find an answer to this issue. I have a feeling that the issue is somewhere in public/js/dynamic-room.component.js but I may be mistaken.
If you know how to solve this problem, help would be very much appreciated.
Link to my project: https://glitch.com/edit/#!/networkedtest?path=public%2Fscene.html%3A44%3A0
This is a follow up to this question.
Your dynamic-room only sets the room id, and emits connect so the networked-scene attempts to connect to the server:
// public/js/dynamic-room.component.js
// Setup networked-scene
var networkedComp = {
room: params.room
};
// set the room
el.setAttribute("networked-scene", networkedComp);
// emit connect
el.emit("connect", null, false);
in this case, its not an alternative to networked-scene, they work together. If you disable auto-connect before the scene:
<script>
AFRAME.components["networked-scene"].schema.connectOnLoad.default = false;
</script>
<a-scene dynamic-room networked-scene>
The video shows up as expected (glitch here)
If you want the dynamic-room to do all setup which is in the networked-scene, then Michaels answer is also correct.
You are on the right track.
I assume you want to use dynamic-room to load a custom room name from the URL. (That is all it is for. If that is not what you want, then dynamic-room is not what you are looking for.)
The dynamic room example reads the URL, then creates the "networked-scene" component for you and attaches it to your tag.
It is an old example, written before video support, so it does not check for video: true:
var isMultiuser = params.hasOwnProperty('room');
var webrtc = params.hasOwnProperty('webrtc');
var adapter = webrtc ? 'easyrtc' : 'wseasyrtc';
var voice = params.hasOwnProperty('voice');
var networkedComp = {
room: params.room,
adapter: adapter,
audio: voice //<--Only setting the audio property here
};
console.info('Init networked-aframe with settings:', networkedComp);
el.setAttribute('networked-scene', networkedComp);
I recommend copying your parameters into dynamic-room.component.js (at line 18).
Only the room name will load from the URL. (And will default to 'audio' if not specified, just like your networked-scene parameter.)
var roomNameFromURL = params.hasOwnProperty('room');
//We won't check for these:
//var webrtc = params.hasOwnProperty('webrtc');
//var adapter = webrtc ? 'easyrtc' : 'wseasyrtc';
//var voice = params.hasOwnProperty('voice');
var networkedComp = {
//if there is no name in the URL, default to 'audio',
// like your networked-scene
room: roomNameFromURL ? params.room : 'audio',
adapter: 'easyrtc',
audio: true,
video: true,
debug: true
};
console.info('Init networked-aframe with settings:', networkedComp);
el.setAttribute('networked-scene', networkedComp);