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react-webcam - disable buttons until stream starts

I am using the react-webcam to capture images and videos in my react app. I have implemented the Screenshot (via Ref) example:

const videoConstraints = {
  width: 1280,
  height: 720,
  facingMode: "user"
};

const WebcamCapture = () => {
  const webcamRef = React.useRef(null);
  const capture = React.useCallback(
    () => {
      const imageSrc = webcamRef.current.getScreenshot();
    },
    [webcamRef]
  );
  return (
    <>
      <Webcam
        audio={false}
        height={720}
        ref={webcamRef}
        screenshotFormat="image/jpeg"
        width={1280}
        videoConstraints={videoConstraints}
      />
      <button onClick={capture}>Capture photo</button>
    </>
  );
};

Works nicely, however it seems to take a few seconds for the stream to start and video to start showing. I want to be able to disable the button whilst this is happening. I have found there is a flag in the webcamRef that states if it is loading:

  useEffect(() => {
    if (webcamRef.current) {
      const camStarted = webcamRef.current.state.hasUserMedia;
      debugger;
    }
  }, [webcamRef]);

In the above useEffect, whilst the video is initialising, the hasUserMedia is false, once it has loaded it changes to true. This sounds like exactly what I need however as it is in a useRef, it doesn't hit the useEffect when it changes.

Is there any kind of neat trick I can implement to be able to identify when this value in the useRef is changed, or anything else that might help me get the functionality I am after?

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza
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