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Enjoy HD video meetings with widescreen mode

· 2 min read
Stefan Benicke
Stefan Benicke
Senior Developer @ Eyeson

We're introducing Eyeson video meetings in 16:9 HD video format!

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How to start​

The default aspect-ratio is still 4:3. In order to activate widescreen mode (aspect-ratio 16:9), you have to start a meeting via API and set the widescreen option to true.

For example using curl:

curl -X POST \
-H "Authorization: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-d "user[name]=John Doe" \
-d "options[widescreen]=true" \
https://api.eyeson.team/rooms

In the JSON response you'll find an "options" object containing the widescreen paramter.

{
  "access_key": "...",
  "ready": false,
  "room": {
    ...
  },
  "team": {
    ...
  },
  "user": {
    ...
  },
  "links": {
    ...
  },
  "options": {
    "widescreen": true,
    ...
  }
}

Actual size​

Any Eyeson meeting video in widescreen mode has 1280x720 pixels. The default 4:3 format has 1280x960 pixels.

Support​

Widescreen mode is supported in all browsers, but it needs to be activated via API. Cameras that don't support the 16:9 format, will be adjusted to fit in automatically.

If you want to build your own UI, you have to use at least version 1.8.3 of the Eyeson Web-SDK.

https://docs.eyeson.com/docs/sdks/js/eyeson-js-sdk

Notes​

Once activated, the video format can not be changed during the running meeting.

Remember to set the correct image size for overlay and background images when you're playing with Layers.