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How do a switch to the front camera for web sites? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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When ever a web page uses the camera it only has access to the selfie cam

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Actually it doesn't even help the dev as it is a qr code scanner that polls the camera continuously

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Even in that case the developer can get the list of all MediaDevices and switch between them. That's how videocall web apps allow you to change cameras both on desktop and mobile.