Pause Data Coming To A Consumer

mediasoup libraries
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I am attempting to actually pause the data coming into a Consumer object.

I have tried using both
pause()
and
track.enabled = false

In both cases, when I look at chrome://webrtc-internals/, it seems that I am still receiving the data (a bandwidth change does not occur). By contrast, when you call
track.enabled = false
on a the producer side, there is a significant drop off in bandwidth in the Consumers since they’re not receiving video or audio.

Is there a way on the Consumer side to have this same bandwidth savings, while still keeping a lightweight connection open to the Producer, so that it’s easy to restart streaming?

2

Yes, read the Consumer API at mediasoup server side.

3

I was hoping I could do something solely on the Client/Consumer side. Are you saying that I need to message the server, and then it needs to make the change?

4

Yes, you need to pause server-side Consumer (NOTE: Consumer is present both on the server and client).

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5

How can you stop receiving something from the other party without telling it to stop sending it?

6

I suppose in any case you would have to tell the server. I was just hoping this functionality would already be encapsulated in the API somehow, rather than having to implement server and client side handlers of it. Seems like it would be a relatively useful/frequent feature to pause incoming feeds. I’m guessing maybe you are just trying to keep the two sides (client/server) as modular as possible? Anyway, thanks for the heads up!

7

How could we “encapsulate it in the API somehow” if mediasoup does not include any signalling mechanism to communicate client and server?

8

Fair enough! Sorry, I’m a new user and I was conflating some of the technologies that I’m seeing in some examples. Appreciate your patience!

9

Yup, I know. Don’t worry. Please, at this stage, focus on mediasoup and mediasoup-client documentation and API. Check examples or demo projects later (my recommendation).

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