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webrtc getUserMedia change to back camera

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Can I change webrtc getUserMedia front camera to back camera in my phone? if not will firefox be able tp do this in next update? I really need this feature... or maybe I can change the orientation of my android camera on root. anybody know to do this thing? thx :)

Can I change webrtc getUserMedia front camera to back camera in my phone? if not will firefox be able tp do this in next update? I really need this feature... or maybe I can change the orientation of my android camera on root. anybody know to do this thing? thx :)

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If you flipped the "media.navigator.permission.disabled" setting, Firefox will always use the first camera. If you didn't, you should get a permission request that will allow you to choose the camera you want. The GUI for that was added in bug 862377 and is available in very recent Nightlies.

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If you flipped the "media.navigator.permission.disabled" setting, Firefox will always use the first camera. If you didn't, you should get a permission request that will allow you to choose the camera you want. The GUI for that was added in bug 862377 and is available in very recent Nightlies.