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Selected video resolution often not that great (EC defaults lower than livekit defaults) #3166

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I start by creating Element Calls between myself. The wifi or LAN connection are good, the SFU is not saturated at all. This is current EXA (25.3.4) and Element web (1.11.96), both using the EC widget v0.9 (either integrated or at call.element.io). My SFU is version 1.8.4.

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The resolution that EXA chose was 180x320 and it appeared quite blocky in Element-Web, in other calls I have seen even way worse resolutions though. I have submitted a rageshake (send feedback within Element Call) just some time ago with the following text:

Good quality network connection, mobile chose 180x320 pixel video (EXA EC v0.9). SFU 1.8.4
I have never switched video sources so far.
For Florian.

Turning the camera on and off seemed to often make the situation a bit better (it started out low and switched to a somewhat higher resolution shortly after), switching to front-side camera and back-sid did not help at all (but it also did not make matters worse).

The Element-Web webcam on the other hand did send a 720x1280 resolution. (switch camera off and on again in EC will lead not always to the same resolutions being picked though). So, it is possible to have higher-resolution calls.

Is livekit erring on the low-quality side of things here? Are there livekit knobs that I can turn. It is a stock installation basically.

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EXA and EW (Firefox v137/Linux)

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integrated v0.9 and call.element.io (v0.9)

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