Get maximum video resolution with getUserMedia

Question

I\'m trying to get highest video resolution as possible through JS navigator.getUserMedia. I know about constraints, but don\'t know how to choose right in my c

Answer 1

I had varied success with defining ideal dimensions and trying to force the 'back' camera.

$video = document.getElementById('video')

//declare ideal values
var constraints = {
    audio: false,
    video: {
        width: { ideal: 1280 },
        height: { ideal: 1024 },
        facingMode: "environment"
    }
};

// enumerate devices and select the first camera (mostly the back one)
navigator.mediaDevices.enumerateDevices().then(function(devices) {
    for (var i = 0; i !== devices.length; ++i) {
        if (devices[i].kind === 'videoinput') {
            console.log('Camera found: ', devices[i].label || 'label not found', devices[i].deviceId || 'id no found');
            videoConstraints.deviceId = { exact: devices[i].deviceId }
        }
    }
});

//first up the stream
navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia(constraints).then(function(stream) {
    $video.srcObject = stream;
    // log the real size
    console.log($video.videoWidth, $video.videoHeight);
}).catch(function(err) {
    console.log(err.name + ': ' + err.message);
});