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serious_angelyesterday at 2:05 AM1 replyview on HN

In the minified source code, we may see, it uses:

``` try { const l=await navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({audio:!1,video:{facingMode:"user"}}); /* ... */ } catch { this.showError("Could not access webcam. Please check permissions.") } ```

There are alternatives to verify mediaDevices support as https://addpipe.com/getusermedia-examples/


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echoangleyesterday at 3:55 AM

But even a missing check shouldn’t be able to crash the browser.