How to allow browser access to your camera and microphone to use Source-Live Gateway for Source-Live Pro LL

This article is part of the Source-Live Pro LL User Guide

Different browsers allow users to define the default behavior for their camera and microphones, usually due to privacy reasons.

Enabling Camera and Microphone access on Chrome

In order to enable your microphone and camera in your Chrome browser:

1. Type in chrome://settings/content#media-stream-mic in the browser bar and then Enter.
2. Scroll down to Permissions > Camera.
   1. Click Camera.
   2. Define a behavior ("ask always" or "allow").
3. Scroll down to Microphone
   1. Click Microphone.
   2. Define a behavior ("ask always" or "allow")

If you have already joined a stream and cannot configure these settings, try clicking the camera icon on the top right-hand corner of the screen. You will also be able to modify the settings there.

Enabling Camera and Microphone access on Firefox

In order to enable your microphone and camera in your Firefox browser:

1. Type in about:preferences#privacy in the browser bar and then Enter.
2. Scroll down to Permissions > Camera.
   1. Click Settings.
   2. If live.source-elements.com is blocked, click "Allow".
3. Scroll down to Microphone
   1. Click Settings.
   2. If live.source-elements.com is blocked, click "Allow".

If you are already in a session, click the gray camera or microphone icon. You will see "Use the Camera" or "Use the Microphone" temporarily blocked. Remove the temporary block.

Then, click the green "configure" icon in the top left-hand corner of the screen. You will see the configuration settings, which will have a default camera/microphone selection.

Click "select camera", then "Allow" in the pop-up.

Then, click "select microphone" and click "Allow" in the pop-up.