How to set background image in Playground?

Objective

Set a background image to test in Playground.

Applies To

• Video API
• Playground
• Background Image

How to recognise if I'm using Vonage Video API Unified Environment or Vonage Video API OpenTok environment?

Procedure

1. Go to Playground Opentok Environment or Playground Unified Environment.
2. Create a new session. You can use the default values or modify them if needed. Click on Create. 
3. You will now see your session information. Click on Connect to join the session. 
4. Click on Publish Stream.
5. To set the background image before publishing your video.
   On the Publish Options, select the videoFilter, select type and set to backgroundReplacement, select backgroundImgUrl and add the background image URL. Then, click Publish.
6. Alternatively, to set the background image after publishing your video.
   On the Publish Options, click Publish. Under the published stream, there are video options. Set videoFilter to backgroundReplacement and add backgroundImgUrl. Then, click Set Video Filter.

Additional Information

Apply Video Filter Developer Documentation 

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