element-hq / element-hq/element-call

Can't tell when other people have video muted

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T-Defect X-Needs-Design
Dominant language
TypeScript
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Description

### Steps to reproduce

1. Join conf
2. Half the squares are grey
3. You can't tell whether they're grey because the sender has turned off their camera, or because of a bug.

### Outcome

#### What did you expect?

Show a video mute icon if someone is not sending video.

#### What happened instead?

No video mute icon; much grey.

### Operating system

_No response_

### Browser information

_No response_

### URL for webapp

_No response_

### Will you send logs?

No

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by joining a conference and inspecting the participant squares when a sender is not sending video. Trace how that video state is represented in the participant tile UI. Done means a video mute icon distinguishes an intentionally absent video feed from an unexplained grey tile.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
audio-video-rtc, frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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