RTCRtpTransceiverDirection

The RTCRtpTransceiverDirection type is an enumerated set of strings which are used to describe the directionality of a RTCRtpTransceiver instance.

Both the preferred direction and the currentDirection properties are of this type.

Values

The RTCRtpTransceiverDirection type is an enumeration of string values. Each describes how the transceiver's associated RTCRtpSender and RTCRtpReceiver behave as shown in the table below.

Value RTCRtpSender behavior RTCRtpReceiver behavior
"sendrecv" Offers to send RTP data, and will do so if the other peer accepts the connection and at least one of the sender's encodings is active. Offers to receive RTP data, and does so if the other peer accepts.
"sendonly" Offers to send RTP data, and will do so if the other peer accepts the connection and at least one of the sender's encodings is active. Does not offer to receive RTP data and will not do so.
"recvonly" Does not offer to send RTP data, and will not do so. Offers to receive RTP data, and will do so if the other peer offers.
"inactive" Does not offer to send RTP data, and will not do so. Does not offer to receive RTP data and will not do so.

To determine if a sender has at least one active encoding, the user agent gets its parameters using RTCRtpSender.getParameters(), then looks at the parameters' encodings property; if any of the listed encodings has its active property set to true, the sender has an active encoding.

Specifications

Specification
WebRTC 1.0: Real-Time Communication Between Browsers (WebRTC 1.0)
# dom-rtcrtptransceiverdirection

Browser compatibility

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RTCRtpTransceiverDirection
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See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/RTCRtpTransceiverDirection