Video SDK Reviews

I'm not a coder. I am a techie. I know how to edit some code. I expected this to be super simple. I mean "copy and paste the code as instructed" what could go wrong? Technology can wrong at any time....we all know this to be true.

I had issues initially. I reached out for support and the time difference created a challenge. I'm not a WhatsApp user. Jatin emailed me to see how I was liking the product. I told him that I wasn't going to use his product because it was too hard to get it up and running.

He spent time with me - emailing back and forth - to figure out what the issue was. We got it figured out and this deal is SUPER AMAZING! I now have it running on my website. I've tested it in 4 different browsers. FireFox and Safari currently have some issues that Jatin is working on fixing.

I have branded it 100% for my business without Jatin's help. Just locate the section of code with the things you'd like to change and make the change. I have left the "powered by" portion of the code because Jatin has definitely earned that link on my page.

I have not yet invited anyone to use it with me. I have tested the current features on my own and am looking forward to using it with others.

this is our review after we spent some time using video sdk.

The first issue we encounter was that there is no Typescript support: it is much more difficult implementing something as complex as video calls and livestreaming without type definitions. We had to rely on the documentation on your website, which was less accommodating than having it in the code itself. For example, Meeting has Participants, and Participant has Streams, so I had to search for those interfaces in different parts of your docs. Sometimes I even had to refer to your source code on Github to understand how certain parts of your API work; the documentation for arguments for callback methods for events is is quite lacking. Another important issues was getting the srcObject for the video tag.

I also had an issue with the admin panel on your website: I could not access my secret key. The API key was visible and there was an option to copy it to clipboard by clicking on the icon next to it, after which there was a visual cue that the contents were in fact copied - the clipboard icon turned into a checkmark for a few seconds. On the other hand, the secret key, which had similar UI, could not be copied to clipboard. The clipboard icon is the same as it was for the API key, but clicking it did nothing in Safari, but it did copy the secret key when I tried it in Chrome, although even then it did not give the same visual cue that copying the API key has.

There were issues with basic functionality with the js sdk. I installed it through npm and I had issues importing it into my application. The sample code on your homepage imports it as default and names it VideoSDK, but the very next line of code is initializing a meeting by calling ZujoSDK.initMeeting, event though ZujoSDK is not declared anywhere. Since there were not type definitions for your sdk, I had to log the exports into console to figure out the basic structure of your sdk.

Once I did manage to import what I needed and authenticate, I had issues starting a meeting. The meeting was created through my backend, and I did receive the meeting ID which I used to initialize the meeting. Even though the micEnabled and webcamEnabled options were set to true, neither the camera nor the microphone acutally turned on. There was not even a request by my browser to use them. Manually turning them on by calling meeting.unmuteMic and meeting.enableWebcam also did not work.

Another thing to consider is the name of your product. VideoSDK is a very generic term and searching specific issues related to it yields poor results as there are many other products that are described as a video sdk.

Overall, yours is the fourth video call API that I have personally implemented, and it was by far the most needlessly complicated and provided me with the most issues, even with the most basic functionalities.

Sorry guys but this is not a non-developer friendly deal. Even after speaking with the technicians and going through the implementation step by step it is very difficult to understand for a low level coder like myself. I even tried hiring a freelance developer who I know well and has done tons of pHp and Java work for me and they turned the job down stating it would take some time even for him to learn this system. Disappointed. I wanted this to really be something I could implement into my business. Tool seems good... it does work... but after a week of trying to figure it all out. I give up. You're still in the "very" early stages and this software has major potential but I just don't have the time. I'll be refunding.

Awesome product. Deserves a try.

There are a lot of providers for this service but videosdk.live has a very user-friendly design and comes with a pre-built UI that can be used even by a no-coder.

A must-buy if you always get on a video call.