Media

This topic compares how Twilio and Dyte handle media publishing and subscription behavior.

Publishing

Twilio

connect('$TOKEN', {
  audio: true,
  name: 'my-room-name',
  video: { width: 640 },
});

Dyte

DyteClient.init({
  authToken: '$TOKEN',
  defaults: {
    audio: true,
    video: true,
  },
});

Muting

Twilio

room.localParticipant.audioTracks.forEach((publication) => {
  publication.track.stop();
  publication.unpublish();
});

room.localParticipant.videoTracks.forEach((publication) => {
  publication.track.stop();
  publication.unpublish();
});

Dyte

meeting.self.disableAudio();
meeting.self.disableVideo();

Limits

Dyte offers higher participant and publisher limits, so you can remove any code to manage around the limits.

	Twilio	Dyte
Max Participants	50	200
Max Audio Publications	60	200
Max Video Publications	60	200

Subscriptions

The Twilio SDK has a default setting called clientTrackSwitchOffControl: 'auto', which automatically turns a RemoteVideoTrack on or off based on the visibility of the view, document, video attachment, or application lifecycle.

On the other hand, Dyte's default mode is active speaker mode, which has a similar behavior.