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In my web app, using react, I am trying to pass a different camera id than the default one when enabling the camera and get a permission error. I know my app has access to the device, how do I grant access to livekit too?

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Hey there! If you want to pass a specific camera ID when enabling the camera in LiveKit using React and avoid those pesky permission errors, here’s a simple way to do it:

1. Use the `MediaDeviceSelect` component so users can pick from the available video devices. This will give you the `deviceId` of the camera they choose.
2. Pass that `deviceId` to the `enableCamera` method when turning the camera on.
3. If you run into permission errors, catch them and let the user know what’s up. You can check `LocalParticipant.lastCameraError` to figure out what went wrong.
Here’s a quick example to make it clearer:

