Resenha - Add Discord-style Voice Rooms to Your Community šŸŽ™

Customization Plugin
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We happened to do an internal all hands on deck on this plugin in the last two weeks, here is what happened:

LLM Summary of last two weeks in Resenha

:sparkles: Features

  • Persistent in-room chat ā€” link a voice room to a Discourse chat channel; each session opens a real thread with full reactions, edits, and uploads. Rolls over to a new thread after a configurable idle timeout.
  • Screen share audio ā€” tab and system audio now travel with screen shares over a dedicated track, separate from the mic. Respects per-user volume/mute/deafen.
  • Voice settings modal ā€” pick input/output devices, see a live mic level meter, and set a noise gate threshold. Preferences persist per device and apply mid-call without renegotiation.
  • Resizable docked widget ā€” drag-to-resize via a top-left handle, anchored bottom-right, size persisted. New extra-minimized state shows only Expand + Leave buttons. Video streams correctly in widget mode.

:artist_palette: UX

  • Sidebar participant status icons (mute/deafen/screenshare/camera/PTT) now all appear together on the right edge; speaking wave animates over the avatar.
  • Voice rooms now visible in the full-screen chat sidebar.
  • prioritize_username_in_ux site setting respected in video tiles and anonymous rooms block.
  • Widget z-index fixed for mobile menus; SE resize handle restored; dock button got a proper ariaLabel.

:bug: Fixes

  • Video grid layout stuck at fullscreen dimensions after exiting fullscreen.
  • Sidebar participant counts drifting for non-participant users (broadcast targeting + Redis + client cleanup).
  • Audio cues broken on Android (AudioContext now resumed before playback; shared singleton avoids context limit).
  • Remote video not appearing when a peer starts publishing after initial handshake.
  • Stale participant broadcast targeting.

If someone is using this, Iā€™m happy to hear feedback on the recent changes.

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