# Steam missing description

**URL:** <https://janus.discourse.group/t/steam-missing-description/1741>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [November 13, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://janus.discourse.group/t/steam-missing-description/1741 "2025-11-13T01:10:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![fadetoblack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@fadetoblack](https://janus.discourse.group/u/fadetoblack)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://janus.discourse.group/t/steam-missing-description/1741/1 "2025-11-13T01:10:50Z")

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step 1:publish 1audio+3video

```auto
{"janus":"message","body":{"request":"publish","descriptions":[{"mid":"0","description":"101audio"},{"mid":"1","description":"102LCamera"},{"mid":"2","description":"103RCamera"},{"mid":"3","description":"104TSYScreen"}},"jsep……

```

got event

```auto
……"streams": [{"type": "audio","mindex": 0,"mid": "0","description": "101audio","codec": "opus"},{"type": "video","mindex": 1,"mid":"1","description": "102LCamera", "codec": "h264","h264_profile": "42e01f"},{"type": "video","mindex": 2,"mid": "2","description": "103RCamera", "codec": "h264", "h264_profile": "42e01f"},{"type": "video","mindex": 3,"mid": "3","description": "104TSYScreen","codec": "h264","h264_profile": "42e01f"}]}},

```

step 2: add a 4th video stream(105MCamera) via configure

```auto
 {"janus":"message","body":{"request":"configure","descriptions":[{"mid":"0","description":"101audio"},{"mid":"1","description":"102LCamera"},{"mid":"2","description":"103RCamera"},{"mid":"3","description":"104TSYScreen"},{"mid":"4","description":"105MCamera"}]},"jsep":{"type":"OFFER",……

```

got event

```json
……{"type": "video","mindex": 4,"mid": "4","description": "105MCamera","codec": "h264","h264_profile": "42e01f"}……

```

step 3:Removed 105MCamera via configure (by excluding it from descriptions) - server returns `"disabled": true`

```auto
{"request":"configure","descriptions":[{"mid":"0","description":"101audio"},{"mid":"1","description":"102LCamera"},{"mid":"2","description":"103RCamera"},{"mid":"3","description":"104TSYScreen"}]}

```

got event

```json
……{"type": "video","mindex": 4,"mid": "4","disabled": true}……

```

step 4:Re-added 105MCamera via configure, but the stream remains disabled and gets a new mid=5 without description

```auto
 {"request":"configure","descriptions":[{"mid":"0","description":"101audio"},{"mid":"1","description":"102LCamera"},{"mid":"2","description":"103RCamera"},{"mid":"3","description":"104TSYScreen"},{"mid":"4","description":"105MCamera"}]}

```

got event, “description”: “105MCamera” is missing,and mid=4 still there.

```json
{"type": "video","mindex": 4,"mid": "4","disabled": true},{"type": "video","mindex": 5,"mid": "5","codec": "h264","h264_profile": "42e01f"}

```

We’ve observed that the `mid`value increments monotonically each time we remove and then re-add a stream via the `configure`request.

**Issue:​** ​ When re-adding a previously removed stream:

- The original mid=4 stays disabled

- A new mid=5 is created without the expected description

- I cannot properly reuse the same mid after removal

​ **Question:​** ​ What is the correct API approach to properly add/remove streams without accumulating disabled tracks, while maintaining correct mid and description mapping?

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**Author:** ![lorenzo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/janus.discourse.group/lorenzo/32/425_2.png) [@lorenzo](https://janus.discourse.group/u/lorenzo)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 9:01am UTC](https://janus.discourse.group/t/steam-missing-description/1741/2 "2025-11-13T09:01:29Z")

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You don’t create the `mid` in `configure`, you only reference existing ones in the SDP. You adding the camera again very likely results in a new m-line in the SDP, which is called `mid:5` (while `mid:4` is the previous one, still disabled), so when you pass a description for `mid` 4 and not `mid` 5, this results in the description for 4 being ignored, and the one for 5 not being available. As such, the code is doing exactly what it should.

You should check how you’re adding streams on the client side, and then take whatever mid was generated there to reference it properly in the VideoRoom API.