Audio levels redesign.

css/_variables.scss

@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ $participantNameColor: #fff;
 $thumbnailPictogramColor: #fff;
 $dominantSpeakerBg: #165ecc;
 $raiseHandBg: #D6D61E;
+$audioLevelBg: #44A5FF;
+$audioLevelBorder: rgba(14, 56, 121, .5);
 
 $rateStarDefault: #ccc;
 $rateStarActivity: #165ecc;

css/_videolayout_default.scss

@@ -363,6 +363,36 @@
     background: $raiseHandBg;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Audio indicator on video thumbnails.
+ */
+.videocontainer>span.audioindicator {
+    position: absolute;
+    display: inline-block;
+    left: 6px;
+    top: 50%;
+    margin-top: -21px;
+    width: 6px;
+    height: 42px;
+    z-index: 2;
+    border: none;
+
+    .audiodot-top,
+    .audiodot-bottom {
+        opacity: 0;
+        display: inline-block;
+        @include circle(4px);
+        background: $audioLevelBg;
+        margin: 1px 0 1px 0;
+        -webkit-filter: blur(0.5px);
+        filter: blur(0.5px);
+        border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, .5);
+        transition: opacity .25s ease-in-out;
+        -moz-transition: opacity .25s ease-in-out;
+        z-index: 2;
+    }
+}
+
 #indicatoricon {
     width: $thumbnailIndicatorSize - 2*$thumbnailIndicatorBorder;
     height: $thumbnailIndicatorSize - 2*$thumbnailIndicatorBorder;
@@ -399,25 +429,20 @@
     width: 300px;
     height: 300px;
     margin: auto;
-    overflow: hidden;
     position: relative;
 }
 
-#dominantSpeakerAudioLevel {
-    position: absolute;
-    top: 0px;
-    left: 0px;
-    z-index: 2;
-    visibility: inherit;
-}
-
 #mixedstream {
     display:none !important;
 }
 
-#dominantSpeakerAvatar {
+#dominantSpeakerAvatar,
+.dynamic-shadow {
     width: 200px;
     height: 200px;
+}
+
+#dominantSpeakerAvatar {
     top: 50px;
     margin: auto;
     position: relative;
@@ -427,6 +452,15 @@
     background-color: #000000;
 }
 
+.dynamic-shadow {
+    border-radius: 50%;
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 50%;
+    left: 50%;
+    margin: -100px 0 0 -100px;
+    transition: box-shadow 0.3s ease;
+}
+
 .userAvatar {
     @include circle(60px);
     @include absoluteAligning(60px, 60px);

index.html

@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@
                     <span data-i18n="poweredby"></span> jitsi.org
                 </a>
                 <div id="dominantSpeaker">
+                    <div class="dynamic-shadow"></div>
                     <img id="dominantSpeakerAvatar" src=""/>
-                    <canvas id="dominantSpeakerAudioLevel"></canvas>
                 </div>
                 <span id="remoteConnectionMessage"></span>
                 <div id="largeVideoWrapper">

interface_config.js

@@ -41,5 +41,7 @@ var interfaceConfig = {
     REMOTE_THUMBNAIL_RATIO_HEIGHT: 1,
     // Enables feedback star animation.
     ENABLE_FEEDBACK_ANIMATION: false,
-    DISABLE_FOCUS_INDICATOR: false
-};
+    DISABLE_FOCUS_INDICATOR: false,
+    AUDIO_LEVEL_PRIMARY_COLOR: "rgba(255,255,255,0.7)",
+    AUDIO_LEVEL_SECONDARY_COLOR: "rgba(255,255,255,0.4)"
+};

modules/UI/audio_levels/AudioLevels.js

@@ -1,183 +1,36 @@
-/* global APP, interfaceConfig, $ */
-/* jshint -W101 */
-
-import CanvasUtil from './CanvasUtils';
-import FilmStrip from '../videolayout/FilmStrip';
-
-const LOCAL_LEVEL = 'local';
-
-let ASDrawContext = null;
-let audioLevelCanvasCache = {};
-let dominantSpeakerAudioElement = null;
-
-function _initDominantSpeakerAudioLevels(dominantSpeakerAvatarSize) {
-    let ASRadius = dominantSpeakerAvatarSize / 2;
-    let ASCenter = (dominantSpeakerAvatarSize + ASRadius) / 2;
-
-    // Draw a circle.
-    ASDrawContext.beginPath();
-    ASDrawContext.arc(ASCenter, ASCenter, ASRadius, 0, 2 * Math.PI);
-    ASDrawContext.closePath();
-
-    // Add a shadow around the circle
-    ASDrawContext.shadowColor = interfaceConfig.SHADOW_COLOR;
-    ASDrawContext.shadowOffsetX = 0;
-    ASDrawContext.shadowOffsetY = 0;
-}
-
-/**
- * Resizes the given audio level canvas to match the given thumbnail size.
- */
-function _resizeAudioLevelCanvas(   audioLevelCanvas,
-                                    thumbnailWidth,
-                                    thumbnailHeight) {
-    audioLevelCanvas.width = thumbnailWidth + interfaceConfig.CANVAS_EXTRA;
-    audioLevelCanvas.height = thumbnailHeight + interfaceConfig.CANVAS_EXTRA;
-}
+/* global interfaceConfig */
 
+import UIUtil from "../util/UIUtil";
 /**
- * Draws the audio level canvas into the cached canvas object.
- *
- * @param id of the user for whom we draw the audio level
- * @param audioLevel the newAudio level to render
- */
-function drawAudioLevelCanvas(id, audioLevel) {
-    if (!audioLevelCanvasCache[id]) {
-
-        let videoSpanId = getVideoSpanId(id);
-
-        let audioLevelCanvasOrig = $(`#${videoSpanId}>canvas`).get(0);
-
-        /*
-         * FIXME Testing has shown that audioLevelCanvasOrig may not exist.
-         * In such a case, the method CanvasUtil.cloneCanvas may throw an
-         * error. Since audio levels are frequently updated, the errors have
-         * been observed to pile into the console, strain the CPU.
-         */
-        if (audioLevelCanvasOrig) {
-            audioLevelCanvasCache[id]
-                = CanvasUtil.cloneCanvas(audioLevelCanvasOrig);
-        }
-    }
-
-    let canvas = audioLevelCanvasCache[id];
-
-    if (!canvas) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    let drawContext = canvas.getContext('2d');
-
-    drawContext.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
-
-    let shadowLevel = getShadowLevel(audioLevel);
-
-    if (shadowLevel > 0) {
-        // drawContext, x, y, w, h, r, shadowColor, shadowLevel
-        CanvasUtil.drawRoundRectGlow(
-            drawContext,
-            interfaceConfig.CANVAS_EXTRA / 2, interfaceConfig.CANVAS_EXTRA / 2,
-            canvas.width - interfaceConfig.CANVAS_EXTRA,
-            canvas.height - interfaceConfig.CANVAS_EXTRA,
-            interfaceConfig.CANVAS_RADIUS,
-            interfaceConfig.SHADOW_COLOR,
-            shadowLevel);
-    }
-}
-
-/**
- * Returns the shadow/glow level for the given audio level.
- *
- * @param audioLevel the audio level from which we determine the shadow
- * level
- */
-function getShadowLevel (audioLevel) {
-    let shadowLevel = 0;
-
-    if (audioLevel <= 0.3) {
-        shadowLevel = Math.round(
-            interfaceConfig.CANVAS_EXTRA/2*(audioLevel/0.3));
-    } else if (audioLevel <= 0.6) {
-        shadowLevel = Math.round(
-            interfaceConfig.CANVAS_EXTRA/2*((audioLevel - 0.3) / 0.3));
-    } else {
-        shadowLevel = Math.round(
-            interfaceConfig.CANVAS_EXTRA/2*((audioLevel - 0.6) / 0.4));
-    }
-
-    return shadowLevel;
-}
-
-/**
- * Returns the video span id corresponding to the given user id
- */
-function getVideoSpanId(id) {
-    let videoSpanId = null;
-
-    if (id === LOCAL_LEVEL || APP.conference.isLocalId(id)) {
-        videoSpanId = 'localVideoContainer';
-    } else {
-        videoSpanId = `participant_${id}`;
-    }
-
-    return videoSpanId;
-}
-
-/**
- * The audio Levels plugin.
+ * Responsible for drawing audio levels.
  */
 const AudioLevels = {
 
-    init () {
-        dominantSpeakerAudioElement =  $('#dominantSpeakerAudioLevel')[0];
-        ASDrawContext = dominantSpeakerAudioElement.getContext('2d');
-
-        let parentContainer = $("#dominantSpeaker");
-        let dominantSpeakerWidth = parentContainer.width();
-        let dominantSpeakerHeight = parentContainer.height();
-
-        dominantSpeakerAudioElement.width = dominantSpeakerWidth;
-        dominantSpeakerAudioElement.height = dominantSpeakerHeight;
-
-        let dominantSpeakerAvatar = $("#dominantSpeakerAvatar");
-        _initDominantSpeakerAudioLevels(dominantSpeakerAvatar.width());
-    },
-
     /**
-     * Updates the audio level canvas for the given id. If the canvas
-     * didn't exist we create it.
+     * The number of dots per class. We have 2 classes of dots "top" and
+     * "bottom". The total number of dots will be twice the below value.
      */
-    createAudioLevelCanvas (videoSpanId, thumbWidth, thumbHeight) {
+    _AUDIO_LEVEL_DOTS: 3,
 
-        let videoSpan = document.getElementById(videoSpanId);
-
-        if (!videoSpan) {
-            if (videoSpanId) {
-                console.error("No video element for id", videoSpanId);
-            } else {
-                console.error("No video element for local video.");
-            }
-            return;
-        }
-
-        let audioLevelCanvas = $(`#${videoSpanId}>canvas`);
-
-        if (!audioLevelCanvas || audioLevelCanvas.length === 0) {
+    /**
+     * Creates the audio level indicator span element.
+     *
+     * @return {Element} the document element representing audio levels
+     */
+    createThumbnailAudioLevelIndicator() {
 
-            audioLevelCanvas = document.createElement('canvas');
-            audioLevelCanvas.className = "audiolevel";
-            audioLevelCanvas.style.bottom
-                = `-${interfaceConfig.CANVAS_EXTRA/2}px`;
-            audioLevelCanvas.style.left
-                = `-${interfaceConfig.CANVAS_EXTRA/2}px`;
-            _resizeAudioLevelCanvas(audioLevelCanvas, thumbWidth, thumbHeight);
+        let audioSpan = document.createElement('span');
+        audioSpan.className = 'audioindicator';
 
-            videoSpan.appendChild(audioLevelCanvas);
-        } else {
-            audioLevelCanvas = audioLevelCanvas.get(0);
+        for (let i = 0; i < this._AUDIO_LEVEL_DOTS*2; i++) {
+            var audioDot = document.createElement('span');
+            audioDot.className = (i < this._AUDIO_LEVEL_DOTS)
+                                    ? "audiodot-top"
+                                    : "audiodot-bottom";
 
-            _resizeAudioLevelCanvas(audioLevelCanvas, thumbWidth, thumbHeight);
+            audioSpan.appendChild(audioDot);
         }
+        return audioSpan;
     },
 
     /**
@@ -186,74 +39,93 @@ const AudioLevels = {
      * @param id id of the user for whom we draw the audio level
      * @param audioLevel the newAudio level to render
      */
-    updateAudioLevel (id, audioLevel, largeVideoId) {
-        drawAudioLevelCanvas(id, audioLevel);
-
-        let videoSpanId = getVideoSpanId(id);
-
-        let audioLevelCanvas = $(`#${videoSpanId}>canvas`).get(0);
+    updateThumbnailAudioLevel (id, audioLevel) {
+        let audioSpan = document.getElementById(id)
+                            .getElementsByClassName("audioindicator");
 
-        if (!audioLevelCanvas) {
+        if (audioSpan && audioSpan.length > 0)
+            audioSpan = audioSpan[0];
+        else
             return;
-        }
-
-        let drawContext = audioLevelCanvas.getContext('2d');
-
-        let canvasCache = audioLevelCanvasCache[id];
 
-        drawContext.clearRect(
-            0, 0, audioLevelCanvas.width, audioLevelCanvas.height
-        );
-        drawContext.drawImage(canvasCache, 0, 0);
-
-        if (id === LOCAL_LEVEL) {
-            id = APP.conference.getMyUserId();
-            if (!id) {
-                return;
-            }
+        let audioTopDots
+            = audioSpan.getElementsByClassName("audiodot-top");
+        let audioBottomDots
+            = audioSpan.getElementsByClassName("audiodot-bottom");
+
+        let coloredDots = Math.round(this._AUDIO_LEVEL_DOTS*audioLevel);
+        let topColoredDots = this._AUDIO_LEVEL_DOTS - coloredDots;
+
+        for (let i = 0; i < audioTopDots.length; i++) {
+            if (i < topColoredDots)
+                audioTopDots[i].style.opacity = 0;
+            else if (i === topColoredDots && topColoredDots > 0)
+                audioTopDots[i].style.opacity = 0.5;
+            else
+                audioTopDots[i].style.opacity = 1;
         }
 
-        if(id === largeVideoId) {
-            window.requestAnimationFrame(function () {
-                AudioLevels.updateDominantSpeakerAudioLevel(audioLevel);
-            });
+        for (let i = 0; i < audioBottomDots.length; i++) {
+            if (i < coloredDots)
+                audioBottomDots[i].style.opacity = 1;
+            else if (i === coloredDots && coloredDots > 0)
+                audioBottomDots[i].style.opacity = 0.5;
+            else
+                audioBottomDots[i].style.opacity = 0;
         }
     },
 
-    updateDominantSpeakerAudioLevel (audioLevel) {
-        if($("#dominantSpeaker").css("visibility") == "hidden"
-            || ASDrawContext === null) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        ASDrawContext.clearRect(0, 0,
-            dominantSpeakerAudioElement.width,
-            dominantSpeakerAudioElement.height);
+    /**
+     * Updates the audio level of the large video.
+     *
+     * @param audioLevel the new audio level to set.
+     */
+    updateLargeVideoAudioLevel(elementId, audioLevel) {
+        let element = document.getElementById(elementId);
 
-        if (!audioLevel) {
+        if(!UIUtil.isVisible(element))
             return;
-        }
 
-        ASDrawContext.shadowBlur = getShadowLevel(audioLevel);
+        let level = parseFloat(audioLevel);
 
-        // Fill the shape.
-        ASDrawContext.fill();
-    },
+        level = isNaN(level) ? 0 : level;
 
-    updateCanvasSize (localVideo, remoteVideo) {
-        let { remoteThumbs, localThumb } = FilmStrip.getThumbs();
+        let shadowElement = element.getElementsByClassName("dynamic-shadow");
 
-        remoteThumbs.each(( index, element ) => {
-            this.createAudioLevelCanvas(element.id,
-                                        remoteVideo.thumbWidth,
-                                        remoteVideo.thumbHeight);
-        });
+        if (shadowElement && shadowElement.length > 0)
+            shadowElement = shadowElement[0];
 
-        if (localThumb) {
-            this.createAudioLevelCanvas(localThumb.get(0).id,
-                                        localVideo.thumbWidth,
-                                        localVideo.thumbHeight);
-        }
+        shadowElement.style.boxShadow = this._updateLargeVideoShadow(level);
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Updates the large video shadow effect.
+     */
+    _updateLargeVideoShadow (level) {
+        var scale = 2,
+
+        // Internal circle audio level.
+        int = {
+            level: level > 0.15 ? 20 : 0,
+            color: interfaceConfig.AUDIO_LEVEL_PRIMARY_COLOR
+        },
+
+        // External circle audio level.
+        ext = {
+            level: (int.level * scale * level + int.level).toFixed(0),
+            color: interfaceConfig.AUDIO_LEVEL_SECONDARY_COLOR
+        };
+
+        // Internal blur.
+        int.blur = int.level ? 2 : 0;
+
+        // External blur.
+        ext.blur = ext.level ? 6 : 0;
+
+        return [
+            `0 0 ${ int.blur }px ${ int.level }px ${ int.color }`,
+            `0 0 ${ ext.blur }px ${ ext.level }px ${ ext.color }`
+        ].join(', ');
     }
 };
 

modules/UI/audio_levels/CanvasUtils.js

@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Utility class for drawing canvas shapes.
- */
-const CanvasUtil = {
-
-    /**
-     * Draws a round rectangle with a glow. The glowWidth indicates the depth
-     * of the glow.
-     *
-     * @param drawContext the context of the canvas to draw to
-     * @param x the x coordinate of the round rectangle
-     * @param y the y coordinate of the round rectangle
-     * @param w the width of the round rectangle
-     * @param h the height of the round rectangle
-     * @param glowColor the color of the glow
-     * @param glowWidth the width of the glow
-     */
-    drawRoundRectGlow (drawContext, x, y, w, h, r, glowColor, glowWidth) {
-
-        // Save the previous state of the context.
-        drawContext.save();
-
-        if (w < 2 * r) r = w / 2;
-        if (h < 2 * r) r = h / 2;
-
-        // Draw a round rectangle.
-        drawContext.beginPath();
-        drawContext.moveTo(x+r, y);
-        drawContext.arcTo(x+w, y,   x+w, y+h, r);
-        drawContext.arcTo(x+w, y+h, x,   y+h, r);
-        drawContext.arcTo(x,   y+h, x,   y,   r);
-        drawContext.arcTo(x,   y,   x+w, y,   r);
-        drawContext.closePath();
-
-        // Add a shadow around the rectangle
-        drawContext.shadowColor = glowColor;
-        drawContext.shadowBlur = glowWidth;
-        drawContext.shadowOffsetX = 0;
-        drawContext.shadowOffsetY = 0;
-
-        // Fill the shape.
-        drawContext.fill();
-
-        drawContext.save();
-
-        drawContext.restore();
-
-//      1) Uncomment this line to use Composite Operation, which is doing the
-//      same as the clip function below and is also antialiasing the round
-//      border, but is said to be less fast performance wise.
-
-//      drawContext.globalCompositeOperation='destination-out';
-
-        drawContext.beginPath();
-        drawContext.moveTo(x+r, y);
-        drawContext.arcTo(x+w, y,   x+w, y+h, r);
-        drawContext.arcTo(x+w, y+h, x,   y+h, r);
-        drawContext.arcTo(x,   y+h, x,   y,   r);
-        drawContext.arcTo(x,   y,   x+w, y,   r);
-        drawContext.closePath();
-
-//      2) Uncomment this line to use Composite Operation, which is doing the
-//      same as the clip function below and is also antialiasing the round
-//      border, but is said to be less fast performance wise.
-
-//      drawContext.fill();
-
-        // Comment these two lines if choosing to do the same with composite
-        // operation above 1 and 2.
-        drawContext.clip();
-        drawContext.clearRect(0, 0, 277, 200);
-
-        // Restore the previous context state.
-        drawContext.restore();
-    },
-
-    /**
-     * Clones the given canvas.
-     *
-     * @return the new cloned canvas.
-     */
-    cloneCanvas (oldCanvas) {
-        /*
-         * FIXME Testing has shown that oldCanvas may not exist. In such a case,
-         * the method CanvasUtil.cloneCanvas may throw an error. Since audio
-         * levels are frequently updated, the errors have been observed to pile
-         * into the console, strain the CPU.
-         */
-        if (!oldCanvas)
-            return oldCanvas;
-
-        //create a new canvas
-        var newCanvas = document.createElement('canvas');
-        var context = newCanvas.getContext('2d');
-
-        //set dimensions
-        newCanvas.width = oldCanvas.width;
-        newCanvas.height = oldCanvas.height;
-
-        //apply the old canvas to the new one
-        context.drawImage(oldCanvas, 0, 0);
-
-        //return the new canvas
-        return newCanvas;
-    }
-};
-
-export default CanvasUtil;

modules/UI/videolayout/FilmStrip.js

@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ const FilmStrip = {
             return { remoteThumbs, localThumb };
         }
 
-    },
+    }
 
 };
 

modules/UI/videolayout/LargeVideoManager.js

@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ import Avatar from "../avatar/Avatar";
 import {createDeferred} from '../../util/helpers';
 import UIUtil from "../util/UIUtil";
 import {VideoContainer, VIDEO_CONTAINER_TYPE} from "./VideoContainer";
+
 import LargeContainer from "./LargeContainer";
 
+import AudioLevels from "../audio_levels/AudioLevels";
+
 /**
  * Manager for all Large containers.
  */
@@ -307,6 +310,15 @@ export default class LargeVideoManager {
         $("#dominantSpeakerAvatar").attr('src', avatarUrl);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Updates the audio level indicator of the large video.
+     *
+     * @param lvl the new audio level to set
+     */
+    updateLargeVideoAudioLevel (lvl) {
+        AudioLevels.updateLargeVideoAudioLevel("dominantSpeaker", lvl);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Show or hide watermark.
      * @param {boolean} show

modules/UI/videolayout/LocalVideo.js

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ function LocalVideo(VideoLayout, emitter) {
     this.setDisplayName();
 
     this.createConnectionIndicator();
+    this.addAudioLevelIndicator();
 }
 
 LocalVideo.prototype = Object.create(SmallVideo.prototype);

modules/UI/videolayout/RemoteVideo.js

@@ -63,13 +63,12 @@ RemoteVideo.prototype.addRemoteVideoContainer = function() {
 
     let { remoteVideo } = this.VideoLayout.resizeThumbnails(false, true);
     let { thumbHeight, thumbWidth } = remoteVideo;
-    AudioLevels.createAudioLevelCanvas(
-        this.videoSpanId, thumbWidth, thumbHeight);
+
+    this.addAudioLevelIndicator();
 
     return this.container;
 };
 
-
 /**
  * Initializes the remote participant popup menu, by specifying previously
  * constructed popupMenuElement, containing all the menu items.

modules/UI/videolayout/SmallVideo.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import Avatar from "../avatar/Avatar";
 import UIUtil from "../util/UIUtil";
 import UIEvents from "../../../service/UI/UIEvents";
+import AudioLevels from "../audio_levels/AudioLevels";
 
 const RTCUIHelper = JitsiMeetJS.util.RTCUIHelper;
 
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ SmallVideo.prototype.getAudioMutedIndicator = function () {
  * @param {boolean} isMuted indicates if we should set the view to muted view
  * or not
  */
-SmallVideo.prototype.setMutedView = function(isMuted) {
+SmallVideo.prototype.setVideoMutedView = function(isMuted) {
     this.isVideoMuted = isMuted;
     this.updateView();
 
@@ -308,10 +309,11 @@ SmallVideo.prototype.getVideoMutedIndicator = function () {
 };
 
 /**
- * Creates the element indicating the moderator(owner) of the conference.
+ * Adds the element indicating the moderator(owner) of the conference.
  */
-SmallVideo.prototype.createModeratorIndicatorElement = function () {
-    // don't create moderator indicator if DISABLE_FOCUS_INDICATOR is true
+SmallVideo.prototype.addModeratorIndicator = function () {
+
+    // Don't create moderator indicator if DISABLE_FOCUS_INDICATOR is true
     if (interfaceConfig.DISABLE_FOCUS_INDICATOR)
         return false;
 
@@ -339,10 +341,33 @@ SmallVideo.prototype.createModeratorIndicatorElement = function () {
     indicatorSpan.appendChild(moderatorIndicator);
 };
 
+/**
+ * Adds the element indicating the audio level of the participant.
+ */
+SmallVideo.prototype.addAudioLevelIndicator = function () {
+    var audioSpan = $('#' + this.videoSpanId + ' .audioindicator');
+
+    if (audioSpan.length) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    this.container.appendChild(
+        AudioLevels.createThumbnailAudioLevelIndicator());
+};
+
+/**
+ * Updates the audio level for this small video.
+ *
+ * @param lvl the new audio level to set
+ */
+SmallVideo.prototype.updateAudioLevelIndicator = function (lvl) {
+    AudioLevels.updateThumbnailAudioLevel(this.videoSpanId, lvl);
+};
+
 /**
  * Removes the element indicating the moderator(owner) of the conference.
  */
-SmallVideo.prototype.removeModeratorIndicatorElement = function () {
+SmallVideo.prototype.removeModeratorIndicator = function () {
     $('#' + this.videoSpanId + ' .focusindicator').remove();
 };
 

modules/UI/videolayout/VideoLayout.js

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /* global config, APP, $, interfaceConfig, JitsiMeetJS */
 /* jshint -W101 */
 
-import AudioLevels from "../audio_levels/AudioLevels";
 import Avatar from "../avatar/Avatar";
 import FilmStrip from "./FilmStrip";
 import UIEvents from "../../../service/UI/UIEvents";
@@ -108,10 +107,6 @@ var VideoLayout = {
         // if we do not resize the thumbs here, if there is no video device
         // the local video thumb maybe one pixel
         let { localVideo } = this.resizeThumbnails(false, true);
-        AudioLevels.createAudioLevelCanvas(
-            "localVideoContainer",
-            localVideo.thumbWidth,
-            localVideo.thumbHeight);
 
         emitter.addListener(UIEvents.CONTACT_CLICKED, onContactClicked);
         this.lastNCount = config.channelLastN;
@@ -123,16 +118,21 @@ var VideoLayout = {
             largeVideo.onLocalFlipXChange(localFlipX);
         }
         largeVideo.updateContainerSize();
-        AudioLevels.init();
     },
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the audio level of the video elements associated to the given id.
+     *
+     * @param id the video identifier in the form it comes from the library
+     * @param lvl the new audio level to update to
+     */
     setAudioLevel(id, lvl) {
-        if (!largeVideo) {
-            return;
-        }
-        AudioLevels.updateAudioLevel(
-            id, lvl, largeVideo.id
-        );
+        let smallVideo = this.getSmallVideo(id);
+        if (smallVideo)
+            smallVideo.updateAudioLevelIndicator(lvl);
+
+        if (largeVideo && id === largeVideo.id)
+            largeVideo.updateLargeVideoAudioLevel(lvl);
     },
 
     isInLastN (resource) {
@@ -469,9 +469,9 @@ var VideoLayout = {
     showModeratorIndicator () {
         let isModerator = APP.conference.isModerator;
         if (isModerator) {
-            localVideoThumbnail.createModeratorIndicatorElement();
+            localVideoThumbnail.addModeratorIndicator();
         } else {
-            localVideoThumbnail.removeModeratorIndicatorElement();
+            localVideoThumbnail.removeModeratorIndicator();
         }
 
         APP.conference.listMembers().forEach(function (member) {
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ var VideoLayout = {
                 return;
 
             if (member.isModerator()) {
-                remoteVideo.createModeratorIndicatorElement();
+                remoteVideo.addModeratorIndicator();
             }
 
             if (isModerator) {
@@ -528,7 +528,6 @@ var VideoLayout = {
         FilmStrip.resizeThumbnails(localVideo, remoteVideo,
             animate, forceUpdate)
             .then(function () {
-                AudioLevels.updateCanvasSize(localVideo, remoteVideo);
                 if (onComplete && typeof onComplete === "function")
                     onComplete();
             });
@@ -558,11 +557,11 @@ var VideoLayout = {
      */
     onVideoMute (id, value) {
         if (APP.conference.isLocalId(id)) {
-            localVideoThumbnail.setMutedView(value);
+            localVideoThumbnail.setVideoMutedView(value);
         } else {
             let remoteVideo = remoteVideos[id];
             if (remoteVideo)
-                remoteVideo.setMutedView(value);
+                remoteVideo.setVideoMutedView(value);
         }
 
         if (this.isCurrentlyOnLarge(id)) {