From d038c52144a276f8615df418136d3a982aebe1c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Zhao <david@davidzhao.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 14:12:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Use speech as default audio publish rate. Allow overriding
 defaults in `connect`, without dropping other defaults entirely.

---
 src/connect.ts       | 6 +++---
 src/room/defaults.ts | 8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/connect.ts b/src/connect.ts
index 29a4efb4c5..a9839d0f37 100644
--- a/src/connect.ts
+++ b/src/connect.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import log from './logger';
 import { WSSignalClient } from './api/SignalClient';
+import log from './logger';
 import {
   ConnectOptions,
   LogLevel,
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ export async function connect(
 
   // save default publish options
   if (options.publishDefaults) {
-    room.defaultPublishOptions = options.publishDefaults;
+    Object.assign(room.defaultPublishOptions, options.publishDefaults);
   }
   if (options.captureDefaults) {
-    room.defaultCaptureOptions = options.captureDefaults;
+    Object.assign(room.defaultCaptureOptions, options.captureDefaults);
   }
 
   const publishAudio: boolean = options.audio;
diff --git a/src/room/defaults.ts b/src/room/defaults.ts
index c637260387..211cdd9d50 100644
--- a/src/room/defaults.ts
+++ b/src/room/defaults.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-import { TrackCaptureDefaults, TrackPublishDefaults, VideoPresets } from './track/options';
+import {
+  AudioPresets, TrackCaptureDefaults, TrackPublishDefaults, VideoPresets,
+} from './track/options';
 
-let publishDefaults: TrackPublishDefaults = {};
+let publishDefaults: TrackPublishDefaults = {
+  audioBitrate: AudioPresets.speech.maxBitrate,
+};
 
 let captureDefaults: TrackCaptureDefaults = {
   autoGainControl: true,