Zoom, Skype Technical Q&A here:

[Tortuga]

2 hours ago, AH173 said:

Some background images before Saturday's meeting with OBS and green screen. 

I like the blue one.

How do you have your green screen mounted?

[bigvince]

After the latest update it turned off cohosts, but now it only allows us to add 1 cohost. ANy ideas?

[Tortuga]

4 minutes ago, bigvince said:

After the latest update it turned off cohosts, but now it only allows us to add 1 cohost. ANy ideas?

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206330935-Enabling-and-adding-a-co-host?mobile_site=true#:~:text=There is no limitation on,be enabled by Zoom support.

[bigvince]

Thanks, but this setting was changed while the meeting was already started and so it only allows 1. Now it allows none, lol.

[AH173]

16 minutes ago, Tortuga said:

I like the blue one.

How do you have your green screen mounted?

I got this one on a lightning sale at $35.00. It seem that the price went up.

Also, I drape it over my chair to edit it out of the image for zoom.

Edited May 23, 2021 by AH173
update

[TylerD]

1 hour ago, bigvince said:

Thanks, but this setting was changed while the meeting was already started and so it only allows 1. Now it allows none, lol.

Something happened earlier with the organization settings. Co-host and Waiting room settings are now re-enabled and re-locked.

Edited May 23, 2021 by TylerD

[jwhess]

Our visiting speaker today (from the other end of our circuit) used a virtual background for his public talk,  He just moved to a new house this week (boxes and stuff all around), and his wife was sick and in bead.  He had two little girls about 4 and five years old to care for while he was online.

 

His image was mostly steady but his black chair he was sitting in kept popping in and out of the background.  It looked like his right arm would "grow" a black extension and then disappear.  Once in a while an ear would come into focus and then fade out depending on which direction he looked.

 

It  was pretty steady and he covered up his living room for the talk.  During the Watchtower Study he turned it off and he and his two girls just sat in chairs.  He was in the back and the sat in two chairs in front of him.  He used a remote control for whatever setup he was using.

[bigvince]

I helped my parents set one up. I got some 3/4" pipe and elbows from Home Depot and built a frame, then used a shower curtain with big holes. It's almost perfectly flat now. AT home, I have a bunk bed area behind me and the top is storage, it's in a slide out so I used push pins to hand a curtain. Works well.

[➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone]

Did someone say Greenscreen?
Don't forget the matching tie...
Old (Downunder) Tone
 

Edited May 23, 2021 by ➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone

[TylerD]

Maintenance update

The client release scheduled for May 24 has been delayed until May 25, 2021.

[Qapla]

 

[thunderl]

Update didn't help with the crackling/popping during the songs. Per recent Zoom instructions, (Media Playing Guidance / Form S-144) we played in 480p, and still had issues.

 

Time to write to Zoom.

[Qapla]

I noticed this past Sunday that we had some crackling in our songs - it was the first time we have had this ...

 

[AH173]

On Monday (before applying the recent zoom update) I heard clear audio through my galaxy buds + while being the host. 

 

My videos were downloaded at 720p. 

[Qapla]

Tonight during the meeting the songs played just fine ... no noises at all

 

Since the songs should/could be downloaded onto the local device playing them - there should not be a reason the song (data) would work good one time and not another unless the application playing them is having a problem. It could be that the issue may not be with Zoom or JWL/VLC - it could be bandwidth problems

 

[jayrtom]

 

8 hours ago, AH173 said:

On Monday (before applying the recent zoom update) I heard clear audio through my galaxy buds + while being the host. 

 

My videos were downloaded at 720p. 

No issues here to. I also download and play 720p quality (Same galaxy buds+)

Edited May 27, 2021 by jayrtom

[jwhess]

Zoom just updated on my Android device. 5.6.6 also.

 

Don't see the update on my Ipad or Iphone yet.  They are still 5.6.4

[On the huh]

I have noticed sound issues the last few meetings.  Songs are worst affected by it, doesn't seem to happen on the other videos.  It could be server side issues.

[thunderl]

On 5/26/2021 at 4:17 PM, AH173 said:

On Monday (before applying the recent zoom update) I heard clear audio through my galaxy buds + while being the host. 

 

My videos were downloaded at 720p. 

The host can never hear the problem. Its the audience. New suggestion is 480 when using VideoConference; 720 at the KH.

On 5/26/2021 at 5:04 PM, Qapla said:

Tonight during the meeting the songs played just fine ... no noises at all

 

Since the songs should/could be downloaded onto the local device playing them - there should not be a reason the song (data) would work good one time and not another unless the application playing them is having a problem. It could be that the issue may not be with Zoom or JWL/VLC - it could be bandwidth problems

 

All songs have been downloaded locally. All A/V brothers have great bandwidth and we have all had the issue no matter who is sharing the video. Doesn't matter if we switch mono/stereo; via Zoom Video Share or VLC/JWL... So frustrating. None of the friends have complained, but we all can hear it.

[AH173]

Today we had intermittent noise in the replaying of the songs. Cleveland area had some bad weather from yesterday to today. Possibly contributing problems to audio/video degradation. Also some power outages near me for today's meeting. Our scheduled speaker cancelled because of power outages yesterday.

[Tortuga]

On 5/27/2021 at 1:47 PM, On the huh said:

I have noticed sound issues the last few meetings.  Songs are worst affected by it, doesn't seem to happen on the other videos.  It could be server side issues.

I've noticed it too, a slight clicking noise when the song is playing. I haven't heard a noise like that since the time the FBI tapped my phone...weird...🤣

[Floyd]

I haven't heard any problems. 

[jwhess]

On 5/27/2021 at 2:14 PM, jwhess said:

Zoom just updated on my Android device. 5.6.6 also.

 

Don't see the update on my Ipad or Iphone yet.  They are still 5.6.4

My IPhone and IPad both updated the Zoom app this morning.  Version 5.6.6

[jwhess]

Zoom on my Windows 10 PC just updated to version 5.6.7 but I do not see any updates on my Ipad, Iphone or Android device.

[luisenriquereyes]

58 minutes ago, jwhess said:

Zoom on my Windows 10 PC just updated to version 5.6.7 but I do not see any updates on my Ipad, Iphone or Android device.

Release notes of 5.6.7 (1016)
Meeting/webinar features
-Active Apps Notifier
Resolved Issues
-Security enhancements
-Minor bug fixes