Video Settings
- Nate St George (Unlicensed)
- Adonis Hamad (Unlicensed)
Summary
This article lists the video options in Zoom and what each option does.
Option Name | Description |
|---|---|
Aspect Ratio | Select to share camera in 16:9 (widescreen) or original ratio. |
Enable HD | Forces 16:9 ratio and will share HD video when certain conditions are met. |
Enable mirror effect | Flips the video output of your camera. |
Enable Hardware Acceleration | Check this setting if you're having CPU bottlenecking issues when using Zoom. This will use the hardware to encode and decode video instead of Zoom software. |
Touch up my appearance | Applies a slight blur effect to your video, which can smooth out the lighting. |
Display participant's name on their video | Shows the name of each participant in the bottom left corner of video window. |
Turn off my video when joining a meeting | Camera will default to being off when joining meetings. |
Hide Non-Video participants | Selecting this option will turn off the video window box of participants who joined without video. Their name will still be displayed when they speak. |
Spotlight my video when I speak | Display your own video locally when you speak. |
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