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Inconsistent or "Rotating" Video Feeds in Meetings
We're regularly experiencing inconsistent & “flip flopping” participant video feeds in some Teams meetings, and have yet to identify what's consistent about the problematic meetings. None of the meetings are large (perhaps 6-12 participants).
What happens:
- only 3-4 video feeds seem able to be active at the same time (even though all cameras are ON, and view is in GALLERY mode) – all others appear as initials only or even just a black box
- if a “blanked” participant either starts talking OR starts sharing, their video feed comes back, but someone else's then reverts to initials/black
- anecdotally, it seems like the participants who are the LEAST active/chatty are the ones that get “superseded” or “dropped off” into an initials-only pane
I’ve found a few old, similar references without a particular cause or solution - and of course there are at least a thousand things that can affect video streaming, with bandwidth/connectivity at the top of the list – but the behavior is consistent enough that I'm wondering if others are currently experiencing the same thing and/or have found a solution? (or at least a definitive reason to why this happens?)
- ADDED NOTE: switching to "together" view always shows ALL video feeds for all users - but as soon as a participant goes back to GALLERY view, at least a couple of the active camera feeds revert back to just displaying the participant initials.
SW-SoCo2 Are you using a VDI solution, Citrix, VMWare or WVD ?
- No - the end user devices are either laptops or desktops... currently looking at all kinds of details/specs to see if there's a "lowest common denominator" somewhere that might be affecting all - but haven't found anything yet 😕
