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New Teams - Video freezing
Are you new to this thread or did it just start behaving differently? It looks like everyone who has this is using a software package called Nahimic, which is packaged in a lot of OEM audio drivers such as from Asus, MSI and Dell. I detailed how to fix it on newer versions near the bottom of page 7. There are some people with older versions who say they can't find the file with the exclusions, and I don't have one of those to play with, so I can't help much there.
Look for an "A-Volute" folder under C:\ProgramData, or a service with Nahimic in the name. If you find either of these, the fix is near the bottom of page 7.
For a while there was a Teams version that had video issues even with that applied, but it looks like the newest one is good.
The root cause is something to do with drawing video overlays over Teams, so there could well be other software that does this, too.
We (as in those of us who have been discussing this for a while) also noticed that mostly people having this issue have non-integrated video, but I think that's just because those systems tend to have better sound chips with drivers that have more features, which Nahimic provides functionality for.
I'd replied a few times earlier in the thread - this was it just behaving differently.
I've gone through those steps you suggested and will need to do some more testing with other folks tomorrow but trying this with two of my own accounts on different devices, it seems that fix works for this issue as well.
Interesting correlation at work here and you make a great point about the better chipsets being the common issue.
Many thanks!
- HeathSFDJan 22, 2024Copper ContributorHi rcheung9,
Thanks for reaching out!
I applied the fix suggested by Rob, above, and that seems to have corrected the new behaviour that I was seeing, too. Fortunately, things have been behaving well since adding Teams to Nahimic's exclusions file.
All the best,
Heath