Forum Discussion
Turn off/on incoming video setting
Hellomichb175
I can think of two benefits, really just two sides of the same coin. One is that it would reduce your bandwidth requirement which may result in a lower cost, depending on your package with your ISP. A second benefit would be in the scenario where the audio quality is poor or cutting out for you during a video call. Turning off the incoming video then should improve the audio quality of the call.
HTH.
Am I wrong in thinking the option should be called "turn off participants outgoing video." When the option is chosen, it turns off all participants' outgoing video. Is that correct? Or am I wrong? The name of the option seems to imply it only affects the video coming into the computer of the person choosing the option. Is that actually how it works? When I select this option, does everybody else still see each other?
Sorry if this seems basic, but short of jumping into a meeting with multiple people and testing for ourselves, I haven't been able to find a definitive answer online.
Mark -
Imagine you are the CEO and presenting together with the management team and someone accidentally puts on their webcam, taking over your so important presentation... 😉