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.
kmattakat Totally agree. That's why I made sure to point out I was guessing. Let us all know what you think after using the feature a bit.
Mark -
did a quick test just watching the network adapter in the task manager. Teams call with 13 participants, 1 sharing desktop, 5-6 sending their video stream. Average receive B/sec appeared to be on the high end of 100-250KB/sec (1.5Mbps-2Mbps with 4Mbps-7Mbps spikes). Turning off incoming video dropped it to the lower end of that range. Didn't appear to be a real significant difference if you were only on 1-2 calls a day. Could make a difference if you had many large conf calls through out the day.
at rest Teams seems to be running around 20-30KB/sec (240Kbps)
of course this is just ball park and wasn't a very thorough test. I have a number conference calls every day so looking to setup a better test just haven't had time to get the correct apps together.
just for comparison, i had a Skype call right after the teams call. 30 participant, 1 person sharing desktop and no video streams. Skype was running around 180KB/sec to 200KB/sec (1.6Mbps) with just audio and desktop share.
