FEATURE REQUEST: This comes up all the time for my teachers and I. When hosting, we would like to be able to spotlight our video for everyone, even when there is only one other participant. Currently the option to click my host thumbnail and select "spotlight for everyone" when hosting say a group meditation class, is only available if there are more than one participants. This can be a bit jarring, as this is super important for recording classes to make available to clients after an event. Without this option, when participants talk, the recording captures them too, and there have been some ruined recordings where the active speaker view stayed on a participant instead of the host. I'd love to see this option even if everyone is just one attendee. Can anyone put me straight or add this to the future development map?

Hallo,

wenn ich Teilnehmer in Break-Out-Räume aufteile, haben diese leider keine Möglichkeit um Hilfe zu bitten. Diese Option gibt es einfach nicht. Oder sie ist sehr gut versteckt.

Muss ich diese Option zusätzlich zu den Break-Out-Räumen auch noch irgendwo aktivieren? (Mir kommt es schon reichlich absurd vor, dass die Break-Out-Räume standardmäßig nicht aktiviert sind. Von daher würde es mich nicht wundern, wenn man noch einen zweiten Haken irgendwo setzen muss.)

In my most recent Zoom meeting (which i hosted), the participants were not able to send direct messages to each other - only messages to the whole group were allowed. There was a message saying something about "because you have a large number of participants of this meeting, direct messaging is disabled" or something to that effect. There were less than 20 people in the meeting, but around 70 invited. This has never happened before even though this is a recurring meeting with the same number of invitees each time. 

At the beginning of next month we will be hosting a conference with 200+ people in a meeting, and we would like to keep it as a meeting, and not a webinar, precisely because we want participants to be able to interact with each other. Is there a setting which will prevent Zoom from disabling the direct messaging feature for large meetings?

Thanks!

I have several meetings that use zoom to connect. This would not be a problem except that Zoom refuses to initialize my camera. No matter what I do, the camera stays off. In settings it accesses it fine but not in zoom, one post I read said to change the camera settings in Zoom to foundation, I have done this and still no results. Should I just break down and get a better web cam or is there a way to fix this one?

TIA

Jo

Initially, when I attempted to open the Workplace app on my Windows PC, I found that I was signed out of my Zoom account.  Repeated attempts to sign back in only yielded the message: 'Please try again later.'  Error Code: -1.  

The Zoom Workplace app on my PC has been installed and functioning properly since 2020.  This is the first time it has ever given me any issues.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled the Zoom app multiple times.  

I have cleared my Windows Explorer cache multiple times as well

I have even gone so far as to reinstall Windows (Windows 11 Pro, version 24H2, OS build 26100.4351).  

Using a browser, I can sign into my Zoom account on both my Windows PC and my Mac.  Additionally,  on my Mac, I can also sign in to the Zoom Workplace app.   

An article online suggested linking my Windows 365 with Zoom.  I have tried this, but my 365 account is a Personal account, and the login page the Zoom link takes me to is for a Work or School account.  Using a browser, I logged into my 365 account and then attempted to connect (an online article said it would help), but I'm still asked to sign in with a Work or School account.  

What should I try next?  

I have a dedicated laptop to host Zoom meetings from that has a wired connection to gigabit speed internet.  When I check the internet speed, it is consistent with what one would expect from gigabit speed internet (~900mbps up/down).

Unfortunately, Zoom does not seem to care.  The bandwidth I am getting in the statistics page is ranges from 200-1500kbps (send) and a pretty solid 3000mbps (receive).  Zoom recommends a 3.8/3.0Mbps (up/down) for full HD video.  

Anyone know why my bandwidth would be throttled on Zoom while able to utilize gigabit speed internet on the same device?