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Questions tagged [zoom-meeting]

This tag is for questions related to the Zoom videoconference program.

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Start a Zoom meeting from the command line

I attend several recurring Zoom meetings every day and would like to streamline the process of joining them. Is there a way to launch a Zoom meeting (with password) from the command line in Windows?
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How can I prevent an app (specifically zoom) from running in the background when I close it?

When I close a certain app (Zoom) it appears in my notification area and continues to run as a background process. I have to manually right click and exit the program (or open task manager and exit) each time. How can I prevent it from running as a…
Blangzo
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Why did my coworker see a "painting-ified" version of my background image on a Zoom call?

I was on a Zoom video call with a coworker today, and I had my background image set to this photo. She asked me about it, and I told her that I took the photo. Then she started making some really confusing comments, such as "Is that a photo of a…
pacoverflow
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In zoom chat, how do you pop the chat back in after it popped out?

In zoom chat, how do you pop the chat back in after it popped out?
barlop
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Can I add Google Meet and Zoom to the "Add video call" dropdown in macOS Monterey's Calendar app?

The "New event" popup on macOS Monterey's Calendar app (see below) seems to suggest it is possible to add additional video calling services, to automatically create links for them when creating an event. FaceTime is the only built-in option. Is…
Johannes
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Zoom and Pulseaudio -- audio distortion on audio run through zoom_combine

When hosting a meeting and sharing an application through Zoom on Debian buster, I am getting audio distortion on the clients that connect to the meeting. I am using zoom 5.2.446620.0816 and have updated pulseaudio to 13.0-3 using 'buster-backports'…
Charles Z Henry
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Zoom option greyed out: "Enter full screen when a participant shares screen"

In a Zoom meeting, my desktop Mac app's meeting window automatically enters Full Screen mode every time a meeting participant shares their screen. This is very annoying if I am working in a separate window and watching the Zoom meeting off to the…
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How can I save a Zoom recording shared with me?

I've received a web link to a Zoom recording. At the link, an in-page player opens, and the video starts playing. I can see that the page is issuing an HTTP GET request for an MP4 file with a bunch of parameters; but - I can't just retrieve that…
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How can I disable Escape key binding in Zoom

How can I disable Escape key binding in Zoom? When I press it, it shows the meeting controls while I am sharing my screen. I use escape a lot in coding and it is annoying that I have to re-hide the meeting controls every time I hit Escape.
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Zoom meetings: how to eliminate gray boxes?

I'm a Zoom host, using Windows 10 Home on a laptop. Sometimes my participants complain about seeing solid gray rectangles on their screen. This happens when I share a process that is showing an image or video full screen. These boxes could be caused…
David Spector
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Is there a way to show notifications while screen sharing on Zoom on OSX?

There's a lot of resources to make sure that notifications don't pop up - Such as turning Do Not Disturb on and using third party apps. But I want to SHOW the notifications while I'm screen sharing on Zoom. In this case the notification pops up and…
Adnan Aga
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Zoom.us user interface is too big, how do i reset to normal size?

With lates updates, Zoom.us ubuntu client creates user interface with wrong scaling making all elements too big even with normal sized screens. This is for 5.2.440215.0803 and some prior versions. There is no hint on configuration/settings on how to…
Rafael M
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How to fix "Zoom can't detect your speaker" in the middle of a call?

In the middle of a call I'm getting this error message It happens when I start speaking, my voice goes through, everything works, except after a few seconds I get muted and this message shows up. I tried re-installing with no luck. Is there…
BrunoLM
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Is there a way to make the Zoom URL join link to always use the browser and stop prompting use of the Zoom app/software?

We are giving away Zoom URL join links for our users from our website. And for some user-experience issue, we wish to keep our users from staying on their browsers. We know that Zoom join link will say the user can still join the meeting via the…
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How to copy text from the chat window in the Zoom meetings desktop client?

Until recently, it was trivial to copy text in the chat window in Zoom meetings within the Zoom desktop application: you simply selected the desired text and used the standard keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+C in Windows) to copy the text. Suddenly, this…
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