- edited Betreff: Increase video quality for screen sharing. Which logs are you referring to specifically? Jan 22 2019 @Trond_WibeI also have poor video quality video with my 4k camera. Here are two ways you can turn off the notification: Select the Start button, then select Settings > System > Notifications & actions, and then turn off Display Settings. I am trying to create how-to videos for my college and when I upload a MP4 video file to Stream, it give me just the 360p playback quality. May need to switch to YouTube. Aug 23 2019 Why has the moderator marked this thread as having a solution, clearing the cache does not work and there is no-one in this thread that has confirmed it as a fix! sadly same for me.. as a software developer it's a pain sharing screen with 1080p, when all of us has atleast a 2k screen. Background images are currently limited to PC and Mac clients. Even the other end see a mindcraft view. Teams has been good until 2 weeks ago. From what I've read today, Microsoft are as increasing the capacity as we speak due to the high demands. But the Zoom (what use the same camera and internet) working fine. It would be nice to see real people and not minecraft villagers :). Archived post. Playing same Video from SharePoint works perfect why not from the video-platform (Video or Stream)? The best time to increase video quality for telehealth would have been earlier in the pandemic. Be sure someone hasn't played with meeting policies too. https://office365.uservoice.com/forums/264636-general/suggestions/35568271-improve-stream-performanc https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Office-365-Video/MS-Stream-Video-very-blurry/m-p/77873/highli https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/obs-virtual-cam-bad-video-quality-in-teams-skype.118800/, Video Playback Blurry first half of video, Shared my prepared video in this meeting with full screen and including system audio. on What is the recommended size if Im uploading my own custom images to Microsoft? Also, the meeting recording also shows my stream in full quality. 05:00 PM. :( (Teams is my LEAST desirable video app service. https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/obs-virtual-cam-bad-video-quality-in-teams-skype.118800/(i am the one posting the xplit detail in that thread). On a desktop selectBackground filters. Do Microsoft support monitor this community/forum? FYI, just downloaded zoom, and tested with 3 users and video quality is perfect, as you'd expect - so this doesn't seem to be a bandwidth issue, but a specific issue with Teams ? I am using a Logitech c922. Just wish the video quality could be addressed. Here are two ways you can turn off the notification: Select the Start button, then select Settings > System > Notifications & actions, and then turn off Display Settings. Since webcams are in short supply I used aCanon - VIXIA HF R800 with a USB HDMI capture adapter and my video is much better now. Mar 10 2022 just had terrible video quality and choppy audio changed to Google Meet and it was fine. Hi @adam deltingerthanks for the response. Sep 30 2020 Zoom = perfect, Teams = not useable. Jan 22 2019 Select action center, and then select Focus assist. We are experiencing this as well, I dislike having to keep using Zoom. Here is hoping that MSFT will look at this and improve the video resolution. Can anyone offer any advice or pointers as to why were getting such poor video quality - it's very off putting and doesn't make you want to use Teams. Aug 23 2019 But it will be max 720P in teams. https://youtu.be/aW3U16OKTiA View best response Labels: Create a virtual meeting space that keeps the focus on the conversation, shows your personality, and enhances collaboration. Please MS fix this asap. Has anyone had a similar issue, or knows how to fix this? so Teams is not trying to get the highest resolution. 09:00 AM. 11:53 PM I have tried the cache resolution, that did nothing. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Our teams have been using it for weeks now and people are regularly getting blurry and poor audio / video quality. I'm trying to use Teams for internal team video call meetings (located in the same building, different offices, same network & internet connection). NO! Here is a video I put together showing this issue. Just need to wait patiently for it to make its way into the release version. This Windows 10 feature enables you to manage when notifications appear. Thank you guys so much for your thoughts, ideas and support. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. @LorenBxThanks for responding. So the issue seems to be only happening at initial meeting setup and only in the Teams desktop app (not the browser as already reported by @RonaldDJ). but even after hours it is available at Stream with 360p only. In my understanding, we recommend you check if your bandwidth is sufficient. Will try changing up the resolution (all other applications appear normal though) Teams decides on video resolution based on its perceived internet speed. May 31, 2022. Thank you Chris. 100% agree .. it is riduculous .. and everyone is spending soo much time "troubleshooting" .. MS Teams is overriding the resolution and the results are horrendous. We've tried with 5 users and the video quality is poor - not high definition at all, very blurry and/or blocky. However, when someone else joins the meeting, it's not only the other side that gets full video quality but when I pin my own video, it's also in full quality for me. August 03, 2021. You must have Windows 10 (version 1803) installed to use the setting for fixing blurry apps automatically. You dock your laptop or tablet to a display that has a different resolution, and then you project in Second screen only mode. Line Meeting with 720p quiality using the same cam on the same device. This problem is only evident on the desktop app. On desktop, your new background is set. Bandwidth is fine, we're only using with 4 users so I'm sure we're not hitting the (6000?) [SOLVED]: MS Teams Video quality is terrible, Re: [SOLVED]: MS Teams Video quality is terrible. It's a just 2,2Mb mp4 file, this should be no problem? Here you can choose to blur meeting background, select from a list of images, or upload your own image. seanpenrose We made, and make a lots of meetings. Can I use different backgrounds while on my tablet or mobile device? File sharing, tasks, and polling. After about 25" it changes to an acceptable quality, not good for an 30" video Where are you based? on I'll walk you through every step in order to set up properly OBS avoiding the virtual camera. 04:57 PM anonymous-user Yeah, they need to spin up some more servers over at the Data Center and open up the video quality valves. My workstation has plenty of resources on a 500mbps FrontierFiOS connection. The shared screen is so blurry. It turns out it was back focusing terribly (focused behind me by at least a foot or two). Thank you for your valued time in responding. The bandwidth numbers you provided are the same for Skype for Business. @jsquaredzI just installed Teams on Windows 10 pro and video is blurry. May 26, 2022, by Select action center , and then select Focus assist. For anyone still seeing this, it's still an issue. Create a professional background, express yourself, and avoid interruptions so you can keep the focus on the conversation. I haven't noticed an update regarding this since the previous message (MC207439) so as far as I know it's still reduced. Best practices and the latest news on Microsoft FastTrack, The employee experience platform to help people thrive at work, Expand your Azure partner-to-partner network, Bringing IT Pros together through In-Person & Virtual events. Click the link for "Advanced Scaling Settings" Uncheck the box that says "Let windows try to fix apps so they're not blurry". If i open Teams in the browser, i have a good quality. Aargh. Hi Trond - you might be right, because I don't get real complaints for other participants. port NAT pool size limit, all ports are allowed out etc - and video works, just the quality is poor. ZOOM with 720p using the same cam on the same device. Is your video quality in MS Teams still poor? 02:40 AM. I'll walk you through every step in order to set up properly OBS avoiding the virtual camera. Discover more. So there's nothing more to do than just wait until MS fixes the issue? 06:59 AM. I'm thinking you might just need to upload higher quality video. Same issue with quality on PC and Mac still, but no problems with Zoom or Google Meets. For me it is unbelievable that not more Microsoft Teams users are complaining about that. They look at EVERYTHING down to the packet level. For Teams one of the adjustments involved 'reduced video resolution'. Microsoft_Teams_team We have been pushing people to Teams for the collaboration, etc, but they are pushing back to use Zoom. 12:19 AM. I like Discord's solution: Tell it to optimize your screen share for text legibility and you get high-quality full-resolution captures at a low framerate to keep bandwidth and resource usage down. This is most likely due to the awareness of Microsoft 365 temporary feature adjustments" due to very extensive increase in the cloud services during the pandemic. 1) get with your Microsoft account team and ask them to put you in touch with other customers that have deployed Teams for the purpose of Telehealth. Yes its still pretty much the same. We're very happy with the Office365 etc environment in general and I understand the service needs to scale well to the lowest common denominator, but it seems harmless to expand the upper range if everyone in the call can handle it. I know for some this is not the issue, but be sure your webcam is working right. Honestly the 1080P cap on resolution is fine, it's more that the whole thing doesn't seem to want to go over ~4mbps of bandwidth which results in very low framerate and bad video compression. - edited 2x2 (web only) If you're using Teams on the web (Edge or Chrome browser), you'll see up to four video streams at a time. 04:18 AM US? I've personally not had video quality problems, but there are currently many reporting video quality issues. on - edited - edited 2.2meg for 30 seconds, and the fact the bitrate is very low might be the issue as it might have an issue trying to encode something so low from the start? Host your video conference in a virtual shared space. Increase video quality for screen sharing. Thats not the case. Give the companies the option to have a MS Teams appliance local on their gigabit network. I got a response from Microsoft Teams Support: Microsoft has reduced their bandwidth and quality settings to 720p or less in some cases with the surge of usage due to corona virus. Try it with Zoom and you will see how much better it looks. Jun 29 2020 Jun 30 2020 I am sure there was one previously on Uservoice but this doesn't seem to have been moved over. Jan 22 2019 07:13 PM The blurry effect when you use the OBS virtual camera is caused by the behavior of Teams, Zoom, and other tools where in case of bad connectivity these tools prioritize the quality of screen sharing instead of the camera. 2. I've read a lot about this issue. Make older programs compatible with this version of Windows, Turn Focus assist on or off in Windows 10. 2) get with your TAM (technical account manager) with your premier support contract if you have one, if not then use some of your software assurance premier incident credits > all to ask for an O365 Network performance assessment engagement. Compared to Zoom the screen sharing experience of Microsoft Teams is simply horrible. 1. Zoom, FB, and other video apps it is pretty sharp. 05:51 AM. The backgrounds window will appear on the right side of the screen-scroll through all the options Microsoft has provided, apply the virtual background or blurring option you want ( Figure D . 12:16 AM Our teams have been using it for weeks now and people are regularly getting blurry and poor audio / video quality. I have raised a feedback for you here. We have a Fibre To The Premises internet connection, with >200Mb download and >50Mb upload - which I'd have thought would be more than ample for decent quality video call between 5 users? When using teams as just audio and video - the quality is absolutely fine - everything is very clear. To find out your version,see Which Windows operating system am I running? Find out more about the Microsoft MVP Award Program. The blurry effect when you use the OBS virtual camera is caused by the behavior of Teams, Zoom, and other tools where in case of bad connectivity these tools prioritize the quality of screen sharing instead of the camera. 06:29 PM. - edited Seems that if you use the Teams web-app instead of the desktop-app, video quality will improve significantly. If this issue or something similar is happening to you, try the steps in this video to resolve this issue. on 06:29 PM. Luckily they have a config file, it contains multiple resolutions. ), Sep 09 2022 Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. DAZachHoiberg You can also try to consider other factors like packet loss and jitter. Teams also supports background blur on iOS devices. When I looked into it my user, probably me in testing and got side tracked, was set to a lower bandwidth policy. It's that basic there doesn't seem to be any settings to tweak, it should just work? Learn how Select background effects @jsquaredzIt's now almost october 2020. I think that there are a number of things that you might not be thinking about when sharing. In Fix scaling for apps,turn onLet Windows try to fix apps so theyre not blurry. 05:22 PM If you have multiple displays connected to your PC or if your display configuration changes, some desktop apps might appear blurry. Please MS fix this asap. For Teams one of the adjustments involved 'reduced video resolution'. Might be some blocked ports MS Teams I using? :). The way to test, if your camera isn't fixed focus, is to put your hand about 6 - 10 inches from the camera, wait for it to try to focus, move the hand back another six inches and repeat. @CW1981 Sorry you are having problems. You'll appear nice and clear while everything behind you is subtly concealed. by Figured out a workaround, but kind of category creepy: Has a few drawbacks, I admit, but at least works somehow. Are you uploading pre-recorded content? - edited - edited E.g. Re: Poor video quality with ample bandwidth. I was able to work around this by saving my recording in a AVI format and when I uploaded that, the system provided the 1080p playback. @jsquaredz- The issue seems far more severe with high quality cameras. Do you have any details on Bandwidth values for Teams-PSTN Calls. Microsoft restricted it for a while to 720p because of platform scaling, but I think we are at the point it needs to happen, especially as cameras like the Brio support it. Gigabit download and 50mbps upload. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/difference-between-call-analytics-and-call-quality-d https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/upgrade-prepare-environment-prepare-network. I've seen those articles, but don't think they help me any. Start a video call and invite anyone to join, even if theyre not on Microsoft Teams. For more info, see Turn Focus assist on or off in Windows 10. In my demo, the video was lagging. My previous laptop was an older HP EliteBook. Ive tried enabling/disabling accelerated GPU, clearing cache from Local AppData and restarting the Teams app. by https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/d412260c-a669-ec11-a819-000d3a058885, Delivering new webinar experiences with Microsoft Teams, Whats New in Microsoft Teams | August and September 2022, Make your Microsoft Teams meetings more effective and inclusive. Sounds like Microsoft tried to get too smart with the AI which needs to be dialed back! The following table shows how Teams use bandwidth for your reference: Thank you for the link. 04:27 AM. Social Media JOB OPPORTUNITIES! Explore backgrounds Sign up for free Choose a new virtual background for your meeting It takes three easy steps to change your meeting background. MS Team force the poorest 360p video quality without any option for user to select a better setting. Mar 05 2022 Unlimited group meetings for up to 60 minutes. In this video tutorial, youll learn how to avoid the blurry effect using OBS virtual camera in Microsoft Teams, Zoom,Webex, Google Meet, and other tools. No settings unfortunately. I just need videos recorded from my screen, I want to use them as E-Learning videos, but I think Stream or Video is not the right place for this? We've been in this holding pattern of the upgrade since March. Stevee100 If the prompt appears, select Yes, open Settings, and then select Apply. The next being what size screen are you viewing on. Unlimited one-to-one meetings for up to 30 hours. The first being what size screen are you sharing from. However, you can turn it off at any time. Is it poor Teams application? These laptops will run synthetic transactions with an account you stand up and license for the duration of the engagement. Zoom video conferencing works fine, so why won't Teams? We have been pushing people to Teams for the collaboration, etc, but they are pushing back to use Zoom. Your video show our error! During the screen sharing, do other participants are present? Thanks, Leon. However if i load LogiCapture and then select the virtual source in teams the local quality is improved to 720 and so is the remote. Stay connected to people even when youre apart. Select Blur to blur your background, or choose from the available images to replace it. Upgrade to Microsoft Edge to take advantage of the latest features, security updates, and technical support. Raise Teams Meeting Quality beyond 1080p (E.g., 4K) for better meeting experience and screen sharing @Ed WoodrickYeah, it's a 34" 3440x1440. The blurry effect when you use the OBS virtual camera is caused by the behavior of Teams, Zoom, and other tools where in case of bad connectivity these tools prioritize the quality of screen sharing instead of the camera.