Video quality and performance in Bevy Virtual Meetup

This article outlines how to achieve the best video quality and performance when using Bevy Virtual Meetup. To learn more about the list of new features, please see here

Connection

Your experience using Bevy Virtual Meetup depends upon your internet connection and device, and video quality will vary across attendees. Bevy scales the video up or down according to the strength of your internet and device.

With strong internet and device, you'll enjoy a seamless connection. However, if either is weak, Bevy may:

• Temporarily turn off your video.
• Turn off videos of speakers or other attendees, but you might still hear them.

Factors such as VPN or Countries with limited access also play a role in your connection quality

To find your Connection Status:

• Click on Help
• You'll see 4 items as well as a quality score
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Connection Status explianed

1. The first number shows your video send kilobytes per second. This will only show if you area  presenter. Attendees will have 0
2. The second will show your video recieved kilobits per second, this applies to anyone on the call
3. THe 3rd shows your packet loss for sending data (only applicable to presenters)
4. the last shows packet loss recieved (applies to all)
5. Quality shows your average quality score for the last 7 minutes
   • Anything above 50% is acceptable 

If your connection Status is poor

• Click Help
• Select Test Network

This will take you to the network test page, be sure to got through all 6 options listed at bottom of the page in order to fully test your system and find out where the faults could be

Performance

Bevy Virtual Meetup operates within a browser, not as a desktop app (like Zoom)

Several factors can impact browser performance, including:

• Tabs running in the background.
• Browser extensions that may affect the device's or internet connection.
• Other active computer apps.
• Hardware, especially on older laptops, in busy video sessions.
• Effects (burred backgrounds and virtual wallpapers) on the video can have a negative impact on performance. They required greater processing power.