Here are some findings as I have played along with Zoom in vMix. Please consider them as feedback to the vMix team. I do not expect answers, comments, or discussions. Therefore, the questions I pose are rhetorical.

Regarding the installation of vMix. For Zoom we need the "latest version of vMix and the latest Zoom Plugin for vMix". Which made me, and likely other users, wonder: Install in which order? Perhaps it does not matter, but not knowing makes me uncertain...

I guess/hope we will get a suite of nice shortcuts for Zoom. As there are currently none, this is perhaps worth commenting in the release notes of the beta...

In the Help the "Zoom" section is confusing. It is more like a list of features, than a clear directory of the varius settings and options. Some examples. "Setting up Zoom Input" is rather about "Setting up for Zoom" or "Zoom Setup window". A "Zoom Input Settings" could encompass the current subsections of "Multiple Zoom Participants" and "Screen Sharing". Actually the latter heading is rather mis-leading. Unfortunately vMix cannot Screen share, but one can select a participants Screen share as a Source type.

Where are the various Zoom settings stored between vMix sessions, and PC´s? For example, if I open up a v25 Preset it starts with the last Zoom setup settings. If I do a Settings Default and then a New Preset the content of the Zoom Setup window remains. Seems it is stored in neither the .vMix file, nor the .config file.

Regarding "Paste Invite Link". Pasting a link without a password (e.g. for a Personal room) does not work. Also, would it not be possible for vMix to instead parse the content of a "Meeting ID/link" field and figure out how to fill in the ID and the password?

Is it by design that Previous meetings show up in the dropdown meny of available meetings that can be joined? Note, on the Zoom web site you cannot Start a Previous meeting.

Consider starting the available meetings entries with the ID, instead of as now have it at the end. If the Meeting Topic is too long the ID will not be shown. That makes it impossible to differentiate between meetings that have the same topic.

Some Zoom meetings does not have a password. When joining such meetings the Zoom app simply omits asking for a password. In vMix's Zoom Setup window there is always a password field, even though it is not required. Sometimes with an old, and not relevant, password. Therefore, consider blanking the password whenever a new ID is entered.

Consider explaining in the documentation that the different capture modes (Recording/Streaming) does not affect vMix's performance. Also, make a note of that the chosen mode often has to be granted to the vMix participant by the Host. Either when setting up the meeting, or whan requested from the host by vMix.

In the Zoom Setup Window, would not "Connect" be more logical than "OK"? And I think it would be nice with a "Save for later" option, as brought up by the admin in another topic.

There is a slight, sometimes long, delay between clicking objects in the Zoom Setup window and when the response appear. For examples, between [Host a meeting] and that the dropdown appears and between [OK] and that the Zoom Setup window closes. The problem is that this latency causes the user to believe that the click did not go through. To avoid this, an instant response like "Getting meeting info" or "Closing the Zoom setup" would help.

For the Zoom Input, the "Audio source" choice of "Isolated" or "Mixed" is a little bit confusing. First, for Video Call Inputs "Audio source" means which source from vMix should be sent to the Call. In Zoom Inputs the choice refers to which type of audio vMix should get from Zoom. Second, what is "Mixed"? Consider changing this choice to "Isolated audio", "Yes" or "No".

If a participant Mute their camera, the Zoom Input displays a freeze frame. Not black, as in the release notes of .46.

If a participant's name is changed in the meeting, the change is not recognized by vMix. If vMix then dis- and reconnect the names are changed in the Participant Source lists of both the Zoom Inputs and the Zoom Manager. But, for the latter the old names are shown in the top section.

According to the Help, "the chat window will allow you to communicate with each participant Chat in Zoom Manager". But messages are always sent to everyone. It would of course be useful to chat with a specific participant. Furthermore, an incoming message has no indication of wether it is personal (for vMix) or to Everyone.

If I disconnect from a joined Meeting, the Zoom Manager reports "Meeting ended" even though the meeting is still going on. Furthermore, the participants names remain listed. If I Connect again the Manager reports "Meeting started". Should not the Manager's messages be "Disconnected" and "Connected"? Unless, of course, the meeting is hosted by vMix.

After spending quite a few hours with 27.0.0.55 I'd like to add a few notes.

Being able to change an Input's type from/to Zoom is wonderful, thanks for that! We can easily reuse our old NDI Inputs (from a Zoom room) to Zoom inputs and change back :D

The waiting room, if enabled in the meeting, is ignored when vMix is "Setup Zoom" as Host and connects. vMix just let all that join to come in. This might be by design, but sort of circumvents Zoom's security measures. Might be an issue if one re-uses old meetings and don't want participants from previous shows to join again (on purpose or mistake).

Perhaps it should be impossible to "Host" a meeting that is already running. Or have vMix as a co-host of a meeting. If a meeting is started on a separate PC by Zoom user X as a Host, and vMix is logged in as the same user X and Connect to that meeting vMix becomes co-host and strange things happen. One can Disconnect, but not Connect again - or rather get back to the "Zoom Setup" window. One must on the other PC leave and assign vMix as the Host.

Once connected there is no way knowing the Zoom Setup settings, except the meeting id which is shown in the Zoom manager. In particular I would like to be able to check the Video and Audio sources.


Zoom Manager - a couple of odd issues.

1. The red dot in the list of participants seems to indicate if used in an Input. But, if a Zoom Input is changed to None the red dot is still on. It remains so until clicking on the participant's name, or closing and reopening the Zoom Manager window. Same thing if the Zoom Input is cleared.
   
   
2. Then I have noted a few things that I fail to replicate. At one time, when I had three Zoom Inputs, the Zoom manager window listed five. And, if I recall it correctly, the last two were orange. And at leas once, the list if participants and the names above the Input names remained even after vMix disconnected from the meeting.

p.s.
Changing a Zoom Input's Meeting setting "Original Sound..." still does not propagate to other Zoom inputs.

Please send us an email and support report as we are unable to replicate this. Something must have changed in the meeting details saved in the preset vs connect.

Hi Richard,

Something important to note. Due to Zoom security requirements the Zoom account is not saved in the preset, it is saved in the encrypted vault on the Windows machine.
This means you can't have different accounts on different presets, they will all use the last logged in Zoom account you used.

This probably explains the issue if you are using different Zoom accounts to login and then using a preset that requires a second Zoom account to work.

Regards,

Martin
vMix