Intentionally freezing video in Zoom.

[anonymous-user]

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[jules_s]

Just turn the video off

[dave_s13]

We're on MSteams....no problem just switching video off and getting up to make a coffee or whatever. There's no expectations at all in fact to have the video on, we use it more like a conference call.

4hrs is a fking video call slog and a half!

[ChevronB19]

I turn the video off when I fancy a fag. Pretty senior level (not doing a PH company director boast). No one cares.

[menguin]

What kind of archaic industries do people still work in? 4 hour meeting where it's not expected, or acceptable, to make a cuppa/have a cigarette?

[Buzz84]

Maybe your asking the wrong question, maybe you actually need good thermos recommendations.

[mikef]

Just use your video cam to film a couple of minutes of yourself at your desk, with the occasional smile or nod. Save that as a video file then in Zoom preferences you can set it as your video backgrounds when you leave the room for a comfort break. It will loop until you reset to no background

[twister]

Temporary loss of network connectivity which just happens to take the same amount of time to resolve itself as it takes to brew and down a cuppa?

[jules_s]

anonymous said:

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Sneaky

Although tbh I doubt anyone would mind if you popped to the loo. I work in LA too and half the senior bods don't even bother with video at all

[ten200]

mikef said:

Just use your video cam to film a couple of minutes of yourself at your desk, with the occasional smile or nod. Save that as a video file then in Zoom preferences you can set it as your video backgrounds when you leave the room for a comfort break. It will loop until you reset to no background

There's also the low-tech option

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhTRkTKjya0

[illmonkey]

Christ, 4 hours without getting up or a drink! Public sector for you…

I’ve been in a meeting with 2000 people and the guy talking has had to interrupt for his kid coming into the room, grabbed the kid and carried on.

Obviously hard times, but I’d not work for such a backward company.

[Podie]

Move the coffee machine next to the PC...

[Harpoon]

anonymous said:

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Would they expect you to sit in a meeting or training for a half a day with no toilet or drinks break? If you've got a BT headset, you're still listening which you wouldn't be in you left a meeting room!

[mikef]

anonymous said:

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For a laugh, do this, set it as your background before the call starts, sit slightly closer to the camera, then wander off set during the call and see if anyone notices...

[Joe5y]

Get a wife, spend a few day training her and before you know it you’ll be having beer on Fridays being bought to you.

[The_Jackal]

So you are allowed to fake a background with you there, but not go to the toilet for 5 minutes?
Wont you get told off if they try talking to you and you just carry on nodding ignoring them?

[h0b0]

When I was using zoom I did exactly what was suggested by having a video of me as my background. I updated it every day for my change of shirt.

I had a colleague that had his background being him coming in to his office and pulling faces before going back through his office door.

If there are more than about 12 people on the call, anyone that turns off their video goes to the back of the list and out of visibility. I found that your profile picture becomes you image when video is off when I saw my Halloween mask on screen.

I’m somewhere else now and don’t have zoom so just turn off the video. If someone has an issue the. We can address it together. Some allowances have to be made.

[CAPP0]

anonymous said:

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If you were F2F would you sit there for the full 4 hours without getting up, or having a break? What if there was coffee on a side table or credenza in the meeting room - you can't go and get one? I think it's quite reasonable to take a comfort break of some sort during a 4 hour meeting of any sort.

[Baldchap]

Legally you're entitled to a 15 minute break if you work solidly for 4 hours.

[alorotom]

anonymous said:

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Id love to know which LA as I am working with a lot of LAs and NHS around COVID recovery and have some hefty Teams and Zoom calls and there is no "bad form" for anyone who needs a comfort break and/or beverage.