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Connect to Audio and Video in Cisco Webex
Meetings
You can connect your audio and video when you start or join a meeting so other
attendees can hear and see you.

When you start or join a meeting, you'll see the Audio and Video Connection page. On this page,
you can choose how to connect your audio and video.

1. From the Select Audio Connection drop-down list, select your audio connection.

If you've already set your My Webex Preferences to automatically connect to

audio using your computer, you can connect your video separately.

2. From the Select Video Connection drop-down list, select your video connection.

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 On WBS32 sites, you can choose to automatically enter a meeting in full-screen video
view.

Below the Select Video Connection setting, you can check or uncheck
the Automatically show me the full-screen video view check box when you choose to
send video.

3. Select Connect Audio, Start My Video, or Connect Audio and Video.

Your audio and video selections are saved for your next meeting on this site.

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Start or Stop Your Video During a Cisco Webex
Meeting
Collaboration is more effective when you can see the team. Start your video when
you join the meeting, and easily stop it when you need privacy.

You start or stop your video from the centralized meeting controls.

After you've joined a meeting and started your video, you can stop or restart it at any time during
the meeting.

1. To stop your video during the meeting, select Switch camera device or stop my

video , and then select Stop My Video.

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 2. To restart your video during the meeting, select Start my video , and then
select Start My Video.

In meetings that include TelePresence systems, the following features are unavailable:
Polling, File Transfer, and Chat with TelePresence room participants.

Full-Screen Video Layouts in Cisco Webex Meetings

When you're in a meeting or an event and no content is being shared, focus on the
video to engage with fellow participants.

If there are more than two participants in a meeting or event, you can switch between three
different video views:

• Active speaker view

• Active speaker and thumbnail view

• Grid view

There are advantages to using each of these video layouts. You can change views at any time
depending on the number of active speakers and the total number of participants in your meeting
or event.

If you're using a Cisco Webex WBS33 site, the Floating view allows you to make the view of the

other speaker full-screen. Select at the top right of the screen.

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Floating View

Floating view gives you control of where to position your other panels—like participants or chat—
in relation to the video panel. You can even move them to a second monitor or resize them.

Active Speaker View

Active speaker view displays a full-screen video of whoever is speaking. This video layout is
useful for one-on-one conversations or when you're meeting with only a few others. Active
speaker view is the video-only layout that is used in meetings between two people.

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Active Speaker and Thumbnail View

Active speaker and thumbnail view displays whoever is speaking in the primary video, while
allowing you to see up to five thumbnail videos of other participants. This video layout is useful
when you intend to focus on the active speaker but still want to view the videos of other
participants. Active speaker and thumbnail view is the default video-only layout.

You can adjust which participants you see in the thumbnail videos by selecting the Next

Videos and Previous Videos icons.

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Grid View

Grid view allows you to see up to 25 participants at the same time. This video layout is useful
when you want to divide your attention among multiple speakers or want to collaborate with a
larger group of participants.

If there are more than 25 participants, you can adjust who you see by selecting the Next

Videos and Previous Videos icons.

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Switch Between Video Layouts in Cisco Webex
Meetings
When content isn't being shared, you can switch between three different video
views.

The video layouts in have a new look.

In a meeting, it has three different video-only layouts: Active Speaker and Thumbnail View,
Active Speaker View, and Grid View. If there are more than two participants, you can choose
between these three views.

You can also select the Floating Layout. Floating Layout is a full screen mode if you're in a
meeting or event with only one other participant. If you're in a meeting or event with multiple
participants, Floating View allows you to move and resize the panels.

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1. To change the view, select the Active Speaker and Thumbnail View or the Floating View
icon at the top right corner of your screen.

The default layout is the Active Speaker and Thumbnail View, but the icon
changes to reflect the layout you're currently using.

2. The section menu expands and then you can select a different view.

• To use the Active Speaker View, select

• To use the Active Speaker and Thumbnail View, select

• To use the Grid View, select

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 Full-Screen Content Sharing Views in Cisco Webex
Meetings
When you're in a meeting or an event and content is being shared, you can control
how you see the shared content and video views.

You can switch between three different full-screen content sharing views:

• Active speaker and thumbnail view

• Side-by-Side View

• Floating view

There are advantages to using each of these video layouts. You can decide which layout to use
depending on the number of active speakers and the total number of participants you expect in
your meeting or event.

Active Speaker and Thumbnail View

In Active Speaker and Thumbnail view, the focus shifts to the shared content when someone
starts sharing.

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Site by Site View

The Side-by-Side View allows you to view the shared content next to the videos of participants.

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Floating View

The Floating View allows you to resize or move panels around shared content, even to a second
monitor.

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Select the Camera to Use for Your Cisco Webex
Meeting
If you have multiple cameras and the one you're using isn't working correctly, you
can switch to another.

1. Select Switch camera device or stop my video and then, in the Video
Connection dialog box, select the camera that you want to switch to.

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Increase the Brightness and Contrast of Your Video
in a Cisco Webex Meeting
If your video appears dark because of poor lighting, excess reflection, or dark
clothing, you can increase the brightness and contrast so that others can see you
better.

1. Select Switch camera device or stop my video and then, in the Video

Connection dialog box, select Advanced options .

2. Adjust the settings, as required.

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Select Who You Want to Focus on in a Cisco Webex
Meeting
You can lock focus on a specific participant in the main video window. Even when
someone else is speaking, you'll only see the person you've locked focused on in
that window. If you're the host of the meeting, you can lock the focus for all meeting
participants. You can also lock focus on the thumbnail video.

You select which participant you want to lock video focus on from the meeting control at the top
of the screen.

You can lock the video focus of the main video on you, a specific participant, or the active
speaker. If you're the host, you can determine whose video you and your participants see.

Users joining from video devices will still see the active speaker.

Each participant can choose who appears in their thumbnail videos. When you lock a thumbnail
video in focus, only your view is affected.

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Select the Focus of the Main Video

1. At the top of the screen, select Lock this video on a specific participant .

If the host has already locked the video on a participant, you can't select . Instead, a
pin appears next to the name of the person the video is locked on:

2. If you're a participant, go to Step 3. If you're the host, choose from one of the following:

• Select Me to lock the main video on a specific participant for yourself only.

• Select Everyone to lock the main video on a specific participant for everyone in the
meeting.

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Select the Focus of the Thumbnail Video

Place your cursor over the thumbnail video that you want to lock a participant in place to, and

select Lock this thumbnail video on a specific participant .

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