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0 pointszippergz4y ago0 comments

The people here who are saying "Teams and Meet are just as good" are the people who use Zoom in a browser. The audio and video quality, and resilience to poor connections, is much better in the desktop app.

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eertami4y ago· 4 in thread

>The audio and video quality, ... is much better in the desktop app

But is the quality actually better, or is it post-processing tricks to make it seem better on commodity hardware/audio setups? If it is actually better, surely this should be measurable and there should exist evidence to support such a claim.

scubbo4y ago

> is the quality actually better, or is it post-processing tricks to make it seem better

Serious question - if the experience is the same, why does this distinction matter?

hdjjhhvvhga4y ago

Usually postprocessing requires significant computing power. This is something that might matter for people maximizing battery usage. But another person in the same thread says in the case of Zoom it's the opposite - the web app seems more CPU-intensive.

Because if I have good hardware the post-processing isn't going to make it sound any better, I'm better off with the source.

neurostimulant4y ago

You can test it by throttling your network speed down from your router and compare the desktop and web version performance. The desktop version will sacrifice video quality (to the point of stuttering on very low bandwidth) in order to maintain audio quality, which massively increase usability on poor network condition.

forgotpwd164y ago

All the times I've used Zoom on browser the recent year didn't have any problem.

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