Desktop/WebRTC pre-call

Note

If you want to configure any settings/preferences, see Configure VidyoConnect-User.

To view the Participants and Search panel, click Search and participants at the top left of the screen.

Search for a person, room or SIP endpoint

Start typing in the Search box. As soon as you type two characters, items that contain those characters appear. Matching is case-insensitive.

Results are listed under H.323/SIP endpoints, people, and rooms.

To add the item as a favorite to your Contacts list, click the next to the result.

Join or schedule a meeting or webinar

If you have integrated your Google or Outlook system calendar with your VidyoConnect app (see Integrate your calendar) or if you have set up any webinars, the Meetings tab lists the video meetings you have scheduled for the day and enables you to join them from within the VidyoConnect app. If you have any webinars scheduled, they also appear on the Meetings tab.

Schedule a meeting

To schedule a meeting, click the Meetings tab and then click next to Today's Meetings. A Vidyo meeting invitation opens in your default email application that includes the link to the meeting and other information about the video call. You can then edit the invitation as needed and send it to your invitees.

To create a webinar, see Create a webinar.

Add or call a contact

To add a contact to the Contacts list, search for the person, and then click next to the name.

On the Contacts tab, when you click a contact's name, more options appear on the right side of the VidyoConnect app. You can use these options to view the contact's status, call them directly, mute your speaker or microphone and turn off your camera for that call, email the contact, schedule a video meeting with them, or remove them from your Contacts list.

Add, create, join, or delete a room

To add a room to the Rooms list, search for the room, and then click next to the name.

On the Rooms tab, when you click the name of a room that you own (indicated by a crown icon), more options appear on the right side of the VidyoConnect app. You can use these options to join your room, see your room link, mute your speaker or microphone and turn off your camera for the next call, remove your room from the Rooms list, lock your room, create an access code or moderator PIN (see Moderate a meeting). If you created the room, an option to delete the room also appears.

If you click the name of a room that you do not own, fewer options appear on the right side of the app. You can join the room, mute your speaker or microphone and turn off your camera for the next call, or remove that room from your Rooms list.

To create a room, click . The Create a new room dialog appears. Enter a name for the room and click Save. If you want this room to appear on your Rooms list, keep the Add this room to my favorites checkbox selected.

To join a room, click on the name of the room you want to join, and then click Join.

For all rooms, you can do the following before you join the room:

  • Mute or unmute your speaker for your next call.
  • Mute or unmute your microphone for your next call.
  • Turn off your camera for your next call.
  • Add or remove the room from the Rooms list.

In addition to the list of room control options above, if you own the room (as indicated by a crown icon beside your name in the Rooms list), you can:

Call an IP or SIP address

On the Dial out tab, enter an IP address or SIP address and click Call.

If you want to mute/unmute your speaker or microphone or turn on/off your camera for the current call, click the icons before you click Call.