Zoom is optimised for speaking. If there is any other noise (e.g. a guitar or piano) Zoom will think it is background noise and try to remove it! To share a movie or song over a zoom meeting you need to change some settings. Here’s how.
Go to Zoom/Preferences/Audio Advanced and select the following options…
Written by Wayne Connor
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Thanks for picking that up – Beeper Desktop is for Mac plus they have a phone version.
You don’t say if this Beeper app is for Mac or for iOS/iPadOS, and I can’t really tell by looking…
THis is so handy – still using it in 2026!
Do these Zoom audio processing settings affect shared computer sound as well, or just audio from the mic?
I’ve often wondered the same… Logic seems to dictate the mic only, but… It would be nice to have a definitive answer.
S
Unfortunately, it only affects audio from the mic currently. Try playing some video or recording vith classical music (for instance Hanz Zimmer Now we are free) and you will hear that Zoom destroys the music regardless what setting you use.
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