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Run a short test recording to ensure your the participants' microphones and cameras are set up correctly. We especially recommend this if you have a first-time Guest or if someone is using a microphone or camera on Riverside for the first time.
To preview other features, like a screen share, presentation, media board, or teleprompter, manually create a short recording.
Who: Hosts
Plan: All plans
Device: Computer browser
Watch a video
Run a test recording
- Using a computer, join a Studio as a Host.
- Invite participants to join the Studio.
- At the bottom of the page, hover over the
Record button.
- On the menu, click
Run test recording.
- When the test recording ends, click each participant's video to review it.
- Click
(Input & Output) to see each participant's
- selected camera and video resolution,
- selected audio input and frequency, and
- video frame rate.
- On the left, click
Test again or End test.
Guests and Producers can also see the preview videos, but Producers are not included in the test.
If you have Auto-Start the Recording When the First Guest Joins enabled, you cannot also run a test recording.
Make adjustments
After reviewing the 15 seconds of footage, you may want to make some of these adjustments:
- If you hear an echo:
- Turn individual Echo Cancellation on (usually for the participant who is not heard on the echo).
- If a participant sounds too loud or too quiet:
- Ask them to adjust their device's microphone input sensitivity.
- If you hear background noise like a fan or air conditioner:
- Check that Remove background noise is enabled.
- If a participant has a video that appears to lag:
- Lower the Studio's default video recording quality (its video resolution) to reduce the processing power required by their computer.
- If they are using a webcam, ask them to turn off its auto-exposure or auto-balance features. For example, with a Logitech camera, they can turn off auto-exposure in Logi Tune.