First launch and software configuration

On first launch in the browser window, click the “Open Vinteo Desktop application” or “Connect using Vinteo Desktop” button.

Also on first launch or when connecting a new device, a notification appears:

Then in the connection settings window, enter the name and click the call button.

In the connection settings, specify the display name without filling in the connection address — the “Skip” button will become active. When the connection address and name fields are filled in, the “Done” button becomes active. Authorization can also be performed in the initial menu.

During further configuration, a window with four tabs is displayed: “User settings”, “Connection configuration”, “Device configuration”, and “Additional settings”.

Initialization of the connected built-in peripheral equipment occurs: webcam and sound recording/playback devices. Then the server address, registration data, and peripheral configuration must be entered. Devices assigned in the system by default will be selected.

On the “User settings” tab in the “Display name” field, the account name can be changed by clicking on it. In the required field, enter the new account name and click the “Done” button.

In this same tab there is the ability to set an avatar.

The photo area for display in the avatar can also be selected and the image zoomed. Then click the “Save” button on the right at the bottom.

When attempting to set an image of the maximum allowable size as an avatar a loading indicator appears in the upload area.

On the “Connection configuration” tab profile settings are available: editing, adding a new profile and deleting an existing profile.

To edit a profile, click the arrow to the right of the profile name (in the figure, this is the server address). On the profile settings tab, the profile name and server address can be edited (fields are required).

The authorization toggle can also be turned on/off and the account number and password changed or added. At the bottom of the tab there is the profile deletion button. To save all settings, click the “Save” button at the top of the tab.

Adding a new profile is done by clicking the “Add profile” button. Further actions are similar to the profile editing procedure.

Without registration on the server, only outgoing anonymous calls to conferences are available. In this case the address book will be stored locally. To receive calls from conferences and/or from other accounts registration of the account on the server is required. The data must be requested from the server administrator.

If the account credentials (number and/or password) are incorrectly specified a warning about incorrect data entry will appear.

In this tab, the camera, required resolution, sound input/output devices can be selected and a sound test performed.

Access to device settings is done by opening the settings list of this tab.

1. this setting allows selecting a camera or “No camera” mode; when a camera is installed, the user’s own image with applied settings is displayed;
2. resolution settings; the “Auto” resolution parameter sets 720p resolution. If this resolution is not available the program will select a lower resolution;
3. “Advanced settings” — button that opens a window with sharpness, saturation, and brightness image settings; after setting the required parameters, click the “Done” button;

4. the “Mirror display” toggle displays only the selfie image which will not affect the image in the conference;
5. the setting allows you to activate the toggle with background blur functionality for the conference participant;
6. the “Background replacement” toggle allows you to activate the functionality of replacing the participant’s background image with dark gray, there is also the ability to upload any image as a background, the size and format of the image do not matter, the program will adapt it automatically.

To save the selected settings, click the “Done” button on the right at the top.

Quick settings are available when clicking the button to the right of the button with the camera icon. The button opens a window with the settings described above.

When “Voice and sound” is selected in the device settings list, access to sound and microphone settings appears.

In the sound settings block, speakers can be selected and the sound level set. To test sound playback devices, there is the “Sound test” button; when it is clicked, a melody is played.

In the microphone settings block, a microphone can be selected; there is a linear indicator of the sound signal level that shows input activity.

Echo cancellation - mechanism that removes echo from transmitted sounds to improve voice transmission quality. By default echo cancellation is enabled.

Noise suppression - toggle that removes extraneous noise.

To save the selected settings, click the “Done” button on the right at the top.

Quick settings are available when clicking the button to the right of the button with the microphone icon. The button opens a window with the settings described above.

Checking microphone and camera operation is available even in the off state - the microphone volume level and camera preview are displayed in the main and quick settings.

In this tab, calls and presentation display, autostart, updates, and notifications can be configured (see Call settings below), as well as select the language (English, Russian, German, French, Spanish and Chinese). Access to settings is done by opening the settings list of this tab.

In this block there is access to presentation settings, participant list and chat, the “Auto answer on call” toggle.

Here there is a toggle that allows the participant to view the presentation in full screen mode.

There are toggles when enabled which automatically open the chat and participant list. Without activating these toggles the chat and participant list will not be displayed.

Auto answer on call is a toggle that provides access to the setting for turning off the microphone during auto answer and the setting for displaying in full screen mode.

In this block there is the “Autostart” toggle which launches Vinteo Desktop when the system loads (Windows and MacOS), update settings with a field for specifying the server address for automatic updates, as well as a toggle that saves settings when closing the application.

After performing all the above settings, click the “Done” button — Vinteo Desktop will go into standby mode.