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Re: Zoom fatigue is real

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Post by wuunderbar »

earthscienceman wrote: post #40
bentcorner wrote: post #37

FYI, if you have an NVIDIA card on your machine, you can run their voice filtering software: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/guides/nvidia-rtx-voice... It works for non-RTX cards as well with some tweaking ( https://arstechnica.com/?post_type=post&p=1670164 ). Works marvelously for removing background noise - mic hum, typing, cars driving by. One of the nice things about it is that you can also filter the output…

There has to be a non-NVIDIA solution to this doesn't there?

Not at the moment from my research a few weeks ago. There's some sort of lock which only allows it to work on the RTX cores.

Re: Zoom fatigue is real

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Post by blaser-waffle »

replyifuagree wrote: post #29

I telecommuted for years and almost never used a webcam. A shared desktop has way more potential for something really interesting and valuable being displayed. Watching hoards of people hop on webcams to transmit choppy video information about their face and home seems like wasted bandwidth to me. Edit: addendum, get a headset, transmitting voice clearly with some decent noise cancellation is really important. I buy…

Been remote for ~6 years now. I've used my camera maybe a dozen times, tops, during that time.

+1 for investing in a good headset. Get something that completely covers the ears, and/or has some noise cancelling. I bought a Logitech gaming headset with a good mic and it's made a BIG difference, esp. on days where I'm on 4+ hours for calls.

Re: Zoom fatigue is real

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Post by Junk_Collector »

bentcorner wrote: post #37

FYI, if you have an NVIDIA card on your machine, you can run their voice filtering software: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/guides/nvidia-rtx-voice... It works for non-RTX cards as well with some tweaking ( https://arstechnica.com/?post_type=post&p=1670164 ). Works marvelously for removing background noise - mic hum, typing, cars driving by. One of the nice things about it is that you can also filter the output…

You would think this sort of functionality would be implemented in sound cards but I can't think of any significant advancement in audio processing in years.

Re: Zoom fatigue is real

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Post by icelancer »

bentcorner wrote: post #37

FYI, if you have an NVIDIA card on your machine, you can run their voice filtering software: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/guides/nvidia-rtx-voice... It works for non-RTX cards as well with some tweaking ( https://arstechnica.com/?post_type=post&p=1670164 ). Works marvelously for removing background noise - mic hum, typing, cars driving by. One of the nice things about it is that you can also filter the output…

I run this on a 1060 w/ patch as well as a 2070 natively and it works amazingly. It's a must-have.

Re: Zoom fatigue is real

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Post by Vinnl »

bentcorner wrote: post #37

FYI, if you have an NVIDIA card on your machine, you can run their voice filtering software: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/guides/nvidia-rtx-voice... It works for non-RTX cards as well with some tweaking ( https://arstechnica.com/?post_type=post&p=1670164 ). Works marvelously for removing background noise - mic hum, typing, cars driving by. One of the nice things about it is that you can also filter the output…

If anyone wants a demo, this guy tried talking with a massive fan active and banging a hammer on his desk: https://twitter.com/theGunrun/status/1252789873699745792

Re: Zoom fatigue is real

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Post by rectang »

blaser-waffle wrote: post #42
replyifuagree wrote: post #29

I telecommuted for years and almost never used a webcam. A shared desktop has way more potential for something really interesting and valuable being displayed. Watching hoards of people hop on webcams to transmit choppy video information about their face and home seems like wasted bandwidth to me. Edit: addendum, get a headset, transmitting voice clearly with some decent noise cancellation is really important. I buy…

Been remote for ~6 years now. I've used my camera maybe a dozen times, tops, during that time. +1 for investing in a good headset. Get something that completely covers the ears, and/or has some noise cancelling. I bought a Logitech gaming headset with a good mic and it's made a BIG difference, esp. on days where I'm on 4+ hours for calls.

Ironically, what matters most for your own audio quality is that other people use headsets — because feedback cancellation is an extremely difficult algorithm which often malfunctions, and if someone wears a headset that algorithm doesn't have to run.

But I'm shouting into the void about that. Most people won't adapt their behavior when it doesn't impact them personally.

Re: Zoom fatigue is real

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Post by machbio »

bentcorner wrote: post #37

FYI, if you have an NVIDIA card on your machine, you can run their voice filtering software: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/guides/nvidia-rtx-voice... It works for non-RTX cards as well with some tweaking ( https://arstechnica.com/?post_type=post&p=1670164 ). Works marvelously for removing background noise - mic hum, typing, cars driving by. One of the nice things about it is that you can also filter the output…

PulseAudio and Sox can do some of it - https://gist.github.com/tiagoengel/334573f7c3b98c27356297d6b...
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