Setting up the Video layout on your Visual Nexus software
You can change the way you layout the Visual Nexus video windows on your desktop to best meet your needs. Your local preview and the remote video can either be “docked” in a single window, or you can undock the remote video window enabling the video to be stretched to the size that best suites your needs
Docked Video Mode
To select the docked video mode click on [View] – [Video Layout…] – [Window Mode] and select docked preview. This selects a single window with both the local and remote video in it. To change the size of the remote video click on [View] – [Video Layout…]– [Video Size]. This will give you the option to set the video to small, medium or large. Note the video size menu is not available if you are in undocked mode. Finally you can select if and where your local video is displayed. Click on [View] – [Video Layout…] – [Preview] and you can either turn your preview off or position it to the top right or bottom left of the main video.
Undocked Video Mode
In the undocked mode the local and remote video are in two different windows. The remote video can be stretched in the usual Windows way to set the video to the size that you want. The video size option described in 4.4.1 above is not available in undocked mode. You can turn off the preview video in this mode but as the local and remote videos are in different windows the preview placement mode has no effect. To set the video to undocked mode click [View] – [Video Layout…] – [Window mode] and select undocked Preview.
Other settings
There are two other settings in the Video Layout menu. The first allows you turn on or off the name of the person you are talking to, or the meeting room you are in. The second allows you to turn of the audio slider controls above the video window. These enable you increase the volume on the microphone and the speakers while in a call.
Displaying video in full screen
The visual Nexus video can be displayed in full screen during a meeting. You can do this by clicking the maximize button on the video widow or by selecting [View] – [Full Screen Video] in the Meeting Manager. If you are using docked video mode you will need to click on the video (you may not be able to see the mouse pointer) and the press <esc> on the keyboard. In undocked mode simply click the window button to return the video size to the original size.
Using dual screens on your computer
Visual Nexus will work in dual screen mode if you have two monitors connected to your computer. You can then put the video onto one of the screens and the meeting manager and other data or applications being shared on the other monitor. The video window is best placed on the second monitor (the one without the Windows controls on it). To do this, simply drag the window as you would any other window on your desktop.