Yeah, in fact, when I'm recording a podcast and we're having any sort of bandwidth issues, I'll usually have us turn off our video. But I want people to use good mics. (Though the difference once you get to decent is very diminishing.)
I would add mics have nothing to do with bandwidth. It is the client / OS settings that decide how much bandwidth is going to be used.
Actually a microphone with good noise rejection may help depending on how exactly the audio is being compressed. Less noise will usually cause either less bandwidth used for the same quality or better quality for the same bandwidth.
Re:Tips for Interviewing over Zoom
by polishdude20 on Sunday June 06, 2021 @12:05AM
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Also, a more expensive microphone won't change the bandwidth zoom send it over at.
Re:Tips for Interviewing over Zoom
by rufus_foreman on Saturday June 05, 2021 @07:49PM
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>> Your video takes way, way more bandwidth than audio ever could.
Then how did they know?
Re:Tips for Interviewing over Zoom
by dredmorbius on Sunday June 06, 2021 @12:21AM
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The level of absolutely bogus assertions coming from the uninformed or misinformed about technology is staggering.
I'd have filed the information and then verified the bandwidth claims. The claim sounds highly unlikely.
Perhaps they were mistaken.
Re:Tips for Interviewing over Zoom
by rufus_foreman on Saturday June 05, 2021 @09:43PM
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OK, I've been using the phone for audio, if I switch back to the mike, what is your prediction?
I'll try it out on Monday.
Just because people say it's "taking up their bandwidth" doesn't mean that's what's actually happening.
It might be causing some other kind of issues but a microphone can't really "take up someone's bandwidth"... That's not really how things work.
I have a fancy microphone, but when I’m away from home in a low bandwidth situation I often phone in audio to zoom because it lags less. Lagging video and non-lagging audio seems to bother people less than both lagging.
You should not believe everything people complain about.
Also, you don't need expensive microphone. You need decent one set up correctly.
Most microphones are actually pretty decent in that they can record your voice pretty well provided they are set up properly and that is where usually problems are. You need to have correct geometry so that they can do their job of picking your voice and rejecting noise and you need to ensure correct software audio settings because mismanaging these can cause voice to be distorted or sprinkled with clicks and cracks.