Troubleshooting in Bevy Virtual

Opening Note:

Startup Grind is using Bevy as our community platform, and thus as event management tool. As a software platform, Bevy is evolving everyday, thus the best place to look for updated content and instruction about Bevy, is the platforms help portal. https://help.bevy.com.

While the following article can still help, few features, names and appearance may have changed. To see current and updated information about Troubleshooting in Bevy Virtual, please refer to the following link at Bevy's help portal. https://help.bevy.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408775032599-Troubleshooting-steps-for-presenters

This article outlines the basic functions of Bevy Virtual

We recommend you use Google Chrome. Safari, Firefox and Edge are supported as well but Chrome seems to perform best.

Audio troubleshooting

• If you are not able to hear the session, try refreshing the window. 
• If you still cannot hear the session, ensure you are using Chrome, click on the lock icon in the left of the URL bar, and ensure the Sound is coming out of the correct speaker.
• You might also check to ensure you haven't muted the tab.

Video troubleshooting

• Ensure the correct camera is chosen if you click the carrot icon besides the Camera icon 

• Ensure that you are NOT using a virtual background app/extension like Snap Camera or Mmhmm.
• Disable your browser extensions.
• If you are still experiencing poor video quality, it is likely a result of poor internet connection. Bevy Virtual automatically scales up and down per user depending on the local internet connection. If you have a poor connection, the platform may turn off others' video for your view, or turn off your video for others so they will not see you to preserve bandwidth for a strong audio connection. 

Screen sharing

• If you're having trouble sharing your screen in Presenter Mode, you may need to tweak settings on a Mac computer. This is common for those that are using Bevy Virtual for the first time on a Mac computer.
  1. Click the Apple logo in the top left corner of your screen
  2. Select System Preferences
  3. Locate Security and Privacy
  4. Toggle the Privacy tab
  5. Scroll down to "Screen Recording" - enable this for your browser - Chrome, Firefox, or Safari.
  6. Quit your browser and reopen the session. You should then be able to screen share.
• If you are playing a video with sound through screenshare, ensure you are not using headphones. The audio will come from the microphone detecting sound out of your computer speakers. 

Viewing the session

• If you are having trouble viewing the session or participating in chat, refresh your browser window and re-enter the session. 
• Bevy Virtual is an in-browser web application; this makes events more accessible and does not require any software download. As a result, browser performance will affect your experience on Bevy Virtual. To maximize the experience, try to keep minimal tabs running, and minimal application windows running on your machine while you are attending a Bevy Virtual session.