{"id":13352,"date":"2019-11-15T15:14:18","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T12:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trueconf.com\/blog\/?p=13352"},"modified":"2023-11-15T18:18:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T15:18:36","slug":"how-to-remove-background-noise-in-video-conferences-for-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/knowledge-base\/how-to-remove-background-noise-in-video-conferences-for-windows","title":{"rendered":"How to remove background noise in video conferences on Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nBackground noise may emerge during <a href=\"https:\/\/trueconf.com\/features\/modes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video conferences<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/trueconf.com\/downloads\/windows.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TrueConf for Windows<\/a> client application. This problem may have multiple causes and very often it occurs due to incorrect system settings. Here, we will explain how to fix this issue.\n<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Noise suppression<\/h2>\n<p>\nTrueConf for Windows client application provides built-in noise suppression which is based on AI algorithms. This feature helps to make sure that all external noises are removed from the audio stream.\n<\/p>\n<p>To activate this feature:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.trueconf.com\/client\/en\/av-settings#AV-settings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">application settings<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.trueconf.com\/client\/en\/av-settings#sound-settings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Audio and video \u2192 Audio<\/b><\/a> section.<\/li>\n<li>Check the <b>Noise suppression<\/b> box in the opened menu.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trueconf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/noise-suppression-option.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-gpDXdZiH\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/trueconf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/noise-suppression-option-1024x674.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"674\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23508\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/noise-suppression-option-1024x674.png 1024w, https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/noise-suppression-option-690x454.png 690w, https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/noise-suppression-option-768x505.png 768w, https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/noise-suppression-option-307x202.png 307w, https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/noise-suppression-option.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"marked_note marked_note--danger\">\n    Please note that the activation of this feature will increase the CPU load on some less powerful PCs.\n<\/div>\n<h2>OS settings<\/h2>\n<p>\nIf the built-in noise suppression does not help you, the problem is probably caused by incorrect OS settings. To fix this issue, take these steps:\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Step 1<\/b>. Click the <strong>Start<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p><b>Step 2<\/b>. Choose <strong>Parameters \u2192 System \u2192 Sound.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 3<\/b>. Click <strong>Sound Control panel<\/strong> in <strong>Additional Settings<\/strong> to open the control panel for playback and recording devices.<\/p>\n<p><b>Step 4<\/b>. Choose your playback device on the <strong>Playback <\/strong>tab and press <strong>Properties<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Step 5<\/b>. Check <strong>Disable all enhancements<\/strong> box on the <strong>Enhancements<\/strong> tab.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trueconf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/enhancements_en.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-gpDXdZiH\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13353 size-medium\" style=\"padding: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/trueconf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/enhancements_en-549x470.jpg\" alt=\"Disable enhancements to remove background noise\" width=\"549\" height=\"470\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/enhancements_en-549x470.jpg 549w, https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/enhancements_en-213x182.jpg 213w, https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/enhancements_en.jpg 757w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You are all set up!<\/p>\n<p>Now you can hold your video conference <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.trueconf.com\/client\/en\/conference#create-conference\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">following our user guide<\/a> for TrueConf client application and enjoy flawless audio!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background noise may emerge during video conferences in TrueConf for Windows client application. This problem may have multiple causes and very often it occurs due to incorrect system settings. Here, we will explain how to fix this issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[260],"tags":[231],"class_list":["post-13352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knowledge-base","tag-troubleshooting","wpautop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13352"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26489,"href":"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13352\/revisions\/26489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}