Content and Presentation Sharing

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Content and Presentation Sharing

Displaying media content

With TrueConf Room, you can share content from the selected source in the settings, which can be:

  • content from Apple devices (using AirPlay technology);

  • Capture card (via HDMI)

  • Any of the cameras connected to the device (including a PTZ camera)

  • NDI stream.

The display device is selected in the settings via the path Settings → Video → Default content source.

To display content during a session in the event control panel, click the Slideshow button and select Switch to content.

To display content on the main screen of the meeting room instead of the camera's self-view picture when not in a call or conference, simply press the Switch to content button on the main page of the control panel.

TrueConf Room supports importing the following image formats for slide shows: .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe, .jif, .jfif, .jfi, .png, .gif (single frame), .webp. It also supports importing ppt and pptx presentations (Windows only), slides from pdf and .odt, and files in the special slides format saved in the client application TrueConf.

Screen sharing via AirPlay

In addition to sharing content, you can wirelessly display your device's screen. The Screen Mirroring feature is useful if the required content or application does not support native streaming via AirPlay. On Mac computers, this feature can be found in the Control Center section.

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After connecting to the terminal, a settings window will open:

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Select the display type. After that conference participants will see your screen or application window:

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Slide Show and Document Presentation

TrueConf Room allows you to present a slideshow during video conferences.

You can upload an image or a slideshow in several ways:

  • before the video conference — in the settings menu TrueConf Room under section Tools → Slideshow;

  • During a video conference, the Slideshow → Slide management → Add slides button is located on the conference control panel.

After that, you will see a window with the added slides:

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  1. List of slides

  2. Actions: Add slides and Clear all.

  3. Button Start slideshow.

  4. Buttons to change the slide displayed: thumbnails and one full-screen slide

You can change the order of uploaded slides by dragging them.

To start the slideshow, click the /docs/room/media/gui/share_presentation_button/en.png button at the bottom of the screen. The broadcast image will expand to full screen:

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When viewing thumbnails, an icon /docs/room/media/gui/circle_in_slide/en.png is displayed in the upper right corner of the broadcasted slide. If you return to the conference control panel, a similar icon will blink on the Slideshow button.

Please note that to display slides in .ppt/.pptx format, the PC with TrueConf Room installed must have PowerPoint installed. If it's not present, follow the installation instructions below:

  1. Subscribe to Microsoft 365 (or purchase PowerPoint separately) on the official website.

  2. Sign in to your Microsoft account (the same one you used for the purchase).

  3. Go to Install Office → Apps → and download the Office installer.

  4. Run the installer and PowerPoint will be installed along with other Office applications.

Broadcast via AirPlay

TrueConf Room Supports AirPlay technology, making it easy to stream content from Apple devices directly to the terminal screen. You can display images, videos, audio, presentations, and any other media content from compatible applications.

For AirPlay to work, TrueConf Room and Apple devices (iOS 11.0 and later | macOS High Sierra and later) must be on the same local subnet.

Make sure that the AirPlay option is enabled in the TrueConf Room Settings → Tools → General section. Additionally, you can protect the TrueConf Room terminal from unauthorized connections by selecting the Password option in the Authorization type section. After that, when connecting via AirPlay, a 4-digit code will be displayed on the terminal screen, which must be entered on the device.

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To start streaming content from your device, press the AirPlay /docs/room/media/gui/airplay/en.png button in the application interface. For example, in the Photos app for iPhone, follow these steps:

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Please note that the terminal name TrueConf Room in the AirPlay menu will match the item Meeting-room name.

Content can be streamed from any AirPlay-compatible application, such as VLC player, YouTube, or PowerPoint.