With StudioEdge™ you can very easily introduce high-quality isolated Zoom callers with discrete audio into your productions. Through QuickLink's partnership with Zoom, it is now possible to seamlessly integrate the highest-quality, 1080p Full-HD Zoom callers into StudioEdge. This article is a step-by-step guide on the initial prerequisites required and how to introduce Zoom callers into StudioEdge.
Prerequisites
Before introducing Zoom callers, you will need to apply a setting within your Zoom account settings that enables StudioEdge to connect to Zoom meetings successfully. To achieve this, sign in to your Zoom account Dashboard (https://www.zoom.us/signin#/login), then click My Account > Settings.
Navigate to the Recording tab.
In the General section, enable the Internal meeting participants and Auto approve their permission requests options. Click Save to apply these settings.
Initiating a Zoom Call
The first thing you will need to do is log in to the StudioEdge portal (edge.quicklink.network) and connect to the StudioEdge device you wish to use. If you are unsure on how to do this, please refer to the Quick Start Guide to QuickLink StudioEdge article.
To add a Zoom caller, click the call button ( ), then select Zoom from the available platforms.
If you haven't used Zoom previously, you will first need to give StudioEdge the required permissions. When prompted to authenticate, click LOGIN TO ZOOM.
You will now need to log into your Zoom account using your Zoom email address and password. Once entered, click Sign In.
Once signed in and prompted for authentication, click Allow.
Returning to the StudioEdge interface, you will now see that Zoom has been authenticated, and will see a list of available meetings. Select one of the available Meeting slots. Meetings that are available will display as 'Disconnected'.
You will now have two options available for introducing a Zoom caller, these are as follows:
- Hosting a Zoom Call: This option allows you to create a Zoom meeting within StudioEdge, and provides you the ability to invite Zoom participants using a shareable Zoom URL. This is the recommended option for introducing Zoom callers.
- Joining a Zoom Call: This option allows you to join an existing Zoom meeting, this could be a meeting you have initiated on your Control PC, or if you are joining a meeting that an organizer has created/scheduled.
Hosting a Zoom Call
Click HOST to initiate a new Zoom meeting.
Your Zoom meeting has been created. Copy the Invite Link, and share it with the participants you wish to invite to your Zoom call.
Once participants have joined your Zoom call, these will appear in the available drop-down box. Please note, you may need to press the Refresh icon to refresh the participant list. Depending on your Zoom account level settings, you may need to approve participants from the Zoom waiting room.
To do this, simply join the Zoom meeting on your Control PC. One joined, you may be prompted with a message that QLStudioPro is host, click Reclaim host.
Next, click Participants, then Approve the participants that are within the Zoom waiting room that you wish to add to your Zoom call.
Returning to StudioEdge, select the Zoom participant you wish to assign to your StudioEdge channel, then click ADD CALLER. If you have approved participants and cannot see them in the participant list, you may need to press the Refresh icon.
You have now successfully brought the Zoom caller into your StudioEdge channel, and a preview of your Zoom caller will appear.
If you wish to add another participant from the same call, from another StudioEdge channel, click the call button ( ), then select Zoom.
You may need to authenticate your Zoom account for this new StudioEdge channel, click LOGIN TO ZOOM and then Allow when prompted.
From the available Meeting slot options, select the slot selected previously. This should now display as Connected.
From the list of participants, select the second Zoom caller, then click ADD CALLER.
You have now successfully added a second Zoom caller to StudioEdge. Repeat this for as many Zoom callers as you wish to add.
Joining a Zoom Call
To successfully create or schedule a Zoom meeting, and apply the correct Host permissions, please refer to the Creating/Scheduling a Zoom meeting article. If you organization is using a organizer to schedule Zoom calls, please share the above article.
Once you have your Zoom meeting created/scheduled, and wish to begin your workflow. Paste your Zoom meeting link into the Meeting Link box. This Meeting Link could be a Zoom meeting that has been initiated on your Control PC, or it could be a Zoom link that has been shared with you. Once entered, click JOIN.
Within the Zoom call, A participant named 'QL StudioPro' will join. Depending on your Zoom account level settings, the Zoom meeting host may need to approve participants from the Zoom waiting room. This can be done on your Control PC, or by requesting the host to Admit. To this, click Admit.
Once approved, you will be receive a message requesting to record the Zoom meeting, click Approve. Alternatively, if you have been shared this meeting link, a Host or Co-Host will need to approve recording. Please note, for StudioEdge to work successfully, this prompt will need to be Approved. Failure to Approve this prompt will result in StudioEdge not functioning.
Returning to StudioEdge, from the participant list, you will see a list of all users within the Zoom call. Select the Zoom caller you wish to assign to the channel, then click ADD CALLER. Please note, depending on your Zoom account settings, the Zoom host may need to Approve participants to join your Zoom meeting.
You have now successfully brought the Zoom caller into your StudioEdge channel, and a preview of your Zoom caller will appear.
If you wish to add another participant from the same call, from another StudioEdge channel, click the call button ( ), then select Zoom.
You may need to authenticate your Zoom account for this new StudioEdge channel, click LOGIN TO ZOOM and then Allow when prompted.
From the available Meeting slot options, select the slot selected previously. This should now display as Connected.
From the list of participants, select the second Zoom caller, then click ADD CALLER.
You have now successfully added a second Zoom caller to StudioEdge. Repeat this for as many Zoom callers as you wish to add.