Maybe you want to seamlessly pass DJ duties around between team members, or you want to make a live mashup? The easy way won't cut it for your wacky team-building musical activity!

Only one person can share audio at a time. You can't hear the mix, which makes it hard to calibrate the volume levels to make sure your sweet tunes are reasonable for the call.Īudio sharing ends as soon as you start screen sharing (unless you remember to tick the Share audio box that I always forget). Specifically, the 'Music or Computer Sound Only' option does a few things I don't love:Īll your computer audio is shared-even all the bleeps and bloops from messaging apps, email, rogue browser tabs, and system alerts.

But honestly, that way-the easy way-satisfies neither my perfectionism nor my desire to have precise control over the experience I create. If I'd seen that post earlier, I might have just done it that way. Once upon a time, Justin Pot wrote about playing background music on Zoom without sharing your screen.

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