General settings

In addition to the settings in the secondary menu, the All Settings window provides further settings options that allow you to customise the alfaview app to your needs. In order to open the settings window, click the Settings icon in the sidebar to access the settings. Then click the button to open the separate window with all settings.

The settings are divided into the following sections:

Changes are automatically applied, saved and applied again upon next program start.

General

Language

This selection menu allows you to change the language of the user interface. Currently English and German are available.

Update channel

For interested users we offer the opportunity to choose from different update channels or versions of alfaview.

Release: For regular updates and a stable, fully tested app version. (Default setting)
Beta: Select the Beta channel if you want to test new features early and support us with your feedback.
Insider: In the Insider channel, you will receive experimental updates that are still in development.

After changing the update channel, alfaview must be restarted.

Notification sounds

Customise the app’s notification sounds, which alert you to things like chat messages or people in the waiting room. Choose from the following options:

Off: No notification sounds are used.
Discreet: Quieter notification sounds are used.
Normal: Normal notification sounds are used.

Show mini window when minimized

The mini window allows you to follow conversations and events in the alfaview room when you have minimized the main window of the application. It provides you with the most important functions of the primary and secondary menus.

Enable experimental features

When activated you can select the additional option pixelate to blur the surroundings in the settings.

Launch alfaview on system startup

When activated, alfaview automatically starts when you start your computer.

Audio

The Audio tab allows you to set up your microphone and speakers.

Newly connected devices are listed in the selection menu as soon as they are recognised by the operating system.

Audio settings in the “All Settings” window. — Settings – Audio

Microphone

Select the microphone you want to use from the drop-down menu.

Microphone optimization

We recommend that you use the automatic Noise cancellation function. This effectively adjusts the sensitivity of your microphone so that unwanted background noise is filtered out of your microphone transmission.

You can also optimize the microphone yourself. You can manually adjust the input level at which the microphone picks up your voice.

Speak into your microphone.
Now move the slider to adjust the microphone sensitivity. Make sure the indicator bar turns blue and moves beyond the slider to the right.
When you are not speaking, the indicator bar should be orange or invisible. This means that your voice is not being transmitted.

For the best transmission quality, we recommend that you maintain a constant distance from the microphone. You can also use the Optimization wizard in the Settings tab in the secondary menu. This will automatically adjust the level for you based on a short voice sample.

Speaker

Select the speaker you want to use from the drop-down list.

Speaker volume

You can adjust the volume of alfaview using the slider below the speaker selection. Move the slider to adjust the volume.

Enable Push-To-talk

Push-to-talk can be helpful if you are in a noisy environment or if you do not have a headset available.

The Push-to-talk feature allows you to activate the microphone manually by pressing a button. With this feature, your microphone only transmits sound when you press the CTRL key.

Activate the push-to-talk switch.
The microphone icon in the main menu will now appear orange and crossed out.
To speak, press and hold the CTRL key on your keyboard.
Release the CTRL key as soon as you have finished speaking.

If you do not want to use the CTRL key for push to talk, you can define a custom key combination.

Activate the Push-To-Talk function by checking the box.
Click the button next to the Push-To-Talk option input field.
Press the key on your keyboard that you want to use to activate the Push-To-Talk function. As soon as alfaview recognizes your key selection, it will be displayed in the input field.
Then click the button.

Activate microphone before entering an alfaview room

If you activate this function, your microphone is automatically switched on before you enter an alfaview room. You can deactivate the microphone at any time in the quick settings before entering a room.

Noise cancellation

Noise cancellation filters out unwanted background noise from your microphone feed, improving your audio transmission. Tick the box to enable it.

Show speaker status

When you activate the speaker status, a small speaker icon appears in the bottom left corner of the status menu in the conference rooms. You can mute alfaview by clicking the icon. If the icon is displayed in orange, alfaview is muted.

The settings are saved permanently and will be used again the next time you start alfaview.

Video

Camera

Determine the desired camera in the respective selection menu.

The selected camera will be applied instantly and trasmitted to the conference room.
Newly connected devices are listed in the selection menu as soon as they have been detected by the operating system.

Video settings in the “All Settings” window. — Settings – Video

This selection menu allows to reduce the amount of bandwidth used for screen sharing. There are two options to choose from:

Normal: Screen share is transmitted in regular quality (default setting).
Reduced: Screen share is transmitted in reduced quality.

Second camera quality

This menu changes the video quality for the second camera.

Mirror my video locally

This setting is used to see your own video like in front of a mirror. The presentation of your video to other participants is not mirrored.

Improve video quality

Improves the appearance of all videos by adding a slight soft focus. Especially with skin tones this results in a smoother presentation.

Appearance

Design

Choose between a light and a dark color scheme. The dark color scheme relieves the eyes in dark environments.

Show spectators in user list

This setting is used to display participants in the user list with the Spectator permission group. Spectators can only passively participate in a meeting because of their permission, so they are hidden by default in the user list.

Settings for the appearance of alfaview. Here you can choose between a light and dark appearance. — Settings – Appearance

Accessibility

Interface font size

Changes the font size of the alfaview interface.

Chat font size

Changes the font size of chat messages.

Accessibility settings in alfaview. Here you can adjust the font size of the interface and chats. — Settings – Accessibility

Network

If you connect to the Internet through a proxy server, you can configure it here. There are three configuration options to choose from:

Auto detect: Automatically detects the best configuration (default setting)
HTTP Proxy: Manually provide an HTTP proxy configuration
No Proxy: Disable proxy support completely

Additional informationen can be found in the Proxy configuration article, as well as under system requirements & network settings.

Network settings for the alfaview app. Here you can configure the connection to a proxy server. — Settings – Network

Help

Knowledge base

The knowledge base contains detailed articles on features and usage of the software.

Technical support

Enable Debug logging when requested by our staff as part of support requests. Click on Show log files to view the log files stored on your machine.

Under “Help,” you will find everything you need if you encounter problems with the software. — Settings – Help

About alfaview

You can find general information about alfaview here.

Reset all settings

All settings can be reset to the default values with this feature.

Last updated on November 18th, 2025, 02:33 pm