Release notes for April 7, 2023

Release notes for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

Hotfix 5.13.11

Resolved issues

• General fixes
  • Incorrect prompt to unmute speaker or increase volume
    A prompt to unmute or increase volume was incorrectly displayed when leaving a meeting. The problem has been resolved by updating the volume check before sending the device information. This problem was determined to occur in version 5.12.6 and greater.
  • Client log files generated when logging off
    Changes in the 5.13.0 standard client resulted in additional logs being generated for the VDI Zoom client. This release enforces logging levels for the new logs.

Release notes for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

Version 5.14.0

Changes to existing features

• Changes for VDI Plugin Management
  The Windows VDI plugin has been updated to install a new package called Zoom VDI Plugin Management. This new package is installed with the VDI plugin but can be optionally either removed or skipped using a command line option.
• Live performance audio disabled for VDI
  A recent audio enhancement to support professional audio users for remote music collaboration has been disabled for VDI as the platform would not be recommended because of performance concerns.

New and enhanced features

• VDI Client features
  • Support for Zoom Mesh for VDI plugins
    Zoom Mesh is a native, zero-click, zero-install, client-based Mesh (eCDN) solution for Zoom Webinars and Events. The Zoom Mesh service minimizes network congestion for Webinars & Events while preserving the native Zoom attendee and host experience. Zoom Mesh is available to all accounts that have the Webinar or Zoom Events add-on.
    Note: For hybrid users, MMR 4.6.20221013.257 or higher is required.
  • Allow user to show/hide full room view
    Users can choose whether the full room view is presented as a dedicated window in either the Active Speaker view or the Smart Gallery multistream view.
• Linux features
  • AMD R1606G CPU Added to Virtual Background Whitelist
    For Linux users, the VDI plugin will automatically support virtual backgrounds when installed on clients using an AMD R1606G CPU.
• macOS features
  • Optional installation for Zoom VDI Plugin Management
    Mac users can choose whether to install Zoom VDI Plugin Management plugins or not. Zoom VDI Plugin Management can detect when a VDI plugin is missing or an updated release is required. Previously, Zoom VDI Plugin Management was installed by default when users installed the VDI plugin with ZoomVDI.pkg.
• Developer features
  • SDK APIs
    The following API calls are available for Linux VDI and Windows VDI, and they will support video filters for Zoom Apps:
    • setVideoFilter: Set static images as video filter foregrounds with support for RGBA (32-bit). When you click setVideoFilter, enter true/false to control the option to select or deselect the Apply to all future meetings checkbox.
    • clearVideoFilter: This clears any video filter set for the user, and it includes both video filters set by apps and set directly by the user.

Resolved issues

• General fixes
  • Incorrect prompt to unmute speaker or increase volume
    A prompt to unmute or increase volume was incorrectly displayed when leaving a meeting. The problem has been resolved by updating the volume check before sending the device information. This problem was determined to occur in version 5.12.6 and greater.
  • Video filters incorrectly disabled for Mac and Windows check
    When checking VDI Plugin backward compatibility for audio avatars, an issue was found and fixed which could disable the video filter selection.
  • Raise Hand notification for large meetings
    An issue has been addressed where the Raise Hand notification was not being displayed during a share session when the number of participants raising their hands was greater than the current view.
  • VDI plugin download failure when restarting the VDI client
    A change was added. This change is for a condition where restarting the VDI Zoom Meeting client while downloading a prompted VDI plugin update, the download stopped and potentially prevented future downloads.
  • Support Fallback Mode 4 for VDI Plugin Management
    Changes have been made to support the fallback policy 4 which forces the client to exit when a VDI plugin is missing or incompatible and cannot be used. Plugin Management will now prompt and support downloading the required plugin before exiting the client.
  • Display tip status in minimized window for paused share
    A fix was added to display when the share session was paused if the window was minimized after joining the meeting.
  • Client log files generated when logging off
    Changes in the 5.13.0 standard client resulted in additional logs being generated for the VDI Zoom client. This release enforces logging levels for the new logs.
  • Correction for audio status when switching between multiple pages of participants
    Using mute when participating in a large meeting, where the participant count extends to multiple screens, was not updating the status indication correctly.
  • Zoom Phone media mode is not refreshing
    An issue has been addressed where the Zoom Phone media mode is still offloading and has not been refreshed to fallback mode.
  • Cannot load the last selected audio devices after restarting the VDI Client

    A fix was added to make the changes about selected audio devices effective for the next meeting.

    • macOS fixes
      • Prevent Mac VDI plugin installation for unsupported OS releases
        Mac VDI plugins require macOS releases 10.15 or higher. The installation package has been modified to prevent installations for unsupported macOS versions and notify the user of the requirement.
      • Occasional crashes during the reconnection of a meeting
        An issue was fixed where the zoomhdxMediaEngine process would crash when the meeting process in the virtual machine (VM) was terminated unexpectedly and triggered the reconnection of the meeting process in the thin client.
      • Possible crash when resuming from extended sleep
        An issue was found and fixed for a possible crash that could occur when resuming the Mac VDI plugin from extended sleep on a MacBook.
      • Receiver crashes while 5.12.6 VDI plugins and 5.13.10 VDI Plugin Management plugins co-exist
        An issue was found and fixed that could occur when the lower version VDI plugins(5.12.6) and higher version VDI plugin Management plugins(5.13.10 ) co-exists.
    • Linux fixes
      • Occasional failures when using Unmute
        An issue was reported where the Unmute option was occasionally failing unless the mute/unmute action was performed. The core issue was found to also apply to the standard client and has been fixed.
      • Watermark issue fixed when logging
        A change was made for a problem that occurred when using a plugin to collect log data when displaying the watermark was taking too long.
      • Video issue fixed when camera is unplugged

        An issue was fixed where the video was frozen when the camera in use was unplugged.