With Zoom OSC Bitfocus Companion, if a user has punctuation in their name, Companion doesn't seem to like that. Can I use their Zoom participant number to send OSC commands for that participant rather than their Zoom name?
ASKED BY · Zach Stallsmith · CHAUTAUQUA, NEW YORK · 17 OCT 2026 · ▶ 00:55:04
Use Zoom participant selection instead of names; OSC can reference participants by number or ID rather than name, which avoids punctuation issues; Justin James (Digital Drummer J) manages the Companion GitHub modules and can provide specific implementation details.
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55:03with zoom osc bit focus companion if a user has punctuation in their name companion doesn't seem to like that. Can I use their Zoom participant number to send OSC commands for that participant rather than their Zoom name? Go ahead, Guy. Yeah, I would defer this one to our friend Justin James, who runs the GitHub for the Companion Module system. You can see his little,
55:32so he's Digital Drummer J, Justin James. I would take a look in here or throw some AI at this and and ask that question. One of the things that popped up is being able to do the participant selection instead of using the traditional way with the, if they have a punctuation in their name, you could use the participant selection system. So you would say like, oh, that's Alexander.
55:53Hit Alexander. And then if you want to spot or mute or spotlight or mute or whatever action you want to take, you could do it by that mechanism instead. So I'm pretty sure that's what Justin James will say, but I don't see him. Let me see if he's responding in our chat. Usually he's watching the show. So, Mickey says, yep, with Zoom ID.
56:11So, you can go by Zoom ID as well. So, that's another way. All right. Let's go to the next question. Our next question is from Paul Valhus of Austin, Texas. Does this accessory really turn your phone to a pro camera? And he gives a YouTube video. I haven't actually heard of this product before, but I did quickly. Let me just see if I can switch to that.
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