A method for adjusting at least one parameter of a video stream being received on a recipient screen, the video stream being captured by a sender's video capturing apparatus, the method including: providing a control device (50, 200) to a recipient to adjust the at least one parameter of the video stream captured by the sender's video capturing apparatus; interfacing the control device with a secondary application; the recipient using the control device for adjustment of the at least one parameter of the video stream captured by the sender's video capturing apparatus; the recipient receiving and viewing the video stream on the recipient screen; and freeing up bandwidth during instances of high packet loss by muting audio in the video stream by the recipient, wherein: the video stream viewed on the recipient screen is adjustable as per a preference of the recipient, with all settings of the recipient screen being unchanged after adjustment of the video stream by the recipient, the adjustment of the at least one parameter of the video stream is done at a server prior to receipt at the recipient screen, the at least one parameter includes both image and audio settings, the image settings are selected from a group consisting of: video effects, video aspect ratio, video image size, brightness, contrast, sharpness, colour, exposure, gamma, white balance, back light compensation, digital pan, and digital zoom, and the audio settings are selected from a group consisting of: bass, treble, balance, volume, audio enhancement effects, and noise cancellation effect. providing a control device (50, 200) to a recipient to adjust the at least one parameter of the video stream captured by the sender's video capturing apparatus; interfacing the control device with a secondary application; the recipient using the control device for adjustment of the at least one parameter of the video stream captured by the sender's video capturing apparatus; the recipient receiving and viewing the video stream on the recipient screen; and freeing up bandwidth during instances of high packet loss by muting audio in the video stream by the recipient, wherein: the video stream viewed on the recipient screen is adjustable as per a preference of the recipient, with all settings of the recipient screen being unchanged after adjustment of the video stream by the recipient, the adjustment of the at least one parameter of the video stream is done at a server prior to receipt at the recipient screen, the at least one parameter includes both image and audio settings, the image settings are selected from a group consisting of: video effects, video aspect ratio, video image size, brightness, contrast, sharpness, colour, exposure, gamma, white balance, back light compensation, digital pan, and digital zoom, and the audio settings are selected from a group consisting of: bass, treble, balance, volume, audio enhancement effects, and noise cancellation effect. the video stream viewed on the recipient screen is adjustable as per a preference of the recipient, with all settings of the recipient screen being unchanged after adjustment of the video stream by the recipient, the adjustment of the at least one parameter of the video stream is done at a server prior to receipt at the recipient screen, the at least one parameter includes both image and audio settings, the image settings are selected from a group consisting of: video effects, video aspect ratio, video image size, brightness, contrast, sharpness, colour, exposure, gamma, white balance, back light compensation, digital pan, and digital zoom, and the audio settings are selected from a group consisting of: bass, treble, balance, volume, audio enhancement effects, and noise cancellation effect.