How do I record a meeting on Zoom?

This is probably one of Zoom's handiest features: the video conferencing app gives you the ability to record your meetings natively, locally. However, by default, only the administrator can save meeting content. He will have to give the authorization to record to the different participants, on a case-by-case basis. This feature is present on both the free and paid version of Zoom. Essential features to discover with confidence.

Record a meeting on Zoom

1. Open your Zoom desktop application, start a meeting and invite the participants of your choice. Make sure you have a working webcam and microphone installed on your machine and a stable internet connection.


2. In the meeting toolbar, at the bottom of the window, click on the " Save ". You can also use the keyboard shortcut Alt+R to start recording.
   

   

   
   
   


3. You can pause or stop the recording from a small control panel which then appears at the top left of the meeting.
   

   

If you want to allow a participant to record the meeting, here's how:

1. In a Zoom meeting, click " Participants in the meeting toolbar.



2. In the menu " Participants ", on the right of the window, hover your mouse over the name of the participant to whom you wish to grant authorization and click on the icon " Plus to the right of his name.



3. Then click on " Allow recording in the drop-down menu. Everyone will be able to record the audio and video of the conversations.

The attendee will receive a notification that says: "The host allows you to record this meeting." An icon " Registration will also appear next to their nickname in the menu “ Participants ". To save your videoconference or your telephone call on your hard drive, choose the folder that suits you on your Windows, Mac or Ubuntu desktop. During the web conference, you just need to click on the corresponding tab to start or stop the recording. Then save your videoconference or your telephone call on your hard drive by choosing the folder of your choice.

The meeting organizer chooses whether he wishes to leave the recording rights to all participants, to several only or to a specific person. The video conferencing software will allow them all to record the video call simultaneously. Remember that the maximum number of participants on Zoom is limited to 100 people. It is also possible to save a conversation during screen sharing or to continue sharing files via Zoom instant messaging during it.

It is not possible to choose the audio quality or the video quality of your video meetings recorded on Zoom. This will depend on your bandwidth, webcams, microphones, etc. Since the " Parameters ", in the tab " recordings you can choose to optimize it for a third-party editor or to record the audio track for each speaker. Virtual meetings cannot be saved on the Zoom mobile app, locally, on your mobile device, iPad or tablet. This is also not possible from the web browser version of collaborative work. It's desktop only!

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• How do I schedule a meeting on Zoom?
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