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Recording a Meet
Recording a Meet
You can record video meetings for other people to watch later.
You can record if:
You’re the meeting organizer
You’re in the same organization as the organizer
You’re a teacher signed in to your G Suite account, but not a student
As a best practice, it’s always good to inform other meeting participants before you start recording.
Recordings include the active speaker and anything that’s presented. Recordings are saved to the organizer’s Meet Recordings folder in My Drive. An email with the recording link is sent to the meeting organizer and the person who started the recording. The link is added to the Calendar event.
Other windows or notifications are not included. Pinning a participant won’t affect who is shown in the recording.
These people get notified when a recording starts or stops, but can’t control the recording:
People outside of your organization
Mobile app users
People who dial in using a phone
If a participant turns on live captions during recording, the captions won't be recorded and don't open when you play the recording.
Important: When meetings are recorded the chat conversation log is also saved.
Which part of a Meet chat is recorded?
Chats are recorded for the duration of the video.
Where is a Meet chat saved?
Chats are saved as an .SBV file in the meeting organizer's Drive.
How do I play a transcript?
Transcript playback capabilities depend on the media player you use. Chat contents are displayed as subtitles when files are downloaded in a media player such as VLC.
Recording meetings is useful when you want to review the meeting later, or share it with people who couldn’t attend. For example:
Team presentations available on-demand for students and new employees
Conference presentations that you want to share with people later
Virtual training sessions that people can replay on-demand
Important: Recording is only available with the computer version of Meet. Mobile app users are notified when the recording starts or stops, but cannot control recording.
You can’t record if you join the meeting only to present, such as from a laptop while already in a video conference room. Join the video meeting first, start your presentation, and then record.
Click More Record meeting.
If you have trouble, go to I can’t find the recording button.
Wait for the recording to start.
Other participants are notified when the recording starts or stops.
When you finish, click More Stop recording.
The recording also stops when everyone leaves the meeting.
Click Stop recording again to verify.
Wait for the recording file to be generated and saved to the meeting organizer’s My Drive > Meet Recordings folder.
An email with the recording link is sent to the meeting organizer, and the person who started the recording.
Recordings save to the meeting organizer’s My Drive > Meet Recordings folder. However, if the organizer changes or if the meeting occurs outside of the scheduled Calendar time, the recording link is sent to the original event creator.
To share a recording:
Select the file Share .
Or, click Link paste the link in an email or chat message.
For best results, download the recording and then play it from your computer:
Select the file and click More Download .
Double-click the downloaded file to play it.
In Drive, double-click the recording to play it. “Still processing” appears until the file is ready for online viewing.
To add a recording to My Drive, select the file and click Add to My Drive .
An email with the recording link is sent to the meeting organizer and the person who started the recording.
In the email, click the link and wait for the recording to open.
Select an option:
To play the recording, click Play .
To share the recording, click More Share. Enter usernames or email addresses and click Done.
Tip: You can also copy and share a link.
To download the file, click Download.
To add the recording to the current folder, click Add to My Drive .
If the recording starts at the scheduled meeting time, the recording links to the Google Calendar event. Meeting participants in the same organizational unit as the meeting organizer are automatically granted access to the recording. This only applies to meetings created via a Google Calendar.
Local recording is available to free and paid subscribers. Local recording allows participants to record meeting video and audio locally to a computer. The recorded files can be uploaded to a file storage service like Dropbox, Google Drive, or a streaming service like YouTube or Vimeo.
Note: Local recording is not supported on iOS and Android. See cloud recording for paid accounts if you are using a mobile device.
Zoom Basic (Free) account or above
Zoom Desktop Client for Windows, macOS, or Linux, version 2.0 or higher
Sign in to the Zoom web portal as an administrator with the privilege to edit account settings.
Click Account Settings.
In the Recording tab, navigate to the Local Recording option and verify that the setting is enabled.
If the setting is disabled, click the toggle to enable it. If a verification dialog displays, choose Turn On to verify the change.
(Optional) If you want to make this setting mandatory for all users in your account, click the lock icon, and then click Lock to confirm the setting.
Sign in to the Zoom web portal as an administrator with the privilege to edit user groups.
Click Group Management.
Click the name of the group, then click the Settings tab.
In the Recording tab, navigate to the Local Recording option on the Recording tab and verify that the setting is enabled.
If the setting is disabled, click the toggle to enable it. If a verification dialog displays, choose Turn On to verify the change.