

A good rule of thumb is that your recording generally captures what you’re seeing on your screen. We get a lot of questions about what exactly the recording captures.Use a headset or directional microphone.We asked our support engineers to plumb the depths of their knowledge for a few best practices that will help you make the most of your recordings. More information on using cloud recording.

You can find your cloud recordings by logging in to your account at /signin and clicking on My Recordings. This feature is off by default, and is available to paid Zoom Pro, Business, and Education plan subscriber s with the Cloud Recording add-on deployed. One great thing about cloud recording is that you can do it from your mobile device and Zoom Room, as well as your desktop. When you opt for cloud recording, you get a high quality recording of your meeting delivered to the cloud, which you can password protect, share, and download. You can also enable automatic recording, a setting that is off by default. Here are more details on finding your local recordings. By default, they’re in your Documents folder in a file marked zoom. Your local recordings are stored to your hard disk. You’ll know recording has begun because a red light will appear in the upper left corner of your Zoom window with the words “Stop Recording.” Click that when you’re ready to stop the recording. If you have cloud recording enabled, a pop-up will appear above asking what kind of recording you want: Cloud or Local. You start recording by pressing Record on the bottom of your Zoom meeting window. Both options provide standard (and we cannot emphasize the word “standard” enough here) MP4 video and M4A audio files. Cloud recordings, a paid option, are saved to the Zoom Cloud where they can be viewed, shared, and downloaded. Local recordings, which are the recordings that come standard with all Zoom accounts, are saved to your device. Zoom now has two types of meeting recordings: local recording and cloud recording. So let’s all take a quick lesson in Recording 101: Local and cloud recording Particularly for training and legal purposes, recording can be a total cost saver and lifesaver. Every Zoomer at one time or another will probably want to record their meeting or webinar. Ok class, attention please! The number one topic our support team gets questions about isn’t complicated firewall traversals, encryption, or other deeply technical issues.
