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Meetings#

A Meeting is a temporary session within a room where participants join in real-time to communicate, share content, and collaborate. It starts when the first participant connects and ends when the last one leaves — or when a moderator explicitly closes it.

What is a Meeting#

Every meeting takes place inside a room. Unlike rooms (which are persistent), a meeting only exists while at least one participant is connected. The same room can host many meetings over time, one at a time.

How to join a meeting#

A meeting starts as soon as a participant opens a valid room link into an empty room. You can learn everything about room links here.

Users with access to OpenVidu Meet can join a meeting directly from the "Rooms" page:

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Doing this simply opens a new tab with a Moderator room link.

Users can also copy a room link and share it with external participants:

Meeting lifecycle#

From the moment a participant opens a room link until the meeting ends, they move through a series of views. See Meeting lifecycle for a full description of the Join, Device, Meeting, Recording and End views.

Meeting features#

OpenVidu Meet provides a set of built-in features that enhance accessibility and collaboration during a live session:

  • Live Captions — real-time speech-to-text transcription powered by the OpenVidu Speech Processing Agent.
  • Smart Layout — dynamic layout that adapts automatically to the number of active participants.
  • Role Management — Moderator and Speaker roles with per-room assignment via room links, and runtime role changes.
  • E2E Encryption — end-to-end encrypted audio, video and chat so only participants can decrypt the content.
  • Virtual Background — blur or replace the camera background before or during a meeting.