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Recordings#

Recording a meeting#

Recordings must be started by a participant with role "Moderator" in the meeting view (see Participant roles in a room).

While the recording is active, all participants in the meeting will see an indicator in the bottom left corner.

To stop the recording, a participant with role "Moderator" must simply click the "Stop recording" button. The recording will be automatically saved in the OpenVidu Meet server.

Viewing recordings#

By default, recordings share the same access permissions as their rooms. Whenever a user uses a room link to join a meeting, they will also have the possibility of accessing the list of its previous recordings (if any):

The recording list shows every recording of that particular room:

Participants can also open the list of recordings for that room directly from the meeting view:

The recording view allows playing the video, downloading it or creating a shareable link:

Access permissions for recordings#

When creating a new room you can configure who may access its recordings:

Available options are:

  • Only admin: only administrators of OpenVidu Meet will have access to the recordings of this room. Administrators can always access recordings of any room.
  • Admin and moderators: administrators and any participant of the meeting with "Moderator" role will have access to the recordings of this room.
  • Admin, moderators and speakers: this is the default value. Administrators and any participant of the meeting with "Moderator" or "Speaker" role will have access to the recordings of this room.

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Participants with role "Speaker" may only play recordings. Administrators and participants with role "Moderator" can also delete them.

Specific recordings can be shared through a link:

  • Users can generate a shareable link from the recording list.

  • Users can generate a shareable link from the recording view.

  • From OpenVidu Meet console it is possible to generate shareable links for any recording.

Room recording settings#

Rooms can be configured with different recording settings. You can set up these settings when creating a new room or editing an existing room.

Managing recordings#

OpenVidu Meet console can be used to manage all recordings from the "Recordings" page. It is possible to see all recordings, play them, download them, delete them, and share them via a link:

Recording REST API#

Recordings can be managed via the OpenVidu Meet REST API:

Operation HTTP Method Reference
Get recording GET Reference
Get all recordings GET Reference
Delete recording DELETE Reference
Bulk delete recordings DELETE Reference
Download recordings GET Reference
Get recording media GET Reference
Get recording URL GET Reference