Overview:


This article will walk you through Zooms recording features.


  • Zoom has two types of recording: Local Recording and Cloud Recording. 
  • Local Recordings, the recording feature available to all Zoom users, are saved to your local computer’s hard drive. 
  • Cloud Recordings are saved to the Zoom Cloud where they can be viewed, shared, and downloaded. Cloud Recordings are currently only available for fully licensed accounts or our shared department accounts. 
  • Both Cloud and Local Recording provide high quality MP4 (video and audio) and M4A (audio only) files.


Starting a local recording


  • Start a Zoom meeting as the host.


  • Click the option to Record.

 



Hosts will see the following recording indicator in the top-left corner while recording is active.


Participants will see the following indicator in the top-left corner while the recording is active


Click Participants to see which participants are currently recording.




After the meeting has ended, Zoom will convert the recording so you can access the files.


Once the conversion process is complete, the folder containing the recording files will open.

Note: By default, the audio/video file (MP4) will be named Zoom_0.mp4.



Accessing and converting local recording files


By default, all recordings will be placed in a Zoom folder found in the following file path on these devices: 


PC: C:\Users\User Name\Documents\Zoom


Accessing in Zoom desktop application


Open the Zoom desktop client and click Meetings.


Click the Recorded tab and select the meeting with a local recording.



Note:  If you have a local recording that hasn't been converted to a video file yet, click Convert to convert the recording to a video file and display the options below.


If you only see the Open option, it means the recording is a cloud recording.



If you have any more questions about recordings here are some Zoom articles 


Local Recordings - https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362473-Local-Recording?zcid=1231 


Cloud Recording - https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/203741855-Cloud-recording