Question
How do Zoom recordings work?
Context
Zoom Audio and Video Conferencing
Answers
(Note: a thorough set of documentation on Recording in Zoom can be found on Zoom's support site: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/sections/200208179-Recording)
Zoom allows the meeting host or any co-host to record a meeting. Participants can request that the host record a meeting. All meeting participants will see a red flashing dot in the Zoom window when a recording is active.
The meeting records the screen as the host sees it. The host can choose from several views (gallery, speaker, highlighted specific participant) depending on needs.
While in a live meeting, the Host may press the Record button on the main control bar at the bottom of the Zoom window. Once a recording has begun, the person who initiated the recording can pause and resume recording during the meeting.
Zoom recordings include:
- .mp4 format audio and video
- .mp3 format audio
- an audio transcript
Longer meetings may be split into multiple files of each type.
Recordings can be saved either locally or to the Zoom cloud
The Zoom desktop client includes a toggle which, when selected, displays a list of recorded meetings.
There is additionally in the cloud recording settings a toggle that can be set to automatically record all hosted meetings as they begin.
Cloud storage retention for Zoom recordings
Since July of 2020, Zoom cloud recordings are automatically moved to Panopto (panopto.nd.edu). On a rolling basis, recordings that remain in the Zoom Cloud are deleted when they age to 365 days. These remaining recordings may be manually migrated to Panopto.