No matter which mobile operating system you use, the Zoom meeting display has an identical format on both while you’re on a video call, including a More option on the lower part of the video screen. The host must also be a licensed user for mobile recording to work. This means Zoom’s cloud recording option is your only option. Firstly, you cannot record locally on a mobile device.
In case you were wondering about Zoom’s video recording capabilities, both iOS and Android mobile systems support meeting recordings, but there are a few stipulations. When the meeting is over, Zoom will have the video recording ready for transfer to Zoom’s cloud, alerting you with an email when it has completed the recording process. Then, when you select Record during a meeting, choose Record to the Cloud when the options appear.
Back in the Recording tab, where we showed you how to enable local recording, there should be an option further down to enable Cloud recording. If you don’t mind all of that, enabling cloud recording itself is actually quite simple. These plans begin at $40 per month for an additional 100GB. If you plan to do any regular recording, you are required to pay for a Zoom cloud storage plan. This means you can’t automatically record to popular cloud storage services like Dropbox. For reference, this typically is around 1GB per user, so not a whole lot. Recording a video to the cloud is another option, but it only works for licensed users with the Zoom desktop client or app who have enough cloud space in your plan. This is handy if something interrupts the conversion process or if converting right after the session isn’t working for you because you can click on the file to start the conversion process over again.
It’s also important to note that the file will appear in this Zoom folder, even if the meeting hasn’t fully converted for viewing yet. If you don’t rename these files right away, it can become straightforward to lose track of which file is which and cause a lot of confusion later on. You must go into the relevant folder, make sure the files have properly downloaded, and then rename them to the name/date of your meeting. However, accessing the video files directly without the client is more complicated.
You can access these recorded files with the Zoom desktop client under the Meetings section, which is the easiest way to view them.
When this finishes - and this is the important part - it will autosave an MP4 file and an audio-only M4A file on your computer in a Zoom folder under the name “Zoom_0.mp4,” and counting up from there for additional files. Once you stop the meeting, a notification will pop up that says Converting the Meeting Recording. Step 4: You don’t need to do anything else until the Zoom meeting has ended.
Now a notification will appear in the top left of all participant’s windows saying Recording… so everyone knows that it’s working. Some versions of Zoom will immediately give you an option to Record on This Computer, which you should select for local recording. Look at the tools at the bottom of the screen, and you will see a round icon called Record. Step 3: Now, start a Zoom meeting as the host. You can also lock this setting so it remains on for all users. Check the Status section to make sure Local Recording is enabled. One of the first options in this section should be Local Recording. Step 2: In the Settings window, select the Recordings tab up at the top. If you’re working from a business account, the settings section may be called something slightly different, like Account Settings. Log into Zoom from your browser, locate the Personal toolbar on the left and choose Settings (this option only shows up if you are the account administrator, which is necessary to enable recording). Step 1: First, make sure that Zoom’s local recording is enabled. This is an easy option that doesn’t require any cloud storage accounts to use. Local recording means recording right to your computer’s drive if you have the disc space to do so. Like all good video chat tools, Zoom allows for recording for this very purpose, and users need to know exactly how it works.