Record a video meetingYou can record video meetings with these Google Workspace editions: Show
Learn about your available Meet features. Tip: If youre a Google Workspace administrator who manages Google Meet for your organization, first allow meeting recording.
Who can record a meetingTo record a meeting, a Google Workspace administrator must turn on recording for your account. You can record if:
Google Workspace for Education accounts:Education Fundamentals or Education Standard accounts: Teachers/staff or students can record meetings they organize.
Teaching and Learning Upgrade accounts: Anyone in the same organization as the meeting organizer can record a meeting.
Education Plus: Teachers/staff or students can record meetings they organize and meetings that are organized by someone in their organization.
Tip: You cant record a meeting if you join only to present. You should join the video meeting first, start your presentation, and then record.
Whats recorded in a video meetingImportant: Before you present from Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides, join the meeting to know if it is being recorded.
Recordings include the active speaker and anything thats presented. Recordings are saved to the organizers Meet Recordings folder in My Drive. An email with the recording link is sent to the meeting organizer and the person who started the recording. The link is added to the Calendar event. Other windows or notifications are not included. Pinning a participant wont affect who is shown in the recording. These people get notified when a recording starts or stops, but cant control the recording:
If a participant turns on live captions during recording, the captions won't be recorded and don't open when you play the recording. Important: When meetings are recorded the chat conversation log is also saved.
Which part of a Meet chat is recorded? Chats are recorded for the duration of the video. Where is a Meet chat saved? Chats are saved as an .SBV file in the meeting organizer's Drive. How do I play a transcript? Transcript playback capabilities depend on the media player you use. Chat contents are displayed as subtitles when files are downloaded in a media player such as VLC. When to record meetingsRecording meetings is useful when you want to review the meeting later, or share it with people who couldnt attend. For example:
Start and stop a recordingImportant: Recording is only available from Meet on a computer. Mobile app users are notified when the recording starts or stops, but can't control recording.
Meetings can only be recorded for up to 8 hours. After 8 hours, the meeting will automatically stop recording.
The recording is saved to the meeting organizers My Drive > Meet Recordings folder. An email with the recording link is sent to the meeting organizer, and the person who started the recording. Play, share, download, or save a recordingIn Google DriveRecordings save to the meeting organizers My Drive > Meet Recordings folder. However, if the organizer changes or if the meeting occurs outside of the scheduled Calendar time, the recording link is sent to the original event creator.
To share a recording:
For best results, download the recording and then play it from your computer:
To add a recording to My Drive, select the file and click Add to My Drive . From an email linkAn email with the recording link is sent to the meeting organizer and the person who started the recording.
Tip: You can also copy and share a link.
To download the file, click Download To add the recording to the current folder, click Add to My Drive . In the Google Calendar eventIf the recording starts at the scheduled meeting time, the recording links to the Google Calendar event. Individual meeting participants in the same organization as the meeting organizer automatically get access to the recording. Groups don't automatically get access.
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