Recording in Zoom Rooms

You can record to the cloud during a Zoom Room meeting or allow a remote participant to record the meeting to a local device. 

This article covers:

• How to record in-meeting
  • Recording to the cloud
  • Recording to a local device
• How to view the recording
  • Viewing cloud recordings for scheduled meetings
  • Viewing cloud recordings for instant meetings
  • Viewing local recordings

Prerequisites for recording in Zoom Rooms

• Zoom Rooms license
• Zoom Rooms global minimum version or higher
• Zoom Rooms controller global minimum version or higher
• Cloud or local recordings enabled for the Zoom Room
• Host privileges for the meeting

How to record in-meeting

Recording to the cloud

1. Start an instant meeting or scheduled meeting.
2. Tap Record  on your controller or touch screen display:
   • If you are in an instant meeting you will be prompted to Claim and save the recording with a QR code, or enter the email address where the cloud recording link will be sent.
     Note: The QR code option is only available on Zoom Rooms version 6.4.5 or greater. 
   • If you are in a scheduled meeting, the cloud recording link will be sent to the email address of the host that scheduled the meeting.
3. To stop the recording, tap Stop Recording or tap End and then tap End meeting for all.

Recording to a local device

1. Start an instant meeting or scheduled meeting on your Zoom Room controller or touch screen display. 

2. Tap Manage Participants then tap the participant you want to give recording privileges to. Tap Allow Recording to provide the privileges.

3. The participant can click Record to start the recording.

How to view the recording

Viewing cloud recordings for scheduled meetings

1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
2. Click Recordings.
3. Click on the topic of the meeting to view the cloud recording files.

Note: The host receives an email notification when the recording file is ready to view or download.

Viewing cloud recordings for instant meetings

The cloud recording can be claimed and accessed from the Zoom Workplace app if a QR code was used, or sent to the email address that was entered when the recording was started. This email includes a link to view or download the recording file.

Note: The QR code option is only available on Zoom Rooms version 6.4.5 or greater.

Viewing local recordings

You can find your default recording location for local recordings in your Zoom client settings. 

1. Sign in to the Zoom desktop client.
2. Click your profile picture, then click Settings.
3. Click Recording.
4. Click one of these options beside Local Recording:
   
   • Click Open to open the folder where your local recordings are stored.