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I thought you might like to see the immediate application to which I applied your tips. While I did do a live video feed on youtube, I replaced it with the version I recorded with Zoom so that instead of a brady bunch view it was a speaker only view. Again, my thanks. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eqtidJp1q5u4pXU.html

Glad it was helpful! However, there are so many different variations in the settings that I still highly recommend doing a test recording with your personal setup, just to make sure everything turns out the way you want.

@@BenFinio Yes, I've been trying some testing with my teddy bears and will be doing a rehearsal for a group recording tonight. I want to be sure I'm clear on something when I pin a video to keep from showing a different participant on my screen if they make a noise. If I'm recording, will the recording still show the pinned video? I don't seem to have the release level that offers spotlight yet.

@@eloisejordan-weesie46 sorry for the delay - we just had a baby at the end of October and I haven't bene online much since then. I am trying to catch up on comments now but am a little sleep deprived :-). Were you able to figure this out?

Glad it helped!

You're welcome! FYI I just made a new video that covers some new features like rearranging gallery view and multi-pinning: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sJ6ohcyAtdepaYk.html

Thanks! Depending on the type of event, it might still be a good idea to do a dry run, just because there are so many different settings you can change.

Glad you found my video helpful, thank you!

You're right and I just realized I never mentioned that in the video description. I added a note about it.

Glad it was helpful!

Not that I know of - I think the recording will always be un-mirrored. It looks like others have asked similar questions in the official Zoom forums: devforum.zoom.us/t/broadcast-of-mirror-image/208/9

Hi Marvin - I have another video about side by side view here, but in short, that mode is only available when someone else is sharing their screen, not when you are sharing yours: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a95-otBouJnKlqc.html. However, you can get a similar effect if you have two monitors (share one screen and have gallery view or speaker view on the other): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p9yfi7CE2dWyk6s.html. I don't *think* being in full screen mode yourself will affect your recording, but unfortunately I probably won't have time to test it myself. If possible I'd recommend just doing a quick test of your own to make sure you get the recording you want, before recording an entire meeting and finding out it didn't turn out right.

@@BenFinio Thank you very much.

Great, thank you!

Hi James - I don't think that's possible unless you're using the cloud recording setting that records speaker, gallery, and shared screen views all to separate video files. Then you would have the speaker-only file separately.

Hi Luis - If you have cloud recording enabled, there should be an option to get separate video files for active speaker and gallery view. However, I don't think it's possible to get separate audio tracks for each participant.

Glad it was helpful!

Not sure how to get rid of that, sorry!

Hi Sadiya - I have not experimented with multiple simultaneous recordings but I BELIEVE the view will follow whatever the individual person doing the recording is doing, and for local recording they will all wind up with their own local copy. For cloud recording it may be more complicated and depend on the organization or who the host is etc (for example, I teach at Cornell and Zoom is integrated into Canvas for us, all our recordings show up there).

Thanks!

Hi Christopher - see the video around 2:00 - if you're in speaker view then the students won't get recorded. If you have cloud recording enabled there is also an option to record speaker and gallery view to separate video files.

@@BenFinio thanks much

Hi - unfortunately I'm not sure if there's a separate setting that would just allow you record the poll results. The only workaround I can think of is to take a screenshot of the poll results, paste them into another program like Powerpoint, then share your screen and show that...but that is cumbersome. Alternatively you could read the poll results out loud (25% of people picked A, 10% of people picked B...).

Are you screen sharing when you record? There is a "show Zoom controls when screen sharing" checkbox in the settings, changing that may get rid of it but I'm not sure.

Hi - one of the major differences is that in cloud recording there is an option to record speaker, gallery, and shared screen views all to separate video files. So if you wanted to do any editing/splicing the different views together, it would give you that option. They have a big FAQ about local and cloud recording here that might be worth reading: support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360040771752-Frequently-asked-questions-about-local-and-cloud-recording. Aside from differences there, I think the other major difference is convenience. If you EVENTUALLY need your recording online for students to access, then if you record locally first, you have to upload it manually somewhere later. Whereas depending on your situation, cloud recordings might be immediately available to students (e.g. at Cornell, Zoom is linked to our learning management system, Canvas, so the cloud recordings show up there automatically). Some people have expressed concerns that if you have slow or unreliable home internet, it could affect the cloud recording and you're better off recording locally, but I have not experimented with this.

Hi Sally - unfortunately all my tutorials are for meetings and not webinars. I don't think my institutional license through Cornell will even let me host a webinar myself to test it, I can only host meetings. If you are able to schedule your own webinars, I would just try a test version yourself. Either log in on multiple computers or get some family/friends/coworkers to join so you can simulate what it would be like to have a panel of speakers, and see what shows up in the recording. Sorry I can't be of more help!

Hi - I'm not sure, to do that you might need a third party screen recorder.

I think you should be able to pin instead of spotlight, which only requires two people. See this page: support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362743-Pinning-participants-videos and this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pKxifsxl2cjXoYE.html

Hi Kristy - you're correct that if you only want to share the Powerpoint, it's better to just share the Powerpoint and not the whole monitor. Sharing the whole monitor can be easier if you want to share a lot of programs because you don't have to stop and re-start sharing for each one, although there's a new feature that lets you share multiple windows at once: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/esWojcdmvKmdhok.html. If you want to record all the participants at once while screen sharing, then you need a Pro account with cloud recording, where there is an option to record shared screen, speaker, and gallery views all to separate video files. I don't believe you can do this with a local recording, which is what this video shows.

If someone is screen sharing it will also record what they're sharing, otherwise it does not record other things on the screen (like if you bring another window in front of Zoom).

If your video is turned off then I don't believe you will be recorded.

@@BenFinio r u 100 percent sure about it??

Hi Neil - a couple options: 1) See the video around 4:55. If you minimize the video thumbnails while recording locally, they will not show up in the recording at all. Downside is you can't see anyone when you're presenting. 2) If you have a pro account, there is an option in cloud recording to record speaker, gallery, and shared screen views all to separate video files, so you could use that, and you would still be able to see people while sharing.

@@BenFinio Hi Ben, I have an insitutional account, but can only see 3 file types to download : chat file / audio / and shared screen with speaker view. Is that because i was not using the "gallery" during the webinar and so there was no file for it or have Zoom's file types changed?

@@academicenglishskillsuk to clarify were you doing a regular Zoom meeting or a webinar? All my videos are only for meetings. Webinars are a separate feature and I'm not sure how they differ.

@@BenFinio No, it is just a Zoom meeting.

@@academicenglishskillsuk Ok - I have never actually tried the cloud recording thing because it is not enabled for my institution. I thought it gave you speaker and gallery view recordings to download regardless of which view you were in during the meeting, but I could be wrong. Maybe try a practice meeting and make sure you toggle between gallery and speaker view?

Hi Dodie - if you are doing local recording on a single computer I am not sure if that will work, I think it will still record gallery view. At 3:17 in this video I switch to gallery view without ever canceling the spotlight, and the recording still shows gallery view. If you have a Pro account there is an option in cloud recording to record speaker and gallery view to separate video files, so you could use that. If you have a second monitor you can also do it with that, I have a video about that here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p9yfi7CE2dWyk6s.html

I think that's intentional on Zoom's part and I'm not sure if you can change it.

Are you doing a local or cloud recording? This was for a local recording but the video is almost two years old, so I'm not sure if anything has changed.

Cloud

Hi Faisal - I'm not sure, I have not tested that. I assumed it would show the same thing you see in the meeting but that could be wrong.

This video is almost two years old now so I'm not sure if everything in it is still accurate. What happens if you try to reproduce what is shown in this video at about 4:26? And are you doing a local recording? This video shows a local recording, not cloud.

No, your screen will not be recorded unless you are screen sharing.

@@BenFinio Okay.Thank you.

No but you should still pay attention to class!

If you are using a third party screen recorder it will record the entire screen regardless of what you do in Zoom. See this video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qMuVqM9puZqsYGg.html

When cloud recording there is an option to record screen share, speaker, and gallery views all to separate video files, but this option may be disabled by your organization (I can't enable it at Cornell). There's also a "swap video and shared screen" button when viewing someone else's screen share, but I'm not sure what that would do to the recording (if the participant records instead of the host), I haven't tested it.

Hi - this is a really common question so I made another video about it - search my channel for "how to see everyone but only record yourself in zoom." Sorry for the delayed reply!

Were you doing a cloud or local recording? Unfortunately I'm not sure what you can do about that in advance, it might depend on your computer (local) or your internet connection (cloud). If you are using an organization's Zoom license I would contact your IT department. I had a similar problem at Cornell with different screen recording software called Panopto. IT was able to fix it after the fact, but I'm not sure what the root cause of the problem was.

Hi Ashish - there is also a "mirror my video" option in Zoom so I think it may cause a problem if you are mirroring the video in BOTH OBS and Zoom - I would only do one.

Hi - unfortunately I have not tried that one so I cannot say for sure. If you want to know before you do a real meeting, I recommend just doing a quick test recording.

Dual monitor recording is pretty confusing, see this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g9B1d8V73K7JdoE.html

Hi Michael - you could mute your own video and then select "hide non video participants," or right click yourself and select "hide self view." The downside is that then people won't be able to see you in the live meeting either. There is a new multi-pin and multi-spotlight feature: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iMB5oZxy3bm2ook.html so you could try spotlighting only the people you want recorded, although I have not tried this. In order to test it you can just log in to the same meeting on multiple devices (that's how I do these tutorials) or get some family/friends to join.

Hi - unfortunately you can't control where that appears in your recording.

Hi - unfortunately I don't think there's much you can do. The actual resolution of your video in Zoom will generally be lower than the max resolution of your webcam due to bandwidth limitations (on Zoom's end, even if you have good high speed internet yourself). So everyone looks OK in gallery view since the individual camera views are pretty small, but when you blow one up to full screen in speaker view it looks grainy.

@@BenFinio Thank you. I do a lot of videos with a professional-quality camcorder for my online kung-fu school (I have live classes on Zoom also). Some students don't want to see themselves on the video replays, which have always been gallery view. In the classes, I demonstrate movements and correct the students who attend the live class. Instead of recording these sessions in gallery mode or low-quality speaker view, I'm just going to set up my camcorder to get a clean feed of me during the live classes and use that as the replay. Thanks for helping me reach this conclusion.

@@KenGullette for what it's worth - that is such a common request from people doing fitness classes that I made a separate video about it: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jcloaryC0JO2gac.html. BUT that doesn't resolve the quality issue. If you want a good HD video of yourself then you're right that it's probably better to just do it with a separate camera.

1) I have a video about that! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g9B1d8V73K7JdoE.html 2) I'm not sure about a free program that comes with Windows, but OBS Studio is a very popular free screen recorder that lots of people use. There are tons of tutorials for it on KZfaq. I sort of have one here but it is about live streaming and not screen recording: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/it2ihK1zqrXPaac.html

Hi Paul - your best bet is to do cloud recording and enable the option to record speaker, gallery, and shared screen views to separate video files. Then you could use post processing/third party video editing software to combine them however you want. However, this option may be disabled depending on your organization or Zoom license. It's disabled at the admin level for me at Cornell, I can't turn it on.

If you are the one doing the recording, then only your view should affect the recording, not the person doing the sharing.

Hi Joseph - you're correct, I think spotlight requires three or more people. In a two-person meeting I think each person can pin the other person though.

Hi - I have a few newer videos on my channel about the multi-pin and multi-spotlight features, check those out and they might answer your question. I always recommend doing a test run (set up a meeting with a second device if you have one, or get a friend to join) so you can figure out the exact settings you want.

see the video around the 3:00 mark - if you are doing local recording I believe pin and spotlight will both result in just that one person getting recorded.

Hi Lisa - admittedly you are the first person to ask me that! Honestly I'm not sure - I believe if you stop/restart the recording, it will still just wind up in the same file. You could use third-party video editing software to split that up into separate video files afterward though.

@@BenFinio Thanks so much! This is very helpful to know.

I've gotten this question a lot so I made an entire video about it! Hope this helps kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jcloaryC0JO2gac.html

No, it won't show you until after you click the "join with video" button. When you see the little preview that's to let you test your camera, no one else can see you yet.

Hi Eva - I made this video before they released the multi-spotlight feature. This one is newer but honestly I cannot remember if I tried multi-spotlight here (this pandemic is so long and I've made so many videos that I can't remember it all...): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sJ6ohcyAtdepaYk.html

Hi Michael - I think spotlight video is only available in meetings with 3 or more participants who have video on. So if it's just you and a client you won't have the option. See this page: support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362653-Spotlight-Video

@@BenFinio Good to know! Thank you so much for taking time to help :)

@@BenFinio So in this instance, to just record the other person/speaker, would you have to "pin" the screen as the one being recorded?

@@AGloriousLife Correct, make sure you're in speaker view and either pin or spotlight the person you want to record.

I have not tested this since I don't have enough computers, but I believe there is an upper limit (maybe 4 thumbnails). You might be able to find this on Zoom's official support pages.

make sure you are in gallery view when recording. i don't think this will work if there are more than 24 participants in the meeting.

Hi Louise - unfortunately I don't think this can be done if you are on a single monitor and want to record locally. For cloud recording there is an option to save speaker and gallery views to separate video files. The only possible exception is if you have two monitors - I can't remember off the top of my head, but I have a video about it here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g9B1d8V73K7JdoE.html

Hi George - I have not tried adjusting all of those settings. I do know there is a cloud recording option to record speaker, gallery, and shared screen views all to separate video files, if that would be useful, but it may be disabled by your organization (I can't turn it on at Cornell).

Hi - I don't have a video about this, but you can use the "Reports" feature to download a list of people who attended the meeting: it.umn.edu/services-technologies/how-tos/zoom-get-list-meeting-participants

Yes, it records the audio of everyone who is in the call (as long as they're unmuted), not just the person who is doing the recording.

Hi - do you mean two different people both tried to do a local recording? And one of them wound up with a recording that was completely blank?

@@BenFinio I guess co-host might recorded cloud recording.This could be the reason why..... Thank you !

You're welcome!

Could other people hear you during the meeting? If so, unfortunately I'm not sure why the audio wouldn't show up in the recording. The "share computer audio" checkbox is a separate feature that allows you to share audio being played from your computer's speakers (e.g. a song playing on your computer) in addition to the sound detected by your microphone.

Hi Larry - Zoom just released a new "multi-spotlight" feature (a lot of teachers had been asking for this for student group presentations) that lets you spotlight up to 9 people, but I have not had a chance to test it and see how it affects recordings yet. You need to manually update to Zoom version 5.2 to have this enabled, it's not an automatic update. Hopefully you'd be able to spotlight 2 or 3 people then record them in speaker view. If not, I have a workaround in this video - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a95-otBouJnKlqc.html. If you turn off video for all participants but the ones you want to record, then "hide non video participants," then Gallery View will give you a view of just 2 or 3 people, without the thumbnails for everyone else.