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Last Updated: Sep 26, 2022

View, manage and share recordings

NOTE: Lifesize Record and Share must be enabled for your account. 

View recordings

You can view recordings you own or that have been shared with you. Users cannot re-share recordings that have been shared with them.

  • From the Lifesize app home page, select View Recordings
  • Your Recordings Feed displays recordings you own or that have been shared with you. Sort recordings by date or views and by timeframe. 
  • My Recordings displays the recordings you own.
  • After you choose a recording to view, you can click incall-add-rain to add the recording to your Watch List. 
  • To view: Select a recording and click . After playback begins, you can adjust the speed and quality from  Settings.

Who is the recording owner?

For calls into a meeting: The owner of the meeting is the recording owner regardless of which participant starts the recording.

For point-to-point calls: The person who starts the recording is the recording owner.

For point-to-point calls using a Lifesize Icon paired to the Lifesize cloud-based service: You will be prompted to choose a recording owner from your directory when you start recording. 

Manage and share individual recordings

Recording owners can manage the recordings they own. Lifesize admins and super users can view and manage all recordings in the recordings library.  

  1. In the Lifesize app, select View Recordings or navigate to Recordings in the admin console.
  2. Navigate to any Recordings page.
  3. Select the recording to manage. From this page you have several options:
    • Edit Recording Properties – edit title, meeting, description
    • Download as MPEG-4 file
    • Delete
    • Share: From Share Properties: Recording, you can: 
      • See existing viewers and add more viewers by typing in user name(s) and select from the drop down. NOTE: Users cannot re-share or edit recordings that have been shared with them.
      • Get a shareable link for your Lifesize account that provides access to the recording. NOTE: The URL can be refreshed to generate a new link and then the previous link will no longer work.
      • Get a public link for sharing outside of your Lifesize account. The URL can be refreshed to generate a new link and then the previous link will no longer work. NOTE: This option must be enabled by your admin.
    • Add to Watch List

For meeting owners: Share recordings of a meeting series

To set the default viewing permissions for recordings in a specific meeting:

  1. In the Lifesize app, select View Recordings or navigate to Recordings in the admin console.
  2. Navigate to any Recordings page.
  3. In the search bar, enter the name of the meeting, and click 
  4. From Share Properties: Meeting Series, you can:
    • Select who can view the recording:
      • Meeting Owner
      • Meeting Participants: Users in your Lifesize account who joined while the meeting was recording
      • Specific Users: Type in user name(s) and select from the drop down
      • Entire Account: All users in your Lifesize account
    • Get a shareable link for your Lifesize account that provides access to the meeting series. NOTE: The URL can be refreshed to generate a new link and then the previous link will no longer work.