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Recording and Streaming Conferences

conference and the recording device is represented as a special participant (Recording) whose name is the Recording Link. Once the recording has started, the recording process can be stopped and restarted from the Chairperson’s endpoint (using DTMF codes) or from the Collaboration Server Web Client. After the recording process has finished, the recording can be identified in the Capture Server by its Collaboration Server conference name.

A conference participant and the Recording Link cannot have identical names, otherwise the recording process will fail.

Recording Layout

When the video layout of the conference is set to Auto Layout, the recording of the conference will now include all the conference participants and not n-1 participants as in previous versions.

In the new Auto Layout algorithm, the Recording Link is counted as a participant, and therefore it is excluded from the layout display used for the recording. The layout used for the other participants will behave as in the standard Auto Layout behavior.

The Recording Layout can be changed during an ongoing conference in the same manner as for any other conference participant. For more information see the Participant Level Monitoring.

The default settings for Auto Layout for the conference and the Recording Link are summarized in the following table:

Recording Link Default Layout Settings (Auto Layout Mode)

Number of Participants	Conference Default Auto Layout Settings	Recording Link Auto Layout Settings
0	N/A	N/A

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