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I have two questions from a current and a prospective member, quoting them here:

  1. […] we can do recording on the server, right ? Does it stay forever, or is deleted after a while ?

  2. if I have an account for 10 people and by chance on some occasion more than 10 try to attend, is the 11th person locked out? Or is it a matter of a user who exceeds 10 users on several occasions should really upgrade their account?

@benhylau:

1. Recording

By default, BBB creates two raw video streams that you can download if you have the meeting ID:

  • Webcams + audio
  • Screen share (with no audio)

Other assets are included as image files, etc. BBB has a web-based user interface that allows users to navigate through a combined interface, but that cannot be downloaded into a single video for upload to a hosting platform such as YouTube.

We are working to add a single downloadable video file that includes [ presentation + audio + screen share ], this however does not include webcams.

@hng I want to clarify how room recording works in our newly upgraded Greenlight. My understanding is:

  • when one creates a room, one can choose whether the room is a recorded room or non-recorded room
  • in a recorded room everything is recorded as a raw stream, and a recording button in the BBB user interface allows a moderator to create markers where the non-recorded segments (when button is off) will be omitted from the processed stream
    • raw streams are kept on the server for x days, only accessible to sysadmins
    • processed streams are kept on the server for y days, accessible to users
  • in a non-recorded room nothing is recorded by the BBB server and there is no button to toggle recording
  • downloading of the recording as .mp4 / .webm file is work-in-progress, tracked here Self-serve download video recordings

@hng it seems that I cannot yet choose whether a room is a recorded room or non-recorded room. I am want to know what x and y are configured on the server, and I propose keeping y as infinite until we sort out the download user interface.

2. Room participant limits

@hng Is this currently a soft or hard limit? I know we discussed some option within Product and Tech, the options are:

  • making this a complete honour system until we are short on resources
  • set a padding, where we set 12 max. in a tier that has a 10 max. limit
  • set strict limits, 10 means 10

I would like to know what is the current configuration or ca.meet.coop and eventually Product needs to decide on final policy.

Thanks!

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