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Recording & Transcription

This page covers both features together since they are often used simultaneously.

Recording

Starting a recording

Only room owners and moderators can start a recording:

  1. Click More in the control bar
  2. Select Record
  3. A red recording indicator appears for all participants

Stopping a recording

  1. Click More in the control bar
  2. Select Stop recording
  3. The recording is processed and uploaded to storage

What gets recorded

La Suite Meet uses LiveKit room composite recording (Egress). This captures:

  • All participants' video feeds in the current layout
  • All audio streams
  • Active screen shares
  • Chat messages

The recording is a single video file matching the meeting layout.

Downloading a recording

  1. Check your notification for the download link, or
  2. Go to /recording/<recordingId>
  3. Log in (only the room owner can access the recording)
  4. Click Download

The download page shows the recording date and an expiration warning. Recordings are automatically deleted after the expiration period.

Notes

  • Recording requires LiveKit Egress and S3-compatible storage to be configured
  • Attendees cannot start a recording directly
  • Download links are time-limited and authenticated

Transcription (Beta)

Transcription converts meeting audio to text in real time. This feature is in beta and requires the Summary service to be deployed (see Advanced: Recording & Transcription).

Starting transcription

  1. Click More in the control bar
  2. Select Transcribe
  3. Choose the meeting language: French, English, Dutch, German, or Auto
  4. Optionally enable recording simultaneously by checking Also start a recording
  5. Click Start

Live captions

When transcription is active, live captions appear in the meeting room.

Stopping transcription

  1. Click More in the control bar
  2. Select Stop transcription

Supported languages

The language selection affects speech-to-text accuracy. Supported languages: French, English, Dutch, German, Auto (automatic detection).

Notes & limitations

  • Recording requires LiveKit Egress and S3-compatible storage
  • Transcription requires the Summary service and a compatible STT engine
  • Both features can run simultaneously
  • Cloud-hosted instances typically have recording and transcription pre-configured
  • Self-hosted instances require additional configuration — see Self-Hosting: Advanced