# Feature Requests

**URL:** https://devforum.zoom.us/c/feature-requests/23.md?page=52

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## [Zoom Web Client Not Showing Gallery View](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-web-client-not-showing-gallery-view/31051)

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**Author:** [@dharminder](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/dharminder)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 4:17am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-web-client-not-showing-gallery-view/31051 "2020-09-23T04:17:27Z")

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Hey @tommy, I am using web client to start meeting in my web application and its working fine except it does not show me participants galley view. Can you please let me know if i need to pass any extra parameter so t…

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## [Co-Host All Participants](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/co-host-all-participants/26584)

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**Author:** [@eelliott](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/eelliott)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/co-host-all-participants/26584 "2020-09-23T03:29:47Z")

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Hey there! We work for a Software Engineering Bootcamp and spend 9 hours a day on your amazing app. Huge Fans! At the beginning of the day, we co-host all our students so they can get to their Breakout Rooms and move th…

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## [Paused recording warning](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/paused-recording-warning/31046)

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**Author:** [@suporte\_preditiva](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/suporte_preditiva)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/paused-recording-warning/31046 "2020-09-23T02:50:52Z")

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Hello guys! I’m always frustrated when I pause a recording to make a small interval in my classes and forgot to resume when we came back. At the end, I have to record a separately video to complement the explanations lo…

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## [Add API to allow prerecorded video playout directly from a content management system/delivery network (start/stop/control screen positioning)](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/add-api-to-allow-prerecorded-video-playout-directly-from-a-content-management-system-delivery-network-start-stop-control-screen-positioning/31036)

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**Author:** [@MilesT](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/MilesT)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/add-api-to-allow-prerecorded-video-playout-directly-from-a-content-management-system-delivery-network-start-stop-control-screen-positioning/31036 "2020-09-22T22:33:57Z")

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Add API to allow prerecorded video playout directly from a content management system/delivery network (start/stop/control screen positioning). Maybe for webinar grade zoom only. There are practical challenges with play…

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## [WebAPI participants tab enabled by default](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/webapi-participants-tab-enabled-by-default/30983)

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**Author:** [@osdev](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/osdev)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/webapi-participants-tab-enabled-by-default/30983 "2020-09-22T13:46:08Z")

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WebAPI Feature request. We’re looking for a way to open automatically the “Manage Participants” tab on load of the Meeting. We’ve tried with many jQuery calls on the ZoomMtg success, but it does not always work. A…

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## [Shared Audio: Local & Remote Simultaneously](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/shared-audio-local-remote-simultaneously/30876)

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**Author:** [@andorjkiss](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/andorjkiss)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/shared-audio-local-remote-simultaneously/30876 "2020-09-21T16:23:55Z")

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Is the expected behaviour of ZOOM when sharing a YouTube video to mute the local (source) machine’s audio? Or is this a bug? It would be good to be able to have audio on both the local (source) machine and the remote (…

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## [Add enter/exit time to meeting participant list](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/add-enter-exit-time-to-meeting-participant-list/30835)

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**Author:** [@jimig](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/jimig)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/add-enter-exit-time-to-meeting-participant-list/30835 "2020-09-21T09:28:25Z")

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Can we get these timings added to here?

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## [Feature Request: Add Webhooks for Users’ Meeting events](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/feature-request-add-webhooks-for-users-meeting-events/29993)

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**Author:** [@ben.truitt](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/ben.truitt)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/feature-request-add-webhooks-for-users-meeting-events/29993 "2020-09-20T16:02:10Z")

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Description The Meeting Events webhook APIs include several APIs with the name Participant\* (e.g. Participant Joined. It would be very helpful to add these events to the User Events APIs. That would allow developers lik…

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## [Alphabetize Webcam Video and Lock Location for all](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/alphabetize-webcam-video-and-lock-location-for-all/30770)

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**Author:** [@a.carroll](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/a.carroll)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/alphabetize-webcam-video-and-lock-location-for-all/30770 "2020-09-19T20:53:35Z")

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Please add an option to alphabetize webcams and an option to lock them (perhaps adding all new participants at the bottom/end). The problem is as an educator it is extremely time consuming to try and find students who a…

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## [Virtual Main room view, to be shown in the breakout room!](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/virtual-main-room-view-to-be-shown-in-the-breakout-room/30708)

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**Author:** [@ranvier](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/ranvier)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/virtual-main-room-view-to-be-shown-in-the-breakout-room/30708 "2020-09-18T16:07:06Z")

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. We approach the entire event like a live event style where we have VIP in breakout rooms/green room so they talk with each other at ease privately and when …

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## [Allowing Interpretation in Breakout rooms too!](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/allowing-interpretation-in-breakout-rooms-too/30705)

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**Author:** [@ranvier](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/ranvier)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/allowing-interpretation-in-breakout-rooms-too/30705 "2020-09-18T15:53:33Z")

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. We have large international events and we treat the platform workflow from the perspective of a live event, we often have main events in the main room and c…

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## [Moving of people from Breakout room back to main room by CO-host](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/moving-of-people-from-breakout-room-back-to-main-room-by-co-host/30703)

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**Author:** [@ranvier](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/ranvier)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/moving-of-people-from-breakout-room-back-to-main-room-by-co-host/30703 "2020-09-18T15:39:23Z")

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. We use the platform and handle it as if it’s a live event. We have breakout rooms that act as VIP and holding rooms, for internal closed-door, briefing, and…

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## [Record a specific user](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/record-a-specific-user/30672)

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**Author:** [@ronen.landesman](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/ronen.landesman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 10:06am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/record-a-specific-user/30672 "2020-09-18T10:06:51Z")

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Hey, Following this post (https://devforum.zoom.us/t/automatic-recording/29410) I have an important suggestion that I think will be very important for the game. Currently, you can only record automatically the whole me…

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## [Please bring back the unmute all button](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/please-bring-back-the-unmute-all-button/27267)

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**Author:** [@pgodt](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/pgodt)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 9:04am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/please-bring-back-the-unmute-all-button/27267 "2020-09-18T09:04:55Z")

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I teach TK (four-year-olds). It takes FOREVER for 24 students to unmute themselves. What happened to the unmute all button? Please bring it back for the sanity of all of the teachers out there trying to get through Di…

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## [Providing more abilities to Co-Host assigning for breakouts](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/providing-more-abilities-to-co-host-assigning-for-breakouts/24770)

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**Author:** [@avelazquez](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/avelazquez)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 7:52am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/providing-more-abilities-to-co-host-assigning-for-breakouts/24770 "2020-09-18T07:52:54Z")

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Hello, It would be great if we could provide ZOOM breakout co-host the ability to assist in manually assigning participants into breakouts rooms. This would help as doing manual assigning with a hundred people to specif…

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## [Please support OSS (Open Sound System) as an audio backend](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/please-support-oss-open-sound-system-as-an-audio-backend/30623)

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**Author:** [@yuri](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/yuri)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/please-support-oss-open-sound-system-as-an-audio-backend/30623 "2020-09-17T20:35:05Z")

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I am trying to make Zoom client binaries work on FreeBSD using the Linux emulator. Zoom works, the only problem is that sound doesn’t work. Zoom is a Qt app, but for audio it seems to call the ALSA API directly. On Fre…

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## [Allow add webinar registrant fields](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/allow-add-webinar-registrant-fields/30606)

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**Author:** [@clark.mitchell](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/clark.mitchell)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/allow-add-webinar-registrant-fields/30606 "2020-09-17T18:12:11Z")

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Currently the Add registrant to webinar route only accepts the name and email fields unless a workaround is performed in order enable the rest of the fields in the docs. On our end, this requires developer intervention …

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## [Ability to preview audio and video of a user](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/ability-to-preview-audio-and-video-of-a-user/29690)

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**Author:** [@ranvier](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/ranvier)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/ability-to-preview-audio-and-video-of-a-user/29690 "2020-09-15T17:36:48Z")

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Dear developers, currently, we use a separate computer to pin/isolate every user onto a secondary screen each. The visual will be fed into a hardware video switcher like Barco E2 or a software video switcher like Vmix. …

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## [Host administrated features - enable/disable](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/host-administrated-features-enable-disable/30526)

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**Author:** [@jimaddie1](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/jimaddie1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/host-administrated-features-enable-disable/30526 "2020-09-17T07:01:42Z")

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We try to keep distractions down to a minimum and maintain focus on the meeting content. As such, we have a policy of not allowing background replacement, because participants go wild with that feature. Mostly, they co…

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## [Host-administrated participant audio adjustment](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/host-administrated-participant-audio-adjustment/30525)

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**Author:** [@jimaddie1](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/jimaddie1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 6:58am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/host-administrated-participant-audio-adjustment/30525 "2020-09-17T06:58:11Z")

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With so many non-tech participants, we run into issues with bad audio all the time. Many participants join meetings with audio issues. Often their mic is too low, or too high. The auto level adjustment is way too slow…

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## [Show breakout rooms limit during assignment](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/show-breakout-rooms-limit-during-assignment/19873)

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**Author:** [@coolmoon](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/coolmoon)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/show-breakout-rooms-limit-during-assignment/19873 "2020-09-16T15:24:49Z")

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The article in help center (https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206476313-Managing-breakout-rooms) does not specify the maximum number of total participants can be assigned into breakout rooms (only per room limit …

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## [API to return device status for Zoom Rooms](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/api-to-return-device-status-for-zoom-rooms/30400)

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**Author:** [@boris](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/boris)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 8:13am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/api-to-return-device-status-for-zoom-rooms/30400 "2020-09-16T08:13:55Z")

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Currently the only way to get information on disconnected mic/cam/etc, low battery and other issues is via webhooks. This is unreliable as missing a webhook will put the system in a state where the issue status cannot b…

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## [Specify username in invite link when attendee joins via the Zoom App](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/specify-username-in-invite-link-when-attendee-joins-via-the-zoom-app/30361)

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**Author:** [@elearningevolve](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elearningevolve)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/specify-username-in-invite-link-when-attendee-joins-via-the-zoom-app/30361 "2020-09-16T00:13:23Z")

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Can it be made possible to specify a pre-defined username when an attendee joins the meeting via Zoom app through the invite link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/meeting\_id A possibility to specify the default username when …

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## [Multiple SSH connections to API](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/multiple-ssh-connections-to-api/30356)

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**Author:** [@garrett.mcgrath](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/garrett.mcgrath)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/multiple-ssh-connections-to-api/30356 "2020-09-15T21:55:52Z")

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Hello @tommy ! Wanting to follow up about multiple SSH connections to the API. In reading through the previous posts here, it seems like this feature has been requested by multiple people for over a year. Have there b…

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## [API access to recordings data](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/api-access-to-recordings-data/30353)

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**Author:** [@cassey.gibson](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/cassey.gibson)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/api-access-to-recordings-data/30353 "2020-09-15T21:09:08Z")

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Right now there is no way to get access to data in regards to past webinars that have been removed from the webinar list. There is also no way to get the recording view information. With the Salesforce API we were hopin…

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## [Feature request for Caption API](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/feature-request-for-caption-api/29429)

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**Author:** [@olle](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/olle)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/feature-request-for-caption-api/29429 "2020-09-15T17:29:18Z")

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I work for a company in sweden who does live subtitles and captions for people with hearing problems. We have a third party software that sends the captions to the zoom API and it is currently working very well. Usually…

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## [Slack-Zoom App Bot default meeting duration](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/slack-zoom-app-bot-default-meeting-duration/30254)

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**Author:** [@a.koval](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/a.koval)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 6:16am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/slack-zoom-app-bot-default-meeting-duration/30254 "2020-09-15T06:16:37Z")

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Hello! The Slack-Zoom App Bot default meeting duration CURRENTLY then we tape ‘/zoom’ command in Slack starting meeting with default Duration = 1 hour NEED Set 40 minuts by default. Slack-Zoom App Add option (para…

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## [Generate a URL for a password protected meeting that was shared with me](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/generate-a-url-for-a-password-protected-meeting-that-was-shared-with-me/30226)

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**Author:** [@bzapp](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/bzapp)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/generate-a-url-for-a-password-protected-meeting-that-was-shared-with-me/30226 "2020-09-15T01:06:48Z")

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I continue to get invited to meetings by less savvy users who simply copy and paste the meeting ID and password into the calendar invite without a URL. I have the meeting ID. I have the password. This is frustrating a…

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## [Change the text of “Joining Meeting…”](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/change-the-text-of-joining-meeting/30127)

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**Author:** [@rossy](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/rossy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 9:01am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/change-the-text-of-joining-meeting/30127 "2020-09-14T09:01:10Z")

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Hi, Feature Request: When a zoom call is about to start, it says “Joining Meeting…” before the video appears as attached. Is it possible to adjust this text to “Joining Event…”? It would be interesting to be able to al…

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## [Query recordings more than 1 month](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/query-recordings-more-than-1-month/30002)

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**Author:** [@jacademy](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/jacademy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2020, 7:30am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/query-recordings-more-than-1-month/30002 "2020-09-12T07:30:12Z")

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Hi! I discovered that it’s possible to query recording for a maximum range of 1 month. So this api works: “https://api.zoom.us/v2/accounts/me/recordings?trash\_type=meeting\_recordings&mc=false&page\_size=30&from=2020-07…

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