Are Cloud Recordings playable if hosted from a website?

[j.herman (Jonathan Herman)]

Description/Error
Specifically, I’m trying to figure out if the cloud recordings are playable “out of the box” from a browser and do not require transcoding to be playable.

Additionally, do the cloud recordings have some set of known properties that you can share? For example, the screen recording files being MP4s restricted to 1080p resolution with a max bitrate, etc.

[tommy (Tommy Gaessler)]

Hey @j.herman,

Yes the cloud recordings are playable when using the play_url .

List All Recordings - Cloud Recording - Zoom API - API Reference

Here are more details on recording file types / properties

Cloud Recording

Let me know if this helps!

Thanks,
Tommy

[j.herman (Jonathan Herman)]

Hi Tommy,

The Cloud Recording page just states that the type of files are MP4, M4A, etc., without specifying any specifics (e.g. resolution capped at 1080p, bit rate capped at 12 Mbps, etc.).

Are there any further details into the file data, or are there no guarantees in that regard?

Thank You,

Jonathan

[tommy (Tommy Gaessler)]

It should be the same resolution and bit rate every time.

Thanks,
Tommy

[j.herman (Jonathan Herman)]

Hi Tommy,

Do you have any specific numbers?

Thank You,
Jonathan

[tommy (Tommy Gaessler)]

Hey @j.herman,

After inspecting my recording via QuickTime player:

FPS: 25
Bit Rate: 1.60 Mbit/s
Resolution: 1280 x 720

Thanks,
Tommy