# Cant record video using meeting sdk **URL:** \ **Category:** Meeting SDK\ **Created:** [February 22, 2024, 11:32am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cant-record-video-using-meeting-sdk/104390 "2024-02-22T11:32:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nandakishor2010608](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/nandakishor2010608/32/56873_2.png) [@nandakishor2010608](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/nandakishor2010608)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 11:32am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cant-record-video-using-meeting-sdk/104390/1 "2024-02-22T11:32:14Z")
follow the steps in this github > **[GitHub - zoom/meetingsdk-headless-linux-sample: A demo on creating a headless...](https://github.com/zoom/meetingsdk-headless-linux-sample)** > > A demo on creating a headless meeting bot using the Zoom Meeting SDK for Linux and Docker - zoom/meetingsdk-headless-linux-sample error screenshot - zoomsdk-build | ✅ configure zoomsdk-build | ✅ initialize zoomsdk-build | ✅ authorize zoomsdk-build | ✅ join a meeting zoomsdk-build | ⏳ connecting to the meeting zoomsdk-build | ❌ unknown meeting status zoomsdk-build | ⏳ reconnecting to the meeting zoomsdk-build | ⏳ connecting to the meeting zoomsdk-build | ✅ connected zoomsdk-build | ⏳ requesting local recording privilege zoomsdk-build | ✅ start raw recording zoomsdk-build | ✅ create raw video renderer zoomsdk-build | ✅ subscribe to raw video after this, i am not receiving any video recording, although the recording has started in my meeting any idea why is this happening? code responsible for video rendering - if (m\_config.useRawVideo()) { if (!m\_videoSource) { err = createRenderer(&m\_videoHelper, m\_videoSource); if (hasError(err, “create raw video renderer”)) return err; } auto participantCtl = m\_meetingService-\>GetMeetingParticipantsController(); int uid = participantCtl-\>GetParticipantsList()-\>GetItem(0); m\_videoHelper-\>setRawDataResolution(ZoomSDKResolution\_720P); err = m\_videoHelper-\>subscribe(uid, RAW\_DATA\_TYPE\_VIDEO); if (hasError(err, “subscribe to raw video”)) return err; ---
**Author:** ![nandakishor2010608](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/nandakishor2010608/32/56873_2.png) [@nandakishor2010608](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/nandakishor2010608)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 11:33am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cant-record-video-using-meeting-sdk/104390/2 "2024-02-22T11:33:54Z")
@chunsiong.zoom can you look into this issue ---
**Author:** ![chunsiong.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/chunsiong.zoom/32/35488_2.png) [@chunsiong.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/chunsiong.zoom)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 6:52am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cant-record-video-using-meeting-sdk/104390/3 "2024-02-23T06:52:25Z")
@nandakishor2010608 do you have a sample of the SDK Auth token which you were using? Please tag me in your reply ---
**Author:** ![nandakishor2010608](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/nandakishor2010608/32/56873_2.png) [@nandakishor2010608](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/nandakishor2010608)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cant-record-video-using-meeting-sdk/104390/4 "2024-02-23T11:01:35Z")
eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJhcHBLZXkiOiJrdDJTSHAzVFJIaVlqb090aks3ZEdBIiwiZXhwIjoxNzA4NzcyNDYzLCJpYXQiOjE3MDg2ODYwNjMsInRva2VuRXhwIjoxNzA4NzcyNDYzfQ.zrUBMv61cmyZZuVGtQmEIpDGylBl1Propq13pihw2PA @chunsiong.zoom ---
**Author:** ![chunsiong.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/chunsiong.zoom/32/35488_2.png) [@chunsiong.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/chunsiong.zoom)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 11:38am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cant-record-video-using-meeting-sdk/104390/5 "2024-02-23T11:38:59Z")
@nandakishor2010608 , Did the bot successfully joined the meeting? And did you provide it with recording permissions? ---
**Author:** ![nandakishor2010608](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/nandakishor2010608/32/56873_2.png) [@nandakishor2010608](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/nandakishor2010608)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 1:05pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cant-record-video-using-meeting-sdk/104390/6 "2024-02-23T13:05:44Z")
> [@nandakishor2010608](#): > > eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJhcHBLZXkiOiJrdDJTSHAzVFJIaVlqb090aks3ZEdBIiwiZXhwIjoxNzA4NzcyNDYzLCJpYXQiOjE3MDg2ODYwNjMsInRva2VuRXhwIjoxNzA4NzcyNDYzfQ.zrUBMv61cmyZZuVGtQmEIpDGylBl1Propq13pihw2PA yes, it joins the meeting properly, and im giving recording permission as well. Iam able to get the audio now but video data is not coming through @chunsiong.zoom ---
**Author:** ![chunsiong.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/chunsiong.zoom/32/35488_2.png) [@chunsiong.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/chunsiong.zoom)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cant-record-video-using-meeting-sdk/104390/7 "2024-02-23T14:19:02Z")
@nandakishor2010608 is the flag to record raw video turned on in config.txt? ---
**Author:** ![chriswuyiming](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/chriswuyiming/32/56788_2.png) [@chriswuyiming](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/chriswuyiming)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cant-record-video-using-meeting-sdk/104390/8 "2024-02-23T14:50:43Z")
I have the same issue, what is the flag to record raw video? i added to config.ini, and it did not work [RawVideo] file=“meeting-video.yuv” ---
**Author:** ![chunsiong.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/chunsiong.zoom/32/35488_2.png) [@chunsiong.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/chunsiong.zoom)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cant-record-video-using-meeting-sdk/104390/9 "2024-02-23T15:10:53Z")
@MaxM need your help on this for a bit ---
**Author:** ![nandakishor2010608](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/nandakishor2010608/32/56873_2.png) [@nandakishor2010608](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/nandakishor2010608)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2024, 12:59pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cant-record-video-using-meeting-sdk/104390/10 "2024-02-25T12:59:06Z")
yes the flag has been set [RawVideo] file=“meeting-video.yuv” @chunsiong.zoom ---
**Author:** ![MaxM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/maxm/32/42303_2.png) [@MaxM](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/MaxM)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cant-record-video-using-meeting-sdk/104390/11 "2024-02-27T22:26:09Z")
Thank you for bringing this to my attention! I was able to reproduce the issue and am working to release a fix. ---
**Author:** ![nandakishor2010608](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/nandakishor2010608/32/56873_2.png) [@nandakishor2010608](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/nandakishor2010608)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cant-record-video-using-meeting-sdk/104390/13 "2024-02-28T13:02:28Z")
@MaxM thank you for spending time on this, looking forward to the release ---
**Author:** ![nandakishor2010608](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/nandakishor2010608/32/56873_2.png) [@nandakishor2010608](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/nandakishor2010608)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 6:27am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cant-record-video-using-meeting-sdk/104390/14 "2024-03-01T06:27:42Z")
Hey fixed the issue, so the reason for this issue was i was trying toi record the video of the bot but the bot has no video, changed the uid passed in the subscribe() method and it works now. Thanks @chunsiong.zoom @MaxM ---
**Author:** ![MaxM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/maxm/32/42303_2.png) [@MaxM](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/MaxM)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cant-record-video-using-meeting-sdk/104390/15 "2024-04-04T19:35:59Z")
It looks like there were also some code issues on my end. I’ve been able to push out a fix and will close this thread now. Thanks for sharing what worked for you! ---
**Author:** ![m4hijaziii](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/m4hijaziii/32/49791_2.png) [@m4hijaziii](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/m4hijaziii)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cant-record-video-using-meeting-sdk/104390/16 "2024-12-14T18:27:52Z")
Hi am facing similar issue for Linux SDK in cpp idk how to solve this issue and i didn’t understand how @nandakishor2010608 I get Faild to write data