Select the screen layout for recordings in meetings and webinars
Select your preferred screen layouts for recording your video-centric meetings and webinars. Mix and match popular layouts like grid view, stage view, focus view, and focused content view to give users the best experience.
This feature is supported on Webex Meetings and Webex Webinars. On Webex App, this feature is available on our Webex Suite meeting platform. Find out if your meetings use the Webex Suite meeting platform.
Recording layouts support video-centric network-based MP4 recordings recorded in the cloud.
If you share a video file using Share File during the meeting or webinar, the MP4 recording doesn't save in the video-centric format.
This feature requires Webex video platform version 2.0. Find your Webex Meetings version number, if you don't know it. This feature isn't available for meetings and webinars that record locally on the host's computer.
When you change the default screen layout, the new default setting applies to new recordings. It doesn't change the layout of existing recordings.
Grid view is the default view while not sharing content, and Stage while sharing content, unless your site administrator set the defaults to something else. If you set your preferred recording layout to Focused content in the past, this is still your default both when sharing and not sharing content.
Screen layout options when not sharing content
Grid view shows the active speaker and up to 24 other participants when no one is sharing content.
Stage view shows the active speaker in the main part of the screen when no one is sharing content. Video thumbnails of the active speaker and up to 4 other participants show at the top of the screen. If the host or cohost syncs their stage and adds participants to it, only the first participant appears.
Focus view shows video of the active speaker in the main part of the screen when no one is sharing content. If the host or cohost syncs their stage and adds participants to it, only the first participant appears.
Blank view shows a blank screen when no content is shared.
Screen layout options when sharing content
Stage view shows the content in the main part of the screen, and video thumbnails of the active speaker and up to 4 other participants show at the top of the screen.
Focused content with active speaker view shows the content in the main part of the screen and a large thumbnail of the active speaker in the upper right corner. If the host or cohost syncs their stage and adds participants to it, only the first participant appears.
Focused content view shows only the shared content in the main part of the screen. Participant video isn't recorded.
Set your default recording layouts
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Sign in to your Webex site. |
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Select Settings from the left navigation bar, and then select the Recording tab. |
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Select your preferred Recording layout options.  These preferred recording layout changes only apply to Webex Webinars after you conduct a Webex Meeting. |
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(Optional) To record the view of your video layout while you sync your stage, check Follow synced layout when host or cohost syncs the stage for everyone. This applies only to the available recording layouts. If you select Lock attendee view on stage only during your meeting or webinar, the recording only shows what's on your stage and not the entire video layout. Webex Events (classic) doesn't support recording your synced stage view. |
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Click Save. |
Select recording layouts during a meeting
If you want a different recording layout for a specific meeting, you can choose a recording layout for when you share content and for when there's no shared content. The layouts you select affects the recording for that meeting. They don't change the default layouts you chose in the recording preferences on User Hub.
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During a meeting, select Record. |
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Open the Recording options menu, then click Change layout. |
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In the No shared content tab, select a recording layout. |
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Click the Shared content tab and choose a recording layout. |
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Check Follow stage layout when synced if you want the recording to show what was on your synced stage. |
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Click Save. |
During your meeting, choose a recording layout for when you share content and for when there's no shared content. The layouts you select affects the recording for that meeting. They don't change the default layouts you chose in the recording preferences on User Hub.
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During a meeting, select . |
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In the Shared content tab, select a recording layout. |
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Click the No shared content tab and choose a recording layout. |
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(Optional) Check Follow stage layout when synced if you want the recording to show what was on your synced stage. |
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Click Save. |
