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Recordings, retention & admin control — found from sitemap — Whereby
Checked for Whereby on 1 Oct 2026
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- https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/recording-with-embedded/cloud-recording
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- 1 Oct 2026, 12:25 UTC
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Cloud recording availability Report an error
“Cloud recording is a feature of our paid Embedded plans and allows you to record meetings that are saved to a storage bucket accessible by you.”
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Cloud recording storage options Report an error
“We offer two storage options for our cloud recording feature:”
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Build storage quota Report an error
“For example, Whereby Build customers have 30 GB days of storage included in their plan. They can store 1 GB of recordings for 30 days, 2 GB of recordings for 15 days or 30 GB of recordings for 1 day each month for free, at no additional cost.”
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Storage overage Report an error
“There is an additional storage fee applied to recordings saved in Whereby-provided storage above the free storage quota available in your plan.”
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Recording triggers Report an error
“Auto-start (1 person) Recordings will start when the first person joins and end when the last person leaves Auto-start (2 people) Recordings will start when 2 people join a room and end when the last person leaves Prompt host Display a prompt to the host to manually start recording Manual Host will manually start by clicking "Record" in the toolbar”
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Recording formats Report an error
“Currently, you can select either .mkv or .mp4 file formats.”
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Recording quality Report an error
“Recording quality is set to 720p, however, individual video feeds may appear in lower quality depending on their network connection, device, and preferences.”
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Recording file naming Report an error
“File names will be automatically set to [room name]-[start time in ISO format].mkv and is the time when the recording started.”
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Recording webhooks Report an error
“With our recording.finished webhook event, you can be aware of when a recording has finished and successfully uploaded to your AWS or Whereby-hosted storage.”
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Recording sdk start stop Report an error
“In addition to tracking recordings, we offer commands to start and stop recordings at your leisure via our SDK's Web Component.”
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Recording deletion download Report an error
“You can delete or download the recordings either through the "Recordings" page in Whereby customer portal or using our Recordings API.”
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Whereby storage no autodelete Report an error
“Whereby would not delete your media files automatically, so we recommend that you periodically delete the obsolete recordings from Whereby storage or download them to the storage of your choice.”
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HIPAA self hosted s3 required Report an error
“Using Whereby-provided storage is not HIPAA-compliant at this time. You'll need to store the recordings in an S3 storage managed by your organization.”
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Recording breakout groups limitation Report an error
“Cloud recording does not support our Breakout Groups feature. When using Breakout Groups, the recorder will remain in the main room and will not capture any of the meeting content from individual groups.”
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Recording configuration Report an error
“You can access recording settings and options from the “Configure” → “Recording” section of your Dashboard. You can also specify recording preferences via the API during a room creation request.”
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Self hosted s3 auth Report an error
“When storing recordings and transcriptions in your own S3 bucket, you’ll need to configure how Whereby authenticates with your storage.”