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Record video calls automatically with the Daily API

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Date Published
Author
Kimberlee Johnson
Word Count
670
Language
English
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Summary

Daily has introduced an auto recording feature in their API to ensure important meetings, webinars, and classroom discussions are not missed due to forgetfulness. By creating a meeting token with the `start_cloud_recording` property set to true, users can enable automatic recording when participants join a video call. This feature is available through Daily's Scale Plan, and users can configure their meeting rooms and tokens with various properties, such as mic settings and screen sharing permissions. For testing purposes, tokens can be added to meeting URLs, and recordings are accessible via the Daily.co dashboard. For more seamless integration, tokens can be embedded directly into video applications using Daily's factory methods. This development aims to enhance user experience and mitigate the frustration of forgetting to manually record significant interactions.