Solved: How to gather recorded meetings in MeetingPlace 8.5

jecker · ‎05-01-2013

Hello,

I am running Meetingplace 8.5 as a standablone on premise auto conferencing server. I do not have integration with webex nor do I have a Meetingplace scheduling server on site.

Is it possible for users to gather recorded meetings in this senario? All the documentation points to logging into a web page to gather the recordings but they do not provide the URL and I am not sure if it is refering to the web scheduling server or on the meetingplace server itself.

Thanks for the help.

dpetrovi · ‎05-01-2013

Hello,

In MeetingPlace 8.5 audio only solution without a MP Web scheduling server, it is not possible to collect recordings.

When you do an audio recording of the meeting in MP8.5, recording in the form of av_rec.mp4 file is created and stored under conference directory on MP Application server (e.g. /mpx-record/conf/000001.dir/016719/av_rec.mp4).

If you have MP Web server, this recording file is pulled from MP Application server after the meeting has ended, and based on the configuration it gets converted to either .mp3, .wav, or .wmf and the link is created and posted on the web page (a special tool built in the code of MP Web server is converting this mp4 file to the desired format).

If you don't have MP Web server, the recording stays on the MP App server for a couple of days when it gets purged from the server. There is no interface to retreive these recordings (like via Telephone User Interface, or a link on the MP App server).

Even if you copied the recording file manually from MP App server using WinSCP or a similar tool (you would need to identify the Unique Conference ID of your meeting in decimal value in order to find the appropriate directory for the meeting under /mpx-record/conf section), it still wouldn't be in a playable form and you would need to figure out the way to convert it.

I personally tried to figure that one out, but without success.

I hope this helps.

-Dejan

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dpetrovi · ‎05-01-2013

Hello,

In MeetingPlace 8.5 audio only solution without a MP Web scheduling server, it is not possible to collect recordings.

When you do an audio recording of the meeting in MP8.5, recording in the form of av_rec.mp4 file is created and stored under conference directory on MP Application server (e.g. /mpx-record/conf/000001.dir/016719/av_rec.mp4).

If you have MP Web server, this recording file is pulled from MP Application server after the meeting has ended, and based on the configuration it gets converted to either .mp3, .wav, or .wmf and the link is created and posted on the web page (a special tool built in the code of MP Web server is converting this mp4 file to the desired format).

If you don't have MP Web server, the recording stays on the MP App server for a couple of days when it gets purged from the server. There is no interface to retreive these recordings (like via Telephone User Interface, or a link on the MP App server).

Even if you copied the recording file manually from MP App server using WinSCP or a similar tool (you would need to identify the Unique Conference ID of your meeting in decimal value in order to find the appropriate directory for the meeting under /mpx-record/conf section), it still wouldn't be in a playable form and you would need to figure out the way to convert it.

I personally tried to figure that one out, but without success.

I hope this helps.

-Dejan

jecker · ‎05-01-2013

Thanks for you help.