How to Record and Edit Zoom Videos on Windows and Mac

Even though we’re back to the pre-pandemic in-office culture, video conferencing tools like Zoom and Microsoft Teams are here to stay. Apps like Zoom offer more convenience, a whiteboard for brainstorming, a breakout room for interviews, and even the ability to record a Zoom meeting. Here is how you can record and edit Zoom videos on Windows and Mac.

Let’s say you have a sales meeting or important presentation on Zoom from your employer. In this case, you want to record the Zoom meeting and share the important parts with others after some editing.

Record Zoom Videos on Mac

Unlike Microsoft Teams, Zoom also made the recording function for free users. This article will focus on native Zoom recording to save videos to computer. Understandably, cloud recording is reserved for paid Zoom subscribers only.

Free Zoom users can easily record and record all Zoom meetings on Mac. Here’s how.

Stage 1: Open Zoom on Mac and start a new meeting.

Step 2: Click the Record button at the bottom.

Stage 3: At any point you can pause the recording and resume it from the top controls.

Step 4: As soon as you finish the meeting with the recording for the first time, Zoom will ask for permission to store the recording in the Documents folder.

Give it some time to save the video and Zoom will open the recorded folder with audio and video files.

Change Zoom Recording Position

Zoom uses the default Documents folder in iCloud to save the recorded content. You can easily change the recording location from the settings menu. Here’s how.

Stage 1: Open Zoom and click the Settings menu.

Step 2: go to Record tab and choose a new location from Store my records at: Menu.

From the same menu, enable the Optimize for third-party video editor toggle so that Zoom can save video files in a standard format.

Edit Zoom Videos on Mac

Now that you know how to record and find Zoom meetings on Mac, it’s time to edit it with a capable video editor.

Some Zoom meetings last for hours. Although you can record these meetings, it is not appropriate to share the entire file with others. You have to trim the video, add relevant text styles, change animations as needed, and more.

There is a popular third-party video editor called Filmora. This video editor is optimized for Apple M series CPU, comes with many editing options, allows you to change video background without green effect and more.

Open the zoom video in Filmora, crop the video, use arrows, stickers to show a specific presentation and export the video right away. Filmora is available on both Windows and Mac.

The software is priced at $51.99 per year subscription or $79.99 one-time.

Download Filmora for Mac

Record Zoom Videos on Windows

The steps to record a Zoom video on Windows are more or less the same as for the Zoom app for Mac. However, here we will show you another trick that allows a host to save attendees’ permissions in a Zoom meeting.

Stage 1: Create a new video meeting on Zoom.

Step 2: During a live Zoom meeting, you can record the content using the Record button.

Stage 3: You can also click the Attendees tab and select the More button next to an attendee.

Step 4: Select Allow Recording and that participant is now authorized to record the meeting as well.

At any point you can use Forbid Record and eliminate the ability to record videos during a Zoom call.

In the Documents folder in this PC menu you will find Zoom audio and video recorded from a special Zoom folder.

Edit Zoom Videos on Windows

Microsoft recently purchased a web video editor called Clipchamp to expand its Windows video editing capabilities. The integration is far from finished. From now on, you will have to rely on Adobe’s video editing suite on Windows.

Adobe Premiere Pro is one of the best video editors for Windows. It integrates nicely with other Adobe products and offers a suite of video editing tools to reduce Zoom video size and length on Windows.

The software costs $239.99 per year or you can get it through the Adobe Creative Cloud bundle for $52.99 per month.

Download Adobe Premiere Pro for Windows

Zoom Video Recording Limitations for Free Accounts

While recording Zoom video, the following functions are not available on the Zoom free plan.

• Show timestamp on recording
• Show attendee names in recording
• Gallery view and shared screen are separate
• audio transcription
• Save using the iOS and Android app

To unlock the missing features in the free account, you must use the cloud save available on the paid plans.

Save Zoom Videos to Desktop

Zoom’s registration for the free account should be enough for the majority out there. If you need these missing features from cloud recording, you should upgrade to a paid Zoom plan. Why are you planning to record Zoom videos? Share your views in the comments below.