Zoom’s Recording Vs. Local 4K Record

It is a great idea to record your Zoom meetings and webinars especially if you’re hosting an important event or a training session that you want to use later for marketing purposes. Zoom has a recording feature in which your meeting or webinar is saved in the cloud or local device.

Today we are going to show you Zoom’s native recording and our 4K recording sessions.

Before we dive in, our agency Jumpwire Media offers a complete inventory of services designed to help your business get the most from this video conferencing platform.

We can provide you with a TV-like experience using a basic Zoom meeting account. Our top priority is to develop a Zoom strategy that works.

Now let’s go into the details.

1.Video

It is encouraged to set the application to full-screen mode and make sure that the sender has a webcam and internet connection capable of sending high-quality footage.  By default, Zoom records the video at a low-quality, low-resolution video file, with both video/audio streams baked into one file.

The video is heavily compressed and low FPS. FPS stands for Frames Per Second which measures the number of consecutive full-screen images that are displayed each second. The higher the FPS the better the quality of the video.

With the local 4K recording, you can have sharp videos with more color depth. You can see the increased fineness and contrast in the recording.

To give you a clearer understanding of how good the quality of the 4k recording, consider the regular recording you get from Zoom as 720p resolution and can go as high as 1080p. The 4K resolution is up to 9 times as many pixels compared to 720p.

Furthermore, our system records the compressed version of the Zoom call in 4K for easy editing.

2. Audio

In the video we shared above you can observe the difference in the sound quality between the Zoom native recording and the refined 4K hardware audio.

It seems that the sound of the Zoom recording is tinny and not that pleasing to listen while the 4K hardware sound is clearer, more balanced, and is more like a 3D surround sound.

3.  Spotlights

When you record your Zoom meeting, you can only see the active speaker in the video and be able to see as many as 25 to 49 participants if you choose the gallery view but Zoom does not record spotlights. Spotlighting video puts a user as the primary active speaker for all participants in the meeting.

Using the local 4K record, we can have the spotlighted participant or participants shown in the video recording. Our system records what the audience sees. This feature provides a TV-like experience in your virtual meetings and we can record it for you in a 4K resolution. 

At this point, you probably know the difference between Zoom native recording and the local 4K record. When you have an important virtual event or a webinar session that you want to repurpose, it’s a good idea to have it recorded using Jumpwire Media’s local 4K record system.