Recording a slide show presentation with speaker side by side

[michele302]

I work for a university and edit many zoom recordings to put on YouTube as evergreen tutorials. Most of the recordings I get show the thumbnail of the speaker covering up the top right corner of the slide.  When I signed in to the desktop client I don't see how to make side by side the default. I know participants can do this. I want to show my colleagues how to set that up so that the recording they make doesn't show the thumbnail over the slide. My normal procedure is to show the speaker for a few minutes, then trim to the slide in Final Cut Pro and not have the speaker show. I occasionally will zoom out so future viewers will see who is talking. When Webinars are created and recorded, the side-by-side seems to be the default, but in regular Meetings, most of the recordings sent to me have the speaker thumbnail covering as mentioned. I don't see where a host can change that setting in my desktop client.

[Alex_PFT]

I don't think there's any side by side option for recordings. Here are the layout possibilities:

Recording layouts – Zoom Support

[stuartbww]

I've done this for years, but a month ago something changed and it now pastes the speaker video over the right side of the slides. It is enormously frustrating! Is there a fix? To record side by side as a host?

Help

[Alex_PFT]

You can check the link I provided up there, pretty much explain how to do everything regarding recording layouts.

[lflasko]

Alex I don't see your answer here. I used to be able to record my zoom and have the powerpoint on one side and Myself on the other. It now shrinks me to a tiny window or provides the option of me covering up the powerpoint. Is the old way no longer available? How can we get Zoom to change it back?

[Alex_PFT]

There is a setting for over, and a setting for on the side:

Adjusting recording video layouts (zoom.com)

[lflasko]

Hi Alex, I am sorry I don't see it - can you give me an idea where it is in the article - perhaps the subtitle or how far down it is? The only thing i see is the very last point ... "Shared content with active speaker: Captures the shared screen or window, with a thumbnail of the active speaker’s video in the top-right corner next to the shared content." BUT in this view the speaker is a tiny thumbnail - I want the speaker to be as large as the power point. I used to be able to do this.

[Alex_PFT]

Yes that is what I was referring to. Looks like this is all the options they have.