make Zoom record one speaker at a time

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Hi there,

struggling to find a way to make the Mac desktop client (5.17.11) record just ONE speaker at a time. Instead of having two people permanently on video recording.

thanks 🙏

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Are you recording locally or in the cloud?

In either case, the article below should provide you with the information you need. Based on your request, you're looking to record an "Active Speaker" layout.

https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_article=KB0062314

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