How to create simulive webinar with video not in zoom

Question

As part of our evaluation of possibly switching to zoom from gotowebinar, we recently held a 4+ hour long webinar on zoom. The webinar went well and we want to use the recording for simulive events.

The problem is that the video needed minor editing. After downloading the file and making the minor edits, we attempted to upload the new file back to zoom. Can't be done because the file is (of course) larger than the 50MB limit.

If there's no method to do what we're trying here, to use edited videos of our events, that alone is likely enough for us to drop zoom.

bstrelko · Accepted Answer

Apologies, I believe that new community users' posts get manually approved by moderators, which may explain why your responses weren't posting immediately - I'll ask to see if the mods can be clearer about messaging regarding this.

Sent you the following message:

If you haven't already gotten uploads enabled by Zoom (manual process), you'll need to do this.

This article references the feature:
https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_article=KB0068467

The option to upload a video to be used with simulive is available by request only, for eligible users in good standing with Zoom. For additional questions, contact Zoom Support to discuss whether this feature is available for your account.

Once this is done, you should have the ability to upload a recording when booking a webinar and selecting 'Simulive' -> 'Add Recording'. The option to upload will be on the bottom left of the window that pops up showing all of your existing cloud recordings. You can also try to force the upload prompt by navigating to zoom.us/recording/?supportSimuliveUpload=true

bstrelko · Answer

The limit is 5GB, not 50MB - if you are seeing 50MB, you are not in the right place.

However, it's likely that a 4+ hour meeting that isn't properly compressed or exported with a variable bitrate is going to occupy more than 5GB, so read on.

Is there someone in your organization who works in video (creative/production/etc) and perhaps has a better understanding of export settings? If so, reach out to them and ask for them to transcode the file to a smaller one that's under 5GB

If not, consider some Googling on reducing video filesize. It's an oldie, but Handbrake (https://handbrake.fr/) is still a really capable piece of software for exactly this task - you'll still need to do a bit of research to pick settings that are right for you.

Hope this helps!

How to create simulive webinar with video not in zoom

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