TeamViewer (Classic) can record remote control or meeting sessions (including sound, voice-over IP, video, and webcam images). Such recordings can be useful for training, quality control, and many other use cases. This article will walk you through recording a TeamViewer (Classic) session or meeting.
📌 Note: It is currently only possible to record outgoing sessions.
This article applies to all TeamViewer (Classic) users.
Once a connection is made through TeamViewer (Classic) to another device, navigate to the remote control toolbar's Files & Extras menu and select Start session recording:
Once the recording is ended, a prompt will appear, allowing the recording to be saved:
It is possible to designate a specific folder to store all TeamViewer (Classic) recordings automatically. This means that the recording will automatically be saved at the end of the session (or when the recording is stopped).
📌Note: Recordings automatically saved will use the default file name format:
Device Name (Device ID)_[YYYY-MM-DD] [HH.MM]
To Enable this feature:
It is possible to record all connections made from a device via TeamViewer (Classic) automatically. When set, the recording will start at the beginning of each TeamViewer (Classic) session automatically
To enable this feature:
Once a connection is made through TeamViewer (Classic) to another device, navigate to the remote control toolbar's Extras drop-down. Hover over Record and then select Start:
Once the recording is ended, a prompt will appear allowing the recording to be saved:
It is possible to designate a specific folder to store all TeamViewer (Classic) recordings automatically. This means that at the end of the session (or when the recording is stopped) the recording will automatically be saved.
📌Note: Recordings automatically saved will use the default file name format:
Device Name (Device ID)_[YYYY-MM-DD] [HH.MM]
To Enable this feature:
Once in the TeamViewer (Classic) settings:
It is possible to record all connections made from a device via TeamViewer (Classic) automatically. When set, the recording will start at the beginning of each TeamViewer (Classic) session automatically
To enable this feature:
Once in the TeamViewer (Classic) settings:
Once a connection is made through TeamViewer (Classic) to another device, navigate to the remote control toolbar's Files & Extras menu and select Start session recording:
Once the recording is ended, a prompt will appear, allowing the recording to be saved:
Once the conversion starts, a progress window will appear. Once completed, a confirmation pop-up will allow you to open the containing folder or the file itself.
If you require a different format, for smaller video sizes, or for any reason, you can install additional encoders. A list of video codecs, such as “ffdshow” can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_codec.
After installation, the desired codec will appear in the Codec drop-down in the convert dialogue.