Recording widget

The Recording widget embeds a meeting recording in the room. It's a simple video — playback only. No transcript, no AI summary, no speaker labels — just the recorded video itself.

Need transcript or AI summary too? Use the Meeting widget instead — it attaches the calendar meeting and pulls the recording, transcript, and AI summary into one popup. See Meeting widget.

What it does

The Recording widget pulls a recording from your notetaker — either Katalyz Recording or an external one connected to your workspace (Modjo, Gong, Claap, etc.) — and embeds the video for in-room playback. That's it.

How to add

1. On the floating build bar at the bottom of the editor, open the ⌄ All widgets popover and locate Recording.
2. Drag it onto the target section.
3. Pick the recording from the list — recordings from your connected notetakers (Katalyz, Modjo, Gong, Claap, etc.) are all available in the same picker.

Two shortcuts that skip the build bar

You'll often reach for a recording before you're in the room editor. Both paths land the recording in the room the same way:

• Home → Recordings to share. When a recording integration is active, the Home page lists recent recordings that aren't in a room yet (waveform thumbnail, title, date, participants). Click Add to room to open a picker — rooms for the same company are listed under Suggested, and Search rooms… finds the rest. If a recording doesn't belong anywhere, click the ✓ ("No need to share") to dismiss it.
• Meetings → recording → Recording tab. Open a recording on the Meetings page; the Recording tab has an Embed this recording in your overview action next to Copy link. See Embedding meeting recordings in rooms for a tour of the Meetings page.

The selection pill — Recording controls

Click the recording to select it. The pill mirrors the Image widget pill, left to right:

1. Size — dropdown with Small / Medium / Large.
2. 🌙 Dark mode (captions) — flips the caption block to dark.
3. Edit resource (sliders icon) — opens the edit popup for the recording's title, captions, and the Replace recording action.
4. 🔄 Replace recording (refresh icon) — shortcut to swap the recording while preserving caption content and design.
5. Design (paintbrush icon) — opens the contextual Design panel.
6. Expand on click (diagonal arrows icon) — toggle. When on, clicking the recording opens the fullscreen viewer.
7. ⋮ More — Edit resource (same as the sliders icon) · Duplicate · Delete.

What buyers see

A standard video player — play, pause, scrub, fullscreen. No tabs, no transcript pane, no summary.

When to use

• Demo handoff — sales records the demo with their notetaker (native or external); drop the video in the customer's room so a buyer who missed it can rewatch.
• Reference conversation — embed a key call so both sides share the same context, without needing a separate dashboard.
• Quick visual proof — show a recording without the overhead of transcript / AI summary.

When to pick another widget

• You want transcript + AI summary too → use the Meeting widget.
• The video is hosted elsewhere (YouTube, Loom, Vimeo, an upload) → use the Video widget.
• You want to record a short personal message on the spot → use the Video bubble widget.

Privacy

Recordings are visible to everyone with access to the room. To restrict who sees a recording, place it in a section or page with appropriate visibility — see Controlling visibility.

Related articles

• Meeting widget
• Video widget
• Embedding meeting recordings in rooms
• Auto-filling room fields from recordings
• Controlling visibility

Updated on: 02/10/2026