Installing Meeting Recorder

System requirements

Setup checks your computer first and only offers what fits it, including a summary model sized for your graphics memory.

Downloading

1. Open your receipt email from the purchase, or your Lemon Squeezy My Orders page.
2. Copy your license key; setup asks for it.
3. Download the installer for your system:
   • Windows: MeetingRecorder-Setup-<version>.exe
   • Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Pop!_OS: meeting-recorder_<version>_amd64.deb
   • Fedora, openSUSE, RHEL-likes: meeting-recorder-<version>-1.x86_64.rpm
   • Arch, CachyOS, Manjaro: meeting-recorder-<version>-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
   • Any Linux, no install: MeetingRecorder-<version>-x86_64.AppImage

Download links in the email are personal and expire after an hour. If one has expired, open My Orders and download again.

Install on Windows

1. Run the installer you downloaded. It installs for your Windows account only, so you don't need to be an administrator.

   If Windows shows "Windows protected your PC", click More info, then Run anyway.

2. Welcome. Read the note about recording consent, tick I agree to the License Agreement (the link opens the Software License Agreement), then click Next.

   

3. License. Paste your license key and click Activate (this needs the internet). A green tick shows which license is active; then click Next. Details in the Setup guide.

   

4. How this computer handles meetings. Choose On this computer unless your company gave you a server URL; then choose Use a Meeting Recorder server. See choosing a role.

   

5. This computer. Setup shows what it found and where transcripts and summaries will run. Nothing to choose here; click Next.

   

6. What will be installed. Each part shows its download size. You can untick optional parts (for example a smaller summary model from the list, or Start with your computer). The total download and disk space are at the bottom. Click Install.

   

7. Installing. You can keep using the computer. Large downloads take a while; Show details shows what's happening.

   

8. All set. Click Finish. Meeting Recorder now watches for meetings in the background; its icon is in the system tray (next to the clock, sometimes under the ^ arrow).

   

The app is installed in %LOCALAPPDATA%\MeetingRecorder and appears in the Start menu as Meeting Recorder. Recordings go to Videos\Meetings in your user folder (you can change it in Settings).

Install on Linux

1. Install the package for your distribution from a terminal in the folder you downloaded it to:

   # Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Pop!_OS
   sudo apt install ./meeting-recorder_<version>_amd64.deb
   
   # Fedora / RHEL-likes
   sudo dnf install ./meeting-recorder-<version>-1.x86_64.rpm
   
   # openSUSE
   sudo zypper install ./meeting-recorder-<version>-1.x86_64.rpm
   
   # Arch, CachyOS, Manjaro
   sudo pacman -U ./meeting-recorder-<version>-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
   
   # Any distribution, no install: make the AppImage executable and run it
   chmod +x MeetingRecorder-<version>-x86_64.AppImage
   ./MeetingRecorder-<version>-x86_64.AppImage

2. Open Meeting Recorder from your app menu (or run meeting-recorder). The first time, the setup window opens.
3. Follow the setup window: the pages are the same as on Windows (Welcome, License, role, This computer, What will be installed, Installing, All set). On Linux the role page also offers Make this computer the server (Business license).

On Linux the app runs as user services and starts when you sign in; recordings go to ~/Videos/Meetings.

No screen or no desktop (a server)? Install without a window from the command line: see Setting up an office server and silent install.

Updating

The library tells you when a new version is available (Settings shows the version you have). New versions are on your My Orders page: download the new installer and run it. Updates keep your recordings, settings and license.

Your purchase includes every update to the version you bought. When a new major version comes out, owners can upgrade at a discount, or keep using the version they have.

Uninstalling

Uninstalling removes the program but keeps your recordings and settings. To free your license slot for another computer, first open the library and click Settings → License → Deactivate this computer.

• Windows: Settings → Apps → Installed apps → Meeting Recorder → Uninstall.
• Linux: run meeting-recorder uninstall, then remove the package (sudo apt remove meeting-recorder, sudo dnf remove meeting-recorder, sudo pacman -R meeting-recorder), or delete the AppImage.