Using a recorded meeting as content for another meeting - how?

[Guest]

I'm trying to set up a webinar where we play a recorded meeting.  We don't want people to access the meeting whenever they want, we want everyone to view it at the same time.  The manual/help documents say:

"Also, a recorded meeting can be used as content for another meeting."

But I can't any information on how to DO this.

Can anyone help?

Dayna

[Jorma_at_CoSo]

That is truly a poorly placed sentance with no explanation. To achieve this, you will need to make an offline version of the recording, so you have an FLV version that can be played in the meeting room. Here are the steps: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/connect/8.0/using/WS20F14479-39A1-42e2-AF0A-F8C2F1AA9BE4.html

If you want people who do not have access to an Adobe Connect server to view a meeting recording, create an offline version. The offline recording is saved as an FLV file, which can be viewed in an FLV player, and distributed via e-mail, CD, or a server.

Note:  Creating an offline recording takes approximately the same amount of time as the duration of the original meeting recording.

You can minimize the offline recording window or view other windows on top of it without interfering with the contents of your recording.

1. From the Adobe Connect Central home page, click Meetings or Training, and then click the meeting or classroom that includes the recording.
2. Click Recordings.
3. Next to the specific recording you want to use, click Make Offline.
4. If Help text appears, click Proceed with Offline Recording. Then specify a location for the finished FLV file.  The meeting begins playing, creating the offline file. 
5. As needed, click the Pause/Resume, Stop And Save, and Start New controls:
   • The Pause/Resume button temporarily stops creation of the offline recording. This can be useful if you must download a large file and do not want to strain system resources. When you click Resume, the recording continues from where it was paused. The finished recording is one continuous file regardless of how many times you paused and resumed recording.
   • The Stop and Save button ends the creation of a recording, which is useful if you want to record portions of a meeting as separate files. Click Start New to resume recording where you left off.
6. When the recording process finishes, close the offline recorder window. (If the window is minimized, it closes automatically.)

Have the recording open on a moinitor with high resolution and full screen (before minimizing to the sytem tray), so as to get the best quality recording.