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Schedule a recording

A schedule starts recording at a set time and stops after a set duration. Use it for meetings that repeat, such as a weekly team meeting. Schedules apply to this computer only.

Add a schedule

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  1. Open Settings and click Schedule.
  2. Click Add schedule.
  3. Enter a title, or leave it blank to name each meeting by its start time.
  4. Under Days, select the days to record. Select none to record every day.
  5. Set Starts at and Duration. Duration is 1 hour by default.
  6. Click Add.

The menu bar popover shows the next scheduled recording, when it starts, and its duration.

When a scheduled recording starts

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At the set time, MeetCap starts recording your microphone and all audio on this computer, even if the app isn’t open. A notification says Scheduled recording started.

It stops by itself after the duration. You can also pause it, or click Stop to end it early.

If the recording can’t start, for example because another meeting is being recorded, MeetCap tells you why. If the app wasn’t open, MeetCap tells you when you next open it, as long as that’s within 24 hours of the scheduled time.

A schedule records into the library that was in use when you added it. If you move that library, the schedule follows it.

Remove a schedule

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  1. Open Settings and click Schedule.
  2. Click the delete button next to the schedule.

If you use more than one Mac

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A schedule records only on the Mac where you add it. Other Macs that use the same meeting library don’t record that meeting, so the same meeting isn’t recorded twice.

From Terminal

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meetcap schedule add mon,thu 09:30+90m --title "Weekly sync"
meetcap schedule list
meetcap schedule remove 2
meetcap schedule off
  • Write the time as [days ]HH:MM[+duration]. Days are mon to sun, separated by commas. Leave them out to record every day.
  • Write the duration as +90m, +2h, or +30s. The default duration is 1 hour.
  • schedule list shows each schedule’s number, title, times, and next recording. schedule remove takes that number.
  • schedule off removes every schedule on this computer.

You can also tell your agent “Record the team meeting every Monday at 9:30 for an hour.” See Use MeetCap with your agent.