Who can save a recording to Drive EN

You can save a recording to Google Drive if you're signed in and you're allowed to download it. That's the only test. Each person who saves gets a copy in their own Drive, never in the owner's.

The rule

Saving to Drive hands you a copy of the file, so it follows the same permission as downloading. If you can download a recording, you can save it to Drive. If you can't, Save to Drive doesn't appear.

• If you own the recording, you can always download it, so you can always save it.
• If someone else owns it, you can save it only while the owner has turned on Download for that recording. That's the Allow viewers to download your video setting on the recording's Settings tab.
• If you're signed out, you can't save it, even if the owner allows downloads. Sign in to Rekorder first.

Having access to watch a recording is not enough on its own. That includes recordings shared with you by link, shared with you by email, or shared through a workspace. All of them follow the same rule.

A per-recording Download setting takes priority over the owner's default. An owner can allow downloads on most recordings and block them on one.

Whose Drive the copy goes to

The copy goes to the Google account of the person who chose Save to Drive. It's placed in a Rekorder folder in that person's My Drive.

• If you save someone else's recording, it lands in your Drive. The owner doesn't see it and can't reach it.
• If two people save the same recording, there are two separate copies, one in each Drive.
• Your copy is yours. If the owner later turns Download off, or stops sharing the recording, your copy stays in your Drive.

For where the option is, and what happens during the upload, see Save a recording to Google Drive.

If you don't see Save to Drive

• You're not signed in. Sign in to Rekorder, then open the recording again.
• The owner hasn't allowed downloads. The option is hidden while Download is off. Ask the owner to turn it on. If you're the owner, see Stop viewers downloading, or hide the transcript.
• You can't open the recording. You need access to play it first. See Private, specific people, or anyone with the link.
• The recording is still processing. Wait until it's ready, then try again. See Why editing, sharing and captions wait for processing.

If Save to Drive is there but the save fails, see A recording will not save to Google Drive.

If you're the owner

Turning Download off stops other people from starting new saves. It doesn't remove copies people have already saved, and it doesn't take back anything you've already shared. If you don't want anyone to keep a copy, leave Download off before you share. Turn off the person's access to the recording with Unshare, or revoke someone's access.

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