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You can pause, resume, or finish (stop and complete) any active Universal Capture (UC) recordings. You can also start a scheduled recording early, or add time to a recording that is in progress (not applicable to UC: Personal).

• Start a scheduled recording early
• Add time to a recording
• Pause, resume, or finish (stop) a recording
• Cancel a recording
• Desktop Application-specific controls
• Keyboard shortcuts

To start a scheduled recording early

Applies to managed capture devices only. 

1. Launch Universal Capture.

   Five minutes before the scheduled recording is slated to start, the Universal Capture window indicates a pending capture and includes a message to click Record to start the recording early.

   
2. Click Record.

   A countdown appears after which the Universal Capture window minimizes and the capture begins.

To add time to a recording

Applies to managed capture devices only.

1. Launch Universal Capture.

   The time remaining for the recording is shown below the preview panes.

2. To add time to the recording, click the Plus (+) and then select how long you would like to extend for.

   The amount of time by which you can extend is determined by several factors, including whether there are any upcoming scheduled recordings, if the capture is live (15-minute maximum extension), and the overall capture length (maximum 8-hour capture length).

   

NOTE: You cannot extend a capture into the next scheduled recording. The Time Remaining may increase, but the recording will stop before the next scheduled recording.

To pause or finish a recording

1. Launch Universal Capture.
2. From there, click Stop, Pause, or Resume as needed.
   

   Clicking Stop will finish and complete your recording, meaning that it will finalize and publish to the selected location.

   

To cancel a recording

You may have the ability to cancel a recording, if enabled, depending on your role. This means that the recording will be deleted completely with no ability to recover it.

1. Launch Universal Capture.
2. Click the X to cancel.
   
3. Click YES, CANCEL to confirm that you would like to cancel the recording.
   

When can I cancel a recording?
Instructors can cancel scheduled recordings if they are the presenter (primary instructor) AND the feature has been enabled. Ad hoc captures can be canceled at any time.
Administrators can cancel scheduled recordings if they are the presenter whether or not they have enabled the feature for Instructors. Ad hoc captures can be canceled at any time.

To use the menu bar on a Mac to control a capture

Applies to the Desktop Applications only.

1. Locate and click the EchoVideo logo in the menu bar.
   
2. From there, click Finish (Stop), Extend, Pause, or Resume as needed. The application window can also be brought back to the front by clicking Open EchoVideo Capture.
   

To use the system tray icon on Windows to control a capture

Applies to the Desktop Applications only.

1. (Optional) Show 'EchoVideo Capture' in the taskbar (Settings Personalization Taskbar).
   
2. Locate and click the EchoVideo logo in the systray.
   
3. From there, click Finish (Stop), Extend, Pause, or Resume as needed. The application window can also be brought back to the front by clicking Open EchoVideo Capture.
   

To use shortcut keys to control a capture

Applies to the Desktop Applications only.

Shortcut keys will not work with your numeric keypad, instead, use the numbers that are a part of the typewriter keys.