What recording capabilities does Vonage Video API offer?

Question

What recording capabilities does Vonage Video API offer? How do I calculate pricing?

Single MP4 file composed of all streams and it is ideal for instant playback
Composition occurs while the session is in progress and composed file is available immediately after session is complete
Layout of the composed archive can be customized, adjusting the visual arrangement of streams and which streams are displayed
Composed archiving is used by the majority of our customers
Composed archives can be encrypted to provide the highest level of security

ZIP container file with multiple individual media files for each stream, and a JSON metadata file for video synchronization
Stream containers are either of type .webm, or .mkv
Intended for use with a post-processing tool, and is useful for companies with advanced cognitive services to tackle use-cases such as - Sentiment analysis, audio transcription and voice/object recognition

Pricing for recording is dependent upon the duration of the recorded content, and not on the number of participants.

Customers will be subject to the HD and FHD resolution pricing tier only when the Video API is set to the HD and Full HD resolution.

Use Case

How to calculate usage?

Example

FHD, HD & composed archives

Number of composed archived minutes = duration of the session that was archived

Record a 15-minute session with 2 participants using composed archiving:

Composed archiving minutes billed will be 15 minutes

Individual stream archives

Number of individual stream archived minutes = duration of the session that was archived

Record a 15-minute session with 5 participants using individual stream archiving:

Individual stream archiving minutes billed will be 15 minutes