It's time for your first tl;dv meeting! 🚀
🚩 Has your bot been flagged by Google Meet while in the Waiting Room? Check this section.
Auto-record meetings with Google Meet
The simplest and most reliable way to record your meetings with Google Meet, is to enable auto-recording from your preferences:
Tip: You choose which meetings you’d like to record automatically:
All meetings - all of your meetings, regardless of who is present.
Internal meetings - where all participants share the same email domain as you.
External meetings - where at least one participant has a different email domain.
To record meetings manually and admit the Notetaker into the room, install the tl;dv Chrome extension.
And that’s it. tl;dv automatically connects to your Google calendar when you log in with Google or your Outlook calendar when you log in with Microsoft, so it’s ready to go!
Important:
With auto-recording enabled, the tl;dv bot will still ask to join the meeting, so you can use the Chrome Extension to admit it into the roon.
The auto-recording setting will also apply for any Zoom or MS Teams meetings booked in your calendar. 👌
Manually record a Google Meet
With the tl;dv Chrome extension installed, you’ll see the tl;dv button next to the controls in a Google Meet. Click it to invite the tl;dv bot and start recording:
Alternatively, in your tl;dv homepage, you will see on the top left a button that says “Record now". From this page you can input the URL of your Google Meet meeting, and we will send a tl;dv bot there!
Important: If the tl;dv bot cannot join the meeting, it won’t be recorded. Make sure the meeting host admits it.
Admitting the Notetaker
You might find your Notetaker being flagged in the Waiting Room. When that happens and once your Notetaker requests entry into the room, you can allow it in by clicking “Admit and Record" in your Chrome Extension:
Why does tl;dv appear as a “security risk” in Google Meet?
Google is gradually rolling out an update to Google Meet that changes how external participants (like tl;dv) are displayed when they request to join a meeting.
In some cases, tl;dv may appear highlighted in red and labeled as a potential security risk.
Because of this change:
The usual “Admit” button may not be visible right away
You might only see a “Deny” button
To admit tl;dv, you’ll need to:
Click the three dots (⋯) next to the bot
Select “Admit”
If you're not expecting this change, it’s easy to accidentally click “Deny,” which will prevent tl;dv from joining and recording the meeting.
Good to know:
This is part of a Google update — not an issue with tl;dv
tl;dv is safe to admit when you’ve invited it to your meeting
Highlight meeting moments
While recording a meeting, highlight important moments with the pin icon (📌):
These notes will be timestamped and available with the recording in tl;dv:
Pro tip: For an automatic AI summary of important moments in every meeting, upgrade to the Pro plan. 👌
Other options
While recording a meeting, there are three other options in the tl;dv interface:
From left to right:
Stop and save the recording - If you’ve captured everything you need, stop the recording and the meeting will continue.
Change your auto-sharing settings - Choose to adjust who receives a link to the meeting recording.
Collapse the interface - Let AI do the work, and keep tl;dv in the background. (For full AI summaries, you must be on the Pro plan).