feat: make video recording optional, deleting video tracks (#954)

* feat: make video recording optional, deleting video tracks

www/app/(app)/rooms/page.tsx

@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ const roomInitialState = {
   platform: "whereby",
   skipConsent: false,
   emailTranscriptTo: "",
+  storeVideo: false,
 };
 
 export default function RoomsList() {
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ export default function RoomsList() {
             platform: detailedEditedRoom.platform,
             skipConsent: detailedEditedRoom.skip_consent || false,
             emailTranscriptTo: detailedEditedRoom.email_transcript_to || "",
+            storeVideo: detailedEditedRoom.store_video || false,
           }
         : null,
     [detailedEditedRoom],
@@ -335,6 +337,7 @@ export default function RoomsList() {
         platform,
         skip_consent: room.skipConsent,
         email_transcript_to: room.emailTranscriptTo || null,
+        store_video: room.storeVideo,
       };
 
       if (isEditing) {
@@ -400,6 +403,7 @@ export default function RoomsList() {
       platform: roomData.platform,
       skipConsent: roomData.skip_consent || false,
       emailTranscriptTo: roomData.email_transcript_to || "",
+      storeVideo: roomData.store_video || false,
     });
     setEditRoomId(roomId);
     setIsEditing(true);
@@ -842,6 +846,38 @@ export default function RoomsList() {
                         </Field.HelperText>
                       </Field.Root>
                     )}
+                    {room.platform === "daily" &&
+                      room.recordingType === "cloud" && (
+                        <Field.Root mt={4}>
+                          <Checkbox.Root
+                            name="storeVideo"
+                            checked={room.storeVideo}
+                            onCheckedChange={(e) => {
+                              const syntheticEvent = {
+                                target: {
+                                  name: "storeVideo",
+                                  type: "checkbox",
+                                  checked: e.checked,
+                                },
+                              };
+                              handleRoomChange(syntheticEvent);
+                            }}
+                          >
+                            <Checkbox.HiddenInput />
+                            <Checkbox.Control>
+                              <Checkbox.Indicator />
+                            </Checkbox.Control>
+                            <Checkbox.Label>
+                              Store video recording
+                            </Checkbox.Label>
+                          </Checkbox.Root>
+                          <Field.HelperText>
+                            When enabled, a composed video recording will be
+                            saved alongside audio. Disabling saves significant
+                            storage.
+                          </Field.HelperText>
+                        </Field.Root>
+                      )}
                   </Tabs.Content>
 
                   <Tabs.Content value="share" pt={6}>

www/app/[roomName]/components/DailyRoom.tsx

@@ -267,12 +267,13 @@ export default function DailyRoom({ meeting, room }: DailyRoomProps) {
 
   const handleFrameJoinMeeting = useCallback(() => {
     if (meeting.recording_type === "cloud") {
-      console.log("Starting dual recording via REST API", {
+      console.log("Starting recording via REST API", {
         cloudInstanceId,
         rawTracksInstanceId,
+        storeVideo: meeting.store_video,
       });
 
-      // Start both cloud and raw-tracks via backend REST API (with retry on 404)
+      // Start recordings via backend REST API (with retry on 404)
       // Daily.co needs time to register call as "hosting" for REST API
       const startRecordingWithRetry = (
         type: DailyRecordingType,
@@ -320,12 +321,17 @@ export default function DailyRoom({ meeting, room }: DailyRoomProps) {
         }, RECORDING_START_DELAY_MS);
       };
 
-      // Start both recordings
-      startRecordingWithRetry("cloud", cloudInstanceId);
+      // Always start raw-tracks (needed for transcription pipeline)
       startRecordingWithRetry("raw-tracks", rawTracksInstanceId);
+
+      // Only start cloud (composed video) if store_video is enabled
+      if (meeting.store_video) {
+        startRecordingWithRetry("cloud", cloudInstanceId);
+      }
     }
   }, [
     meeting.recording_type,
+    meeting.store_video,
     meeting.id,
     startRecordingMutation,
     cloudInstanceId,

www/app/reflector-api.d.ts

@@ -1134,6 +1134,11 @@ export interface components {
       skip_consent: boolean;
       /** Email Transcript To */
       email_transcript_to?: string | null;
+      /**
+       * Store Video
+       * @default false
+       */
+      store_video: boolean;
     };
     /** CreateRoomMeeting */
     CreateRoomMeeting: {
@@ -1852,6 +1857,11 @@ export interface components {
       daily_composed_video_s3_key?: string | null;
       /** Daily Composed Video Duration */
       daily_composed_video_duration?: number | null;
+      /**
+       * Store Video
+       * @default false
+       */
+      store_video: boolean;
     };
     /** MeetingConsentRequest */
     MeetingConsentRequest: {
@@ -1955,6 +1965,11 @@ export interface components {
       skip_consent: boolean;
       /** Email Transcript To */
       email_transcript_to?: string | null;
+      /**
+       * Store Video
+       * @default false
+       */
+      store_video: boolean;
     };
     /** RoomDetails */
     RoomDetails: {
@@ -2013,6 +2028,11 @@ export interface components {
       skip_consent: boolean;
       /** Email Transcript To */
       email_transcript_to?: string | null;
+      /**
+       * Store Video
+       * @default false
+       */
+      store_video: boolean;
       /** Webhook Url */
       webhook_url: string | null;
       /** Webhook Secret */
@@ -2389,6 +2409,8 @@ export interface components {
       skip_consent?: boolean | null;
       /** Email Transcript To */
       email_transcript_to?: string | null;
+      /** Store Video */
+      store_video?: boolean | null;
     };
     /** UpdateTranscript */
     UpdateTranscript: {