is it possible to save recording of session in livekit when running from local? i can only see option to upload to S3 and not able to store the recording locally. Record audio or video Use LiveKit Egress to capture audio and video directly to your storage provider. The simplest pattern is to start a room composite recorder when your agent joins the room. https://docs.livekit.io/deploy/observability/data/

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is egress free? i am running it on local and not sure how to set it up

Thanks — I’ll answer both parts: cost and local setup. Cost • Egress is free when you self‑host (including running locally). The managed LiveKit Cloud has usage-based pricing, but self‑hosting avoids those fees. Quick local setup checklist 1. Install prerequisites: Redis and GStreamer with required plugins (

gstreamer

,

gst-plugins-base

,

gst-plugins-good

,

gst-plugins-bad

,

gst-plugins-ugly

,

gst-libav

). 2. Create an

config.yaml

for the Egress service with your API key/secret,

ws_url

(use

<ws://localhost:7880>

for local), and Redis address (

localhost:6379

). 3. Run Egress (example Docker command):

docker run --rm \
  --cap-add SYS_ADMIN \
  -e EGRESS_CONFIG_FILE=/out/config.yaml \
  -v ~/livekit-egress:/out \
  -p 1935:1935 -p 8080:8080 \
  livekit/egress

• If using Docker, mount a host directory so recordings written to a local

filepath

are persisted and accessible. • Use

<ws://host.docker.internal:7880>

and

host.docker.internal:6379

on macOS/Windows if needed. 1. Start recordings via the Egress API/CLI/SDK. Include

roomRecord

permission in the access token. 2. To save files locally, specify a local

filepath

(or

filename_prefix

) in the egress request (e.g.,

/path/to/folder/recording.mp4

) and ensure the Egress process has write permission to that path. Would you like: • An exact egress request snippet for Room Composite or Track egress? • A Docker compose example that mounts the output directory for you? Sources: LiveKit Pricing | Recording and export | LiveKit docs | Self-hosting the Ingress Service | LiveKit docs | Self-hosting the Egress Service | LiveKit docs | Egress API | LiveKit docs