Zoomback
Zoomback is a command-line utility to view data in the Zoom database, and
to load/delete virtual backgrounds (singly or in bulk).
Author: sieler@allegrosupport.com.
Users who bill for their time, or have to account for their time, may be interested
in the 'history' command, which displays a list of your Zoom meetings (and their duration).
(Note: the only meetings in Zoom's 'history' are those where you had asked Zoom to record the meeting!)
The 'bulk load' option can be quite useful in testing out various virtual backgrounds.
To use it, create a simple text file with one background .jpg filename per line.
Save the file (let's assume it's called 'my_bgs'). Run zoomback and tell it to
load the pictures from the file: zoomback -in my_bgs
To list the current virtual backgrounds, try: zoomback list
- zoomback (1 MB)
macOS executable (compiled on Mojave)
- z.tar (1 MB)
tarball of zoomback (compiled on Mojave)
- zoomback.exe (1 MB)
Windows version of zoomback
Compiled on Win98, runs on Win10 (and should run on Win98 .. Win10).
- OpenSUSE 64 bit
Basic usage:
Basic usage info: zoomback
Getting help information: zoomback -help
Show Zoom (recorded) meeting history: zoomback history
Load one .jpg into Zoom backgrounds database: zoomback flintstones.jpg
Load a bunch of .jpg files into Zoom backgrounds database: zoomback -in foo (where 'foo' has .jpg filenames, one per line)
Revert back to Zoom database before zoomback: zoomback revert
If you have questions, or enhancement ideas, please feel free to email me!
If you use/like zoomback, please consider donating via
History:
2020-05-09.2
- Changed to note that 'history' can only report on those meetings where you had asked Zoom to record the meeing
2020-05-09:
- Fixed problem parsing -basename in some cases.
- Released first Linux (OpenSUSE 64-bit) version for alpha testing.
2020-05-08:
- Added code to better handle the database Write Ahead Log (if any)
- 'What' now reports version# and modification time of both the current Zoom database and the backup database
- Initial work on reporting 'buddy list' and 'giphy' information. (shh...it's a secret for now!)
2020-05-07.2:
- Fixed parsing of background names for DELETE and LIST
- Fixed problem with thumbnail getting poorly built default name
- Fixed problem with thumbnail getting wrong name (when ommitted)
- Fixed possible problems with '/' in filenames on Windows
- Added ability to list backgrounds by filetype (e.g.: LIST MP4)
- Changed trunc option to be more informative
- Expanded help text
2020-05-06.2:
- Fixed backup/revert on Windows to use 'copy' instead of 'cp'
- Fixed problem displaying APPDATA env on Windows
- Fixed problem with '/' in db_name on Windows
2020-05-06:
- Fixed problem finding Zoom database on Windows. Added code to check that backup database is current.
2020-05-03 Added 'more' to HELP command. Added code to check if Zoom application running at zoomback startup.
2020-05-02 Added Windows version. Added code to search for Zoom database on Windows.
Fixed problem with non-fully-qualified filenames on both Mac and Windows verions.
2020-05-01.2 Improved error reporting. Added check of Zoom version.
2020-05-01.1 Filenames may now start with tilde.