diff --git a/openvidu-java-client/src/main/java/io/openvidu/java/client/RecordingProperties.java b/openvidu-java-client/src/main/java/io/openvidu/java/client/RecordingProperties.java
index f99028c6..ff9b11d2 100644
--- a/openvidu-java-client/src/main/java/io/openvidu/java/client/RecordingProperties.java
+++ b/openvidu-java-client/src/main/java/io/openvidu/java/client/RecordingProperties.java
@@ -677,11 +677,20 @@ public class RecordingProperties {
 			builder.ignoreFailedStreams(ignoreFailedStreamsFinal);
 		}
 
-		if (mediaNodeDefault == null) {
-			mediaNodeDefault = SessionProperties.getMediaNodeProperty(params);
-		}
-		if (mediaNodeDefault != null && !mediaNodeDefault.isEmpty()) {
-			builder.mediaNode = mediaNodeDefault;
+		if (IS_COMPOSED(outputModeFinal)) {
+			if (mediaNodeDefault == null) {
+				try {
+					mediaNodeDefault = SessionProperties.getMediaNodeProperty(params);
+				} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+					// Not a json object
+					if (params.containsKey("mediaNode")) {
+						mediaNodeDefault = (String) params.get("mediaNode");
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			if (mediaNodeDefault != null && !mediaNodeDefault.isEmpty()) {
+				builder.mediaNode = mediaNodeDefault;
+			}
 		}
 
 		return builder;
diff --git a/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/utils/RecordingUtils.java b/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/utils/RecordingUtils.java
index cc8ad787..11552221 100644
--- a/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/utils/RecordingUtils.java
+++ b/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/utils/RecordingUtils.java
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ public final class RecordingUtils {
 
 	public final static RecordingProperties RECORDING_PROPERTIES_WITH_MEDIA_NODE(Session session) {
 		RecordingProperties recordingProperties = session.getSessionProperties().defaultRecordingProperties();
-		if (recordingProperties.mediaNode() == null) {
+		if (RecordingProperties.IS_COMPOSED(recordingProperties.outputMode())
+				&& recordingProperties.mediaNode() == null) {
 			recordingProperties = new RecordingProperties.Builder(recordingProperties)
 					.mediaNode(session.getMediaNodeId()).build();
 		}