We had a customer ask about setting recordings up to capture in PiP mode. Their content is typically only recorded locally and not published online. Can this be done? I was looking through players and stream groups but didn’t see an obvious way to set this up.
Quick question to clarify… Are you looking to have the recorder create a PiP video (composite image of two sources) “burned” into a single video file? Also, that video file needs to only be available from the recorder itself, and not ever uploaded to your Mediasite Cloud site?
Yes, a composite image of the two sources burned into a single video would be ideal. I wouldn’t say the file needs to only be accessible via the recorder, just that this group typically doesn’t publish their recordings to the cloud site. I only mentioned that to avoid the need for say, a template that automatically publishes to the cloud site.
Hey Todd, just checking in to see if you have any updates on how this could be done.
Unfortunately there isn’t a good way to do this today. It would require a code change in Mediasite to allow a new layout option (currently Mediasite supports balanced or biased layouts). This is something we are considering for our product roadmap, but no timelines for it right now.
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Although the ‘PiP’ layout is not explicitly available, I wonder if creating a Vodcast file would satisfy the ask (the two sources burned into a single video)?
Hey John, yes, creating a Vodcast would be the easiest way to create the PiP effect in a single video. This also gives you the option of re-configuring the layout or changing things around after the recording since you still have the 2 original media files (e.g. Camera and Display).
Thanks for sharing the tip with the community.