# Is it possible to set a recorder to record in picture-in-picture (PiP) format?
**URL:** https://community.mediasite.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-a-recorder-to-record-in-picture-in-picture-pip-format/115
**Category:** General Q&A
**Created:** [June 15, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.mediasite.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-a-recorder-to-record-in-picture-in-picture-pip-format/115 "2026-06-15T13:23:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@drandle](https://community.mediasite.com/u/drandle)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.mediasite.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-a-recorder-to-record-in-picture-in-picture-pip-format/115/1 "2026-06-15T13:23:56Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@todd.russell](https://community.mediasite.com/u/todd.russell)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.mediasite.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-a-recorder-to-record-in-picture-in-picture-pip-format/115/2 "2026-06-15T18:41:41Z")
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?
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### Author:  [@drandle](https://community.mediasite.com/u/drandle)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.mediasite.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-a-recorder-to-record-in-picture-in-picture-pip-format/115/3 "2026-06-17T18:41:43Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@drandle](https://community.mediasite.com/u/drandle)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.mediasite.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-a-recorder-to-record-in-picture-in-picture-pip-format/115/4 "2026-07-07T15:56:01Z")
Hey Todd, just checking in to see if you have any updates on how this could be done.
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### Author:  [@chris.scholtens](https://community.mediasite.com/u/chris.scholtens)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.mediasite.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-a-recorder-to-record-in-picture-in-picture-pip-format/115/5 "2026-07-10T19:21:59Z")
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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### Author:  [@John.Klucina.RPI](https://community.mediasite.com/u/John.Klucina.RPI)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.mediasite.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-a-recorder-to-record-in-picture-in-picture-pip-format/115/6 "2026-07-13T20:22:35Z")
Although the ‘PiP’ layout is not explicitly available, I wonder if [creating a Vodcast file](https://docs.mediasite.com/content_manager_guide/index.html#!Documents/settingupvideopodcasting.htm)would satisfy the ask (the two sources burned into a single video)?
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### Author:  [@bill.cherne](https://community.mediasite.com/u/bill.cherne)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.mediasite.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-a-recorder-to-record-in-picture-in-picture-pip-format/115/7 "2026-08-18T13:30:22Z")
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.