The WebM Project has been slowly getting more support from the browser community with Edge 14 adding support in the Anniversary edition of Windows 10. At the same time more .webm files are created...
Smarter Video Hosting & Delivery With Cloudinary

When it comes to storing your (newly recorded) videos Amazon’s S3 is the obvious choice and it’s a great choice. But Cloudinary’s video platform is a lot more powerful when it comes to delivering...
Our 2nd Generation HTML5 Video Recorder

Since releasing our 1st HTML desktop video recorder in December 2016 we’ve never stopped improving it. The work culminated this summer with more than a dozen weeks of hard work & research that resulted in...
HEIF and HEVC in iOS 11: Quick Overview

With iOS 11, Apple added an option to compress both photos and videos with a new, more efficient encoding called HEVC or High Efficiency Video Codec. It also introduced the HEIF file format and...
Using HTML’s < video > Element to Play Videos

We’ve come a long way since Flash was the de facto plugin for reliably playing videos across browsers. Today it’s as easy as adding 3 lines of HTML code: The <video> element is now the standard...
Chrome 60: Microphone and Camera Access No Longer Works On Insecure Origins

Microphone and camera access is no longer permitted on insecure origins starting with Chrome 60. A Bit of History Initially reported as a potential bug by users that were using the development channel of Chrome...
Why we chose WebRTC over Media Recorder API for HTML5 Video Recording

This post will look back at our decision to use WebRTC over Media Recorder API for recording video from a browser. Read on for the technical details. By Q4 2016 Safari was the 1st major browser to have...
Troubleshooting WebRTC Connection Issues

Failed WebRTC connections can be caused by restrictive networks behind symmetric NATs, port blocks and even protocol blocks at the application & transport layers. We will delve in the intricate process of establishing a peer...
All Top Logitech Webcams Compared (Including the 4k PRO/Brio)

The hardware industry has several very good examples of product naming. The Intel Inside campaign and iPhone naming immediately come to mind. At the other end of the spectrum one of the eager contestants is...
Recording User Generated Videos With Formstack Forms and Pipe Video Recorder

They say that an image is worth a thousand words. How about a video? Capturing user generated videos with your forms has never been easier. Whether you want to build a signup form, a contact form...