Product Updates Updated Account Dashboard Includes Dark Mode and Wider Interface We’re happy to announce the upgrade of the account dashboard user interface to Bootstrap 5. We were running on Bootstrap 4 which has reached EOL. Bootstrap 5 comes with a few improvements
Tutorials Transcribing Pipe's Video Recordings With Replicate and OpenAI's Speech Recognition Model (Whisper) This tutorial is part of a series of tutorials for integrating the Pipe Recording Platform with transcription services. We previously covered integrating with Amazon Transcribe and with ElevenLabs. We'll guide you
Tutorials Transcribing Pipe's Video Recordings With ElevenLabs' New Speech-to-Text Model (Scribe) In this tutorial, we will cover integrating the Pipe audio video and screen recording platform with ElevenLabs' new speech-to-text model, Scribe. The Pipe Platform allows you to add an audio, video or
Product Updates New Feature: Extract Audio from Video and Screen Recordings Pipe can now extract audio from video and screen recordings into separate files, enabling various use cases, such as transcribing audio from videos and screen recordings for meeting minutes or study transcripts. The
Product Updates The Pipe Platform Achieves Security and Compliance Milestone with SOC 2 Type I Attestation We're thrilled to announce that we’ve successfully completed our first SOC 2 Type I audit for the Security Trust Services Criteria and received our SOC 2 Type I report. The
Record Audio In HTML5 Record Lossless Audio in Safari Technology Preview With New ALAC and PCM Codec Support In Safari Technology Preview Release 214, Apple introduced support for ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) and PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) audio codecs in the MediaRecorder API. This enhancement lets developers record high-quality, lossless
Technology Screen Sharing Got Smarter (and More Private) on macOS: Understanding the System Private Window Picker Screen sharing and screen recording are part of our daily lives now, whether we are making work presentations, providing remote support, creating tutorials, or chatting with friends and family. Historically, macOS used a
Technology A Deep Dive into the Web Speech API In today's digital landscape, how we interact with technology continues to evolve beyond traditional keyboard and mouse inputs. Voice-based interactions have become increasingly important, offering more natural, accessible, and efficient ways
Product Updates The US1 Region Processing Server Will Soon Switch to a New IP We are preparing to roll out a new processing server in the US1 region to replace the existing one. This server will have a new IP (167.99.173.235). The rollout will
Product Updates Introducing New Storage Fees Pipe has always offered complimentary storage as an option for the recordings made with the Pipe recorder. However, higher storage comes with higher costs, so moving forward we will introduce new storage fees
Product Updates New Warning For Low Microphone Input Volume Yesterday, we rolled out a new desktop recording client build, which includes a new near real-time warning for when the microphone input is detected as very low. The microphone input value is evaluated
Product Updates New Animation for the Microphone Input We've been looking at ways to minimize the number of recordings we receive with no sound or sound that's too silent to hear. In this respect, the 1st update
Technology Understanding Audio Frequency Analysis in JavaScript: A Guide to Using AnalyserNode and getByteFrequencyData One of the most powerful tools available for working with audio in JavaScript is the ability to analyze audio frequency data in real-time. This allows developers to create visualizers, detect specific frequencies, or
Technology Turning on the new Camera and Microphone Selector & Preview in Chrome Starting with Chrome 123 there's a new feature that allows you to 1. select the desired camera 2. select the desired microphone 3. preview the selected camera video stream 4. test
Product Updates Outline Positioning Feature for the 2.0 Recording Client You can now add an outline to the desktop recording client to help users better position their head & body when making a video recording. There are 3 shapes to choose from and
Product Updates Integrating The Pipe Recorder With React Via NPM We’re excited to announce the release of our new NPM package, @addpipe/react-pipe-media-recorder, which integrates the Pipe recording client directly into React projects. Why Use React With Pipe? Integrating media recording infrastructure
Product Updates Control what PII Data is Collected We're introducing a new feature that lets you directly control what PII (personally identifiable information) data Pipe will collect and store together with each recording. This new feature sits alongside the
Formstack How to Integrate Pipe Recorder with Formstack's V4 Form Builder Formstack has recently made a significant update with the release of the V4 Form Builder, transitioning from a server-side rendered approach (V3 and below) to a client-side rendered architecture. This change affects how
Product Updates Canada Recording Region is Now Live We've just launched a new recording , processing & storage region: Canada or CA1. The new region joins the already existing EU and US regions (EU2, US1, US2) and is composed of:
Technology Dealing With Huge MediaRecorder Chunks A more technical blog post. We've been monitoring the size of the chunks made available through MediaRecorder's ondataavailable function for a while. For example, with a timeslice of 200ms,
WordPress New Pipe Recorder Plugin for WordPress We’re excited to announce the release of a new plugin for WordPress called Pipe Recorder. The new plugin does a much better job of integrating the Pipe Recording Client and Pipe Platform
Ninja Forms Integrating Pipe with Ninja Forms 3 With Ninja Forms and Pipe, you can easily set up a form that allows users to record videos directly from your website. This guide walks you through integrating Pipe with Ninja Forms version
Tutorials Integrating Pipe With Amazon Transcribe This step-by-step tutorial will teach you how to integrate Pipe with Amazon Transcribe. Amazon Transcribe is an automatic speech recognition (ASR) service that allows developers to add speech-to-text capability to their applications. Using
Product Updates Recording The Webcam And The Screen At The Same Time Introducing Screen Recording With Camera: Taking Screen Recording to the Next Level Until now, our video recording capabilities were limited to capturing either a camera feed or a screen/window, but never both
Product Updates Building the Best Camera & Microphone Selector Why We Need a Camera & Microphone Selector Historically, with our browser-based desktop recording client, we've relied on the browser features for the user to choose their audio and video recording
