> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://blog.addpipe.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # New HTML 5 WebRTC Based Video Recording Client Is Now In Beta - URL: https://blog.addpipe.com/new-html-5-webrtc-based-video-recording-client-now-beta/ - Published: 2016-12-16T13:31:33.000Z - Updated: 2026-05-21T08:27:54.000Z - Author: Remus - Tags: Product Updates, #Import 2026-05-22 13:18 With the advent of browsers starting to slowly push away from Flash, [the latest version of **Pipe**](https://blog.addpipe.com/newly-released-pipe-version-adds-tons-improvements/) comes with a brand new **HTML 5 video recorder**. Developed with **WebRTC**, it uses the latest in real time communication and recording technologies. It is currently in beta and you can easily enable it per environment to try it out. ### Functionality and looks The new HTML 5 video recorder has **total feature parity** with the existing Flash video recorder, meaning everything will work as expected: - Record, stop, playback and pause playback - All of the embed code parameters including size, sis, payload, mrt, showMenu, etc. - Support for the 4 standard recording resolutions (240p, 300p, 480p and 720p) and for custom video quality profiles - Support for the 4 default languages (English, Spanish, German, French) and for custom language files - Same Javascript Control API + ability to hide the lower UI - Same Javascript Events API (apart for 4 secondary events, see [documentation ](https://addpipe.com/docs/javascript/js-api-v1/#javascript-events-api-v10-desktop-recorder)for more info) - Support for different sizes and the 5 design options The HTML 5 version of the recorder looks mainly the same way as the Flash version does: ![The start recording screen in the Pipe desktop recording client](https://blog.addpipe.com/content/images/2016/12/init-re.png) Here is how it looks when the recorder is started and ready to record: ![Once the user clicks the [Record Video] button his camera is accessed and shown](https://blog.addpipe.com/content/images/2016/12/rec-init.png) **Some changes are present.** Some stem from the fact that in the HTML 5 version we have the following technical limitations: - The camera framerate info is not available - The microphone level info is not available While other features are already handled by the browser like changing the preferred webcam and microphone devices. ### How it works The [Pipe HTML 5 video recorder](https://addpipe.com/video-recorder) uses **WebRTC** to stream the video and audio data to a media server, much the same the way the Flash version works. After the video has been streamed and recorded by the media server to a **WEBM** file, it is queued for transcoding and processing by the Pipe cloud. We’ll do a separate blog post as to why we’ve chosen this particular solution. ### Browser support The new [Pipe HTML 5 video recorder](https://addpipe.com/video-recorder) is supported, on desktop computers, by **Chrome 47 and up** when the embed code is in a web page delivered over **HTTPS**. [Chrome can not access the webcam and microphone over non secure origins (http)](https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2015/10/chrome-47-webrtc) so if you’re using Chrome 47+ and viewing the Pipe recorder embedded in a http page you’ll still get the Flash based video recorder. Here’s a table showing what browser supports what version: ![Pipe HTML5/Flash Video Recorder Support](https://blog.addpipe.com/content/images/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-16-at-13.07.04.png) Chrome 47 added support for `MediaDevices.enumerateDevices()` which we use. ### How to enable the HTML 5 recorder on your account Simply [sign in](https://addpipe.com/signin), [edit one of your environments](https://addpipe.com/env%5Fedit) and enable the HTML5 Recorder option. You can also create a new environment just to test the feature. Once enabled, Pipe will automatically deliver the HTML 5 version of the video recorder, on Chrome 47+ over secure origins, for embeds associated with that environment. ### What’s to come We will steadily move the HTML 5 recorder out of the beta phase by the time Chrome 56 is released at the end of January. [Chrome 56 is the 2nd browser to take a harder stance on Flash content](https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/flash-roadmap) after [Safari 10](https://blog.addpipe.com/flash-on-safari-10-sierra/). Firefox support will be added in the future. We greatly appreciate your feedback regarding any possible suggestions or issues that you may encounter by using it.