With Mediasite Capture, you can use your web browser to capture your computer's desktop, webcam, and microphone without installing any additional software.
From within your My Mediasite portal, select + Add Presentation.
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Under Record Video, click In-browser.
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Type a name for the presentation and an optional description.
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- Under Destination, select the user channel or shared folder in which you wish to place the recording. Alternatively, you can leave the presentation in your personal Drafts folder.
- Click the Create and Launch button. The Mediasite Capture application will launch in your web browser.
Select the type(s) of sources you want to record: just your computer's display, the display and your webcam, or just your webcam.
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If you opted to capture your display, select which browser tab, application window, or display screen you wish to record. If you choose a tab or an entire screen, you can optionally choose to record the computer's audio by selecting Also share tab/system audio.
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If you opted to capture your camera, select your webcam from the list of available devices using the gear icon in the bottom right corner of the video preview.
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- Once you are satisfied with your choice of display and/or camera, click the Next button in the bottom right corner.
To record your microphone, choose Microphone and then select your desired microphone device. An audio waveform preview allows you to visually confirm Mediasite Capture is receiving sound from your microphone. Once you are satisfied with your audio settings, click the Next button.
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Alternatively, if you do not want to record your microphone, choose Without audio.
Review the preview of your recording source(s). When you are ready to begin recording, click the red Record button below the preview.
- While recording you can click the pause button to pause the recording. Once you are done recording, press the red button to stop recording.
Review the finished recording using the play button. To discard the recording and record again, select the option at the bottom labeled Discard and record again.
If you are satisfied with your recording, you can optionally trim the beginning and end of the recording at the current playhead position using the two trim buttons.Image
Once you are ready to save the recording to the Mediasite server, click Upload to Mediasite.
Once the upload is complete, you may close the browser tab and return to the presentation summary in My Mediasite.
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After the upload completes, the recording will begin processing on the server. You may need to refresh/reload the page in your web browser to update the status information for the presentation. Please note that larger or longer recordings will require some time to process before they are ready for review.
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For more information about how to use the browser-based Mediasite Capture tool, see the product documentation.