Record a Jitsi meeting and store the composite in S3

Produce one predictable meeting file instead of assembling per-participant recordings after the call.

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The pipeline

Jitsi source
video mixer
audio mixer
S3 segment sink

What this replaces

Build it yourself

Deploy Jibri and size it for concurrent recordings
Configure hidden recorder domains on self-hosted Jitsi
Post-process separate tracks into a shared layout
Move finished files into durable storage

With AVFlow

Connect by Jitsi domain and room name
Choose the same grid layout model used by other AVFlow Jobs
Write to your own S3 path prefix
Stop the Job explicitly or let idle policy end it

The validated Job

This is the same file 16-jitsi-recording.json serves. Replace platform credentials, output URLs, and storage secrets before running it.

16-jitsi-recording.json Download

{
  "name": "jitsi-recording",
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "conf_src",
      "type": "jitsi",
      "config": {
        "domain": "meet.jit.si",
        "roomName": "MyRoomABC123",
        "select": {
          "mediaTypes": [
            "video",
            "audio"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "mix_video",
      "type": "video_mixer",
      "inputs": [
        "conf_src"
      ],
      "config": {
        "canvas": {
          "width": 1280,
          "height": 720,
          "backgroundColor": "#1a1a2e"
        },
        "layout": {
          "mode": "grid",
          "common": {
            "borderRadius": 8
          },
          "grid": {
            "maxColumns": 3,
            "gap": 4,
            "fit": "cover"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "mix_audio",
      "type": "audio_mixer",
      "inputs": [
        "conf_src"
      ],
      "config": {}
    }
  ],
  "sinks": [
    {
      "name": "segment_out",
      "type": "segment",
      "inputs": [
        "mix_video",
        "mix_audio"
      ],
      "config": {
        "storageType": "s3",
        "storageConfig": {
          "bucket": "recordings",
          "region": "us-east-1",
          "accessKeyId": "AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE",
          "secretAccessKey": "wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY",
          "pathPrefix": "jitsi/{jobName}/{date}/",
          "filename": "{jobName}_{timestamp}"
        },
        "encoding": {
          "videoCodec": "h264",
          "audioCodec": "aac"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "policies": {
    "idleTimeoutSec": 120
  }
}

Submit it API

curl -X POST "https://api.avflow.dev/v1/jobs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AVFLOW_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @16-jitsi-recording.json

Know the limits before you ship

Self-hosted hidden-domain recording may require Jibri-compatible XMPP credentials.
meet.jit.si and JaaS impose their own access and visibility constraints.
The example records a grid; speaker and custom layouts need a different mixer config.

Keep reading

Jitsi source Video mixer Segment sink

Run this Jitsi pipeline

Generate the Job in Playground, then run it with $20 promotional credit.

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