/RecordRTC

RecordRTC is WebRTC JavaScript library for audio/video as well as screen activity recording. It supports Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Android, and Microsoft Edge. Platforms: Linux, Mac and Windows.

Primary LanguageJavaScriptMIT LicenseMIT

RecordRTC.js | Live Demo

WebRTC JavaScript Library for Audio+Video+Screen+Canvas (2D+3D animation) Recording

Chrome Extension or Dozens of Simple-Demos and it is Open-Sourced and has API documentation

npm downloads Build Status: Linux

A demo using promises:

let stream = await navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({video: true, audio: true});
let recorder = new RecordRTCPromisesHandler(stream, {
    type: 'video'
});
recorder.startRecording();

const sleep = m => new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, m));
await sleep(3000);

await recorder.stopRecording();
let blob = await recorder.getBlob();
invokeSaveAsDialog(blob);

A demo using normal coding:

navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({
    video: true,
    audio: true
}).then(async function(stream) {
    let recorder = RecordRTC(stream, {
        type: 'video'
    });
    recorder.startRecording();

    const sleep = m => new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, m));
    await sleep(3000);

    recorder.stopRecording(function() {
        let blob = recorder.getBlob();
        invokeSaveAsDialog(blob);
    });
});

Browsers Support

Browser Operating System Features
Google Chrome Windows + MacOSX + Ubuntu + Android audio + video + screen
Firefox Windows + MacOSX + Ubuntu + Android audio + video + screen
Opera Windows + MacOSX + Ubuntu + Android audio + video + screen
Edge Windows 10 only audio
Safari MacOSX + iOS (iphone/ipad) audio + video

Codecs Support

Browser Video Audio
Chrome VP8, VP9, H264, MKV OPUS/VORBIS, PCM
Opera VP8, VP9, H264, MKV OPUS/VORBIS, PCM
Firefox VP8, H264 OPUS/VORBIS, PCM
Safari VP8 OPUS/VORBIS, PCM
Edge None PCM

CDN

<!-- recommended -->
<script src="https://www.WebRTC-Experiment.com/RecordRTC.js"></script>

<!-- use 5.5.6 or any other version on cdnjs -->
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/RecordRTC/5.5.6/RecordRTC.js"></script>

<!-- NPM i.e. "npm install recordrtc" -->
<script src="node_modules/recordrtc/RecordRTC.js"></script>

<!-- bower -->
<script src="bower_components/recordrtc/RecordRTC.js"></script>

Configuration

const recorder = RecordRTC(stream, {
     // audio, video, canvas, gif
    type: 'video',

    // audio/webm
    // video/webm;codecs=vp9
    // video/webm;codecs=vp8
    // video/webm;codecs=h264
    // video/x-matroska;codecs=avc1
    // video/mpeg -- NOT supported by any browser, yet
    // video/mp4  -- NOT supported by any browser, yet
    // audio/wav
    // audio/ogg  -- ONLY Firefox
    // demo: simple-demos/isTypeSupported.html
    mimeType: 'video/webm',

    // MediaStreamRecorder, StereoAudioRecorder, WebAssemblyRecorder
    // CanvasRecorder, GifRecorder, WhammyRecorder
    recorderType: MediaStreamRecorder,

    // disable logs
    disableLogs: true,

    // get intervals based blobs
    // value in milliseconds
    timeSlice: 1000,

    // requires timeSlice above
    // returns blob via callback function
    ondataavailable: function(blob) {},

    // auto stop recording if camera stops
    checkForInactiveTracks: false,

    // requires timeSlice above
    onTimeStamp: function(timestamp) {},

    // both for audio and video tracks
    bitsPerSecond: 128000,

    // only for audio track
    audioBitsPerSecond: 128000,

    // only for video track
    videoBitsPerSecond: 128000,

    // used by CanvasRecorder and WhammyRecorder
    // it is kind of a "frameRate"
    frameInterval: 90,

    // if you are recording multiple streams into single file
    // this helps you see what is being recorded
    previewStream: function(stream) {},

    // used by CanvasRecorder and WhammyRecorder
    // you can pass {width:640, height: 480} as well
    video: HTMLVideoElement,

    // used by CanvasRecorder and WhammyRecorder
    canvas: {
        width: 640,
        height: 480
    },

    // used by StereoAudioRecorder
    // the range 22050 to 96000.
    sampleRate: 96000,

    // used by StereoAudioRecorder
    // the range 22050 to 96000.
    // let us force 16khz recording:
    desiredSampRate: 16000,

    // used by StereoAudioRecorder
    // Legal values are (256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384).
    bufferSize: 16384,

    // used by StereoAudioRecorder
    // 1 or 2
    numberOfAudioChannels: 2,

    // used by WebAssemblyRecorder
    frameRate: 30,

    // used by WebAssemblyRecorder
    bitrate: 128000,

    // used by MultiStreamRecorder - to access HTMLCanvasElement
    elementClass: 'multi-streams-mixer'
});

MediaStream parameter

MediaStream parameter accepts following values:

let recorder = RecordRTC(MediaStream || HTMLCanvasElement || HTMLVideoElement || HTMLElement, {});

API

RecordRTC.prototype = {
    // start the recording
    startRecording: function() {},

    // stop the recording
    // getBlob inside callback function
    stopRecording: function(blobURL) {},

    // pause the recording
    pauseRecording: function() {},

    // resume the recording
    resumeRecording: function() {},

    // auto stop recording after specific duration
    setRecordingDuration: function() {},

    // reset recorder states and remove the data
    reset: function() {},

    // invoke save as dialog
    save: function(fileName) {},

    // returns recorded Blob
    getBlob: function() {},

    // returns Blob-URL
    toURL: function() {},

    // returns Data-URL
    getDataURL: function(dataURL) {},

    // returns internal recorder
    getInternalRecorder: function() {},

    // initialize the recorder [deprecated]
    initRecorder: function() {},

    // fired if recorder's state changes
    onStateChanged: function(state) {},

    // write recorded blob into indexed-db storage
    writeToDisk: function(audio: Blob, video: Blob, gif: Blob) {},

    // get recorded blob from indexded-db storage
    getFromDisk: function(dataURL, type) {},

    // [deprecated]
    setAdvertisementArray: function([webp1, webp2]) {},

    // [deprecated] clear recorded data
    clearRecordedData: function() {},

    // clear memory; clear everything
    destroy: function() {},

    // get recorder's state
    getState: function() {},

    // [readonly] property: recorder's state
    state: string,

    // recorded blob [readonly] property
    blob: Blob,

    // [readonly] array buffer; useful only for StereoAudioRecorder
    buffer: ArrayBuffer,

    // RecordRTC version [readonly]
    version: string,

    // [readonly] useful only for StereoAudioRecorder
    bufferSize: integer,

    // [readonly] useful only for StereoAudioRecorder
    sampleRate: integer
}

Please check documentation here: https://recordrtc.org/

Global APIs

// "bytesToSize" returns human-readable size (in MB or GB)
let size = bytesToSize(recorder.getBlob().size);

// to fix video seeking issues
getSeekableBlob(recorder.getBlob(), function(seekableBlob) {
    invokeSaveAsDialog(seekableBlob);
});

// this function invokes save-as dialog
invokeSaveAsDialog(recorder.getBlob(), 'video.webm');

// use these global variables to detect browser
let browserInfo = {isSafari, isChrome, isFirefox, isEdge, isOpera};

// use this to store blobs into IndexedDB storage
DiskStorage = {
    init: function() {},
    Fetch: function({audioBlob: Blob, videoBlob: Blob, gifBlob: Blob}) {},
    Store: function({audioBlob: Blob, videoBlob: Blob, gifBlob: Blob}) {},
    onError: function() {},
    dataStoreName: function() {}
};

How to fix echo issues?

  1. Set <video>.muted=true and <video>.volume=0
  2. Pass audio: {echoCancellation:true} on getUserMedia

Wiki

Releases

Unit Tests

Issues/Questions?

Credits

Library Usage
Recorderjs StereoAudioRecorder
webm-wasm WebAssemblyRecorder
jsGif GifRecorder
whammy WhammyRecorder

Spec & Reference

  1. MediaRecorder API
  2. Web Audio API
  3. Canvas2D
  4. Media Capture and Streams

Who is using RecordRTC?

Framework Github Article
Angular2 github article
React.js github article
Video.js github None
Meteor github None

License

RecordRTC.js is released under MIT license . Copyright (c) Muaz Khan.