I'm working on a server that has been using JavaSonics ListenUp (written in Java) to record audio via browser at clients and upload it to the server.
The problem is: the software was discontinued, no longer updated or supported, and, because it's Java, it doesn't run on every web browser, as Google Chrome/Chromium and Microsoft Edge, for example, don't support NPAPI plugins (like Java) anymore.
I wanted to know what can I use for the same job (record audio, upload audio files, play audio) to put it on the website I'm working on. Alternatives on Javascript would be awesome!
PS. There's a topic here where people talk about flash tools, but I'd rather not use them. Plus, I guess people who used that JavaSonics software might want an alternative also.
Check out recorder.js.
https://github.com/mattdiamond/Recorderjs
It's a javascript library that lets users record audio. After recording, you can export the audio to a WAV file, or upload the BLOB to your server, or whatever.
you could use HTML5: getUSerMedia()
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I've doing Javascript programming for some time but it's always been related to data updating, saving, manipulating, etc.
I have no idea how something like an in-browser audio player gets audio (especially live, streaming audio) from the internet and plays it out of my computer speakers.
How does this happen in Javascript?
For example, how does a website deliver live audio to my speakers using Javascript? http://player.streamtheworld.com/liveplayer.php?callsign=WVIEAM
The live audio is not much different from pre-recorded audio... it's just played back as it's received, and when live it's encoded as it's recorded.
In browsers these days, the most basic form of streaming audio is a simple <audio> tag. By changing the src attribute from a file to a stream, you're up and running:
<audio src="http://cdn.audiopump.co/waug/main_mp3_256k" />
The browser doesn't know or care in this case that the audio is a live stream. All it knows is that there's some media data that it's fetching via HTTP, and playing back while it comes in.
If your browser compatibility is good, it would be preferable to use the MediaSource API, giving you more control (such as switching to a different quality stream mid-stream, like in HLS) and ensuring that the browser doesn't try to cache what is effectively an inifinitely sized file.
For example, how does a website deliver live audio to my speakers using Javascript? http://player.streamtheworld.com/liveplayer.php?callsign=WVIEAM
This particular site is ran by Triton Digital, and they still use Flash. Many sites still do this as a holdover from a time when HTML5 audio was not widely supported. There is little reason to do this today.
Other reasons to use Flash include incompatible server protocols. If your streaming server is using RTMP, you're stuck with Flash as browsers don't speak RTMP.
There used to be an issue with streaming AAC in-browser due to browsers not properly handling AAC wrapped in ADTS. (This encapsulation is required for streaming AAC in most situations.) Most browsers have resolved this, but I suspect that this is the reason Triton Digital is still using their Flash solution. By using Flash, they can play AAC/ADTS streams.
So far, I have found red5, but I can't get it to run (no video arrives at the server side), so I was looking for a flash-based getUserMedia and found: https://github.com/addyosmani/getUserMedia.js . But how do I get the video on the server? IE10 doesn't support webRTC, which http://lynckia.com/licode/ is built on.
getUserMedia is a WebRTC API. It doesn't exist on IE10.
Your alternatives are
Go with a Flash based solution (red5, Wowza, etc)
Use a plugin for WebRTC on IE (check out this one: https://bloggeek.me/temasys-free-webrtc-plugin/
Use Ziggeo (they should be able to use WebRTC or Flash automatically for you, taking care of all relevant transcoding and format changes necessary to playback the recorded stream). CameraTag (virtually the same at first glance) was also suggested in another answer, and likely, there are more.
The user has a video file on his system. Now, on the webpage there is an option to select a video file from his computer itself. I am seeking a way to directly stream the video on a html5 video tag(or any other player for that matter) from his/her computer on the fly. Please help.
This is a bad question and I do not see any effort from your part. Please check how to pose a question: https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask
Assuming you only need to support Web Browsers that support HTML5 then try
WebRTC (http://www.webrtc.org/home)
WebRTC is a free, open project that enables web browsers with
Real-Time Communications (RTC) capabilities via simple JavaScript
APIs. The WebRTC components have been optimized to best serve this
purpose.
It is important to note that this is just my personal preference.
Edit:
If you want to steam a file then take a look at VideoLAN (or VideoLAN Server). http://www.videolan.org/index.html
I would like to make a web application where people can add recorded sounds and samples to a timeline.
I want it to output 1 soundfile (approximately 3min long) which will be send to the server.
Now I would like to do this with the HTML5 Audio API and found out that I could do this with the AudioContext But Audiocontext is only supported in chrome.
Now I do dislike flash and I wanted to ask if there is any way to do this with HTML5 with decent browser support (so newest Chrome, IE and Firefox).
Some thoughts:
I could record audio using the HTML5 audio API and the user can add it to the timeline. When finished the client will upload all the audio files to the server including the location on the timetable. The server can combine the audio files to make it one file. Now this is an solution, but I would prefer to do this kind of work on the client side
At the moment in my opinion it is not possible (if it should be html5 and supported by IE and Firefox), see the List of Browser that Support the Audio API
Browsers with Audio API Support. But this Information could be outdated already.(these Browsers update so frequently)
You could wait, first serve only Chrome and hope the other Browser, catch up(IE might be a problem). Or you use Java (if you dont like flash). The other technologie out there is Silverlight, but it is "dead", so i wouldn't recommend it.
I hope my input helps a bit.
I had a someone ask me if it were possible to record a person's voice inside of a web-browser - similar to what can be done on many operating systems. Is this possible through javascript or flash? Are there any programs that let you do this, and have the wav/mp3 of the recorded audio uploaded to the server? I'd prefer the solution to not use Flash if it can be avoided.
Thanks
You could use WAMI-Recorder. It still uses flash, but is designed to work with Javascript and data can be sent with HTTP POST. However, there's no way to access the microphone with Javascript alone.
At the moment, Chrome is the only browser that supports x-webkit-speech which is what they use to allow users to use voice to search Google on their desktop. HTML5 has getUserMedia, but support for that is also minimal and if your project is for mass consumption then it's unlikely to be a suitable.
Hey check out this post where i replied to a guy with a similar question as you.
How do I embed a Flash audio recorder in my site
I have done extensive research into client side only microphone recording and could not come up with any solution other than flash. If you follow my correct answer in the thread i posted, you can record audio from a microphone on the client side and then you can modify the code yourself and upload the audio to your server, its not that hard just a simple POST call.
If you do find a non-flash way to record let us know!