Audio recorder from microphone to a given file path or stream.

No external dependencies:

  • On Android, AudioRecord and MediaCodec.
  • On iOS and macOS, AVFoundation.
  • On Windows, MediaFoundation.
  • On web, well... your browser! (and its underlying platform).

External dependencies:

  • On linux, encoding is provided by fmedia. It must be installed separately.

Platform feature parity matrix

Feature Android iOS web Windows macOS linux
pause/resume ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
amplitude(dBFS) ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
permission check ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
num of channels ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
device selection ✔️ * (auto BT/mic) ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
auto gain ✔️ (always active?) ✔️
echo cancel ✔️ ✔️
noise suppresion ✔️ ✔️
  • min SDK: 23. Bluetooth telephony device link (SCO) is automatically done but there's no phone call management.

File

Encoder Android iOS web Windows macOS linux
aacLc ✔️ ✔️ ? ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
aacEld ✔️ ✔️ ? ✔️
aacHe ✔️ ? ✔️
amrNb ✔️ ? ✔️
amrWb ✔️ ?
opus ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
wav ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
flac ✔️ ✔️ ? ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
pcm16bits ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️

* Question marks (?) in web column mean that the formats are supported by the plugin but are not available in current (and tested) browsers (Chrome / Firefox).

Stream

Encoder Android iOS web Windows macOS linux
aacLc * ✔️
aacEld * ✔️
aacHe * ✔️
pcm16bits ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️

* AAC is streamed with raw AAC with ADTS headers, so it's directly readable through a file!

All audio output is with 16bits depth.

Usage

import 'package:record/record.dart';

final record = AudioRecorder();

// Check and request permission if needed
if (await record.hasPermission()) {
  // Start recording to file
  await record.start(const RecordConfig(), path: 'aFullPath/myFile.m4a');
  // ... or to stream
  final stream = await record.startStream(const RecordConfig(AudioEncoder.pcm16bits));
}

// Stop recording...
final path = await record.stop();
// ... or cancel it (and implicitly remove file/blob).
await record.cancel();

record.dispose(); // As always, don't forget this one.

Setup, permissions and others

Android

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" />
<!-- Optional: Add this permission if you want to use bluetooth telephony device like headset/earbuds (min SDK: 23) -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS" />
<!-- Optional: Add this permission if you want to save your recordings in public folders -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE />
  • min SDK: 21 (amrNb/amrWb: 26, Opus: 29)

iOS

<key>NSMicrophoneUsageDescription</key>
<string>Some message to describe why you need this permission</string>
  • min SDK: 11.0

macOS

<key>NSMicrophoneUsageDescription</key>
<string>Some message to describe why you need this permission</string>
  • In capabilities, activate "Audio input" in debug AND release schemes.
  • or directly in *.entitlements files
<key>com.apple.security.device.audio-input</key>
<true/>
  • min SDK: 10.15

Libraries

record