MediaRecorder.state

The MediaRecorder.state read-only property returns the current state of the current MediaRecorder object.

Syntax

var state = MediaRecorder.state

Values

A AnimationPlayState object containing one of the following values:

Example

...

  record.onclick = function() {
    mediaRecorder.start();
    console.log(mediaRecorder.state);
    // Will return "recording"
    console.log("recorder started");
  }

...

Specifications

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

See also

• Using the MediaRecorder API
• Web Dictaphone: MediaRecorder + getUserMedia + Web Audio API visualization demo, by Chris Mills (source on Github.)
• simpl.info MediaStream Recording demo, by Sam Dutton.
• Navigator.getUserMedia