Web/API/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:

Enumeration	Description
inactive	Recording is not occuring — it has either not been started yet, or it has been started and then stopped.
recording	Recording has been started and the UA is capturing data.
paused	Recording has been started, then paused, but not yet stopped or resumed.

Example

...

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

...

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
MediaStream RecordingThe definition of 'MediaRecorder.state' in that specification.	Working Draft	Initial definition

Browser compatibility

The compatibility table in this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
state	Chrome Full support 49 Full support 49 No support 47 — 49 Notes' Notes' Prior to Chrome 49, only video is supported, not audio.	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support 25	IE No support No	Opera Full support 36	Safari No support No	WebView Android Full support 49 Full support 49 No support 47 — 49 Notes' Notes' Prior to Chrome 49, only video is supported, not audio.	Chrome Android Full support 49 Full support 49 No support 47 — 49 Notes' Notes' Prior to Chrome 49, only video is supported, not audio.	Firefox Android Full support 25	Opera Android Full support 36	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android Full support 5.0

Legend

Full support  

Full support

No support  

No support

See implementation notes.'

See implementation notes.

See also

• Using the MediaRecorder API
• [[../../../../../../../mdn.github.io/web-dictaphone/index|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

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