How to record audio and save it in mp3 format in AS3 (Adobe Air2.5)?

Question

I am creating one desktop application in Air2.5 that needs to record and save audio. In AS3 (specially with Air 2.5) can I record and save audio in mp3 format?

Answer 1

Here is the library for converting audio to mp3: https://github.com/kikko/Shine-MP3-Encoder-on-AS3-Alchemy

To record audio information can be found here: http://titansturf.in/2010/02/08/fetching-data-from-the-microhpone-and-recording-sound/

This should also be useful: http://suzhiyam.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/as3-microphone-record-and-save-as-wave-file/

And about saving read this: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/filesystem/File.html

Answer 2

I use this pre-built Flash + JavaScript solution. It costs money, but it works great. It will record, encode to MP3 and upload via PHP: http://recorder.denniehoopingarner.com/

Here is a free example that Flash will use to encode OGG: http://labs.byhook.com/2011/02/22/ogg-vorbis-encoder-decoder-for-flash/

I sat next to some Google programmers in a recent hackathon in SF, who shared with me that Chrome will enable the default audio recording flag starting in April 2013, which technically makes recording in pure JS possible, but I have not seen a solution for encoding and uploading to the server. Good luck