Hi Everyone!
In this post, I will be showing you how to make a video recorder with Javascript and Bootstrap. Remember to Follow me if you want more projects.
Let's get started.
Devices that will use this app must have a working camera and access to the microphone. This project will contain absolutely no CSS but will look nice because I will use Bootstrap instead. I have also added a echo cancellation and download video feature in the project. Below is the HTML Markup:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Video Recorder in Javascript</title>
<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.1.1/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" integrity="sha384-F3w7mX95PdgyTmZZMECAngseQB83DfGTowi0iMjiWaeVhAn4FJkqJByhZMI3AhiU" crossorigin="anonymous">
</head>
<body>
<div id="container mx-auto">
<video id="gum" class="mx-auto w-50 d-flex justify-content-center" autoplay muted></video>
<video id="recorded" class="mx-auto w-50 d-flex justify-content-center" playsinline loop></video>
<div class="my-5">
<button class="btn btn-primary" id="start">Start camera</button>
<button class="btn btn-success" id="record" disabled>Record</button>
<button class="btn btn-warning" id="play" disabled>Play</button>
<button class="btn btn-secondary" id="download" disabled>Download</button>
</div>
<div class="m-3">
<h4 class="text-info">Video Stream Options</h4>
<div class="form-check form-switch">
<input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" id="echoCancellation">
<label class="form-check-label text-center" for="flexSwitchCheckDefault">Echo Cancellation</label>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<span id="errorMsg"></span>
</div>
</div>
<!--Linking the Scripts to our HTML File-->
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.1.1/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js" integrity="sha384-/bQdsTh/da6pkI1MST/rWKFNjaCP5gBSY4sEBT38Q/9RBh9AH40zEOg7Hlq2THRZ" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="app.js></script>
</body>
</html>
Next we are going to add the Javascript so the user will be able to record a video.
'use strict';
/* globals MediaRecorder */
let mediaRecorder;
let recordedBlobs;
const errorMsgElement = document.querySelector('span#errorMsg');
const recordedVideo = document.querySelector('video#recorded');
const recordButton = document.querySelector('button#record');
const playButton = document.querySelector('button#play');
const downloadButton = document.querySelector('button#download');
recordButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
if (recordButton.textContent === 'Record') {
startRecording();
} else {
stopRecording();
recordButton.textContent = 'Record';
playButton.disabled = false;
downloadButton.disabled = false;
}
});
playButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
const superBuffer = new Blob(recordedBlobs, {type: 'video/webm'});
recordedVideo.src = null;
recordedVideo.srcObject = null;
recordedVideo.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(superBuffer);
recordedVideo.controls = true;
recordedVideo.play();
});
downloadButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
const blob = new Blob(recordedBlobs, {type: 'video/mp4'});
const url = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
const a = document.createElement('a');
a.style.display = 'none';
a.href = url;
a.download = 'w3-coder-recorder-test.mp4';
document.body.appendChild(a);
a.click();
setTimeout(() => {
document.body.removeChild(a);
window.URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
}, 100);
});
function handleDataAvailable(event) {
console.log('handleDataAvailable', event);
if (event.data && event.data.size > 0) {
recordedBlobs.push(event.data);
}
}
function startRecording() {
recordedBlobs = [];
let options = {mimeType: 'video/webm;codecs=vp9,opus'};
try {
mediaRecorder = new MediaRecorder(window.stream, options);
} catch (e) {
console.error('Exception while creating MediaRecorder:', e);
errorMsgElement.innerHTML = `Exception while creating MediaRecorder: ${JSON.stringify(e)}`;
return;
}
console.log('Created MediaRecorder', mediaRecorder, 'with options', options);
recordButton.textContent = 'Stop Recording';
playButton.disabled = true;
downloadButton.disabled = true;
mediaRecorder.onstop = (event) => {
console.log('Recorder stopped: ', event);
console.log('Recorded Blobs: ', recordedBlobs);
};
mediaRecorder.ondataavailable = handleDataAvailable;
mediaRecorder.start();
console.log('MediaRecorder started', mediaRecorder);
}
function stopRecording() {
mediaRecorder.stop();
}
function handleSuccess(stream) {
recordButton.disabled = false;
console.log('getUserMedia() got stream:', stream);
window.stream = stream;
const gumVideo = document.querySelector('video#gum');
gumVideo.srcObject = stream;
}
async function init(constraints) {
try {
const stream = await navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia(constraints);
handleSuccess(stream);
} catch (e) {
console.error('navigator.getUserMedia error:', e);
errorMsgElement.innerHTML = `navigator.getUserMedia error:${e.toString()}`;
}
}
document.querySelector('button#start').addEventListener('click', async () => {
const hasEchoCancellation = document.querySelector('#echoCancellation').checked;
const constraints = {
audio: {
echoCancellation: {exact: hasEchoCancellation}
},
video: {
width: 1280, height: 720
}
};
console.log('Using media constraints:', constraints);
await init(constraints);
});
That's it! You have now successfully created a Video Recorder with Javascript and Bootstrap.
Top comments (1)
where are the videos saved before they are downloaded