How to record voice files using PHP, FLASH

Question

Hi

I am developing an application where I need to record voice(for those who does not have a webcam so they can use only microphone to record voice) or video(those who have a a webcam - like laptop or external) files and save them on server, thereafter save the file name and logged in users id on database for later access.

I know I need to use some sort of flash app for this. But is there any free one which could server this purpose or even if there are paid ones which could serve this purpose that would be great. I tried google but may be I was not being able to go after the proper term or something, I could not succeed finding a proper solution for this.

Please, help me out!

Answer 1

There are Open Source solutions but you will need an own server to run them. There is no way to run these things from shared hosting except if your provider is really nice, and ready to install the necessary software.

I asked the same question a few weeks back, check out the answers.

Answer 2

In addition to red5 there is Adobe's own Flash Media server that allows you to record audio/video straight to the server.

Or if you feel geeky you might be able to put together your own solution for this using a socket connection to the server and decoding the stream yourself on the server side. You should be able capture the audio/video locally into memory and then feed the byte stream up to your own server application.

Answer 3

I have same feature in our latest project, the client want to have video recording from webcam and the video appear in the user's profile page.

For the server, we implement the RED5 server. It need a Java virtual machine in your hosting. You can read the detail requirement and installation instruction in the website.

To handle recording, we develop our own flash application, because the client request a custom interface to match with the overall website interface. I don't know the detail, since we outsource it to a fellow flash developer. Maybe you can see follow this thread, the development of flash recording by JeroenW.

To play recorded video, you can use any flash video player that support playing rtmp video source. You cannot play the recorded flv file in RED5 directly, since the file lack of metadata required by the player. Serving the recorded file as rtmp is done by RED5.