MediaRecorder.onpause

The MediaRecorder.onpause event handler (part of the MediaRecorder API) handles the pause event, allowing you to run code in response to the media recording being paused.

The pause event is thrown as a result of the MediaRecorder.pause() method being invoked.

Syntax

MediaRecorder.onpause = function(event) { ... }
MediaRecorder.addEventListener('pause', function(event) { ... })

Example

...

  pause.onclick = function() {
    if(mediaRecorder.state === "recording") {
      mediaRecorder.pause();
      // recording paused
    } else if(mediaRecorder.state === "paused") {
      mediaRecorder.resume();
      // resume recording
    }
  }

  mediaRecorder.onpause = function() {
    // do something in response to
    // recording being paused
  }

  mediaRecorder.onresume = function() {
    // do something in response to
    // recording being resumed
  }

...

Properties

None.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
MediaStream Recording The definition of 'MediaRecorder.onpause' in that specification.	Working Draft	Initial definition

Browser compatibility

[1] The intial Firefox OS implementation only supported audio recording.

[2] To try this feature on Chrome, enable Experimental Web Platform features from chrome://flags . Currently only video is supported, not audio.

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