node-audiorecorder

const AudioRecorder = require('node-audiorecorder'); const fs = require('fs'); const path = require('path'); // IMPORTANT: Ensure SoX or Arecord is installed on your system // For Linux: sudo apt-get install sox libsox-fmt-all // For MacOS: brew install sox // For Windows: Download binaries from sox.sourceforge.net const outputFilePath = path.join(__dirname, 'output.wav'); const options = { program: `rec`, // Try `arecord` if on Linux and `rec` doesn't work device: null, // Set e.g. `hw:1,0` if you have multiple devices bits: 16, channels: 1, encoding: `signed-integer`, format: `S16_LE`, rate: 16000, type: `wav`, silence: 5, // Stop recording after 5 seconds of silence thresholdStart: 0.5, thresholdStop: 0.5, keepSilence: true }; const logger = console; // Optional: for debugging const audioRecorder = new AudioRecorder(options, logger); // Create a write stream to save the audio to a file const fileStream = fs.createWriteStream(outputFilePath, { encoding: 'binary' }); // Pipe the audio stream to the file audioRecorder.stream().pipe(fileStream); console.log('Starting audio recording... (will stop after 10 seconds or 5s silence)'); audioRecorder.start(); // Stop recording after 10 seconds for demonstration setTimeout(() => { audioRecorder.stop(); console.log(`Recording stopped. Audio saved to ${outputFilePath}`); fileStream.end(); }, 10000); // Handle errors from the recording process audioRecorder.on('error', (err) => { console.error('Recording error:', err); });