Very bad sound (like a robot) on Android (+Chrome)

[byrachel]

Hello,

I use this lib like it is indicated in the documentation (with React and Class Component).

It works well on a desktop (Safari / Chrome / Firefox)
It works well on my iPhone 6s (Safari)

But I have the same bad recording with Android device like : Samsung Galaxy Tab, Samsung A21, and I also try on a huawei phone (always with Chrome).

Is this a known problem ?
is there a setting to be made to operate on an Android / Chrome ?
( more than : const Mp3Recorder = new MicRecorder({ bitRate: 128 }); )

Many thanks for your help
Rachel

[buzinas]

Hi Rachel, thanks for your question. This is indeed a known problem.

There is a similar open issue #13 and there are a couple of PRs (#24 and #25) that might fix the issue. Since they aren't mergeable and I haven't found the time to properly review them, we'll need to wait a little bit for having this fix released.

[hmoffatt]

Can I ask why they are not mergable?

[wLancaster]

For anyone coming across this thread for a similar issue, give pull request #44 a try - using the AudioWorkletNode API frees up the main thread and alleviates a lot of burden for mobile devices. I had the robotic/choppy sound quality on a few lower- and mid-range phones fixed with this update.

[deflexable]

@wLancaster thanks