Record Room Audio during a Phonne Call

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UniversalCamera-5217 asked May 10, '22 YonglunLiu-MSFT commented May 17, '22

Record Room Audio during a Phonne Call

My Xamarin.Forms App works great for recording Room Audio but produces total silence recording during a Phone call...

. if (mediaRecorder == null)
{
Task.Run(() =>
{
var path = new File(Android.OS.Environment.GetExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Android.OS.Environment.DirectoryMusic), "Audio_Recorded.3gp");
mediaRecorder = new MediaRecorder();
mediaRecorder.Reset();
mediaRecorder.SetAudioSource(AudioSource.VoiceCommunication);
mediaRecorder.SetOutputFormat(OutputFormat.ThreeGpp);
mediaRecorder.SetAudioEncoder(AudioEncoder.AmrNb);
mediaRecorder.SetOutputFile(path.AbsolutePath);
mediaRecorder.Prepare();
mediaRecorder.Start();// Recording is now started
});
}

Following Run-Time Permissions are being Granted except for ... Manifest.Permission.CaptureAudioOutput,

     public static string[] PERMISSIONS_REQUIRED =
     {
         Manifest.Permission.Camera,
         Manifest.Permission.WriteExternalStorage,
         Manifest.Permission.CaptureAudioOutput,
         Manifest.Permission.ModifyAudioSettings,
         Manifest.Permission.RecordAudio,
         Manifest.Permission.WakeLock,
         Manifest.Permission.AccessNetworkState,
         Manifest.Permission.ReadExternalStorage
     };

Does my Silent Recording stem from improper Permissions? If so how to resolve Manifest.Permission.CaptureAudioOutput.

If its another issue then how do I fix That????

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Answer 1 · 2022-05-11T05:24:57.033Z

YonglunLiu-MSFT answered May 11, '22 YonglunLiu-MSFT commented May 17, '22

Hello,

produces total silence recording during a Phone call...

Referring to the official documentation about MediaRecorder, we can find that:

Capturing from VOICE_CALL source requires the Manifest.permission.CAPTURE_AUDIO_OUTPUT permission. This permission is reserved for use by system components and is not available to third-party applications.

That's the reason the issue occurs.

Best Regards,

Alec Liu.

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UniversalCamera-5217 · May 11 at 05:33 AM

can you please tell me how i can meet my objective of room recording during phone call

thank you!

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YonglunLiu-MSFT UniversalCamera-5217 · May 11 at 05:57 AM

It's no possible to record phone calls using a regular app by conventional means.

As the documentation says, this permission is not available to third-party applications.

This feature will compromise the security of the system, therefore, we could not to provide the solution about it.

If it is useful for you, could you please mark this answer? It would be helpful for others who meet the same issue.:)

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UniversalCamera-5217 YonglunLiu-MSFT · May 11 at 06:07 AM

I am not interested in the phone call...I am only interested in the room. So how can i record room during a phone call? Off course I can carry a second phone and use that as a room recorder. But I don't want to carry two phones!!!!

Help will be Kindly appreciated. By the way my source is MIC not VOICE_CALL.

Thank You!!!!!!!!!!

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