The MP3 audio recording applet SDK is designed to create MP3 audio recorder on the web site. It allows to record the audio in MP3 format from the web site and upload audio file to the web server via HTTP. Also, it is possible to save recorded audio file on the client computer and open it from there. To playback the recorded MP3 audio from the server the recording applet works in the streaming mode.
The MP3 audio recording applet has Java methods which accessible from JavaScript and Java. They can be used to control the recording applet. We offer 2 examples how to control the applet from JavaScript and Java. As example how to control the recording applet from Java, we offer interface applet with source code. So, a web designer can customize the recording applet interface according to the web site style and design.

Mp3 audio recording applet functionality:

Audio capture from sound card. The sampling frequencies are 8000Hz, 11025Hz, 16000Hz, 22050Hz, 32000Hz, 44100Hz, 48000Hz.
LAME Mp3 audio encoding/decoding.
Playback of the recorded Mp3 file for sound quality and content evaluation.
Uploading of Mp3 file to web server via HTTP. The PHP server script is used to receive Mp3 file on the server.
Playback of the Mp3 files from the web server in the streaming mode.

Target OS Platform: Windows 98/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003, Mac OS 10.3 and 10.4
Target browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and up, Netscape 7, Opera, Mozilla.
Java versions: Microsoft Java 1.1 and Sun Java plug-in 1.3 -1.6.
Web Servers: Unix, IIS.