How to draw a waveform of an audio stream in html5? - html

Question

I have a media stream from webcam. I need to draw a waveform of the audio (extracted from the media stream) on the fly. How to do this in HTML5 using JS?
I checked:
https://github.com/soundcloud/waveformjs
https://github.com/katspaugh/wavesurfer.js
They all seem to work with an audio file. How to do it for a stream?

Answer 1

I used wavesurfer (https://github.com/katspaugh/wavesurfer.js) to accomplish this.
My Code:
if (this.remoteStream_ != null) {
if (this.wavesurfer_ == null) {
var parent = this;
this.wavesurfer_ = Object.create(WaveSurfer);
this.wavesurfer_.init({
container: '#waveform',
waveColor: '#fff'
});
this.wavesurferStream_ = Object.create(WaveSurfer.Streamer);
this.wavesurferStream_.init({
wavesurfer: this.wavesurfer_
});
// start the microphone
this.wavesurferStream_.start(this.remoteStream_);
this.audioWaveIconSet_.on();
} else {
if (this.wavesurferStream_ != null) {
this.wavesurferStream_.destroy();
this.wavesurferStream_ = null;
}
this.wavesurfer_.destroy();
this.wavesurfer_ = null;
this.audioWaveIconSet_.off();
}
}
Wavesurfer Plugin for Streams:
/*! wavesurfer.js 1.0.57 (Thu, 25 Feb 2016 17:09:20 GMT)
* https://github.com/katspaugh/wavesurfer.js
* #license CC-BY-3.0 */
! function(a, b) {
"function" == typeof define && define.amd ? define(["wavesurfer"], function(a) {
return b(a)
}) : "object" == typeof exports ? module.exports = b(require("wavesurfer.js")) : b(WaveSurfer)
}(this, function(a) {
"use strict";
a.Streamer = {
init: function(a) {
this.params = a;
this.wavesurfer = a.wavesurfer;
if (!this.wavesurfer) throw new Error("No WaveSurfer instance provided");
this.active = !1, this.paused = !1, this.reloadBufferFunction = this.reloadBuffer.bind(this);
this.bufferSize = this.params.bufferSize || 4096, this.numberOfInputChannels = this.params.numberOfInputChannels || 1, this.numberOfOutputChannels = this.params.numberOfOutputChannels || 1, this.micContext = this.wavesurfer.backend.getAudioContext();
},
start: function(stream) {
this.gotStream(stream);
},
togglePlay: function() {
this.active ? (this.paused = !this.paused, this.paused ? this.pause() : this.play()) : this.start()
},
play: function() {
this.paused = !1, this.connect()
},
pause: function() {
this.paused = !0, this.disconnect()
},
stop: function() {
this.active && (this.stopDevice(), this.wavesurfer.empty())
},
stopDevice: function() {},
connect: function() {
void 0 !== this.stream && (this.mediaStreamSource = this.micContext.createMediaStreamSource(this.stream), this.levelChecker = this.micContext.createScriptProcessor(this.bufferSize, this.numberOfInputChannels, this.numberOfOutputChannels), this.mediaStreamSource.connect(this.levelChecker), this.levelChecker.connect(this.micContext.destination), this.levelChecker.onaudioprocess = this.reloadBufferFunction)
},
disconnect: function() {
void 0 !== this.mediaStreamSource && this.mediaStreamSource.disconnect(), void 0 !== this.levelChecker && (this.levelChecker.disconnect(), this.levelChecker.onaudioprocess = void 0)
},
reloadBuffer: function(a) {
this.paused || (this.wavesurfer.empty(), this.wavesurfer.loadDecodedBuffer(a.inputBuffer))
},
gotStream: function(a) {
this.stream = a, this.active = !0, this.play()
},
destroy: function(a) {
this.paused = !0, this.stop()
},
deviceError: function(a) {},
extractVersion: function(a, b, c) {
var d = a.match(b);
return d && d.length >= c && parseInt(d[c], 10)
},
detectBrowser: function() {
var a = {};
return a.browser = null, a.version = null, a.minVersion = null, "undefined" != typeof window && window.navigator ? navigator.mozGetUserMedia ? (a.browser = "firefox", a.version = this.extractVersion(navigator.userAgent, /Firefox\/([0-9]+)\./, 1), a.minVersion = 31, a) : navigator.webkitGetUserMedia && window.webkitRTCPeerConnection ? (a.browser = "chrome", a.version = this.extractVersion(navigator.userAgent, /Chrom(e|ium)\/([0-9]+)\./, 2), a.minVersion = 38, a) : navigator.mediaDevices && navigator.userAgent.match(/Edge\/(\d+).(\d+)$/) ? (a.browser = "edge", a.version = this.extractVersion(navigator.userAgent, /Edge\/(\d+).(\d+)$/, 2), a.minVersion = 10547, a) : (a.browser = "Not a supported browser.", a) : (a.browser = "Not a supported browser.", a)
}
}, a.util.extend(a.Streamer, a.Observer)
}), ! function(a, b) {
"function" == typeof define && define.amd ? define(["wavesurfer"], function(a) {
return b(a)
}) : "object" == typeof exports ? module.exports = b(require("wavesurfer.js")) : b(WaveSurfer)
}(this, function(a) {
"use strict";
a.Streamer = {
init: function(a) {
if (this.params = a, this.wavesurfer = a.wavesurfer, !this.wavesurfer) throw new Error("No WaveSurfer instance provided");
this.active = !1, this.paused = !1, this.reloadBufferFunction = this.reloadBuffer.bind(this);
this.bufferSize = this.params.bufferSize || 4096, this.numberOfInputChannels = this.params.numberOfInputChannels || 1, this.numberOfOutputChannels = this.params.numberOfOutputChannels || 1, this.micContext = this.wavesurfer.backend.getAudioContext();
},
start: function(stream) {
this.gotStream(stream);
},
togglePlay: function() {
this.active ? (this.paused = !this.paused, this.paused ? this.pause() : this.play()) : this.start()
},
play: function() {
this.paused = !1, this.connect()
},
pause: function() {
this.paused = !0, this.disconnect()
},
stop: function() {
this.active && (this.stopDevice(), this.wavesurfer.empty())
},
stopDevice: function() {},
connect: function() {
void 0 !== this.stream && (this.mediaStreamSource = this.micContext.createMediaStreamSource(this.stream), this.levelChecker = this.micContext.createScriptProcessor(this.bufferSize, this.numberOfInputChannels, this.numberOfOutputChannels), this.mediaStreamSource.connect(this.levelChecker), this.levelChecker.connect(this.micContext.destination), this.levelChecker.onaudioprocess = this.reloadBufferFunction)
},
disconnect: function() {
void 0 !== this.mediaStreamSource && this.mediaStreamSource.disconnect(), void 0 !== this.levelChecker && (this.levelChecker.disconnect(), this.levelChecker.onaudioprocess = void 0)
},
reloadBuffer: function(a) {
this.paused || (this.wavesurfer.empty(), this.wavesurfer.loadDecodedBuffer(a.inputBuffer))
},
gotStream: function(a) {
this.stream = a, this.active = !0, this.play()
},
destroy: function(a) {
this.paused = !0, this.stop()
},
deviceError: function(a) {},
extractVersion: function(a, b, c) {
var d = a.match(b);
return d && d.length >= c && parseInt(d[c], 10)
},
detectBrowser: function() {
var a = {};
return a.browser = null, a.version = null, a.minVersion = null, "undefined" != typeof window && window.navigator ? navigator.mozGetUserMedia ? (a.browser = "firefox", a.version = this.extractVersion(navigator.userAgent, /Firefox\/([0-9]+)\./, 1), a.minVersion = 31, a) : navigator.webkitGetUserMedia && window.webkitRTCPeerConnection ? (a.browser = "chrome", a.version = this.extractVersion(navigator.userAgent, /Chrom(e|ium)\/([0-9]+)\./, 2), a.minVersion = 38, a) : navigator.mediaDevices && navigator.userAgent.match(/Edge\/(\d+).(\d+)$/) ? (a.browser = "edge", a.version = this.extractVersion(navigator.userAgent, /Edge\/(\d+).(\d+)$/, 2), a.minVersion = 10547, a) : (a.browser = "Not a supported browser.", a) : (a.browser = "Not a supported browser.", a)
}
}, a.util.extend(a.Streamer, a.Observer)
});

Answer 2

I created a simple function in my application that receives a MediaStream and creates a WaveSurfer (v2.0.5) in <div id="waveform"></div>.
var wave;
var micContext;
var mediaStreamSource;
var levelChecker;
var createWaveSurfer = function(stream) {
if (wave)
wave.destroy();
var wave = WaveSurfer.create({
container: '#waveform',
waveColor: '#FFF',
barHeight: 20,
hideScrollbar: true,
audioRate: 1,
barWidth: 2,
interact: false,
});
micContext = wave.backend.getAudioContext();
mediaStreamSource = micContext.createMediaStreamSource(stream);
levelChecker = micContext.createScriptProcessor(4096, 1, 1);
mediaStreamSource.connect(levelChecker);
levelChecker.connect(micContext.destination);
levelChecker.onaudioprocess = function (event) {
wave.empty();
wave.loadDecodedBuffer(event.inputBuffer);
};
};
var destroyWaveSurfer = function() {
if (wave) {
wave.destroy();
wave = undefined;
}
if (mediaStreamSource) {
mediaStreamSource.disconnect();
mediaStreamSource = undefined;
}
if (levelChecker) {
levelChecker.disconnect();
levelChecker.onaudioprocess = undefined;
levelChecker = undefined;
}
};