How do i record sound?

if you look at bubbleshare.com, with each picture you can record your voice/noise upload it and bind it to that particular image.

They are using flash to record sound and i think they are storing it on the users hard drive first then uploads it to their server.


Question: Is there a way to record sound during flash runtime environment? Then compressing the 30-40second recorded sound clip?

I searched evrywhere, coundt find a proper example...if somone did this or knows some examples online...please share it here.

afta i did some research i managed to get to this stage:

System.showSettings(2);
var myMic = Microphone.get();
//sets kHz acceptable values are : 5, 8, 11, 22, and 44.
_root.attachAudio(myMic);
myMic.setRate(11);
myMic.setUseEchoSuppression(true);
myMic.setSilenceLevel(100, [1]);
//level = how much sound is detected, timer is delay.
myMic.onActivity = function(mode) {
trace(mode);
//if (myMic.gain>55) {
//myMic.setGain(55);
//}//volume preset
};
this.button1.onPress = function() {
myMic.setSilenceLevel(10, [3000]);
};
this.button1.onRelease = function() {
myMic.setSilenceLevel(100, [1]);
};

It playback the sound when button1 is pressed. But i cannot find a way to record the sound to a variable, how would i go abuot doing this?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Flash help files:

The Microphone class is primarily for use with Flash Communication Server but can be used in a limited fashion without the server, for example, to transmit sound from your microphone through the speakers on your local system.

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You cannot record sound.

hmmm...then how is bubbleshare doing it?

see above the comment from the flash help files.

is flashcomm really nessisary? is there no other way?