# Audio recorder not playing **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [March 4, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/audio-recorder-not-playing/1143723 "2021-03-04T19:38:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![meer51](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/meer51/32/95070_2.png) [@meer51](https://community.thunkable.com/u/meer51)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/audio-recorder-not-playing/1143723/1 "2021-03-04T19:38:16Z")
This is my first post. I am trying to make an app to record audio from phone and play it back. There are no errors on recording but when i click play it says something has gone wrong. i was hoping to post screenshot of block code but there is no option here. ---
**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/audio-recorder-not-playing/1143723/2 "2021-03-04T19:46:56Z")
You can past the screen shot the normal Windows way (Ctrl-V) or by using the upload button in the editor here just beside the \ Having a screenshot of your code will enable others to see your blocks and point out the mistake if any. ---
**Author:** ![meer51](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/meer51/32/95070_2.png) [@meer51](https://community.thunkable.com/u/meer51)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/audio-recorder-not-playing/1143723/3 "2021-03-04T20:03:45Z")
I can do screenshot on my pc but how do you do it on mobile phone. I don’t see \< \> thing . Where is it? ---
**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/audio-recorder-not-playing/1143723/4 "2021-03-04T20:17:23Z")
Use this to upload your screenshot ![Screenshot_20210304_231613](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/7/1/7159e0c84acb3af9ddd5dcb486897b6d4cdf061f.jpeg) Can you see the arrow? ---
**Author:** ![meer51](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/meer51/32/95070_2.png) [@meer51](https://community.thunkable.com/u/meer51)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/audio-recorder-not-playing/1143723/5 "2021-03-04T21:37:41Z")
No, I don’t see any arrow. I running across my screen design view, block view. Design is where I design my screen and block code which programmes the app. I am a complete novice not a programmer. ---
**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/audio-recorder-not-playing/1143723/6 "2021-03-04T21:46:16Z")
I’m talking about taking a screenshot of your blocks screen and then use the community here to past/upload the screenshot so others can see what you have coded. See my previous reply, I copied the screen that I’m using now to reply to you and provided an arrow to the icon you should use to upload your image of your code. When copying the block screen you will be using the computer but the same icon is available in both the mobile and the PC version of the community app so you should be able to upload it. ---
**Author:** ![meer51](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/meer51/32/95070_2.png) [@meer51](https://community.thunkable.com/u/meer51)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 11:33am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/audio-recorder-not-playing/1143723/7 "2021-03-05T11:33:20Z")
I am just figuring out how to post screenshot. i can now show the block code. the app is not playing. I dont know what components to add to make it work. ![image_2021-03-05_113255](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/6/1/610df63b0851fc9514dea8adcbf6b57ee2827d8f.png) ---
**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/audio-recorder-not-playing/1143723/8 "2021-03-05T13:53:49Z")
If you start a new project and place two buttons in the screen and then use the following ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/c/5/c5ff5144bb9ee9421449f251b798f20954f1fa32.png) You should hear yourself for the 5 seconds from the time you pressed button 1 **[Edit]** This is using the Drag and Drop UI ---
**Author:** ![codeswept](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/codeswept/32/87755_2.png) [@codeswept](https://community.thunkable.com/u/codeswept)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/audio-recorder-not-playing/1143723/9 "2021-03-05T14:19:41Z")
Under the audio recorder stop recording block, put set sound1’s source to audioFile(green block). Also, define the if function in your when StartAPI click block. ---
**Author:** ![meer51](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/meer51/32/95070_2.png) [@meer51](https://community.thunkable.com/u/meer51)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/audio-recorder-not-playing/1143723/10 "2021-03-06T15:25:41Z")
Thank you all. Your suggestion about set source to audiofile enabled me to record and play. Now I just need to be able to save and play the file. I did mess around and it all went hay wire but eventually got back to working. ---
**Author:** ![meer51](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/meer51/32/95070_2.png) [@meer51](https://community.thunkable.com/u/meer51)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/audio-recorder-not-playing/1143723/11 "2021-03-07T15:08:03Z")
Thanks I will try it. ---
**Author:** ![meer51](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/meer51/32/95070_2.png) [@meer51](https://community.thunkable.com/u/meer51)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/audio-recorder-not-playing/1143723/12 "2021-03-07T15:19:00Z")
I had it working that it plays the recording then I messed it all up. After a while got it work again Putting error against “if” statement, it reports as error. whereas it didn’t before. Now I have to figure out how to save it somewhere ---
**Author:** ![meer51](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/meer51/32/95070_2.png) [@meer51](https://community.thunkable.com/u/meer51)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/audio-recorder-not-playing/1143723/13 "2021-03-07T16:13:07Z")
Thanks for helping . I do not have “play” component in my thunkable. i have used audio recorder’s timed recording as i dont have “sound file from”. so stuck here. ---
**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/audio-recorder-not-playing/1143723/14 "2024-11-08T13:28:59Z")