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This extension captures the audio on the current tab and saves the output file on your computer when the capture is complete
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Record any tab into a MP3 which you can download. New and improved version 2 which conforms to Google's best practices. Give it a try!
Chrome Audio Capture is a Chrome extension that allows users to record any audio playing on the current tab. Multiple tabs can be recorded simultaneously. Recordings can be saved as either .mp3 or .wav files. Users will have the option to mute tabs that are currently being recorded.
To begin recording on a tab simply click on the extension icon and use the interface or hotkeys to start and stop the recording. Once the recording is stopped or when the time limit is reached, a new tab will be opened for you to save and name your audio file. Make sure to save your file before closing the tab, otherwise the file will be lost! Check the options page for different output file formats and other features!
If you enjoyed the extension, please leave a review on the extension page! Please report any bugs or suggestions using the support tab of the extension page.
Note: Currently recordings are limited to 60 minutes due to Chrome memory constraints but you can safely bump it to 1.5 or 2 hours. Beyond that it will run out of memory in Chrome and stop abruptly. Sorry, this is a Chrome limitation.
BONUS: Webinar audio and video are now one click easy to record! When viewing certain webinar pages a RECORD button may be available making it a snap to record the webinar and have the video sent to you afterwards. Never miss another webinar or meeting. For cloud recording (which does not use your computer) a subscription service from Zoomcorder is required. Local recording is always free. Also webinar recommendations may appear on certain video meeting pages for high quality webinars from Meeting TV.
Version History:
version 2.22 Fixed some bugs.
version 2.21 Fixed some bugs on more pages.
version 2.21 Updated Chrome extension and fixed many bugs with multiple tabs.
version 2.10 - Fixed recording sometimes not working with inactive windows.
version 2.6 - Able to download file as date, added error handling for download button.
version 2.5 - Fixed a bug with downloading.
version 2.4 - Fixed visual bugs, increased capture time limit.
version 2.2 - Fixing some bugs with completion on Windows. Fix the time limit not being removed. Changing the start hotkeys back to ctrl shift S on windows, cmd shift S on mac
version 2.1 - Bug fixes with timer.
version 2.0 - Updated to conform to Chrome's best practices (manifest 3).
version 1.1.1 - Some fixes improvements
version 1.1.0 - The long awaited MP3 update! Along with other new features and improvements
version 1.0.6 - Various bug fixes and better hotkey display
version 1.0.5 - Fixed keyboard shortcuts mac
version 1.0.3 - Reduced max capture time to 20 minutes. Bug fixes.
version 1.0.2 - Added timeout function, set max capture time to 25 minutes. Disabled recording on YouTube due to copyright.
Latest reviews
- (2025-08-05) I don't know why, but it did not work with any audio I pick!
- (2025-08-02) trash didnt work do better
- (2025-08-02) Great !
- (2025-07-30) Encoding Progress:.... Never comes up with a recording. Worked before the Microsoft update. It worked before the last Chrome update. Not afterwards. What happened?
- (2025-07-30) I cannot save recordings
- (2025-07-29) Audio speeds up half way through recording
- (2025-07-29) Absolutely brilliant, great addition to chrome
- (2025-07-29) Working fine. but even after stopping it, why is it opening a new tab and show Encoding Progress? It is disturbing other activities in the browser. Once the work is over it should stay silent.
- (2025-07-25) Recorded for an hour, then saved a file of complete silence. Hardly ideal.
- (2025-07-24) This exactly what I needed. Thank you for sharing it with us!
- (2025-07-24) Does the job. Thank you. Keyboard shortcuts are useful.
- (2025-07-22) Absolute game changer, I don't know what I'd do to get audio for my videos without it.
- (2025-07-20) It's perfect, I'm very happy to use this is extension. There is bug on limit of time but this no problem for me.
- (2025-07-16) Worked
- (2025-07-10) Simple and perfect!!!! Would it be possible to add a dark mode so I don't go blind when using it at night? 😅
- (2025-07-09) does EXACTLY what I needed it to do, no bloat, no registration / PRO subscription required. great for Anki decks and language learning. thank you!
- (2025-07-09) Records with great quality and the interface is great as well. Pretty useful stuff
- (2025-07-09) This thing works good. Really good. I like it, you should get it. It does exactly what it says it does. I really like it. That's it. Thanks for making this extension. Bye.
- (2025-07-06) Good interface and it works efficiently but it often cuts off recording at about 75 minutes. If I don't Save quickly enough, it won't process the file. As a workaround, I break whatever I'm recording at 70 minutes but that's a bit of a nuisance.
- (2025-07-05) I love it so much. I use it to record audio from courses.
- (2025-07-05) An AMAZING free audio recorder, It works flawlessly for me recording my favorite songs with almost no error with turning it into a file.
- (2025-07-05) There is a crackling sound in the playback. I do not agree with the claim its due to my own computer resources. I have sufficient space and memory in my computer to record sound.
- (2025-07-04) it works perfectly normal high quality downloads in mp3 but the software does look like its from 2014 overall 4.7 stars oh and Bensonhurst Rainbow maybe turn up the volume onn your device actually five stars
- (2025-07-01) Works perfectly!
- (2025-06-30) So easy!
- (2025-06-29) Great extension, works very well ! Thank you !
- (2025-06-29) Really impressive! It records the same quality audio. Overall amazing.
- (2025-06-28) It doesn’t work — it "records" the Chrome translation, but there’s no audio during playback.
- (2025-06-27) It did exactly what i needed it to!
- (2025-06-26) worked perfectly
- (2025-06-26) Never had issues before. Nothing has changed about my PC. No issues with memory. yet since a week ago I've started to have the same popping issues in recordings other people have had issues with. Nothing else is running on the PC I've tried multiple different browsers and even tried with my other extensions all turned off. Used to work perfectly but now I can't record anything without major popping. Tried on other devices with the same issue even on PCs better than my own. Uninstalling and reinstalling the extension doesn't fix it.
- (2025-06-21) You make easy life, Thank You very much 👍🏼👍🏼
- (2025-06-18) Works a charm
- (2025-06-18) This is one of those nifty tools that does exactly what is says with no filler. Highly dependable and works every time. Thank you.
- (2025-06-16) these are my words~ creme de la creme /\ the way, it is so lightweight, no bloat and the way it does simply what i asked for. made with thought but efficiency. creme de la creme.
- (2025-06-14) Nice but makes an video MP3 for it.
- (2025-06-13) It works, this extension is extremly useful for content creators
- (2025-06-12) Does a good job. The quality is good.
- (2025-06-10) Useful tool. Does the job :) Thanks.
- (2025-06-09) Should add Pause Button, Will be Highly Useful
- (2025-06-05) Useful tool, with one critical flaw or bug: It doesn't detect the end of a video, so you have to specify the maximum capture time or monitor and manually stop the recording, or else it will record indefinitely until it runs out of memory and crashes. This wouldn't be a problem if you could specify any maximum capture time to match the length of a video you're recording, but unfortunately, it stops recording at 60 minutes if you specify any time longer than that. If this were fixed, I'd give it 5 stars.
- (2025-06-04) doesnt create an mp3?
- (2025-06-04) Its reliable in so that it works as expected and that matters most to me. Its basic with somewhat simple features... I count that as another plus. One thing! Learning curve - be careful not to have too many windows open or you can lose track of the recording windows. Either way, I give a full 5 stars because of the core working features.
- (2025-06-04) hi, everything is ok :-), I have a only one think :how can I change the ctrl shift s shortcut?
- (2025-06-04) Not work
- (2025-06-02) I love when extentions do exactly what I want them to do.
- (2025-06-02) Doesn't work for some reason… No matter if it's saved as .mp3 or .wav, the audio recorded by the extension has random glitches and crackling sounds. The developer claims that the extension records exactly what is happening on the tab, but that’s not like this: I listen to the sound while it's being recorded, and there are no distortions at all — the issues only appear in the final recording.
- (2025-06-01) This is exactly what I need so of course it doesn't work. At least, v2.22 is broken. I set it to not have any recording time limit and to use high quality MP3. Then I started it recording a 368-minute program. Six hours later, when the program was complete, I manually stopped the recording, and saved it. It showed six hours recorded - but only 180 min was saved. Exactly 180.00 minutes btw. Because I really, really wanted it to work, I tried again; and it did the same thing again. [I see now that the exact same thing was reported by another user too, on Apr 1, 2025. How hard can this be to fix ??]
- (2025-06-01) It is easy to use and works great.
- (2025-05-30) amazing recorder just what i need