Internal Audio cannot be recorded on Android 10 or lower
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Description
Is there an existing issue for this?
- This is a bug in RetroArch frontend
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Description
Internal audio recording doesn't work in retroarch anymore, the last working version was 1.10.2 and nightly build 2025-29-04, but any version after that doesn't allow to record internal audio anymore, not even the latest version 1.21.0 or lastest nightly build, i think this problem is specific for Android 10 or lower related to the audio permissions, i have another phone with Android 14 and it can record internal audio even with the lastest version without any issues.
Expected behavior
Record my screen gameplay resulting in a video with internal audio recorded
Steps to reproduce the bug
Just record the screen with internal audio recording enabled in any Android 10 device and you'll get and video with no audio
Version/Commit
1.21.0
Bisect Results
1.10.2 or lower and 2025-29-04 nightly build but I can't find it anymore
Check in the nightly version
Yes, this is reproduced in the nightly build, lastest tested 2025-05-05 build
Platform & operating system
Android 10
Affected Cores
Everything
Environment information
Android 10 devices
Relevant log output
No response
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Research direction
No source file or test is identified in the issue. First reproduce screen recording with internal audio on Android 10 or lower, then compare the result with Android 14 and the last known working versions; done means the resulting gameplay video contains internal audio on affected Android versions.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, c
- Domain
- audio-video-rtc, mobile-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100