Small snippet to recover local recordings Zencastr has stored in IndexedDB. I used this to recover an audio file that failed to upload.

zencaster-recover.js

app.location.recordings.each(function (recording) { 
  recording.tracks.each(function (track) { 
    track.downloadFromLocal(window.location.href); 
  }) 
})

Zencastr Recovery Script.md

Zencastr Recovery Script

This is a small snippet to recover local recordings Zencastr has stored in IndexedDB. I used this to recover an audio file that failed to upload.

To run it (instrutions for Google Chrome, you may have to adapt for other web browsers):

1. open the web browser you were using when you made the recording,
2. visit the Zencastr URL where you made the recording,
3. right click on the page and select "Inspect",
4. click on the "Console" tab,
5. paste the script into the prompt and hit enter.

The file should then show up as a typical download does. For me that's to automatically download in my Downloads directory.

Hey @mscottford! Thank you for posting this. This is what happens when I try out your script:

Thank you @mscottford! This worked fabulously. I followed your instructions and was able to retrieve the mp3 file when the recovery link by Zencastr did not work. You saved my life!

Hola buenas, porfavor alguien sabe que hacer cuando no puedo acceder al ordenador de mi invitado.
Tengo mis archivos pero los suyos están en un limbo y necesito recuperarlos

I am getting Uncaught (in promise) Error: Store is empty which looks like the same issue as https://gist.github.com/mscottford/16f0222b75e5f0ac70e4b2076ecf7b15#gistcomment-3652565 .
This happened with Chromium. Apparently I have to re-record everything...

@tylerlwhite:

Hey @mscottford! Thank you for posting this. This is what happens when I try out your script:

@ joaquimrocha:

I am getting Uncaught (in promise) Error: Store is empty which looks like the same issue as https://gist.github.com/mscottford/16f0222b75e5f0ac70e4b2076ecf7b15#gistcomment-3652565 . This happened with Chromium. Apparently I have to re-record everything...

It could be that you've found an edge case that this little snippet doesn't work for. Do you see anything saved in localStorage?

I don't have anything indeed in the local storage. This happened on Chromium, no UI feedback at all during the recording that things were not getting stored. 😞