Audio Recording Timer

Audio Recording Timer

Start Obsidian’s core audio recording with a rounded end time, and stop it automatically when time is up.

Usage

• Click the plugin’s timer icon in the left ribbon.
• Choose a Quick end time.
• Optionally use Add time to move the selected end time later.
• Confirm or edit the final End time. Use Reset to clear the selection.
• Click Start.

Quick end-time choices start at the first 15-minute clock boundary at least 15 minutes from now and cover approximately two hours by default. In Settings → Audio Recording Timer, you can extend the range in 30-minute increments up to 5 hours 30 minutes.

While recording:

• Click the plugin’s timer icon again to stop now or extend.
• Remaining time is shown in the status bar (desktop).

Requirements

• Obsidian core plugin Audio recorder must be enabled.

By default, this plugin uses:

• Start: audio-recorder:start
• Stop: audio-recorder:stop

You can change them in Settings → Audio Recording Timer if needed.

Notes

• To “unify” the UI, you can hide the core recorder’s ribbon icon from Obsidian (right-click the ribbon icon and hide it).
• Auto-stop uses best-effort timing. If the OS suspends Obsidian (e.g., sleep), the stop is executed immediately after the app resumes.

Disclosures

• No payment or account required.
• No network use.
• No ads or telemetry.
• Uses your device microphone via Obsidian’s core Audio recorder plugin. Recorded files are created by Obsidian inside your vault according to your attachment settings.

Development

This repo can auto-deploy the built files into your vault’s plugins folder after each successful build.

1. Copy .env.example to .env and set OBSIDIAN_PLUGINS_DIR.
2. Run npm run dev (watch) or npm run build (production).

License

• Source code: MIT (see LICENSE).
• Third-party assets: see THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.md.