If you get a "NotAllowedError: Permission Denied" when you try to start a Poodll recording, then you will need to grant permission to your browser to access the mic / webcam.


If your site is not on HTTPS :
Then this is likely to be the cause of the error. Browers require HTTPS before they will grant access to the underlying devices.

If your site is on HTTPS:

Then this error will be because the microphone/webcam was not granted permission when the little dialog showed.
This is the toolbar on Chrome when permission has been granted ...
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Note the little video camera mark. It might be a microphone in some cases , but in Google Chrome at least you should see a mark there on a page with a recorder.

This is how it looks when permission has not been granted.
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You can fix this by clicking on the mark. You should then be able to grant permission to the browser to access the web cam / microphone. 
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(apologies because it is in Japanese, but hopefully its clear what you should do).



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