# Metadata
Platforms: desktop OS: mac Introduced: 2.0 Security:
# Syntax
the recordCompressionTypes
# Examples
the recordCompressionTypes
if storedType is not among the lines of the recordCompressionTypes \ then answer record
# Description
Use the recordCompressionTypes function to find out which formats you can use to record sound with the record sound command.
You specify a codec by setting the recordCompression property to one of the four- character identifiers returned by the recordCompressionTypes. The record sound command then uses that codec to compress recorded sounds. Each codec supports a different type of compress.
# Tags
# See
- **keyword:** items, character, line - **property:** recordCompression - **command:** answer record, record sound - **function:** compress - **control structure:** function - **glossary:** property, loaded into memory, return, compress, command, codec