title: Why My Recorded Audio Bit rate is always Zero when recording with Mediarecorder Android
body: <p>I have an app which records Audio and saves it in SD Card.When i check the Recorded Audio's the bit Rate of the recorded Audio files are always Zero (0 kbps).The file format is MP3. Below is my code</p>
  
  <pre><code> mRecorder = new MediaRecorder();
  mRecorder.setAudioSource(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.MIC);
  mRecorder.setOutputFormat(MediaRecorder.OutputFormat.DEFAULT);
  mRecorder.setOutputFile(mFileName);
  mRecorder.setAudioEncoder(MediaRecorder.AudioEncoder.DEFAULT);
  mRecorder.setMaxDuration(60000);
  mRecorder.setAudioSamplingRate(44100);
      mRecorder.setAudioEncodingBitRate(96000);   
  
  try {
      mRecorder.prepare();
  } catch (IOException e) {
      Log.e(LOG_TAG, "prepare() failed");
  }
  
  mRecorder.start();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Please Suggest What could be the problem and what is the solution.Thank you.</p>