diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 95d9209..52a0bd2 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
 
 <script src='perlin.js'></script>
 <script src="liquify.js"></script>
+<script src="mp4-muxer-main/build/mp4-muxer.js"></script>
 
 
 </html>
diff --git a/liquify.js b/liquify.js
index 6b74e8e..de60cb9 100644
--- a/liquify.js
+++ b/liquify.js
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ var recordBtn = document.getElementById("recordVideoButton");
 recordBtn.addEventListener('click', chooseRecordingFunction);
 */
 
-var recording = false;
 var mediaRecorder;
 var recordedChunks;
 var finishedBlob;
@@ -471,10 +470,15 @@ function startGenerativeDraw(){
     */
 
     if(playAnimationToggle==true){
+      /*
       setTimeout(function(){
         liquify(x,y);
         animationRequest = requestAnimationFrame(loop);
       },MOUSE_UPDATE_DELAY);
+      */
+      liquify(x,y);
+      animationRequest = requestAnimationFrame(loop);
+
     }
 
   }
@@ -634,6 +638,10 @@ document.addEventListener('keydown', function(event) {
       toggleGUI();
   } else if(event.key === 'p'){
       pausePlayAnimation();
+  } else if(event.key === 'v'){
+      chooseRecordingFunction();
+  } else if(event.key === 'b'){
+      chooseEndRecordingFunction();
   }
 });
 
@@ -739,7 +747,7 @@ function pausePlayAnimation(){
 //SOURCE: https://github.com/joeiddon/perlin
 
 var perlinDataArray;
-const GRID_SIZE = 4;
+const GRID_SIZE = 3;
 const RESOLUTION = 128;
 const COLOR_SCALE = 250;
 var numPerlinRows = GRID_SIZE*RESOLUTION;
@@ -772,11 +780,202 @@ function generatePerlinData(){
       }
   }
 
-  console.log(perlinDataArray);
+}
+
+
+function toggleVideoRecord(){
+  if(recordVideoState == false){
+    recordVideoState = true;
+    chooseRecordingFunction();
+  } else {
+    recordVideoState = false;
+    chooseEndRecordingFunction();
+  }
+}
+
+function chooseRecordingFunction(){
+  if(isIOS || isAndroid || isFirefox){
+      startMobileRecording();
+  }else {
+      recordVideoMuxer();
+  }
+}
+
+function chooseEndRecordingFunction(){
+  if(isIOS || isAndroid || isFirefox){
+      mobileRecorder.stop();
+  }else {
+      finalizeVideo();
+  }
+}
+
+//record html canvas element and export as mp4 video
+//source: https://devtails.xyz/adam/how-to-save-html-canvas-to-mp4-using-web-codecs-api
+async function recordVideoMuxer() {
+  console.log("start muxer video recording");
+  var videoWidth = Math.floor(canvas.width/2)*2;
+  var videoHeight = Math.floor(canvas.height/8)*8; //force a number which is divisible by 8
+  console.log("Video dimensions: "+videoWidth+", "+videoHeight);
+
+  //display user message
+  //recordingMessageCountdown(videoDuration);
+  recordingMessageDiv.classList.remove("hidden");
+
+  recordVideoState = true;
+  const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d", {
+    // This forces the use of a software (instead of hardware accelerated) 2D canvas
+    // This isn't necessary, but produces quicker results
+    willReadFrequently: true,
+    // Desynchronizes the canvas paint cycle from the event loop
+    // Should be less necessary with OffscreenCanvas, but with a real canvas you will want this
+    desynchronized: true,
+  });
+
+  muxer = new Mp4Muxer.Muxer({
+    target: new Mp4Muxer.ArrayBufferTarget(),
+  //let muxer = new Muxer({
+      //target: new ArrayBufferTarget(),
+      video: {
+          // If you change this, make sure to change the VideoEncoder codec as well
+          codec: "avc",
+          width: videoWidth,
+          height: videoHeight,
+      },
+
+      firstTimestampBehavior: 'offset', 
+
+    // mp4-muxer docs claim you should always use this with ArrayBufferTarget
+    fastStart: "in-memory",
+  });
+
+  videoEncoder = new VideoEncoder({
+    output: (chunk, meta) => muxer.addVideoChunk(chunk, meta),
+    error: (e) => console.error(e),
+  });
+
+  // This codec should work in most browsers
+  // See https://dmnsgn.github.io/media-codecs for list of codecs and see if your browser supports
+  videoEncoder.configure({
+    codec: "avc1.42003e",
+    width: videoWidth,
+    height: videoHeight,
+    bitrate: 4_000_000,
+    bitrateMode: "constant",
+  });
+  //NEW codec: "avc1.42003e",
+  //ORIGINAL codec: "avc1.42001f",
+
+  var frameNumber = 0;
+  //setTimeout(finalizeVideo,1000*videoDuration+200); //finish and export video after x seconds
+
+  //take a snapshot of the canvas every x miliseconds and encode to video
+  videoRecordInterval = setInterval(
+      function(){
+          if(recordVideoState == true){
+              renderCanvasToVideoFrameAndEncode({
+                  canvas,
+                  videoEncoder,
+                  frameNumber,
+                  videofps
+              })
+              frameNumber++;
+          }else{
+          }
+      } , 1000/videofps);
+
+}
+
+//finish and export video
+async function finalizeVideo(){
+  console.log("finalize muxer video");
+  clearInterval(videoRecordInterval);
+  recordVideoState = false;
+  // Forces all pending encodes to complete
+  await videoEncoder.flush();
+  muxer.finalize();
+  let buffer = muxer.target.buffer;
+  finishedBlob = new Blob([buffer]); 
+  downloadBlob(new Blob([buffer]));
+
+  //hide user message
+  recordingMessageDiv.classList.add("hidden");
+  
+}
+
+async function renderCanvasToVideoFrameAndEncode({
+  canvas,
+  videoEncoder,
+  frameNumber,
+  videofps,
+}) {
+  let frame = new VideoFrame(canvas, {
+      // Equally spaces frames out depending on frames per second
+      timestamp: (frameNumber * 1e6) / videofps,
+  });
+
+  // The encode() method of the VideoEncoder interface asynchronously encodes a VideoFrame
+  videoEncoder.encode(frame);
+
+  // The close() method of the VideoFrame interface clears all states and releases the reference to the media resource.
+  frame.close();
+}
+
+function downloadBlob() {
+  console.log("download video");
+  let url = window.URL.createObjectURL(finishedBlob);
+  let a = document.createElement("a");
+  a.style.display = "none";
+  a.href = url;
+  const date = new Date();
+  const filename = `liquify_${date.toLocaleDateString()}_${date.toLocaleTimeString()}.mp4`;
+  a.download = filename;
+  document.body.appendChild(a);
+  a.click();
+  window.URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
+}
+
+//record and download videos on mobile devices
+function startMobileRecording(){
+  var stream = canvas.captureStream(videofps);
+  mobileRecorder = new MediaRecorder(stream, { 'type': 'video/mp4' });
+  mobileRecorder.addEventListener('dataavailable', finalizeMobileVideo);
+
+  console.log("start simple video recording");
+  console.log("Video dimensions: "+canvas.width+", "+canvas.height);
+
+  //display user message
+  //recordingMessageCountdown(videoDuration);
+  recordingMessageDiv.classList.remove("hidden");
+  
+  recordVideoState = true;
+
+  mobileRecorder.start(); //start mobile video recording
+
+  /*
+  setTimeout(function() {
+      recorder.stop();
+  }, 1000*videoDuration+200);
+  */
+}
+
+function finalizeMobileVideo(e) {
+  setTimeout(function(){
+      console.log("finish simple video recording");
+      recordVideoState = false;
+      /*
+      mobileRecorder.stop();*/
+      var videoData = [ e.data ];
+      finishedBlob = new Blob(videoData, { 'type': 'video/mp4' });
+      downloadBlob(finishedBlob);
+      
+      //hide user message
+      recordingMessageDiv.classList.add("hidden");
+
+  },500);
+
 }
 
 
 //MAIN METHOD
 chooseBackground();
-//setTimeout(startGenerativeDraw,2000);