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Monday, October 24, 2011

A simple exercise of Video Capture using MediaRecorder, for Android 2.3 or higher

Refer to my old exercise "A simple exercise of Video Capture using MediaRecorder" for SDK Level 8 Android 2.2. But it fail to run on Android 2.3!!! So I re-write it for SDK Level 10, Android 2.3.3. Tested on Nexus One running Android 2.3.6.

A simple exercise of Video Capture using MediaRecorder, run on Nexus One running 2.3.6

Main Code:
package com.exercise.AndroidVideoCapture;

import java.io.IOException;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.hardware.Camera;
import android.media.CamcorderProfile;
import android.media.MediaRecorder;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.SurfaceHolder;
import android.view.SurfaceView;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.FrameLayout;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class AndroidVideoCapture extends Activity{

private Camera myCamera;
private MyCameraSurfaceView myCameraSurfaceView;
private MediaRecorder mediaRecorder;

Button myButton;
SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder;
boolean recording;

/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

recording = false;

setContentView(R.layout.main);

//Get Camera for preview
myCamera = getCameraInstance();
if(myCamera == null){
Toast.makeText(AndroidVideoCapture.this,
"Fail to get Camera",
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}

myCameraSurfaceView = new MyCameraSurfaceView(this, myCamera);
FrameLayout myCameraPreview = (FrameLayout)findViewById(R.id.videoview);
myCameraPreview.addView(myCameraSurfaceView);

myButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.mybutton);
myButton.setOnClickListener(myButtonOnClickListener);
}

Button.OnClickListener myButtonOnClickListener
= new Button.OnClickListener(){

@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
if(recording){
// stop recording and release camera
mediaRecorder.stop(); // stop the recording
releaseMediaRecorder(); // release the MediaRecorder object

//Exit after saved
finish();
}else{

//Release Camera before MediaRecorder start
releaseCamera();

if(!prepareMediaRecorder()){
Toast.makeText(AndroidVideoCapture.this,
"Fail in prepareMediaRecorder()!\n - Ended -",
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
finish();
}

mediaRecorder.start();
recording = true;
myButton.setText("STOP");
}
}};

private Camera getCameraInstance(){
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
Camera c = null;
try {
c = Camera.open(); // attempt to get a Camera instance
}
catch (Exception e){
// Camera is not available (in use or does not exist)
}
return c; // returns null if camera is unavailable
}

private boolean prepareMediaRecorder(){
myCamera = getCameraInstance();
mediaRecorder = new MediaRecorder();

myCamera.unlock();
mediaRecorder.setCamera(myCamera);

mediaRecorder.setAudioSource(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.CAMCORDER);
mediaRecorder.setVideoSource(MediaRecorder.VideoSource.CAMERA);

mediaRecorder.setProfile(CamcorderProfile.get(CamcorderProfile.QUALITY_HIGH));

mediaRecorder.setOutputFile("/sdcard/myvideo.mp4");
mediaRecorder.setMaxDuration(60000); // Set max duration 60 sec.
mediaRecorder.setMaxFileSize(5000000); // Set max file size 5M

mediaRecorder.setPreviewDisplay(myCameraSurfaceView.getHolder().getSurface());

try {
mediaRecorder.prepare();
} catch (IllegalStateException e) {
releaseMediaRecorder();
return false;
} catch (IOException e) {
releaseMediaRecorder();
return false;
}
return true;

}

@Override
protected void onPause() {
super.onPause();
releaseMediaRecorder(); // if you are using MediaRecorder, release it first
releaseCamera(); // release the camera immediately on pause event
}

private void releaseMediaRecorder(){
if (mediaRecorder != null) {
mediaRecorder.reset(); // clear recorder configuration
mediaRecorder.release(); // release the recorder object
mediaRecorder = null;
myCamera.lock(); // lock camera for later use
}
}

private void releaseCamera(){
if (myCamera != null){
myCamera.release(); // release the camera for other applications
myCamera = null;
}
}

public class MyCameraSurfaceView extends SurfaceView implements SurfaceHolder.Callback{

private SurfaceHolder mHolder;
private Camera mCamera;

public MyCameraSurfaceView(Context context, Camera camera) {
super(context);
mCamera = camera;

// Install a SurfaceHolder.Callback so we get notified when the
// underlying surface is created and destroyed.
mHolder = getHolder();
mHolder.addCallback(this);
// deprecated setting, but required on Android versions prior to 3.0
mHolder.setType(SurfaceHolder.SURFACE_TYPE_PUSH_BUFFERS);
}

@Override
public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int weight,
int height) {
// If your preview can change or rotate, take care of those events here.
// Make sure to stop the preview before resizing or reformatting it.

if (mHolder.getSurface() == null){
// preview surface does not exist
return;
}

// stop preview before making changes
try {
mCamera.stopPreview();
} catch (Exception e){
// ignore: tried to stop a non-existent preview
}

// make any resize, rotate or reformatting changes here

// start preview with new settings
try {
mCamera.setPreviewDisplay(mHolder);
mCamera.startPreview();

} catch (Exception e){
}
}

@Override
public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
// The Surface has been created, now tell the camera where to draw the preview.
try {
mCamera.setPreviewDisplay(holder);
mCamera.startPreview();
} catch (IOException e) {
}
}

@Override
public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub

}
}
}


main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<FrameLayout
android:id="@+id/videoview"
android:layout_width="720px"
android:layout_height="480px"/>
<Button
android:id="@+id/mybutton"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="REC"
android:textSize="12dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>


AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.exercise.AndroidVideoCapture"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0">
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="10" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"></uses-permission>
<application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
<activity android:name=".AndroidVideoCapture"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen"
android:screenOrientation="landscape">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>

</application>
</manifest>


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- Video Capture using MediaRecorder with Flash Light

Reference:
- Android Dev Guide: Camera

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2 comments:

  1. Is there a way to come back to Preview mode after STOP recording. the idea is to record videos repeatedly.

    Apprently this is how the built in video recorder works.

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