MediaRecorder: start failed: -2147483648 on specific devices

[LtotheWT]

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Prerequisites:

• I am using the latest version
• I can reproduce the bug in the demo app, and if not...
• I have tried to reproduce the bug in the demo app

Detailed steps to reproduce the issue:

1. switch to video session
2. click on record video button
3. not able to record video

Expected behavior:

able to record video

Actual behavior:

not able to record video

Screenshots:

Interesting logs:

01-22 08:51:43.534 10317-10338/com.otaliastudios.cameraview.demo E/MediaRecorder: start failed: -2147483648
01-22 08:51:43.535 10317-10338/com.otaliastudios.cameraview.demo E/Camera1: Error while starting MediaRecorder. Swallowing. java.lang.RuntimeException: start failed.
java.lang.RuntimeException: start failed.
at android.media.MediaRecorder.start(Native Method)
at com.otaliastudios.cameraview.Camera1$14.run(Camera1.java:604)
at com.otaliastudios.cameraview.Camera1$2.run(Camera1.java:58)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:751)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:61)
01-22 08:51:43.537 10317-10338/com.otaliastudios.cameraview.demo I/Camera1: endVideoImmediately: is capturing: true
01-22 08:51:43.537 10317-10338/com.otaliastudios.cameraview.demo E/MediaRecorder: stop called in an invalid state: 0
01-22 08:51:43.538 10317-10338/com.otaliastudios.cameraview.demo W/Camera1: endVideoImmediately: Error while closing media recorder. Swallowing java.lang.IllegalStateException
java.lang.IllegalStateException
at android.media.MediaRecorder.stop(Native Method)
at com.otaliastudios.cameraview.Camera1.endVideoImmediately(Camera1.java:634)
at com.otaliastudios.cameraview.Camera1.access$1500(Camera1.java:24)
at com.otaliastudios.cameraview.Camera1$14.run(Camera1.java:609)
at com.otaliastudios.cameraview.Camera1$2.run(Camera1.java:58)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:751)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:61)

You can use CameraLogger.setLogLevel(LEVEL_VERBOSE)
to add logs to logcat, and CameraLogger.registerLogger()
to handle logs yourself (e.g. export to file or a crash reporting service)
so you can collect data from your users.

[LtotheWT]

@natario1 thx for this project, by the way do you have any idea on this ?

[natario1]

No, no idea, maybe the file you are passing to startRecording is invalid. Which File are you passing?

[LtotheWT]

hi @natario1, i have testing across many devices, ur library works fine on most device except htc and huawei. End up i use another library that implement camera 2 api.

[Dancas93]

i have same error.
E/Camera1: Error while starting MediaRecorder. Swallowing. java.lang.IllegalStateExceptionjava.lang.IllegalStateException at android.media.MediaRecorder._start(Native Method) at android.media.MediaRecorder.start(MediaRecorder.java:946) at com.otaliastudios.cameraview.Camera1$14.run(Camera1.java:638) at com.otaliastudios.cameraview.Camera1$2.run(Camera1.java:63) at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:739) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:158) at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:61)

[derohimat]

I got same issue run in emulator

[natario1]

Hoping this was solved by #264 , feel free to reopen.

[hangga]

I also found the same error on the CUBOT_X18_Plus device

**** DEVICE INFORMATION *****
Brand: CUBOT
Device: CUBOT_X18_Plus
Model: CUBOT_X18_Plus
Id: O00623
Product: CUBOT_X18_Plus
*****************************

2019-08-19 14:08:38.626 515-4129/? E/CameraSource: Video dimension (800x480) is unsupported
2019-08-19 14:08:38.628 515-4129/? E/StagefrightRecorder: [setupMPEG4orWEBMRecording] setupMediaSource Fail err=-19
2019-08-19 14:08:38.628 9068-9178/com.sebangsa.hqq.qa E/MediaRecorder: start failed: -19
2019-08-19 14:08:38.631 9068-9178/com.sebangsa.hqq.qa E/Camera1: Error while starting MediaRecorder. Swallowing. java.lang.RuntimeException: start failed.
    java.lang.RuntimeException: start failed.
        at android.media.MediaRecorder.start(Native Method)
        at com.otaliastudios.cameraview.Camera1$14.run(Camera1.java:645)
        at com.otaliastudios.cameraview.Camera1$2.run(Camera1.java:63)
        at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:869)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:101)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:206)
        at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:65)

Then I do this

if (Build.BRAND.toUpperCase().equalsIgnoreCase("CUBOT")){
    cameraPreviewLayout.setVideoQuality(VideoQuality.LOWEST);
} else {
	cameraPreviewLayout.setVideoQuality(VideoQuality.HIGHEST);
}

and solved it, Alhamdulillah..