Android App Development for Motorola Devices

[staid]

  recorder = new MediaRecorder();
   recorder.setVideoSource(MediaRecorder.VideoSource.CAMERA);   

   recorder.setOutputFormat(MediaRecorder.OutputFormat.THREE_GPP);  
   surfaceHolder.setKeepScreenOn(true);
   recorder.setPreviewDisplay(surfaceHolder.getSurface()); 
   recorder.setVideoSize(352,288);   
   recorder.setVideoFrameRate(30); 
   recorder.setVideoEncodingBitRate(500 * 1024);       
   recorder.setVideoEncoder(MediaRecorder.VideoEncoder.H264);   
 

[caguilar]

Hi, 

you ever get anywhere with this. I have been having the same problems with this. and so far your the only post i have found on the matter.

[Greg_Wilson]

I finally got around to playing with this (the office is pretty quiet this week; a lot of folks are taking an extended Christmas break) and after adding the needed bits of code (surfaceChanged(), surfaceCreated(), and surfaceDestroyed() methods, primarily), it seems to be working fine for me on a DROID 3 running Android 2.3.5. If you are still having problems with this, try the attached APK (unzip it first, of course); it is from the project I created based on your code. 

-Greg Wilson

 MOTODEV Technical Support

 Motorola Mobility, Inc.

[DailyRoads]

Would you mind sharing the essential parts from your code? I'd like to see specifically how you handle the surface events you mentioned. We are having the same problem (with the green/purple squares) on all the newer Motorola devices, and trying to rewrite the video recording code, using as the starting point this recommended way:

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/camera.html#capture-video

Thanks and regards,

Robert

[Greg_Wilson]

My Java source is attached. No guarantees, of course, but it worked for me.

-Greg Wilson

 MOTODEV Technical Support

 Motorola Mobility, Inc.

[DailyRoads]

Thanks, I'll try to adapt my code, and see if it changes anything on the users' phones.

[DailyRoads]

No good news On a Droid Razr Maxx my test app still creates corrupt video files. And the apk you posted simply won't run, just crashes. Any other ideas?

[DailyRoads]

I heard back from 2 users, who updated their phones to Android 2.3.6. Both say the videos now record properly  

[Greg_Wilson]

Excellent news!

-Greg Wilson

 MOTODEV Technical Support

 Motorola Mobility, Inc.