Android MediaRecorder - “start failed: -19”

Question

I\'m trying to create a video recorder on Android, and I\'ve prepared my code which is supposed to be working - but I constantly get an error message start failed: -19

Answer 1

the problem is in your setVideoSize() code .

and why this code error ...

From the research I have done, error code -19 comes about when there is a problem with the size of the video as set by MediaRecorder#setVideoSize()

run this code , and see whitch screen that your camera in your device can support :

final List mSupportedVideoSizes = getSupportedVideoSizes(mCamera);
        for (Camera.Size str : mSupportedVideoSizes)
            Log.e(TAG, "mSupportedVideoSizes "+str.width + ":" + str.height + " ... "
                    + ((float) str.width / str.height));

and method is :

public List getSupportedVideoSizes(Camera camera) {
        if (camera.getParameters().getSupportedVideoSizes() != null) {
            return camera.getParameters().getSupportedVideoSizes();
        } else {
            // Video sizes may be null, which indicates that all the supported 
            // preview sizes are supported for video recording.
            return camera.getParameters().getSupportedPreviewSizes();
        }
    }