Mediarecorder start failed -19

Question

I am getting this error when running start() for mediarecorder.

06-28 18:46:22.570: E/MediaRecorder(9540): start failed: -19
06-28 18:46:22.570: W/System.err         


        

Answer 1

This code worked for me (found here)

mCamera.unlock(); // maybe not for your activity flow

//1st. Initial state
mProfile = CamcorderProfile.get( CamcorderProfile.QUALITY_HIGH );
mMediaRecorder = new MediaRecorder();
mMediaRecorder.setCamera( mCamera );

//2nd. Initialized state
mMediaRecorder.setAudioSource( MediaRecorder.AudioSource.CAMCORDER );
mMediaRecorder.setVideoSource( MediaRecorder.VideoSource.CAMERA );

//3rd. config
mMediaRecorder.setOutputFormat( mProfile.fileFormat );
mMediaRecorder.setAudioEncoder( mProfile.audioCodec );
mMediaRecorder.setVideoEncoder( mProfile.videoCodec );
mMediaRecorder.setOutputFile( "/sdcard/FBVideo.3gp" );
mMediaRecorder.setVideoSize( mProfile.videoFrameWidth, mProfile.videoFrameHeight );
mMediaRecorder.setVideoFrameRate( mProfile.videoFrameRate );
mMediaRecorder.setVideoEncodingBitRate( mProfile.videoBitRate );
mMediaRecorder.setAudioEncodingBitRate( mProfile.audioBitRate );
mMediaRecorder.setAudioChannels( mProfile.audioChannels );
mMediaRecorder.setAudioSamplingRate( mProfile.audioSampleRate );
mMediaRecorder.setPreviewDisplay( mHolder.getSurface() );

try {
    mMediaRecorder.prepare();
    mMediaRecorder.start();
} catch ( IllegalStateException e ) {
    e.printStackTrace();
} catch ( IOException e ) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}