Can someone tell me how can i use something like a timer to start a video recording interval process for a period of time (eg: 5mins) then restarts to record another set of 5min video until the user intervene to stop the process.. I'm kinna new in android/java so can someone help me along with this question?
public class ServiceRecording extends Service {
@Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return null;
}
private SurfaceView surfaceView;
private SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder;
public static Camera ServiceCamera;
public static boolean recordingStatus;
@Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
recordingStatus = false;
ServiceCamera = CameraTest.MainCamera;
surfaceView = CameraTest.surfaceView;
surfaceHolder = CameraTest.surfaceHolder;
}
@Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
super.onStartCommand(intent, flags, startId);
if (recordingStatus == false)
startRecording();
return START_STICKY;
}
@Override
public void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
stopRecording();
//camera.stopPreview();
recordingStatus = false;
//camera.release();
}
private MediaRecorder mediaRecorder;
private static int encodingStatus;
private static String videoResolution;
private static String fileFormat;
private static boolean audioStatus;
private static int timeInterval;
private static final String TAG = "Exception";
public boolean startRecording(){
try {
encodingStatus = Tab1Activity.encodingPref;
videoResolution = Tab1Activity.videoResPref;
fileFormat = Tab1Activity.fileFormatPref;
audioStatus = Tab2Activity.audioPref;
timeInterval = Tab2Activity.timeIntervalPref;
Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "Recording Started", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
try{
ServiceCamera.reconnect();
ServiceCamera.unlock();
}
catch(Exception e){
}
mediaRecorder = new MediaRecorder();
mediaRecorder.setCamera(ServiceCamera);
mediaRecorder.setAudioSource(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.MIC);//
mediaRecorder.setVideoSource(MediaRecorder.VideoSource.CAMERA);
mediaRecorder.setOutputFormat(MediaRecorder.OutputFormat.DEFAULT);
mediaRecorder.setMaxDuration(timeInterval);
mediaRecorder.setAudioEncoder(MediaRecorder.AudioEncoder.DEFAULT);
mediaRecorder.setVideoEncoder(encodingStatus);
//mediaRecorder.setOutputFormat(MediaRecorder.OutputFormat.DEFAULT);
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH_mm_ss");
Date date = new Date();
File dirlist = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/VideoList");
if(!(dirlist.exists()))
dirlist.mkdir();
File TempFile = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/VideoList", dateFormat.format(date) + fileFormat);
mediaRecorder.setOutputFile(TempFile.getPath());
String[] separatedRes = videoResolution.split("x");
separatedRes[0];
separatedRes[1];
mediaRecorder.setVideoSize(surfaceView.getWidth(),surfaceView.getHeight());
//mediaRecorder.setVideoFrameRate(videoFramesPerSecond);
mediaRecorder.setPreviewDisplay(surfaceHolder.getSurface());
mediaRecorder.prepare();
mediaRecorder.start();
recordingStatus = true;
return true;
}
catch (IllegalStateException e) {
Log.d(TAG,e.getMessage());
e.printStackTrace();
return false;
}
catch (IOException e) {
Log.d(TAG,e.getMessage());
e.printStackTrace();
return false;
}
}
public void stopRecording() {
Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "Recording Stopped", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
mediaRecorder.reset();
mediaRecorder.release();
recordingStatus = false;
}
}