INTENT.ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE not saving file to cus

Question

I have created an app like this. It has a Button , on the click of button the video capture starts.

now I have a code like this for it:-

public class VideoCaptureComponentActivity extends Activity implements View.OnClickListener {
    VideoView vv;
    ImageButton ib;
    TextView tv;
    Intent i;
    final static int cameraData=0;
    File path = null;
    Uri myVideo;

    private static final int CAPTURE_VIDEO_ACTIVITY_REQUEST_CODE = 200;
    private Uri fileUri;

    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); 
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        vv= (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.vvVideoCapture);
        ib=(ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.btnVideo);
        ib.setOnClickListener(this);
        tv= (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tvFilePath);
    }

    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {               
        switch(v.getId())
        {
            case R.id.btnVideo:
                Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE);
                fileUri = getOutputMediaFileUri();  // create a file to save the video
                intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, fileUri);  // set the image file name
                intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_VIDEO_QUALITY, 0); // set the video image quality to high

                // start the Video Capture Intent
                startActivityForResult(intent, CAPTURE_VIDEO_ACTIVITY_REQUEST_CODE);
                break;
        }

    }

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data)
{
     if (requestCode == CAPTURE_VIDEO_ACTIVITY_REQUEST_CODE) 
     {
            if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) 
            {
                myVideo= data.getData();
                tv.setText(myVideo.toString());
                vv.setVideoURI(myVideo);
                vv.setMediaController(new MediaController(this));
                vv.requestFocus();
                vv.start(); 
            }           
    }
}


/** Create a file Uri for saving an image or video */
private static Uri getOutputMediaFileUri()
{
      return Uri.fromFile(getOutputMediaFile());
}

/** Create a File for saving an image or video */
private static File getOutputMediaFile()
{
    File mediaStorageDir = new File(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(
              Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES), "MyCameraApp");

    if (! mediaStorageDir.exists()){
        if (! mediaStorageDir.mkdirs()){
            Log.d("MyCameraApp", "failed to create directory");
            return null;
        }
    }
    File mediaFile;
    mediaFile = new File(mediaStorageDir.getPath() + File.separator +
        "VID_CAPTURED" + ".mp4");
   return mediaFile;
}


}

now after I m capturing the video the application is crashing.

07-06 17:12:09.447: E/AndroidRuntime(2917): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
07-06 17:12:09.447: E/AndroidRuntime(2917): java.lang.RuntimeException: Failure delivering result ResultInfo{who=null, request=200, result=-1, data=Intent {  }} to activity {com.optimus.mobile.survey/com.optimus.mobile.survey.VideoCaptureComponentActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException
07-06 17:12:09.447: E/AndroidRuntime(2917):     at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults(ActivityThread.java:3712)
07-06 17:12:09.447: E/AndroidRuntime(2917):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleSendResult(ActivityThread.java:3754)
07-06 17:12:09.447: E/AndroidRuntime(2917):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2800(ActivityThread.java:135)
07-06 17:12:09.447: E/AndroidRuntime(2917):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2162)
07-06 17:12:09.447: E/AndroidRuntime(2917):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
07-06 17:12:09.447: E/AndroidRuntime(2917):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:143)
07-06 17:12:09.447: E/AndroidRuntime(2917):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4914)
07-06 17:12:09.447: E/AndroidRuntime(2917):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
07-06 17:12:09.447: E/AndroidRuntime(2917):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
07-06 17:12:09.447: E/AndroidRuntime(2917):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:858)
07-06 17:12:09.447: E/AndroidRuntime(2917):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)
07-06 17:12:09.447: E/AndroidRuntime(2917):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
07-06 17:12:09.447: E/AndroidRuntime(2917): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
07-06 17:12:09.447: E/AndroidRuntime(2917):     at com.optimus.mobile.survey.VideoCaptureComponentActivity.onActivityResult(VideoCaptureComponentActivity.java:82)
07-06 17:12:09.447: E/AndroidRuntime(2917):     at android.app.Activity.dispatchActivityResult(Activity.java:3931)
07-06 17:12:09.447: E/AndroidRuntime(2917):     at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults(ActivityThread.java:3708)
07-06 17:12:09.447: E/AndroidRuntime(2917):     ... 11 more

basically the problem is that that
in the code

Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE);
fileUri = getOutputMediaFileUri();  
intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, fileUri);  
intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_VIDEO_QUALITY, 0); 

here it is not saving the file to location set , I dont know whats the problem . I took this code from this link http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/camera.html

Answer 1

private static String FILE_NAM1  = "video_one";

protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
    if(requestCode == VIDEO_ACTIVITY) {
        Uri videoFileUri = data.getData();
        String outputfile = getFilesDir() + File.separator+FILE_NAM1+"_tmp.mp4";

        try {
            InputStream in = getContentResolver().openInputStream(videoFileUri);
            MainActivity.createFileFromInputStream(in, outputfile);
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        System.out.println("saved uri is "+videoFileUri.toString());
        Intent intent = new Intent(getBaseContext(), VideoActivity.class);
        intent.putExtra("video_uri",videoFileUri);
        startActivity(intent);
    }
}

private static File createFileFromInputStream(InputStream inputStream, String fileName) {

   try{
      File f = new File(fileName);
      f.setWritable(true, false);
      OutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(f);
      byte buffer[] = new byte[1024];
      int length = 0;

      while((length=inputStream.read(buffer)) > 0) {
        outputStream.write(buffer,0,length);
      }

      outputStream.close();
      inputStream.close();

      return f;
   }catch (IOException e) {
       System.out.println("error in creating a file");
       e.printStackTrace();
   }

   return null;
}

remove intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, fileUri); from the intent

Answer 2

No if you are passing Uri for saving Image or Video with putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, fileUri); then you always receive data.getData(); in onActivityResult as NULL. so use Uri of image or Video passed with intent as:

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data)
{
     if (requestCode == CAPTURE_VIDEO_ACTIVITY_REQUEST_CODE) 
     {
            if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) 
            {
              //  myVideo= data.getData();
                tv.setText("Video"); 
                vv.setVideoURI(fileUri);//set Uri here which you passed with Intent
                vv.setMediaController(new MediaController(this));
                vv.requestFocus();
                vv.start(); 
            }           
    }
}

Answer 3

I use this code for rec and save video:

private String name_vid; 
private static int REC_VIDEO = 1;
public void rec_vid(View v) {
    //set name & path to vid
    name_vid = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+"/videos/myvid.mp4";
    //check if folder exists, else, create it
    File path = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+"/videos/");
    if (!path.exists())
    path.mkdirs();
    //create the intent
    Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE);
    int code = REC_VIDEO;
    Uri output = Uri.fromFile(new File(name_vid));
    //Add extra to save video
    intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, output);
    startActivityForResult(intent, code);
}

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    if (requestCode == REC_VIDEO) {
        if (resultCode == -1) {
            //create a MediaScanner to save the vid into the indicate path
            new MediaScannerConnectionClient() {
                private MediaScannerConnection msc = null;
                {
                    msc = new MediaScannerConnection(
                            getApplicationContext(), this);
                    msc.connect();
                }

                public void onMediaScannerConnected() {
                    msc.scanFile(name_vid, null);
                }

                public void onScanCompleted(String path, Uri uri) {
                    msc.disconnect();

                }
            };
            Toast.makeText(this,"Video saved succesfull",
                    Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }

    }
}

Remember that you have to set the permission uses in he manifest:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />