Recording video error Unsupported set of inputs/outputs provided

[jricha...@gmail.com]

Hi i am running the very latest preview build of Android things on my pi 3 and trying to record video using the camera v2 module that is attached to my pi 3.

The error i keep getting is this:

 12-01 09:58:23.981 8776-8776/com.jr.survailancedropboxcam W/CameraDevice-JV-0: Stream configuration failed due to: endConfigure:372: Camera 0: Unsupported set of inputs/outputs provided
12-01 09:58:23.985 8776-8958/com.jr.survailancedropboxcam D/JJJ: on configured failed
12-01 09:58:23.985 8776-8776/com.jr.survailancedropboxcam E/CameraCaptureSession: Session 0: Failed to create capture session; configuration failed

I occurs when i try to create a CaptureSession using the mediaRecorders surface object i created.

Below is my code:

 override fun startRecording(videoCameraCallback: VideoCameraCallback) {
    val cameraIdList = cameraManager.cameraIdList
    cameraManager.openCamera(cameraIdList[0], cameraStateCalback, null)

    Log.d("JJJ", "start recording called")
}

    var cameraStateCalback = object : CameraDevice.StateCallback() {
    override fun onOpened(camera: CameraDevice?) {
        if (camera != null) {
            Log.d("JJJ", "onOpened and will now create handler and capture session")
            //create handler thread
            val thread = HandlerThread("MyHandlerThread")
            thread.start()
            val handler = Handler(thread.looper)

            //create capture session
            val mediaRecorderSurface = setMediaOutputSurface()
            val surfaces = ArrayList<Surface>()
            surfaces.add(mediaRecorderSurface)
            captureRequest =  camera.createCaptureRequest(TEMPLATE_RECORD).build()
            camera.createCaptureSession(surfaces, cameraCaptureSessionCallBack,handler)
            Log.d("JJJ", "Created thread handler and capture session")
        }
    }

    override fun onDisconnected(camera: CameraDevice?) {
        Log.d("JJJ", "on disconnected")
    }

    override fun onError(camera: CameraDevice?, error: Int) {
        Log.d("JJJ", "on error")
    }
}



 var  cameraCaptureSessionCallBack = object :  CameraCaptureSession.StateCallback(){

    override fun onConfigureFailed(session: CameraCaptureSession?) {
        Log.d("JJJ", "on configured failed")
    }

    override fun onConfigured(session: CameraCaptureSession?) {
        Log.d("JJJ", "start recording")
        mediaRecorder.start()

    }
}


    private fun setMediaOutputSurface(): Surface {
          var file = File(context.filesDir.absolutePath)
        if(file.canWrite() && file.canRead()){
            Log.d("JJJ", "File location is fine")
        }

        mediaRecorder = MediaRecorder()
        mediaRecorder.setVideoSource(MediaRecorder.VideoSource.SURFACE) //changed this to surface from camera and it fixed the cant get surface error

        mediaRecorder.setOutputFormat(MediaRecorder.OutputFormat.MPEG_4)
        mediaRecorder.setVideoEncoder(MediaRecorder.VideoEncoder.H264)
        mediaRecorder.setVideoSize(600,600)


//        mediaRecorder.setVideoEncodingBitRate(10000000)
//        mediaRecorder.setVideoEncodingBitRate(512 * 1000)
        mediaRecorder.setOutputFile(context.filesDir.absolutePath + "/"+System.currentTimeMillis() + ".mp4")
        mediaRecorder.setVideoFrameRate(30)

        mediaRecorder.prepare()
//        mediaRecorder.start()
        return mediaRecorder.surface

This is my strategy for recording video

1. Get list of Camera ID's using the camera manager.
2. Open the first camera from the list(there is only one camera attached
3. when opened successfully, create handler thread
4. Create mediaRecorder with all the necessary parameters(video source, framerate etc)
5. Get the surface object from the mediaRecorder(where it fails)
6. Create capture request with the surface from the media player and the hanlder created previously
7. on configured successfully, call mediaRecorder.start to start recording video.