Saving A Video Clip To External Storage
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Alex Traylor
May 9, 2019, 8:05:45 AM5/9/19
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I would like to be able to save a video clip to my device's internal storage after it is taken by a camcorder object. I've combed Google for hours and tried to jerry-rig something that would work with no avail. Does anyone have any experience with this?
Taifun
May 9, 2019, 8:20:21 AM5/9/19
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the camcorder component stores the clip automatically to the inernal storage
use Do it or a label to display the path to the file
see also tip 4 here https://puravidaapps.com/learn.php
It would really help if you provided a screenshot of your relevant
blocks, so we can see what you are trying to do, and where the problem
may be.
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Alex Traylor
May 9, 2019, 8:57:21 AM5/9/19
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Okay, that is excellent news indeed. I'm not quite sure which block I need to use the Do It and/or Label with to find the file path of the video. Find below the logic related to my camcorder. Along with the rest of the actions in Camcorder1.AfterRecording, I would like the recording to be moved/copied to a specific directory.
Taifun
May 9, 2019, 10:14:40 AM5/9/19
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I would like the recording to be moved/copied to a specific directory.
Alex Traylor
May 9, 2019, 10:19:16 AM5/9/19
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Alright, that solves half of my issue. Now how do I go about finding the file path of the recorded clip?
TimAI2
May 9, 2019, 10:25:59 AM5/9/19
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run the app in companion mode, record a video, then right click on the "get clip" block and select Do It
or set "get clip" to a label, this will show the relative file path.
You may find you need to create the full file path for moving/copying/renaming (file:///mnt/sdcard......) but this is often device dependent
Alex Traylor
May 10, 2019, 10:47:21 AM5/10/19
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Okay, here's what I've tried:
Here has been the result for both:
What am I missing?
TimAI2
May 10, 2019, 11:27:58 AM5/10/19
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Probably the content uri returned by "clip"
Use the block in Taifun's extension to convert to a filename
Like this (these blocks work / tested in Companion):
Alex Traylor
May 10, 2019, 11:46:18 AM5/10/19
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Works perfectly! Thank you both so much.
TimAI2
May 10, 2019, 12:16:44 PM5/10/19
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and using MoveAsync
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