Video Recording problem using MP4

[joey.enfield]

Hi all,
i'm trying to write a probem that recordes a video and stores it into a byte array for replay later or to save the video. The problem that I have is how do I find out the format that the byte array is stored in, i.e is it mp4 or 3gp.
I want to be able to force java to record the video as mp4.
Has anyone achieved this?
I've tried setting the encoding when i start the player with
capture://video?encoding=mp4
but that just fails.

One thing that i've noticed is that when I use the camera on the phone without java (normal software on phone) it appears to choose to record using mp4 or 3gp depending on the resolution that you are recording your video with. For example if you save a low resolution video is selects a 3pg file however if you save a higher resolution video it save this as a .mp4 file.

Anyhow any help on with would be appreciated
Joey

[roopesh.kumar]

Hi Joey,

To record video in mp4 format, your phone should support it.
Check if your phone supports mp4 by querying system propertly "video.encodings".
System.getProperty("video.encodings")

BTW, are you getting any exceptions?

[joey.enfield]

yea, it does support mp4, but it does not get past the capture://video?encoding=mp4 it says that it cannot locate device...

[roopesh.kumar]

Hi,

Did you try capturing video with default format? Try it using "capture://video" only.
And please share a brief Codelet, so that we can try executing your code.

[ektasrv]

Hi all,
I've tried setting the encoding when i start the player with
capture://video?encoding=mp4
but that just fails.

One thing that i've noticed is that when I use the camera on the phone without java (normal software on phone) it appears to choose to record using mp4 or 3gp depending on the resolution that you are recording your video with. For example if you save a low resolution video is selects a 3pg file however if you save a higher resolution video it save this as a .mp4 file.

Anyhow any help on with would be appreciated
Joey

Try capture://video?encoding=160x120
and capture://video?encoding=320x240