Nokia s6700 Camera problem

[makelj]

Hello


This is my first post to this forum, I had get much valuable information from here.


My problem is that using Camera with Nokia 6700 Slide, Type RM-576, firmware 061.004 (and C5-00), I use Developer Platform S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2. Then I start Player with start - method application crash without error.

I tried to start player in own thread but it didn't work.

Customer said that application worked quite long time, can firmware update cause problems? Is camera landscape orientation problem (must I set it?). I tried to change phone camera options but it didnt solve the problem. There is enough memory both in camera (39Mb) and in memory card (1.5Gb).

Application works then I comment line:

player.start();

but then my Camera canvas is blank (white). Application has worked OK with other Nokia models with their own SDK's. By the way, is there matter which one line is first:

player.start();

or

videoControl.setVisible(true);

I had seen both ways.

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Code:


import javax.microedition.media.*;
import javax.microedition.media.control.*;
import javax.microedition.amms.control.camera.FlashControl;

...

private Player player = null;
private VideoControl videoControl = null;

...


void initCamera()
{
try
{
player = Manager.createPlayer("capture://video");
player.realize();

// player.prefetch();


// Grab the video control and set it to the current display.
videoControl = (VideoControl)(player.getControl("VideoControl"));

if (videoControl == null)
{
discardPlayer();
Debug.out.println("Unsupported: Can't get video control");
}
else
{
videoControl.initDisplayMode(VideoControl.USE_DIRECT_VIDEO, iRepainter);

int x = 8;

// TITLE_LINE_Y = 21, so y will be 30
int y = TITLE_LINE_Y + 9;
videoControl.setDisplayLocation(x, y);
}
}

catch (IOException ioe)
{
discardPlayer();
Debug.out.println("IOException: "+ioe.getMessage());
}
catch (MediaException me)
{
discardPlayer();
Debug.out.println("MediaException: "+me.getMessage());
}
catch (SecurityException se)
{
discardPlayer();
Debug.out.println("SecurityException: "+se.getMessage());
}
}

...

if ((player != null) && !iActive) {
Debug.out.println("Start");
try
{
// This crash APP (Nokia 6700)!!!!!! - WHY?
player.start();

videoControl.setVisible(true);

// player starting on own thread didnt solve problem
// t.run();

}

catch (MediaException me)
{
Debug.out.println("MediaException: "+me.getMessage());
}

catch (SecurityException se) {
Debug.out.println("SecurityException: "+se.getMessage());
}
}

...

/*
Thread t = new Thread(new Runnable() {

public void run() {
try {
player.start();
} catch (MediaException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
*/

[raj_J2ME]

Hi and welcome to the Forum Nokia Discussion Boards,

Note that the video control's visibility must be set as true first then the player should be started, This is the article on the wiki, for your reference.

[makelj]

Thanks

I Changed code, but it still crash app and again if I comment player.start(); It works with white screen (no camera preview). Maybe this is some Phone's Camera setting issue, cause customer said that application works quite long time.

New code:
...

if ((player != null) && !iActive) {
Debug.out.println("Start");
try
{
videoControl.setVisible(true);

// This crash APP (Nokia 6700)!!!!!! - WHY?
player.start();

// player starting on own thread didnt solve problem
// t.run();

}

[makelj]

Hi

I actually tried Middlet that was behind wiki link and it crashed too. My developping tool is Netbeans 6.8.

[raj_J2ME]

Hi

I actually tried Middlet that was behind wiki link and it crashed too. My developping tool is Netbeans 6.8.

This is the known issue on the developer plateform which you are working with, please refer this link to get rid of this issue.

[makelj]

Thanks!

>> This issue has been fixed in the latest firmware versions for the affected devices.

I check phone firmware version and that is 061.004 (maybe its old), from there I can download or check wich is latest firmware to 6700s?

EDIT:

I checked latest firmware from: http://europe.nokia.com/support/down...oftware-update

and firmware 061.004 is latest, I test application with my 6730c phone (compiled with same SDK) and it works fine.

[makelj]

Hello

So I had latest firmware (061.004) on my phone (6700s) and application still crash then it use camera (that middlet behind wiki link crashed too), my application work OK with my Nokia 6730c phone. It seems that there must be something wrong with my camera settings in my 6700s phone?

[raj_J2ME]

Hello

So I had latest firmware (061.004) on my phone (6700s) and application still crash then it use camera (that middlet behind wiki link crashed too), my application work OK with my Nokia 6730c phone. It seems that there must be something wrong with my camera settings in my 6700s phone?

There is one demo MobileMediaAPI inside the WTK apps folder, get that installed on the same device and check of this too get crashed,let us know the results. I wonder if any camera setting can get rid you of the issue.

[makelj]

Hello

So I tested MobileMediaAPI.jar (C:\WTK2.5.2\apps\MobileMediaAPI\bin), and both apps (Video Capture - Form and Video Capture Canvas) crashed right away after start, Animated GIF apps worked fine.

[raj_J2ME]

Hello

So I tested MobileMediaAPI.jar (C:\WTK2.5.2\apps\MobileMediaAPI\bin), and both apps (Video Capture - Form and Video Capture Canvas) crashed right away after start, Animated GIF apps worked fine.

I suspect that this can be the device issue, could you test your app on another same device to make this sure?

[makelj]

Unfortunately I have only this one 6700s phone, without application camera working OK.

[makelj]

Hello

Nokia PC Suite found new software update, I installed that (062.001) but unfortunately it didnt solve problem, MobileMediaAPI.jar crashed (and my app too), maybe my phone (6700s) is really broken.

Thanks for all helping!

[raj_J2ME]

Hello

Nokia PC Suite found new software update, I installed that (062.001) but unfortunately it didnt solve problem, MobileMediaAPI.jar crashed (and my app too), maybe my phone (6700s) is really broken.

Thanks for all helping!

If this can test and in case found reproducible then any of the Forum Nokia Expert should come forward and declare this as the device known issue.

[makelj]

OK,

One thing still confuse me, why apps with old code worked ok with some devices (ex. E90, Developer Platform S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1).

BEFORE:

player.start();
videoControl.setVisible(true);

NOW:

videoControl.setVisible(true);
player.start();

With this SDK it left cameracanvas blank (white), for example with 6730c and it worked fine after I set videoControl.setVisible(true) before player.start method. Is that issue result of used Developer Platform or Device firmware or what?

[raj_J2ME]

With this SDK it left cameracanvas blank (white), for example with 6730c and it worked fine after I set videoControl.setVisible(true) before player.start method. Is that issue result of used Developer Platform or Device firmware or what?

Yeah any one out of these can be the reason..I will recommend that you set the video control visible true first then start the player.