android / android/camera-samples
VideoCapture throwing pending recording error after camera switch
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Description
Hi
I'm using camera x version 1.1.0-rc01, the issue has been persistent since beta versions of this release.
I can record easy without any issues on default camera state, but as soon as I switch the camera record fails.
`
cameraProviderFuture.addListener({
val cameraProvider = cameraProviderFuture.get()
val cameraCapabilities = CameraUtils.getCameraCapabilities(cameraProvider, lifecycleOwner)
val cameraSelector =
cameraCapabilities[viewModel.lensFacing.value % cameraCapabilities.size].camSelector
val quality = cameraCapabilities[viewModel.lensFacing.value].qualities[qualityIndex]
val qualitySelector = QualitySelector.from(quality)
val recorder = Recorder.Builder()
.setQualitySelector(qualitySelector)
.setExecutor(cameraExecutor)
.build()
// Video Capture.camera is null
videoCapture = VideoCapture.withOutput(recorder)
val preview = Preview.Builder().build().also {
it.setSurfaceProvider(previewView.surfaceProvider)
}
try {
cameraProvider.unbindAll()
cameraProvider.bindToLifecycle(
lifecycleOwner,
cameraSelector,
videoCapture,
preview
)
} catch (e: Exception) {
e.printStackTrace()
}
preview.setSurfaceProvider(previewView.surfaceProvider)
}, cameraExecutor)
`
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the cameraProviderFuture listener and the bindToLifecycle call shown in the report, reproducing the failure after switching cameraSelector. Trace the unbindAll, VideoCapture, and Recorder setup to determine why recording reports a pending recording error; done means recording works after a camera switch.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100