Android mediarecorder stop failed

Question

I\'ve faced a very strange behavior: sometimes my mediarecorder crashes with an error \"Stop failed\" and sometimes it works fine. Is there my fault or it is a bug of the sy

Answer 1

Experienced the same error: Sometimes my MediaRecorder crashed with an error "Stop failed" and sometimes it worked fine. Adding this solved my problem:

@Override
public void onStop() {
    super.onStop();
    if (mRecorder != null) {
        mRecorder.release();
        mRecorder = null;
    }
}

Answer 2

You may catch a RuntimeException at the MediaRecorder.stop() method.

Example:

MediaRecorder mRecorder = new MediaRecorder();
File mFile = new File("The output file's absolutePath");

... //config the mRecorder
mRecorder.setOutputFile(mFile.getAbsolutePath());

... //prepare() ...
mRecorder.start();

try {
    mRecorder.stop();
} catch(RuntimeException e) {
    mFile.delete();  //you must delete the outputfile when the recorder stop failed.
} finally {
    mRecorder.release();
    mRecorder = null;
}

Answer 3

add following in your SurfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder):

CamcorderProfile camcorderProfile = CamcorderProfile.get(CamcorderProfile.QUALITY_HIGH);  //get your own profile   
 Camera.Parameters parameters = mCamera.getParameters();  
 parameters.setPreviewSize(camcorderProfile.videoFrameWidth,camcorderProfile.videoFrameHeight);   
 mCamera.setParameters(parameters);  

Answer 4

If the recorder is not in a recording state, then the stop could fail.

See http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaRecorder.html