Hi Dave,
If I record using this Soundrecorder app, it creates a .3gpp file.
But this file is not getting listed in the Music app.
I have tried restarting the emulator.
Any idea what could be the reason for this?
Thanks
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On 2/27/09, Dave Sparks <davidspa...@android.com> wrote:
>
> I confess, I don't write much Java code (I work on the native media
> framework), so I could be wrong about this. This API looks promising
> though:
>
> Environment.getDataDirectory()
>
> Hopefully someone knowledgeable will correct me if I have steered you
> wrong.
>
> On Feb 26, 2:40 pm, benmccann <benjamin.j.mcc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> each application has its own private data directory /
>> >> data/app-private/app-package. I believe your working directory is set
>> >> to this directory by default
>>
>> Cool. So it sounds like I should just be able to use a relative path
>> from the current location then. Unfortunately, I'm getting the
>> following exception (with no clues as to why start is failing):
>>
>> 02-26 14:34:55.132: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(164):
>> java.lang.RuntimeException: start failed.
>> 02-26 14:34:55.132: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(164): at
>> android.media.MediaRecorder.start(Native Method)
>>
>> Here's my code:
>>
>> final MediaRecorder recorder = new MediaRecorder();
>> recorder.setAudioSource(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.MIC);
>> recorder.setOutputFormat(MediaRecorder.OutputFormat.THREE_GPP);
>> recorder.setAudioEncoder(MediaRecorder.AudioEncoder.AMR_NB);
>> recorder.setOutputFile("test.3gpp");
>> recorder.prepare();
>> recorder.start();
>>
>> On Feb 26, 12:14 am, Dave Sparks <davidspa...@android.com> wrote:
>>
>> > You can get the path to external storage (e.g. SD card) with
>> > Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(). This is world read/
>> > writable.
>>
>> > Alternatively, each application has its own private data directory /
>> > data/app-private/app-package. I believe your working directory is set
>> > to this directory by default. This is onboard flash, so it will
>> > survive the user ejecting an SD card. However, there is a limited
>> > amount to go around, so you don't want to store monster media files
>> > there.
>>
>> > On Feb 25, 9:22 pm, benmccann <benjamin.j.mcc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > > >> setOutputFile() expects a path to where you want the file stored.
>>
>> > > Yep, figured that much by the method name, but what's a valid path? I
>> > > mean I'm figuring it's UNIX-like, but other than that I'm in the
>> > > dark. Is there a preferred place for apps to store data? Are there
>> > > certain directories that I have permission to write to? What
>> > > directories exist on the device by default? It'd be nice for the docs
>> > > on data storage to mention any of these
>> > > things:http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html
>>
>> > > >> You can take a look at the source to SoundRecorder in the open
>> > > >> source tree for some working code
>>
>> > > Thanks for the example. This would be a much better example than the
>> > > one in the docs that won't compile and implies content must first be
>> > > added to a database:
>> > > http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/index.html
>>
>> > > On Feb 24, 8:03 pm, Dave Sparks <davidspa...@android.com> wrote:
>>
>> > > > setOutputFile() expects a path to where you want the file stored.
>>
>> > > > You can take a look at the source to SoundRecorder in the open
>> > > > source
>> > > > tree for some working code:
>>
>> > > >http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/packages/apps/SoundRecorder...
>>
>> > > > On Feb 24, 4:43 pm, benmccann <benjamin.j.mcc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > > > > Hi,
>> > > > > I'd like to create anaudiorecordingin Android. (Actually, I just
>> > > > > want access to the mic withoutrecordingit, but it seems that's not
>> > > > > supported so I'll have to create arecordingand tail the file).
>> > > > > I'm having a very hard time getting started. Mostly I'm just
>> > > > > hoping
>> > > > > that someone from Google reads this and will update the
>> > > > > documentation
>> > > > > because the example won't compile - it looks like it's from some
>> > > > > previous version of the SDK because there's an error in every
>> > > > > other
>> > > > > line. I made my best guess as to what the usage should be, but I
>> > > > > keep
>> > > > > getting a number of different exceptions.
>> > > > > One question I had is whether I can just specify an arbitrary path
>> > > > > to
>> > > > > the MediaRecorder to startrecordingor whether I have to create an
>> > > > > entry in the content database. The JavaDoc for
>> > > > > MediaRecorder.setOutputFile isn't clear on what it's expecting.
>>
>> > > > > Thanks,
>> > > > > Ben
> >
>
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