That's because it doesn't get registered as a music file. We felt that
most people did not want to have voice messages from friends show up
in the party shuffle playlists. It could be very embarrasing, if you
know what I mean. :)
On Feb 26, 11:06 pm, MMF <android...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> ~
>
> 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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