Here are some links that talk about video recording:
How to record video on Android? https://github.com/churnlabs/android-ffmpeg-sample
and there are also many links that talk about video recording but don’t know how to use a remote IP camera to record video. Using different samples in stackoverflow, I can take a picture and save it to the SD card, but I could not record the video.
If anyone has an idea or code along with the necessary files, I will be grateful.
For example, the address I use where the IP camera is available is shown below:
http://trackfield.webcam.oregonstate.edu/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?resolution=800x600&%3bdummy=1333689998337
Here is the layout code:
<RelativeLayout android:id="@+id/LinearLayout02" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_above="@+id/logo" android:layout_alignParentTop="true" android:layout_weight="1" > <ImageButton android:id="@+id/btnCam" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:layout_alignParentTop="true" android:layout_marginRight="10dp" android:layout_marginTop="10dp" android:src="@drawable/camera_icon" > </ImageButton> <ImageButton android:id="@+id/btnVideo" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_alignParentTop="true" android:layout_marginRight="10dp" android:layout_marginTop="10dp" android:src="@drawable/camera_icon" > </ImageButton> </RelativeLayout> <LinearLayout android:id="@+id/LinearLayout03" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_above="@+id/LinearLayout01" android:layout_below="@+id/LinearLayout02" android:layout_weight="1" > <RelativeLayout android:id="@+id/RelativeLayout01" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="1" android:background="#ffffff" > <view android:id="@+id/mv" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_centerInParent="true" class="com.apps.GrahamConst.MjpegView" /> </RelativeLayout> </LinearLayout> <LinearLayout android:id="@+id/LinearLayout01" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" android:layout_weight="1" android:background="@drawable/navbar" > <ImageButton android:id="@+id/btnPrevious" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal" android:layout_weight="1" android:background="@null" android:src="@drawable/previous" > </ImageButton> <ImageButton android:id="@+id/btnMain" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal" android:layout_weight="1" android:background="@null" android:src="@drawable/main" > </ImageButton> <ImageButton android:id="@+id/btnNext" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal" android:layout_weight="1" android:background="@null" android:src="@drawable/next" > </ImageButton> </LinearLayout> </RelativeLayout>
Here is my activity
public class CameraDetails2 extends Activity implements OnClickListener { private MediaScannerConnection m_pScanner; String drawable = null; private MjpegView mv; private ProgressDialog dialog; private HashMap<String, String> item; private int id = -1; private WindowManager winMan; boolean recording = false; MediaRecorder recorder; int bytearraysize = 0; public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE); winMan = (WindowManager) getApplicationContext().getSystemService( Context.WINDOW_SERVICE); if (winMan != null) { int orientation = winMan.getDefaultDisplay().getOrientation(); if (orientation == 0) { // Portrait setContentView(R.layout.cameradetails); } else if (orientation == 1) { // Landscape setContentView(R.layout.cameradetailsl); } } Bundle b = getIntent().getExtras(); ImageButton b1 = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.btnNext); b1.setOnClickListener(this); ImageButton b2 = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.btnMain); b2.setOnClickListener(this); ImageButton b3 = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.btnPrevious); b3.setOnClickListener(this); ImageButton b4 = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.btnCam); b4.setOnClickListener(this); ImageButton b5 = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.btnVideo); b5.setOnClickListener(this); id = Integer.valueOf(b.get("id").toString()); item = listarrayadapter.cameraList.get(Integer.valueOf(id)); mv = (MjpegView) findViewById(R.id.mv); try { getVal(item.get("cameraLink")); // getVal("http://trackfield.webcam.oregonstate.edu/axis-cgi/mjpg /video.cgi?resolution=800x600&%3bdummy=1333689998337"); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); mv.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.offline); } } @Override protected void onResume() { // if(recording) // { // getVal("http://trackfield.webcam.oregonstate.edu/axis-cgi/mjpg /video.cgi?resolution=800x600&%3bdummy=1333689998337"); // } super.onResume(); } public void onPause() { super.onPause(); dialog.dismiss(); mv.stopPlayback(); } private void getVal(final String url) { Log.i("URL===", url); updateButtons(); dialog = ProgressDialog.show(this, null, null, true); final Handler handler = new Handler() { public void handleMessage(Message msg) { dialog.dismiss(); } }; Thread checkUpdate = null; checkUpdate = new Thread() { public void run() { mv.setSource(MjpegInputStream.read(url)); mv.setDisplayMode(MjpegView.SIZE_FULLSCREEN); handler.sendEmptyMessage(0); } }; checkUpdate.start(); } @Override public void onClick(View v) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub int btn = v.getId(); if (btn == R.id.btnMain) { Intent intent = new Intent(); intent.setClass(CameraDetails2.this, CamerasList.class); startActivity(intent); finish(); } if (btn == R.id.btnNext) { id += 1; Intent myintent = new Intent(CameraDetails2.this, CameraDetails.class); myintent.putExtra("id", id); startActivity(myintent); finish(); } if (btn == R.id.btnPrevious) { id -= 1; Intent myintent = new Intent(CameraDetails2.this, CameraDetails.class); myintent.putExtra("id", id); startActivity(myintent); finish(); } if (btn == R.id.btnCam) { if (mv != null) { Date dt = new Date(); int years = dt.getYear(); int month = dt.getMonth(); int day = dt.getDay(); int hours = dt.getHours(); int minutes = dt.getMinutes(); int seconds = dt.getSeconds(); final String filename = years + "" + month + "" + day + "" + hours + "" + minutes + "" + seconds; try { Bitmap image = MjpegView.savebmp; File SDCardRoot = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(); FileOutputStream fileOutputStream = null; fileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream( SDCardRoot.toString() + "/" + filename + ".jpg"); BufferedOutputStream bos = new BufferedOutputStream( fileOutputStream); int quality = 95; image.compress(CompressFormat.JPEG, quality, bos); final String szFile = SDCardRoot.toString() + "/" + filename + ".jpg"; m_pScanner = new MediaScannerConnection(this, new MediaScannerConnectionClient() { public void onMediaScannerConnected() { m_pScanner .scanFile(szFile, null /* mimeType */); } public void onScanCompleted(String path, Uri uri) { if (path.equals(szFile)) { CameraDetails2.this .runOnUiThread(new Runnable() { public void run() { Toast.makeText( getApplicationContext(), "Image Saved.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG) .show(); } }); m_pScanner.disconnect(); } } }); m_pScanner.connect(); } catch (Exception e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } } } if (btn == R.id.btnVideo) { if (recording) { // stop and save recording = false; MjpegInputStream.isrecording = false; List<byte[]> bytelist = new ArrayList<byte[]>(); ArrayList<ByteArrayOutputStream> byteArrayStream = MjpegInputStream.byteArrayStream; for (int i = 0; i < byteArrayStream.size(); i++) { byte[] templist =byteArrayStream.get(i).toByteArray(); bytelist.add(templist); } for (int j = 0; j < bytelist.size(); j++) { bytearraysize += bytelist.get(j).length; } byte[] totalbytes = new byte[bytearraysize]; int f = 0; for (int j = 0; j < bytelist.size(); j++) { for (int a = 0; a < bytelist.get(j).length; a++) { totalbytes[f] = bytelist.get(j)[a]; f++; } } Log.e("num of bytes", "" + totalbytes.length); // Byte[] bytes = bytelist.toArray(new //Byte[bytelist.size()]); try { writeToFile(totalbytes, "" + System.currentTimeMillis()); } catch (IOException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } } else { recording = true; MjpegInputStream.isrecording = true; // onResume(); // start recording } // recorder=new MediaRecorder(); // try { // recorder.prepare(); // } catch (IllegalStateException e) { // e.printStackTrace(); // finish(); // } catch (IOException e) { // e.printStackTrace(); // finish(); // } // // //recorder.setAudioSource(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.DEFAULT); // // recorder.setVideoSource(MediaRecorder.VideoSource.DEFAULT); // // // // // // // CamcorderProfile cpHigh = CamcorderProfile // // .get(CamcorderProfile.QUALITY_HIGH); // // recorder.setProfile(cpHigh); // recorder.setVideoSource(mv.getId()); // recorder.setOutputFile("/sdcard/videocapture_example.mp4"); // recorder.setMaxDuration(50000); // 50 seconds // recorder.setMaxFileSize(5000000); // Approximately 5 megabytes } } public void writeToFile(byte[] bytes, String videoname) throws IOException { try { Log.e("num of bytes to be saved", "" + bytes.length); String path = "/sdcard/" + videoname + ".mp4"; FileOutputStream stream = new FileOutputStream(path); stream.write(bytes); } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } private void updateButtons() { ImageButton btnNext = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.btnNext); ImageButton btnPrevious = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.btnPrevious); if (id == 0) { btnPrevious.setEnabled(false); } else { btnPrevious.setEnabled(true); } if (id == listarrayadapter.cameraList.size() - 1) { btnNext.setEnabled(false); } else { btnNext.setEnabled(true); } } }