kevinresol/react-native-sound-recorder

setDataSource Failed

yumweb opened this issue · 8 comments

yumweb commented

Hi Kevin,

Thanks for this module. It has been quite easier to use than the other libraries. Although, I have been facing some issues when recording using options on Android. I am not sure if this issue is specific to me or a bug in general. Recording works perfectly fine if no options are passed; but when any options are passed the app throws an error.

Below is the code that I am trying to use passing the additional source and format options. With the source set to SoundRecorder.VOICE_CALL I am basically trying to record the call conversation.

if (data.callState == 0) {
    SoundRecorder.start('/storage/emulated/0/Music/test.mp4', {
            source: SoundRecorder.VOICE_CALL,
            format: SoundRecorder.FORMAT_MPEG_4
        })
        .then(function() {
            console.log('started recording');
        });
} else if (data.callState !== 1) {
    SoundRecorder.stop()
        .then(function(path) {
            console.log('stopped recording, audio file saved at: ' + JSON.stringify(path));
        });
}

I get the following error at the time of stopping the recording. A corrupted file is saved to the location specified.

12-27 00:26:08.556 31439 32503 E unknown:ReactNative: Exception in native call
12-27 00:26:08.556 31439 32503 E unknown:ReactNative: java.lang.RuntimeException: setDataSource failed: status = 0xFFFFFFEA
12-27 00:26:08.556 31439 32503 E unknown:ReactNative: 	at android.media.MediaMetadataRetriever.setDataSource(Native Method)
12-27 00:26:08.556 31439 32503 E unknown:ReactNative: 	at android.media.MediaMetadataRetriever.setDataSource(MediaMetadataRetriever.java:80)
12-27 00:26:08.556 31439 32503 E unknown:ReactNative: 	at com.reactlibrary.RNSoundRecorderModule.stop(RNSoundRecorderModule.java:146)
12-27 00:26:08.556 31439 32503 E unknown:ReactNative: 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
12-27 00:26:08.556 31439 32503 E unknown:ReactNative: 	at com.facebook.react.bridge.JavaMethodWrapper.invoke(JavaMethodWrapper.java:374)
12-27 00:26:08.556 31439 32503 E unknown:ReactNative: 	at com.facebook.react.bridge.JavaModuleWrapper.invoke(JavaModuleWrapper.java:162)
12-27 00:26:08.556 31439 32503 E unknown:ReactNative: 	at com.facebook.react.bridge.queue.NativeRunnable.run(Native Method)
12-27 00:26:08.556 31439 32503 E unknown:ReactNative: 	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:739)
12-27 00:26:08.556 31439 32503 E unknown:ReactNative: 	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
12-27 00:26:08.556 31439 32503 E unknown:ReactNative: 	at com.facebook.react.bridge.queue.MessageQueueThreadHandler.dispatchMessage(MessageQueueThreadHandler.java:31)
12-27 00:26:08.556 31439 32503 E unknown:ReactNative: 	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
12-27 00:26:08.556 31439 32503 E unknown:ReactNative: 	at com.facebook.react.bridge.queue.MessageQueueThreadImpl$3.run(MessageQueueThreadImpl.java:194)
12-27 00:26:08.556 31439 32503 E unknown:ReactNative: 	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)

Here is the screenshot from the app

screenshot_20171227-003027

Will appreciate your help!

kevinresol commented

Which option is actually causing the error? source or format?

yumweb commented

Any of the option throws this error. I tried them both together and individually as well

kevinresol commented

The error is thrown when the library tries to read the recorded file, to get the duration.
Since you said the output file is corrupted, I think that's why the error is thrown.

Now the problem gets to why the recorder can't produce the correct file.

I suggest debugging by making sure the parameters passed to the Media Recorder are valid e.g. setOutputFormat()

yumweb commented

Let me check that.

Will SoundRecorder.VOICE_CALL require additional permissions?

kevinresol commented

I'm not sure. Btw I think it should be SoundRecorder.SOURCE_VOICE_CALL

yumweb commented

Oops! That's right. Will change it and re-check. Thanks!

yumweb commented

Okay. I think I figured it out. There is a problem with SoundRecorder.SOURCE_VOICE_CALL

This source does not work with all devices. Some manufacturers disable this and can't be used.
Ref: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaRecorder.AudioSource.html#VOICE_CALL

Closing this issue for now. Thanks!

  • 👍1
kayzenkayzen commented

This fix occurs on stop:

Try to put this

try {
retriever.setDataSource(mOutput);
} catch (Exception e) {
promise.reject("stopping_failed" , "Stop failed " + e);
return;
}

This catch the error and solve the issue!