Putting phone in standby mode while shooting video cause corruption

asked 2015-08-20 16:54:51 +0300

Richie Cotton gravatar image

updated 2015-08-20 16:55:19 +0300

I seem to able to consistently make unwatchable videos by doing the following.

Opening the camera app and setting it to video mode.
Starting recording a video.
Pressing the standby (physical) button on the phone.
Returning to the camera app.
(At this point, the start/stop button is disabled.)
Closing the camera app.

I took a quick look at the video in a hex editor, and it looks like the file is missing a footer.

It would be useful if the phone continued to record the video, even if you accidentally hit the standby button.

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Thanks for the report - we had already been tracking this one internally, and now have fixes for the issue. Actually there were two issues, one of which is fixed in 1.1.9 and the other which will be released in 1.2.0. If you are still able to reproduce the issue after updating to 1.1.9 please bump this report!

chris.adams ( 2015-08-25 09:54:31 +0300 )edit

I still get broken video files when space is limited though I have 2 Gb free. I was just recording a 4 minute video and the camera hanged immediately after I stopped recording so it didn't store the footer. I am trying to find a fix to for the file as the video is unplayable but it can be found in .recording folder.

miqu ( 2016-03-22 14:14:10 +0300 )edit

Ive been experiencing similar cases with video corruption on Xperia X. Last known case: while shooting a video, the phone shut down (why? - I dont know, didnt check any logs. It was -7°C, but its a Finish company, so it is very unlikely to be because of the low temperature). At any rate, it ended with a corrupted file named CameraDate.mp4, which was having missing header/footer. On Windows I tried Digital Video Repair (Free tool), which copied the header/footer info from another video shot by the same device. So the saved part of the video could be played back at least.

HeinrichJolla ( 2019-01-24 17:24:22 +0300 )edit