# Unable to record video Stream

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/unable-to-record-video-stream/43361>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [September 30, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/unable-to-record-video-stream/43361 "2014-09-30T15:28:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Ahmed\_Faraz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Ahmed\_Faraz](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ahmed_Faraz)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/unable-to-record-video-stream/43361/1 "2014-09-30T15:28:28Z")

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I’m able to view my video streams on Wowza -\> Live Incoming Streams and they are also playable on Live Test Players. Following is the network progress while I’m streaming video.

```auto
Stream Uptime
myStream up since 30 Sep 2014 03:26:46 PM
myStream up for about a few seconds
Network Throughput
Bytes In: 826073 @ 371.490 Kbits/s
Bytes Out: 0 @ 0.000 bits/s

```

When I record that stream a file is created, but when I play it video/audio is not displayed. I’ve also tried VOD application but still unable to get proper recorded video file.

Can you please suggest what’s going wrong?

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**Author:** ![sal\_jefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 8:40am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/unable-to-record-video-stream/43361/2 "2014-09-30T08:40:22Z")

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Hello there.

What method are you attempting to record with? Have you followed one of these guides:

[How to record live streams (HTTPLiveStreamRecord)](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-record-live-streams-httplivestreamrecord%28HTTPLiveStreamRecord%29)

[How to record live streams (Wowza Streaming Engine)](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-record-live-streams-wowza-streaming-engine%28Wowza-Streaming-Engine%29)

What is the source of the live stream? And the video and audio codec?

Can you start Wowza in stand-alone mode [install-dir]/bin/startup.bat|startup.sh and post the output from the console showing playback of the recorded stream?

Thank you.

Salvadore

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**Author:** ![sal\_jefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 5:20am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/unable-to-record-video-stream/43361/3 "2014-10-01T05:20:17Z")

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Thank you very much for the update and helpful guide. Glad to hear you got this working.

Salvadore

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**Author:** ![Ahmed\_Faraz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Ahmed\_Faraz](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ahmed_Faraz)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 11:28am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/unable-to-record-video-stream/43361/4 "2014-10-01T11:28:56Z")

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I’m developing video streaming application for Android. I’ve used FFmpeg Encoder and JavaCV Library for this purpose. Audio is being recorded but video is not recording.

And following error is shown when I try to launch Wowza in stand-alone mode:-

> BindException: Address already in use: bind|at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind0(Native Metho
> 
> d)|at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Net.java:414)|at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Net.java:406)|at
> 
> sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketChannelImpl.bind(ServerSocketChannelImpl.java:214)|at sun
> 
> .nio.ch.ServerSocketAdaptor.bind(ServerSocketAdaptor.java:74)
> 
> My java class is appended below:-
> 
> ```auto
> package com.example.javacv.stream.test2;
> import static com.googlecode.javacv.cpp.opencv_core.IPL_DEPTH_8U;
> import java.io.IOException;
> import java.nio.ShortBuffer;
> import android.app.Activity;
> import android.content.Context;
> import android.content.Intent;
> import android.content.pm.ActivityInfo;
> import android.graphics.Bitmap;
> import android.graphics.Canvas;
> import android.hardware.Camera;
> import android.hardware.Camera.PreviewCallback;
> import android.media.AudioFormat;
> import android.media.AudioRecord;
> import android.media.MediaRecorder;
> import android.os.Bundle;
> import android.os.PowerManager;
> import android.util.Log;
> import android.view.Display;
> import android.view.KeyEvent;
> import android.view.SurfaceHolder;
> import android.view.SurfaceView;
> import android.view.View;
> import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
> import android.widget.LinearLayout;
> import android.widget.Toast;
> import com.googlecode.javacv.FFmpegFrameRecorder;
> import com.googlecode.javacv.cpp.opencv_core.IplImage;
> public class MainActivity extends Activity {
> private final static String LOG_TAG = "MainActivity";
> private PowerManager.WakeLock mWakeLock;
> //WOWZA SERVER IP ADDRESS IS REMOVED FOR SECURITY PURPOSE
> private String ffmpeg_link = "rtmp://live:live@WOWZA_IP_ADDRESS:1935/live/myStream";
> private volatile FFmpegFrameRecorder recorder;
> boolean recording = false;
> long startTime = 0;
> private int sampleAudioRateInHz = 44100;
> private int imageWidth = 100;
> private int imageHeight = 100;
> private int frameRate = 24;
> private Thread audioThread;
> volatile boolean runAudioThread = true;
> private AudioRecord audioRecord;
> private AudioRecordRunnable audioRecordRunnable;
> private CameraView cameraView;
> private IplImage yuvIplimage = null;
> private LinearLayout mainLayout;
> @Override
> public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
> super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
> //setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);
> setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
> initLayout();
> initRecorder();
> startRecording();
> }
> @Override
> protected void onResume() {
> super.onResume();
> if (mWakeLock == null) {
> PowerManager pm = (PowerManager) getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE);
> mWakeLock = pm.newWakeLock(PowerManager.SCREEN_BRIGHT_WAKE_LOCK,
> LOG_TAG);
> mWakeLock.acquire();
> }
> }
> @Override
> protected void onPause() {
> super.onPause();
> if (mWakeLock != null) {
> mWakeLock.release();
> mWakeLock = null;
> }
> }
> @Override
> protected void onDestroy() {
> super.onDestroy();
> recording = false;
> stopRecording();
> }
> private void initLayout() {
> mainLayout = (LinearLayout) this.findViewById(R.id.record_layout);
> Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
> int width = display.getWidth();
> int height = display.getHeight();
> imageWidth = width;
> imageHeight = height;
> cameraView = new CameraView(this);
> LinearLayout.LayoutParams layoutParam = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
> imageWidth, imageHeight);
> mainLayout.addView(cameraView, layoutParam);
> Log.v(LOG_TAG, "added cameraView to mainLayout");
> }
> private void initRecorder() {
> Log.w(LOG_TAG, "initRecorder");
> if (yuvIplimage == null) {
> // Recreated after frame size is set in surface change method
> yuvIplimage = IplImage.create(imageWidth, imageHeight,
> IPL_DEPTH_8U, 2);
> // yuvIplimage = IplImage.create(imageWidth, imageHeight,
> // IPL_DEPTH_32S, 2);
> Log.v(LOG_TAG, "IplImage.create");
> }
> recorder = new FFmpegFrameRecorder(ffmpeg_link, imageWidth,
> imageHeight, 1);
> Log.v(LOG_TAG, "FFmpegFrameRecorder: " + ffmpeg_link + " imageWidth: "
> + imageWidth + " imageHeight " + imageHeight);
> recorder.setFormat("flv");
> Log.v(LOG_TAG, "recorder.setFormat(\"flv\")");
> recorder.setSampleRate(sampleAudioRateInHz);
> Log.v(LOG_TAG, "recorder.setSampleRate(sampleAudioRateInHz)");
> // re-set in the surface changed method as well
> recorder.setFrameRate(frameRate);
> Log.v(LOG_TAG, "recorder.setFrameRate(frameRate)");
> // Create audio recording thread
> audioRecordRunnable = new AudioRecordRunnable();
> audioThread = new Thread(audioRecordRunnable);
> }
> // Start the capture
> public void startRecording() {
> try {
> Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Recording started",
> Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
> recorder.start();
> startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
> recording = true;
> audioThread.start();
> } catch (FFmpegFrameRecorder.Exception e) {
> Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Error\n" + e.toString(),
> Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
> e.printStackTrace();
> } catch (Exception e) {
> Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Error\n" + e.toString(),
> Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
> }
> }
> public void stopRecording() {
> // This should stop the audio thread from running
> runAudioThread = false;
> if (recorder != null && recording) {
> recording = false;
> Log.v(LOG_TAG,
> "Finishing recording, calling stop and release on recorder");
> try {
> recorder.stop();
> recorder.release();
> } catch (FFmpegFrameRecorder.Exception e) {
> e.printStackTrace();
> }
> recorder = null;
> }
> }
> @Override
> public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
> // Quit when back button is pushed
> if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK) {
> if (recording) {
> stopRecording();
> }
> finish();
> return true;
> }
> return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
> }
> /*
> * @Override public void onClick(View v) { if (!recording) {
> * startRecording(); Log.w(LOG_TAG, "Start Button Pushed");
> * recordButton.setText("Stop"); } else { stopRecording(); Log.w(LOG_TAG,
> * "Stop Button Pushed"); recordButton.setText("Start"); } }
> */
> // ---------------------------------------------
> // audio thread, gets and encodes audio data
> // ---------------------------------------------
> class AudioRecordRunnable implements Runnable {
> @Override
> public void run() {
> // Set the thread priority
> android.os.Process
> .setThreadPriority(android.os.Process.THREAD_PRIORITY_URGENT_AUDIO);
> // Audio
> int bufferSize;
> short[] audioData;
> int bufferReadResult;
> bufferSize = AudioRecord.getMinBufferSize(sampleAudioRateInHz,
> AudioFormat.CHANNEL_CONFIGURATION_MONO,
> AudioFormat.ENCODING_PCM_16BIT);
> audioRecord = new AudioRecord(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.MIC,
> sampleAudioRateInHz,
> AudioFormat.CHANNEL_CONFIGURATION_MONO,
> AudioFormat.ENCODING_PCM_16BIT, bufferSize);
> audioData = new short[bufferSize];
> Log.d(LOG_TAG, "audioRecord.startRecording()");
> audioRecord.startRecording();
> // Audio Capture/Encoding Loop
> while (runAudioThread) {
> // Read from audioRecord
> bufferReadResult = audioRecord.read(audioData, 0,
> audioData.length);
> if (bufferReadResult > 0) {
> // Log.v(LOG_TAG,"audioRecord bufferReadResult: " +
> // bufferReadResult);
> // Changes in this variable may not be picked up despite it
> // being "volatile"
> if (recording) {
> try {
> // Write to FFmpegFrameRecorder
> recorder.record(ShortBuffer.wrap(audioData, 0,
> bufferReadResult));
> } catch (FFmpegFrameRecorder.Exception e) {
> Log.v(LOG_TAG, e.getMessage());
> e.printStackTrace();
> }
> }
> }
> }
> Log.v(LOG_TAG, "AudioThread Finished");
> /* Capture/Encoding finished, release recorder */
> if (audioRecord != null) {
> audioRecord.stop();
> audioRecord.release();
> audioRecord = null;
> Log.v(LOG_TAG, "audioRecord released");
> }
> }
> }
> class CameraView extends SurfaceView implements SurfaceHolder.Callback,
> PreviewCallback {
> private boolean previewRunning = false;
> private SurfaceHolder holder;
> private Camera camera;
> private byte[] previewBuffer;
> long videoTimestamp = 0;
> Bitmap bitmap;
> Canvas canvas;
> public CameraView(Context _context) {
> super(_context);
> holder = this.getHolder();
> holder.addCallback(this);
> holder.setType(SurfaceHolder.SURFACE_TYPE_PUSH_BUFFERS);
> }
> @Override
> public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {
> camera = Camera.open();
> try {
> camera.setPreviewDisplay(holder);
> camera.setPreviewCallback(this);
> Camera.Parameters currentParams = camera.getParameters();
> Log.v(LOG_TAG,
> "Preview Framerate: "
> + currentParams.getPreviewFrameRate());
> Log.v(LOG_TAG,
> "Preview imageWidth: "
> + currentParams.getPreviewSize().width
> + " imageHeight: "
> + currentParams.getPreviewSize().height);
> // Use these values
> imageWidth = currentParams.getPreviewSize().width;
> imageHeight = currentParams.getPreviewSize().height;
> frameRate = currentParams.getPreviewFrameRate();
> bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(imageWidth, imageHeight,
> Bitmap.Config.ALPHA_8);
> /*
> * Log.v(LOG_TAG,"Creating previewBuffer size: " + imageWidth *
> * imageHeight *
> * ImageFormat.getBitsPerPixel(currentParams.getPreviewFormat
> * ())/8); previewBuffer = new byte[imageWidth * imageHeight *
> * ImageFormat
> * .getBitsPerPixel(currentParams.getPreviewFormat())/8];
> * camera.addCallbackBuffer(previewBuffer);
> * camera.setPreviewCallbackWithBuffer(this);
> */
> camera.startPreview();
> previewRunning = true;
> } catch (IOException e) {
> Log.v(LOG_TAG, e.getMessage());
> e.printStackTrace();
> }
> }
> public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int width,
> int height) {
> Log.v(LOG_TAG, "Surface Changed: width " + width + " height: "
> + height);
> // We would do this if we want to reset the camera parameters
> /*
> * if (!recording) { if (previewRunning){ camera.stopPreview(); }
> * 
> * try { //Camera.Parameters cameraParameters =
> * camera.getParameters(); //p.setPreviewSize(imageWidth,
> * imageHeight); //p.setPreviewFrameRate(frameRate);
> * //camera.setParameters(cameraParameters);
> * 
> * camera.setPreviewDisplay(holder); camera.startPreview();
> * previewRunning = true; } catch (IOException e) {
> * Log.e(LOG_TAG,e.getMessage()); e.printStackTrace(); } }
> */
> // Get the current parameters
> Camera.Parameters currentParams = camera.getParameters();
> Log.v(LOG_TAG,
> "Preview Framerate: " + currentParams.getPreviewFrameRate());
> Log.v(LOG_TAG,
> "Preview imageWidth: "
> + currentParams.getPreviewSize().width
> + " imageHeight: "
> + currentParams.getPreviewSize().height);
> // Use these values
> imageWidth = currentParams.getPreviewSize().width;
> imageHeight = currentParams.getPreviewSize().height;
> frameRate = currentParams.getPreviewFrameRate();
> // Create the yuvIplimage if needed
> yuvIplimage = IplImage.create(imageWidth, imageHeight,
> IPL_DEPTH_8U, 2);
> // yuvIplimage = IplImage.create(imageWidth, imageHeight,
> // IPL_DEPTH_32S, 2);
> }
> @Override
> public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {
> try {
> camera.setPreviewCallback(null);
> previewRunning = false;
> camera.release();
> } catch (RuntimeException e) {
> Log.v(LOG_TAG, e.getMessage());
> e.printStackTrace();
> }
> }
> @Override
> public void onPreviewFrame(byte[] data, Camera camera) {
> if (yuvIplimage != null && recording) {
> videoTimestamp = 1000 * (System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime);
> // Put the camera preview frame right into the yuvIplimage
> // object
> yuvIplimage.getByteBuffer().put(data);
> // FAQ about IplImage:
> // - For custom raw processing of data, getByteBuffer() returns
> // an NIO direct
> // buffer wrapped around the memory pointed by imageData, and
> // under Android we can
> // also use that Buffer with Bitmap.copyPixelsFromBuffer() and
> // copyPixelsToBuffer().
> // - To get a BufferedImage from an IplImage, we may call
> // getBufferedImage().
> // - The createFrom() factory method can construct an IplImage
> // from a BufferedImage.
> // - There are also a few copy*() methods for
> // BufferedImage<->IplImage data transfers.
> // Let's try it..
> // This works but only on transparency
> // Need to find the right Bitmap and IplImage matching types
> /*
> * bitmap.copyPixelsFromBuffer(yuvIplimage.getByteBuffer());
> * //bitmap.setPixel(10,10,Color.MAGENTA);
> * 
> * canvas = new Canvas(bitmap); Paint paint = new Paint();
> * paint.setColor(Color.GREEN); float leftx = 20; float topy =
> * 20; float rightx = 50; float bottomy = 100; RectF rectangle =
> * new RectF(leftx,topy,rightx,bottomy);
> * canvas.drawRect(rectangle, paint);
> * 
> * bitmap.copyPixelsToBuffer(yuvIplimage.getByteBuffer());
> */
> // Log.v(LOG_TAG,"Writing Frame");
> try {
> // Get the correct time
> recorder.setTimestamp(videoTimestamp);
> // Record the image into FFmpegFrameRecorder
> recorder.record(yuvIplimage);
> } catch (FFmpegFrameRecorder.Exception e) {
> Log.v(LOG_TAG, e.getMessage());
> e.printStackTrace();
> }
> }
> }
> }
> }
> 
> ```

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**Author:** ![Ahmed\_Faraz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Ahmed\_Faraz](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ahmed_Faraz)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/unable-to-record-video-stream/43361/5 "2014-10-01T12:11:56Z")

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Using RTSP I’m now able to stream and record my videos. I’ve used [this](https://github.com/fyhertz/libstreaming/wiki/Using-libstreaming-with-Wowza-Media-Server) post.

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**Author:** ![Ramesh\_Sonawane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@Ramesh\_Sonawane](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ramesh_Sonawane)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/unable-to-record-video-stream/43361/6 "2014-10-23T22:41:25Z")

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Thanks AhmedFaraz for useful information.

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