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Krishnakant Dalal
Krishnakant Dalal

Reputation: 3578

MediaRecorder start failed: -38 on Some Devices

I am creating an app which is able to record surround sound in background and I follow all the states of Media Recorder which work fine on some devices but throw following exception on some devices too. 

06-19 18:21:35.658: E/MediaRecorder(7439): start failed: -38
06-19 18:21:35.658: W/System.err(7439): java.lang.IllegalStateException
06-19 18:21:35.658: W/System.err(7439):     at android.media.MediaRecorder.start(Native Method)

I search that but found nothing for this error code. Can somebody tell me what is the meaning of this error code and how to resolve that.

I know it might be a duplicate one android: media recorder : start failed: -38 but no help on that post too.

This demo works on Samsung Nexus and Nexus 4 but continuously crashing on Samsung S II. Thanks

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1455

Answers (2)

user9404382
user9404382

Reputation: 11

I have same issue with MediaRecorder, and the reason is that your mic is occupied by another thread.

Upvotes: 1

Robocide
Robocide

Reputation: 6751

I've had the same issue with -38 , in my case i found that i've had other background service that is using AudioRecord that uses the mic.....

Upvotes: 0

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