Solution 1: From Android Lollipop, a MediaProjection API was introduced which in conjunction with MediaRecorder can be used to save a SurfaceView to a video file. This example shows how to output a SurfaceView to a video file. Solution 2: Alternatively, you can use one of the neat Encoder classes provided in the Grafika repository. … Read more
I guess there is no solution so the answer: MediaRecorder/Android is buggy or Mobile companies didn’t care of all Android features while developing their devices Update MediaCodec is also buggy with canvas mSurface = mMediaCodec.createInputSurface(); mSurface.lockHardwareCanvas() It works on much more devices with MediaCodec but still some devices may fail to record video correctly using … Read more
Just found out the bug, in this line: mediaRecorder.setVideoSize(sView.getWidth(), sView.getHeight()); after commenting out this line, the code runs perfectly!
Found the solution , it appears i had some other service in the background which is using AudioRecord and uses the mic as well…. so thats the -38 🙂