Record the camera and send the video to a server

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Hi,

Is there any way to record the camera,and send the live video,or the recorded video (with a couple of seconds delay) to a wowza server?

Thanks!

#2

Hello, So on apple you will be able to use the implement camera BUT on android you cant at the moment. Im not sure about the sending to server part tho.

#3

While on iOS we support using the camera as a video fill to an object, you cannot in any way capture that data to send to a server. Both iOS and Android you can use native.captureVideo() to record a video through the device’s built in dialogs and then grab an access to the file URL and copy that to your app’s sandbox and then upload it to a server.

Rob

#4

Wait, you can access the camera on Android? When was this implemented? I’ve seen so many posts say you can’t.

#5

Hi @SonicX278,

Well, it depends on what you want to do with the camera. The posts you may be referring to mean that you can’t use the camera as a “live video feed” which is filled into a display object on the screen… that is for iOS only. But as for using the camera to take photos and videos, that feature has been around for a long time:

https://docs.coronalabs.com/api/library/media/capturePhoto.html

https://docs.coronalabs.com/api/library/media/captureVideo.html

Brent

#6

Hello, So on apple you will be able to use the implement camera BUT on android you cant at the moment. Im not sure about the sending to server part tho.

#7

While on iOS we support using the camera as a video fill to an object, you cannot in any way capture that data to send to a server. Both iOS and Android you can use native.captureVideo() to record a video through the device’s built in dialogs and then grab an access to the file URL and copy that to your app’s sandbox and then upload it to a server.

Rob

#8

Wait, you can access the camera on Android? When was this implemented? I’ve seen so many posts say you can’t.

#9

Hi @SonicX278,

Well, it depends on what you want to do with the camera. The posts you may be referring to mean that you can’t use the camera as a “live video feed” which is filled into a display object on the screen… that is for iOS only. But as for using the camera to take photos and videos, that feature has been around for a long time:

https://docs.coronalabs.com/api/library/media/capturePhoto.html

https://docs.coronalabs.com/api/library/media/captureVideo.html

Brent