/// <summary>
/// Records an MP4 video to a StorageFile and adds rotation metadata to it
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
private async Task StartRecordingAsync()
{
try
{
// Create storage file for the capture
var videoFile = await _captureFolder.CreateFileAsync("SimpleVideo.mp4", CreationCollisionOption.GenerateUniqueName);
var encodingProfile = MediaEncodingProfile.CreateMp4(VideoEncodingQuality.Auto);
// Calculate rotation angle, taking mirroring into account if necessary
var rotationAngle = CameraRotationHelper.ConvertSimpleOrientationToClockwiseDegrees(_rotationHelper.GetCameraCaptureOrientation());
encodingProfile.Video.Properties.Add(RotationKey, PropertyValue.CreateInt32(rotationAngle));
Debug.WriteLine("Starting recording to " + videoFile.Path);
await _mediaCapture.StartRecordToStorageFileAsync(encodingProfile, videoFile);
_isRecording = true;
Debug.WriteLine("Started recording!");
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// File I/O errors are reported as exceptions
Debug.WriteLine("Exception when starting video recording: " + ex.ToString());
}
}
public async Task StartAsync()
{
m_isRecording = true;
if (m_isVideo)
{
var profile = MediaEncodingProfile.CreateMp4(VideoEncodingQuality.Auto);
var rotationAngle = CameraRotationHelper.ConvertSimpleOrientationToClockwiseDegrees(_rotationHelper.GetCameraCaptureOrientation());
profile.Video.Properties.Add(new Guid("C380465D-2271-428C-9B83-ECEA3B4A85C1"), PropertyValue.CreateInt32(rotationAngle));
m_lowLag = await m_mediaCapture.PrepareLowLagRecordToStorageFileAsync(profile, m_file);
await m_lowLag.StartAsync();
}
else
{
var wavEncodingProfile = MediaEncodingProfile.CreateWav(AudioEncodingQuality.High);
wavEncodingProfile.Audio.BitsPerSample = 16;
wavEncodingProfile.Audio.SampleRate = 48000;
wavEncodingProfile.Audio.ChannelCount = 1;
m_opusSink = await OpusCodec.CreateMediaSinkAsync(m_file);
await m_mediaCapture.StartRecordToCustomSinkAsync(wavEncodingProfile, m_opusSink);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Uses the current device orientation in space and page orientation on the screen to calculate the rotation
/// transformation to apply to the controls
/// </summary>
private void UpdateButtonOrientation()
{
// Rotate the buttons in the UI to match the rotation of the device
var angle = CameraRotationHelper.ConvertSimpleOrientationToClockwiseDegrees(rotationHelper.GetUiOrientation());
var transform = new RotateTransform {
Angle = angle
};
// The RenderTransform is safe to use (i.e. it won't cause layout issues) in this case, because these buttons have a 1:1 aspect ratio
VideoButton.RenderTransform = transform;
}
private async Task SetPreviewRotationAsync()
{
if (!_externalCamera)
{
// Add rotation metadata to the preview stream to make sure the aspect ratio / dimensions match when rendering and getting preview frames
var rotation = _rotationHelper.GetCameraPreviewOrientation();
var props = _mediaCapture.VideoDeviceController.GetMediaStreamProperties(MediaStreamType.VideoPreview);
Guid RotationKey = new Guid("C380465D-2271-428C-9B83-ECEA3B4A85C1");
props.Properties.Add(RotationKey, CameraRotationHelper.ConvertSimpleOrientationToClockwiseDegrees(rotation));
await _mediaCapture.SetEncodingPropertiesAsync(MediaStreamType.VideoPreview, props, null);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the current orientation of the UI in relation to the device (when AutoRotationPreferences cannot be honored) and applies a corrective rotation to the preview
/// </summary>
private async Task SetPreviewRotationAsync()
{
// Only need to update the orientation if the camera is mounted on the device
if (_externalCamera)
{
return;
}
// Add rotation metadata to the preview stream to make sure the aspect ratio / dimensions match when rendering and getting preview frames
var rotation = _rotationHelper.GetCameraPreviewOrientation();
var props = _mediaCapture.VideoDeviceController.GetMediaStreamProperties(MediaStreamType.VideoPreview);
props.Properties.Add(RotationKey, CameraRotationHelper.ConvertSimpleOrientationToClockwiseDegrees(rotation));
await _mediaCapture.SetEncodingPropertiesAsync(MediaStreamType.VideoPreview, props, null);
}
private async void RotationHelper_OrientationChanged(object sender, bool updatePreview)
{
if (updatePreview)
{
await SetPreviewRotationAsync();
}
await Dispatcher.RunAsync(CoreDispatcherPriority.Normal, () => {
// Rotate the buttons in the UI to match the rotation of the device
var angle = CameraRotationHelper.ConvertSimpleOrientationToClockwiseDegrees(_rotationHelper.GetUIOrientation());
var transform = new RotateTransform {
Angle = angle
};
// The RenderTransform is safe to use (i.e. it won't cause layout issues) in this case, because these buttons have a 1:1 aspect ratio
Capture.RenderTransform = transform;
Capture.RenderTransform = transform;
});
}
public async Task SetPreviewRotationAsync()
{
// Only need to update the orientation if the camera is mounted on the device
if (_externalCamera || _rotationHelper == null || m_mediaCapture == null)
{
return;
}
// Add rotation metadata to the preview stream to make sure the aspect ratio / dimensions match when rendering and getting preview frames
var rotation = _rotationHelper.GetCameraPreviewOrientation();
var props = m_mediaCapture.VideoDeviceController.GetMediaStreamProperties(MediaStreamType.VideoPreview);
props.Properties.Add(new Guid("C380465D-2271-428C-9B83-ECEA3B4A85C1"), CameraRotationHelper.ConvertSimpleOrientationToClockwiseDegrees(rotation));
await m_mediaCapture.SetEncodingPropertiesAsync(MediaStreamType.VideoPreview, props, null);
}
