PhoneGap/Cordova iOS: capture video with a duration limit (ie. 30 seconds)

Question

I would like to limit video capturing to 30 seconds. As of now the PhoneGap documentation says the following of iOS implementation:

"The duration parameter is not supported. Recording lengths cannot be limited programmatically."

I did find this post which seems to give the solution for a purely objective C implementation:

iPhone: 5 seconds video capture

The question is: Is this something that could "easily" be made into a phonegap plugin or is there some other reason phonegap hasn't been able to implement this? If you think it can be done - any information pointing me in the right direction is much appreciated! Thanks :)

I need the same thing...its ultimately going to be the difference between native and HTML5/PhoneGap. Their documentation (http://docs.phonegap.com/en/1.0.0/phonegap_media_capture_capture.md.html#CaptureVideoOptions) is HILARIOUS too. They show 3 parameters and for iOS NONE of them are supported :s — SomethingOn, Aug 03 '12 at 19:05

SomethingOn · Answer 1 · 2012-11-20T14:36:32.713

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I'm trying to solve the same problem and may have a solution:

The capture.captureVideo() function returns an array of MediaFile objects. Those objects have a MediaFile.getFormatData() method that tells you what the duration of the file is and therefore you could reject the file if its too long...

Here's my solution:

 navigator.device.capture.captureVideo(function(mediaFiles) {

                mediaFiles[0].getFormatData(function(data) {

                    if(data.duration > 30) {
                        /* Tell the user the video is too long */
                    } else {
                        /* Video is less than the max duration...all good */
                    }
                });

        }, function(error) { /* An error occured */ },
null);

edited Nov 20 '12 at 14:36

answered Aug 07 '12 at 01:43

SomethingOn

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Any solution to stop the video if the duration is greater than our limit? – Toni Michel Caubet Nov 12 '13 at 18:43
According to the PhoneGap 3.1 docs, only the "limit" parameter is not supported so maybe the duration parameter works now: http://docs.phonegap.com/en/3.1.0/cordova_media_capture_capture.md.html#CaptureVideoOptions – SomethingOn Nov 12 '13 at 19:32
This used to work - now the data.duration is always 0 – Elia Weiss Apr 11 '16 at 09:33

PhoneGap/Cordova iOS: capture video with a duration limit (ie. 30 seconds)

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