[camera] Pause/resume video recording for Android & iOS

packages/camera/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.5.4
+
+* Add feature to pause and resume video recording.
+
 ## 0.5.3+1
 
 * Fix too large request code for FragmentActivity users.

packages/camera/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/camera/Camera.java

@@ -388,6 +388,38 @@ public void stopVideoRecording(@NonNull final Result result) {
     }
   }
 
+  public void pauseVideoRecording(@NonNull final Result result) {
+    if (!recordingVideo) {
+      result.success(null);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      mediaRecorder.pause();
+    } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
+      result.error("videoRecordingFailed", e.getMessage(), null);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    result.success(null);
+  }
+
+  public void resumeVideoRecording(@NonNull final Result result) {
+    if (!recordingVideo) {
+      result.success(null);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      mediaRecorder.resume();
+    } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
+      result.error("videoRecordingFailed", e.getMessage(), null);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    result.success(null);
+  }
+
   public void startPreview() throws CameraAccessException {
     createCaptureSession(CameraDevice.TEMPLATE_PREVIEW, pictureImageReader.getSurface());
   }

packages/camera/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/camera/CameraPlugin.java

@@ -112,6 +112,16 @@ public void onMethodCall(@NonNull MethodCall call, @NonNull final Result result)
           camera.stopVideoRecording(result);
           break;
         }
+      case "pauseVideoRecording":
+        {
+          camera.pauseVideoRecording(result);
+          break;
+        }
+      case "resumeVideoRecording":
+        {
+          camera.resumeVideoRecording(result);
+          break;
+        }
       case "startImageStream":
         {
           try {

packages/camera/example/lib/main.dart

@@ -214,6 +214,19 @@ class _CameraExampleHomeState extends State<CameraExampleHome>
               ? onVideoRecordButtonPressed
               : null,
         ),
+        IconButton(
+          icon: controller != null && controller.value.isRecordingPaused
+              ? Icon(Icons.play_arrow)
+              : Icon(Icons.pause),
+          color: Colors.blue,
+          onPressed: controller != null &&
+                  controller.value.isInitialized &&
+                  controller.value.isRecordingVideo
+              ? (controller != null && controller.value.isRecordingPaused
+                  ? onResumeButtonPressed
+                  : onPauseButtonPressed)
+              : null,
+        ),
         IconButton(
           icon: const Icon(Icons.stop),
           color: Colors.red,
@@ -316,6 +329,20 @@ class _CameraExampleHomeState extends State<CameraExampleHome>
     });
   }
 
+  void onPauseButtonPressed() {
+    pauseVideoRecording().then((_) {
+      if (mounted) setState(() {});
+      showInSnackBar('Video recording paused');
+    });
+  }
+
+  void onResumeButtonPressed() {
+    resumeVideoRecording().then((_) {
+      if (mounted) setState(() {});
+      showInSnackBar('Video recording resumed');
+    });
+  }
+
   Future<String> startVideoRecording() async {
     if (!controller.value.isInitialized) {
       showInSnackBar('Error: select a camera first.');
@@ -357,6 +384,32 @@ class _CameraExampleHomeState extends State<CameraExampleHome>
     await _startVideoPlayer();
   }
 
+  Future<void> pauseVideoRecording() async {
+    if (!controller.value.isRecordingVideo) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      await controller.pauseVideoRecording();
+    } on CameraException catch (e) {
+      _showCameraException(e);
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  Future<void> resumeVideoRecording() async {
+    if (!controller.value.isRecordingVideo) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      await controller.resumeVideoRecording();
+    } on CameraException catch (e) {
+      _showCameraException(e);
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
   Future<void> _startVideoPlayer() async {
     final VideoPlayerController vcontroller =
         VideoPlayerController.file(File(videoPath));

packages/camera/example/test_driver/camera.dart

@@ -143,4 +143,60 @@ void main() {
       }
     }
   });
+
+  test('Pause and resume video recording', () async {
+    final List<CameraDescription> cameras = await availableCameras();
+    if (cameras.isEmpty) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    final CameraController controller = CameraController(
+      cameras[0],
+      ResolutionPreset.low,
+      enableAudio: false,
+    );
+
+    await controller.initialize();
+    await controller.prepareForVideoRecording();
+
+    final String filePath =
+        '${testDir.path}/${DateTime.now().millisecondsSinceEpoch}.mp4';
+
+    int startPause;
+    int timePaused = 0;
+
+    await controller.startVideoRecording(filePath);
+    final int recordingStart = DateTime.now().millisecondsSinceEpoch;
+    sleep(const Duration(milliseconds: 500));
+
+    await controller.pauseVideoRecording();
+    startPause = DateTime.now().millisecondsSinceEpoch;
+    sleep(const Duration(milliseconds: 500));
+    await controller.resumeVideoRecording();
+    timePaused += DateTime.now().millisecondsSinceEpoch - startPause;
+
+    sleep(const Duration(milliseconds: 500));
+
+    await controller.pauseVideoRecording();
+    startPause = DateTime.now().millisecondsSinceEpoch;
+    sleep(const Duration(milliseconds: 500));
+    await controller.resumeVideoRecording();
+    timePaused += DateTime.now().millisecondsSinceEpoch - startPause;
+
+    sleep(const Duration(milliseconds: 500));
+
+    await controller.stopVideoRecording();
+    final int recordingTime =
+        DateTime.now().millisecondsSinceEpoch - recordingStart;
+
+    final File videoFile = File(filePath);
+    final VideoPlayerController videoController = VideoPlayerController.file(
+      videoFile,
+    );
+    await videoController.initialize();
+    final int duration = videoController.value.duration.inMilliseconds;
+    await videoController.dispose();
+
+    expect(duration, lessThan(recordingTime - timePaused));
+  });
 }

packages/camera/ios/Classes/CameraPlugin.m

@@ -180,10 +180,18 @@ @interface FLTCam : NSObject <FlutterTexture,
 @property(strong, nonatomic) AVCaptureVideoDataOutput *videoOutput;
 @property(strong, nonatomic) AVCaptureAudioDataOutput *audioOutput;
 @property(assign, nonatomic) BOOL isRecording;
+@property(assign, nonatomic) BOOL isRecordingPaused;
+@property(assign, nonatomic) BOOL videoIsDisconnected;
+@property(assign, nonatomic) BOOL audioIsDisconnected;
 @property(assign, nonatomic) BOOL isAudioSetup;
 @property(assign, nonatomic) BOOL isStreamingImages;
 @property(assign, nonatomic) ResolutionPreset resolutionPreset;
+@property(assign, nonatomic) CMTime lastVideoSampleTime;
+@property(assign, nonatomic) CMTime lastAudioSampleTime;
+@property(assign, nonatomic) CMTime videoTimeOffset;
+@property(assign, nonatomic) CMTime audioTimeOffset;
 @property(nonatomic) CMMotionManager *motionManager;
+@property AVAssetWriterInputPixelBufferAdaptor *videoAdaptor;
 - (instancetype)initWithCameraName:(NSString *)cameraName
                   resolutionPreset:(NSString *)resolutionPreset
                        enableAudio:(BOOL)enableAudio
@@ -417,25 +425,89 @@ - (void)captureOutput:(AVCaptureOutput *)output
       CVPixelBufferUnlockBaseAddress(pixelBuffer, kCVPixelBufferLock_ReadOnly);
     }
   }
-  if (_isRecording) {
+  if (_isRecording && !_isRecordingPaused) {
     if (_videoWriter.status == AVAssetWriterStatusFailed) {
       _eventSink(@{
         @"event" : @"error",
         @"errorDescription" : [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", _videoWriter.error]
       });
       return;
     }
-    CMTime lastSampleTime = CMSampleBufferGetPresentationTimeStamp(sampleBuffer);
+
+    CFRetain(sampleBuffer);
+    CMTime currentSampleTime = CMSampleBufferGetPresentationTimeStamp(sampleBuffer);
+
     if (_videoWriter.status != AVAssetWriterStatusWriting) {
       [_videoWriter startWriting];
-      [_videoWriter startSessionAtSourceTime:lastSampleTime];
+      [_videoWriter startSessionAtSourceTime:currentSampleTime];
     }
+
     if (output == _captureVideoOutput) {
-      [self newVideoSample:sampleBuffer];
-    } else if (output == _audioOutput) {
+      if (_videoIsDisconnected) {
+        _videoIsDisconnected = NO;
+
+        if (_videoTimeOffset.value == 0) {
+          _videoTimeOffset = CMTimeSubtract(currentSampleTime, _lastVideoSampleTime);
+        } else {
+          CMTime offset = CMTimeSubtract(currentSampleTime, _lastVideoSampleTime);
+          _videoTimeOffset = CMTimeAdd(_videoTimeOffset, offset);
+        }
+
+        return;
+      }
+
+      _lastVideoSampleTime = currentSampleTime;
+
+      CVPixelBufferRef nextBuffer = CMSampleBufferGetImageBuffer(sampleBuffer);
+      CMTime nextSampleTime = CMTimeSubtract(_lastVideoSampleTime, _videoTimeOffset);
+      [_videoAdaptor appendPixelBuffer:nextBuffer withPresentationTime:nextSampleTime];
+    } else {
+      CMTime dur = CMSampleBufferGetDuration(sampleBuffer);
+
+      if (dur.value > 0) {
+        currentSampleTime = CMTimeAdd(currentSampleTime, dur);
+      }
+
+      if (_audioIsDisconnected) {
+        _audioIsDisconnected = NO;
+
+        if (_audioTimeOffset.value == 0) {
+          _audioTimeOffset = CMTimeSubtract(currentSampleTime, _lastAudioSampleTime);
+        } else {
+          CMTime offset = CMTimeSubtract(currentSampleTime, _lastAudioSampleTime);
+          _audioTimeOffset = CMTimeAdd(_audioTimeOffset, offset);
+        }
+
+        return;
+      }
+
+      _lastAudioSampleTime = currentSampleTime;
+
+      if (_audioTimeOffset.value != 0) {
+        CFRelease(sampleBuffer);
+        sampleBuffer = [self adjustTime:sampleBuffer by:_audioTimeOffset];
+      }
+
       [self newAudioSample:sampleBuffer];
     }
+
+    CFRelease(sampleBuffer);
+  }
+}
+
+- (CMSampleBufferRef)adjustTime:(CMSampleBufferRef)sample by:(CMTime)offset {
+  CMItemCount count;
+  CMSampleBufferGetSampleTimingInfoArray(sample, 0, nil, &count);
+  CMSampleTimingInfo *pInfo = malloc(sizeof(CMSampleTimingInfo) * count);
+  CMSampleBufferGetSampleTimingInfoArray(sample, count, pInfo, &count);
+  for (CMItemCount i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+    pInfo[i].decodeTimeStamp = CMTimeSubtract(pInfo[i].decodeTimeStamp, offset);
+    pInfo[i].presentationTimeStamp = CMTimeSubtract(pInfo[i].presentationTimeStamp, offset);
   }
+  CMSampleBufferRef sout;
+  CMSampleBufferCreateCopyWithNewTiming(nil, sample, count, pInfo, &sout);
+  free(pInfo);
+  return sout;
 }
 
 - (void)newVideoSample:(CMSampleBufferRef)sampleBuffer {
@@ -526,6 +598,11 @@ - (void)startVideoRecordingAtPath:(NSString *)path result:(FlutterResult)result
       return;
     }
     _isRecording = YES;
+    _isRecordingPaused = NO;
+    _videoTimeOffset = CMTimeMake(0, 1);
+    _audioTimeOffset = CMTimeMake(0, 1);
+    _videoIsDisconnected = NO;
+    _audioIsDisconnected = NO;
     result(nil);
   } else {
     _eventSink(@{@"event" : @"error", @"errorDescription" : @"Video is already recording!"});
@@ -556,6 +633,16 @@ - (void)stopVideoRecordingWithResult:(FlutterResult)result {
   }
 }
 
+- (void)pauseVideoRecording {
+  _isRecordingPaused = YES;
+  _videoIsDisconnected = YES;
+  _audioIsDisconnected = YES;
+}
+
+- (void)resumeVideoRecording {
+  _isRecordingPaused = NO;
+}
+
 - (void)startImageStreamWithMessenger:(NSObject<FlutterBinaryMessenger> *)messenger {
   if (!_isStreamingImages) {
     FlutterEventChannel *eventChannel =
@@ -608,6 +695,13 @@ - (BOOL)setupWriterForPath:(NSString *)path {
                                    nil];
   _videoWriterInput = [AVAssetWriterInput assetWriterInputWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo
                                                          outputSettings:videoSettings];
+
+  _videoAdaptor = [AVAssetWriterInputPixelBufferAdaptor
+      assetWriterInputPixelBufferAdaptorWithAssetWriterInput:_videoWriterInput
+                                 sourcePixelBufferAttributes:@{
+                                   (NSString *)kCVPixelBufferPixelFormatTypeKey : @(videoFormat)
+                                 }];
+
   NSParameterAssert(_videoWriterInput);
   _videoWriterInput.expectsMediaDataInRealTime = YES;
 
@@ -777,6 +871,12 @@ - (void)handleMethodCallAsync:(FlutterMethodCall *)call result:(FlutterResult)re
   } else if ([@"stopImageStream" isEqualToString:call.method]) {
     [_camera stopImageStream];
     result(nil);
+  } else if ([@"pauseVideoRecording" isEqualToString:call.method]) {
+    [_camera pauseVideoRecording];
+    result(nil);
+  } else if ([@"resumeVideoRecording" isEqualToString:call.method]) {
+    [_camera resumeVideoRecording];
+    result(nil);
   } else {
     NSDictionary *argsMap = call.arguments;
     NSUInteger textureId = ((NSNumber *)argsMap[@"textureId"]).unsignedIntegerValue;