Is it possible to have the camera app on video recorder mode continue recording even with the screen off? I just got a nexus one, switch from an iPhone which could do this via cycorder. Sometimes I'll record videos which are over two hours long but the screen being on it kills the battery really fast.
Is there any way I can solve this?
Howdy I have a fairly specific requirement for a video recording app, I'll explain:
I'm making a head unit for my car stereo out of a 7" tablet, the tablet has a camera which I'm running to the front bumper.
Now I'd like it if I could record incase anything neat happens on the road, but just constantly hitting record isn't feasible, I was hoping there'd be an app or method where it constantly records for a period, say 10 minutes, and then deletes the last recording and starts over.
That way if something happens you actually want to keep you can just hit Save Last Video or whatever.
Any ideas?
What about some type of dvr software that constantly records? Security software?
Ok, like what?
The dilemma is that I don't want to be constantly recording/deleting videos but I don't want to miss something cool happening because I hadn't hit record that one time.
So I was thinking something that just lets you save the last 30 minutes or whatever if you choose to but otherwise deletes and starts another 30 min recording...
How do people normally get around this with in car cameras?
I should have posted my app in here a long time ago. But I guess it is never too late to post it and hope for some good feedback on how to improve the app even further.
What does SleepTimer do:
It simply gives you a way of stopping your music after x minutes. Set it, and listen to music (or a video) in the evening without having to worry about the music running at 3am and waking you up from your sleep. SleepTimer lets you even do more like turning off wifi and/or mobile data after it turned off the music so you do not get interrupted by those annoying WhatsApp messages .
Scenarios
1. Turning off music after falling asleep
2. Turning off remote music like iTunes Remote, YouTube over ChromeCast, ... (needs some configuration)
3. Like fall asleep while talking with your love but hate high phone bills? Let SleepTimer stop the phone call (needs some configuration)
For most use cases SleepTimer just works. Open it up, set time, start. Done. And it even looks nice (at least I think so).
Only like 6% of the apps need some additional configuration to make them work.
More details (only for those who want to know/read more)
The app uses many different techniques to turn off the music. Audio controls, audio foreground, and even notifications since the newest version. Sadly there are some really bad music players out there that do not support any way of stopping their music except for opening the app and using the stop button in there. In such cases there is only the way of lowering the volume (which I hate ). I hope those developers get to work and implement a proper Music Player. Luckily most apps work though.
About notifications (new since October 2014)
This I am actually pretty proud about and took me a while to implement. And it gives us two new features.
1. Stop music using the notification
So if they have a pause/stop/close control in the notifcation, one can add a custom action in settings, select the app and click on the button in the notification that stops the music. SleepTimer will then use that button in the notification to stop the music. That allows more ways to stop an app and allows to stop apps like iTunes Remote, YouTube with ChromeCast, ...
2. Wait until the end of a track
If enabled, SleepTimer will not turn off the music immediately but wait until the track ends. This is done using the text content of the notification. As soon as the text in a notification changes SleepTimer knows that the track is changing and it will send a stop request immediately. (As well it ignores numbers like 3:12 which is obviously not track information but time information)
Shake extend
If enabled, you can extend the timer by shaking your phone. So you can set some quiet chime to run one minute before the timer runs out. If you can still hear it then just shake to phone to extend the timer.
Root
One can enable root in advanced settings to have even more options when the timer ends. For example turning off the phone or turning on airplane mode.
I hope you do like the app. If not, let me know why. If you have any recommendations or questions, please just ask. As well any ideas how to improve the app further are welcome.
Cheers,
Patrick
First.
Does it support all music & video players? Or only stock players?
exodius48 said:
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Does it support all music & video players? Or only stock players?
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It supports a lot of music and video players. Basically all of them that support the events of Android that good Audio Player apps should support according to Google Many players I tested (Stock, Google Play Music, TuneIn, Spotify, YouTube, ...) worked. And even if they don't work by default, try out adding a custom action in settings in on sleep actions.
Is is possible to turn off the device after x minutes?
Kuri93 said:
Is is possible to turn off the device after x minutes?
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Yes it is. But only if you have a rooted phone. If you do, then enable root in the advanced settings and then go into the On Sleep Actions settings where you will find the turn off phone option .
I think it would be great idea to add some notification with countdown(few seconds), before phone shutting down.
This is a really neat app! All the other sleep timers I tried didn't feature root options like airplane mode etc. Thanks a lot!
Just a little request: Could you add a screen off option as well? I mean sure, the device will turn off the display afterwards by itself, but I thought it might be useful.
Continuous sleep mode
Hi
I would like to know if the app can be configured so that if I fall asleep with earphones on and wake up and press the play/stop button on the earphones, theaudio I was listening to continues, but is automatically in sleep countdown mode without having to start Sleep Timer again.
This is the way the sleep mode in Smart Audiobooks works and it is very nice.
Thanks.
I am looking for an app for my tablet that I am building into the dash of my car I want an app where I press a single button basically launch the app and it will immediately begin recording video using the front facing camera on the tablet without showing that video recording on the screen the idea is if I get pulled over for example by the police I can tap this button and it will began recording the inside of the car with the of the front facing camera on the tablet without showing anything on the screen either home screen or screen off any suggestions streaming be nice but not required
nerys71 said:
I am looking for an app for my tablet that I am building into the dash of my car I want an app where I press a single button basically launch the app and it will immediately begin recording video using the front facing camera on the tablet without showing that video recording on the screen the idea is if I get pulled over for example by the police I can tap this button and it will began recording the inside of the car with the of the front facing camera on the tablet without showing anything on the screen either home screen or screen off any suggestions streaming be nice but not required
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Try Record Now!. It does exactly what you want it to do, works great (I tested it myself), and is free - that's always a plus, right?
EDIT - Just found Secret Video Recorder Free. I haven't tested it, but you might want to try this one, as well.
Post thank? :fingers-crossed:
the app Azar is preventing me from record it. i used many screen recorder apps to record it but the video turns out black screen when i enter Azar app. is there any way else. please help me
Your only hope is rooting your phone to do this