Android Question Video Time in Camera2 and CamEx2

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dieterp

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Is there built in functionality that can track how many seconds a video has been recording for when using Camera2 or CamEx2, or will I have to run a separate timer to track that? I would like the user to have the ability to click a button at various points during the recording process, which would then tag how many seconds the video has been running for each time they clicked the button
 
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ilan

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dieterp said:
I would like the user to have the ability to click a button at various points during the recording process, which would then tag how many seconds the video has been running for each time they clicked the button
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in this case i would not use a timer. i would use a timer only if i really need to get something from the tick event like SHOWING a timer on the screen that is updated each second or something like this. in your case you just can save the starting point on a variable (long) and then read it back when you click the button:

videoStartTime should be a global variable.

B4X: 
Sub startVideo
    videoStartTime = DateTime.Now
    'start video playing here
End Sub

'then you can convert the variable to a time string
Sub button1_Click
    DateTime.TimeFormat = "HH:mm:ss"
    Log(DateTime.Time(videoStartTime))
End Sub
 
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Thanks @ilan. Your suggestion will probably be more elegant for my app as I can use this approach every time I need to get the time in video for tagging purposes.
 
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