Android: How to save a preview frame as jpeg image?

android, camera

Solution

checkout this code. i hope it helps

camera.setPreviewCallback(new PreviewCallback() {
                    @Override
                    public void onPreviewFrame(byte[] data, Camera camera) {
                        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                        Camera.Parameters parameters = camera.getParameters();
                        Size size = parameters.getPreviewSize();
                        YuvImage image = new YuvImage(data, ImageFormat.NV21,
                                size.width, size.height, null);
                        Rect rectangle = new Rect();
                        rectangle.bottom = size.height;
                        rectangle.top = 0;
                        rectangle.left = 0;
                        rectangle.right = size.width;
                        ByteArrayOutputStream out2 = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
                        image.compressToJpeg(rectangle, 100, out2);
                        DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream();
                        in.write(out2.toByteArray());

                        }
                    }

                });
                camera.startPreview();

Problem

I would like to save a preview frame as a jpeg image. I have tried to write the following code: ``` public void onPreviewFrame(byte[] _data, Camera _camera) { if(settings.isRecording()) { Camera.Parameters params = _camera.getParameters(); params.setPictureFormat(PixelFormat.JPEG); _camera.setParameters(params); String path = "ImageDir" + frameCount; fileRW.setPath(path); fileRW.WriteToFile(_data); frameCount++; } } ``` but it's not possible to open a saved file as a jpeg image. Does anyone know how to save preview frames as jpeg images? Thanks

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