[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] baluuu:
Tried too recording never started for me

I think this is the relevant error

E/OMXCodec( 175): failed to allocate node google.h264.encoder

And this is the entire logcat

V/videocamera( 1283): startVideoRecording
D/CameraStorage( 1283): External storage state=mounted
V/videocamera( 1283): initializeRecorder
W/StagefrightRecorder( 175): Max file duration is not positive: 0 us. Disabling
duration limit.
W/StagefrightRecorder( 175): Target duration (0 us) too short to be respected
V/videocamera( 1283): New video filename: /storage/sdcard0/DCIM/Camera/VID_20121
204_215733.mp4
I/MediaRecorderJNI( 1283): prepare: surface=0x2a1423a0 (identity=35)
D/CameraHAL( 175): Setting KEY_PREVIEW_FPS_RANGE: (10,25)
D/CameraSource( 175): Camera does not support setVideoSize()
D/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): requested preview size 320 x 240
D/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): requested picture size 2560 x 1920
D/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): value:28401, country value:284, country code:28
4
D/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): native_access_parm: fd 35, type 21, length 4
D/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): native_access_parm: fd 35, type 15, length 4
D/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): native_access_parm: fd 35, type 14, length 4
D/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): setFlash 0
D/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): native_access_parm: fd 35, type 49, length 4
D/mm-camera-ctrlcmd( 175): In config_proc_CAMERA_SET_PARM_LED_MODE: 0
I/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): Set zoom=0 40
D/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): native_access_parm: fd 35, type 2, length 4
I/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): Setting Contrast is 5
D/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): native_access_parm: fd 35, type 6, length 4
I/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): Setting Brightness is 3
D/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): native_access_parm: fd 35, type 7, length 4
I/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): Setting Saturation is 5
D/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): native_access_parm: fd 35, type 11, length 4
I/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): Setting Sharpness is 10
D/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): native_access_parm: fd 35, type 9, length 4
D/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): native_access_parm: fd 35, type 12, length 4
I/mm-camera-ctrlcmd( 175): md.d.aec_mode.aec_mode:1
I/mm-camera-aec( 175): Touch AEC == numRegions:256
I/mm-camera-aec( 175): Touch AEC aecCtrl->aec_state.aec_algo:1
D/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): not defined touch-focus yet, or AP without touc
h-focus function
I/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): Before Setting coordinate x:160 y:120
I/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): Setting coordinate x:2 y:2
D/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): native_access_parm: fd 35, type 55, length 28
I/mm-camera 7x-vfe( 175): vfe_set_coordinate x:2 y:2
D/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): native_access_parm: fd 35, type 26, length 4
D/mm-camera-ctrlcmd( 175): md.d.aec_iso_mode = 0
D/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): native_access_parm: fd 35, type 57, length 4
D/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): native_access_parm: fd 35, type 8, length 4
D/QualcommCameraHardware( 175): virtual android::status_t android::QualcommCame
raHardware::setParameters(const android::CameraParameters&), final_rc=0
D/CameraHAL( 175): Setting KEY_PREVIEW_FPS_RANGE: (10,25)
E/OMXCodec( 175): failed to allocate node google.h264.encoder
W/StagefrightRecorder( 175): Failed to create the encoder
D/CameraSource( 175): reset: E
W/CameraService( 175): attempt to use a locked camera from a different process
(old pid 175, new pid 1283)
D/CameraSource( 175): reset: X
E/MediaRecorder( 1283): start failed: -2147483648
W/CameraService( 175): lockIfMessageWanted(16): dropped unwanted message
E/videocamera( 1283): Could not start media recorder.
E/videocamera( 1283): java.lang.RuntimeException: start failed.
E/videocamera( 1283): at android.media.MediaRecorder.start(Native Method)
E/videocamera( 1283): at com.android.camera.VideoCamera.startVideoRecording(Vi
deoCamera.java:1584)
E/videocamera( 1283): at com.android.camera.VideoCamera.onShutterButtonClick(V
ideoCamera.java:665)
E/videocamera( 1283): at com.android.camera.ShutterButton.performClick(Shutter
Button.java:108)
E/videocamera( 1283): at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:16966)
E/videocamera( 1283): at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:615)
E/videocamera( 1283): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
E/videocamera( 1283): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
E/videocamera( 1283): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4
931)
E/videocamera( 1283): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
E/videocamera( 1283): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
E/videocamera( 1283): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCalle
r.run(ZygoteInit.java:791)
E/videocamera( 1283): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.ja
va:558)
E/videocamera( 1283): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
V/videocamera( 1283): Releasing media recorder.
V/videocamera( 1283): Empty video file deleted: /storage/sdcard0/DCIM/Camera/VID
_20121204_215733.mp4