[Nexus One Android Development] meric04:
Here's a logcat from a failed video capture...

V/videocamera( 800): startVideoRecording
E/VideoencOMX(16253): send_command::728 sending command MSG_ID_STATE_CHANGE: 2 state => 3 state
E/VideoencOMX(16253): process_state_change::2633 go to OMX_StateExecuting
E/VideoencDEV(16253): venc_drv_open::224 VENC_DRV_OPEN: FAILURE:venc_ioctl_initialize_done_recved FALSE
E/VideoencDEV(16253): venci_process_command_start::2832 VENC_DRV_OPEN: failed synchrnously!
E/VideoencDEV(16253): venc_drv_ioctl::464 VENC_DRV_IOCTL: FAILURE:venc_ioctl_rc_config_done_recved FALSE
E/VideoencDEV(16253): venci_process_command_start::2861 VENC_DRV_IOCTL returns synchronous error for RC config cmd
E/VideoencDEV(16253): venc_drv_ioctl::393 VENC_DRV_IOCTL: FAILURE:venc_ioctl_intra_refresh_done_recved FALSE
E/VideoencDEV(16253): venci_process_command_start::2881 VENC_DRV_IOCTL returns synchronous error for IR config cmd
D/CameraService(16253): startRecording (pid 16253)
D/CameraService(16253): startCameraMode(1) (pid 16253)
D/CameraService(16253): startRecordingMode (pid 16253)
I/AudioHardwareQSD(16253): AudioHardware PCM record is going to standby.
I/AudioHardwareQSD(16253): AudioHardware PCM record is going to standby.
I/AudioHardwareQSD(16253): do input routing device 800000
I/AudioHardwareQSD(16253): Routing audio to Speakerphone with back mic
D/AudioHardwareQSD(16253): Switching audio device to
D/AudioHardwareQSD(16253): Speakerphone
E/CameraInput(16253): Recording is not ready (iPeer 0xa79d4 iState 2 iWriteState 1 iClockState 0), frame dropped
E/CameraInput(16253): Recording is not ready (iPeer 0xa79d4 iState 2 iWriteState 1 iClockState 0), frame dropped
E/CameraInput(16253): Recording is not ready (iPeer 0xa79d4 iState 2 iWriteState 1 iClockState 0), frame dropped
W/AudioFlinger(16253): write blocked for 150 msecs, 19 delayed writes, thread 0xd730
E/CameraInput(16253): Recording is not ready (iPeer 0xa79d4 iState 2 iWriteState 1 iClockState 0), frame dropped
E/CameraInput(16253): Recording is not ready (iPeer 0xa79d4 iState 2 iWriteState 1 iClockState 0), frame dropped
E/CameraInput(16253): Recording is not ready (iPeer 0xa79d4 iState 2 iWriteState 1 iClockState 0), frame dropped
E/CameraInput(16253): Recording is not ready (iPeer 0xa79d4 iState 2 iWriteState 1 iClockState 0), frame dropped
E/CameraInput(16253): Recording is not ready (iPeer 0xa79d4 iState 2 iWriteState 1 iClockState 0), frame dropped
E/CameraInput(16253): Recording is not ready (iPeer 0xa79d4 iState 2 iWriteState 1 iClockState 0), frame dropped
E/CameraInput(16253): Recording is not ready (iPeer 0xa79d4 iState 2 iWriteState 1 iClockState 0), frame dropped
I/AudioHardwareQSD(16253): AUDIO_START: start kernel pcm_in driver.
E/CameraInput(16253): Recording is not ready (iPeer 0xa79d4 iState 2 iWriteState 1 iClockState 0), frame dropped
E/CameraInput(16253): Recording is not ready (iPeer 0xa79d4 iState 2 iWriteState 1 iClockState 0), frame dropped
E/CameraInput(16253): Recording is not ready (iPeer 0xa79d4 iState 2 iWriteState 1 iClockState 0), frame dropped
E/CameraInput(16253): Recording is not ready (iPeer 0xa79d4 iState 2 iWriteState 1 iClockState 0), frame dropped
E/CameraInput(16253): Recording is not ready (iPeer 0xa79d4 iState 2 iWriteState 1 iClockState 0), frame dropped
E/VideoencDEV(16253): venc_drv_write::344 VENC_DRV_WRITE: FAILURE:venc_ioctl_encode_done_recved FALSE
E/VideoencDEV(16253): venci_dsp_encode::5091 VENC_DRV_WRITE returns synchrnous failure! ret code -5
I/AudioHardwareQSD(16253): AudioHardware pcm playback is going to standby.