I am trying to implement video recording but getting this error. i have 2 buttons called Front Camera ,Back Camera. On click i am calling below method. first it displays the camera correctly but while switching camera it gives me the error. Please help how to fix the problem ?

function StartVideoCamera(obj) {
    var id = $(obj).attr('id');
    var camNode = $(obj).attr('cammode');
    if (camNode != 'user') {
        camNode = eval('{ exact: "environment" }')
    }
    var video = document.querySelector('#video' + id);
    var constraints = { audio: true, video: { width: videoHeight, height: videoWidth, facingMode: camNode 
    } };
    navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia(constraints)
    .then(function (mediaStream) {
        window.stream = null;
        video.srcObject = null;
        recordButton.disabled = false;
        window.stream = mediaStream;
        video.srcObject = mediaStream;
        video.onloadedmetadata = function (e) {
            video.play();
        };
    })
    .catch(function (err) {
         alert(err.name + ": " + err.message)
         console.log(err.name + ": " + err.message);
     });
}

I am trying to implement video recording but getting this error. i have 2 buttons called Front Camera ,Back Camera. On click i am calling below method. first it displays the camera correctly but while switching camera it gives me the error. Please help how to fix the problem ?

function StartVideoCamera(obj) {
    var id = $(obj).attr('id');
    var camNode = $(obj).attr('cammode');
    if (camNode != 'user') {
        camNode = eval('{ exact: "environment" }')
    }
    var video = document.querySelector('#video' + id);
    var constraints = { audio: true, video: { width: videoHeight, height: videoWidth, facingMode: camNode 
    } };
    navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia(constraints)
    .then(function (mediaStream) {
        window.stream = null;
        video.srcObject = null;
        recordButton.disabled = false;
        window.stream = mediaStream;
        video.srcObject = mediaStream;
        video.onloadedmetadata = function (e) {
            video.play();
        };
    })
    .catch(function (err) {
         alert(err.name + ": " + err.message)
         console.log(err.name + ": " + err.message);
     });
}

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Share Improve this question Follow asked Dec 30, 2020 at 11:53 santoshsantosh 9111 gold badge11 silver badge44 bronze badges 5

• Does this answer your question? NotReadableError: Could not start source – isAif Commented Dec 30, 2020 at 12:14
• 10 This error usually occurs when either your camera is being used by some other application or you try to stream from a different camera before closing the existing camera stream. So i need to stop the stream first . Suggested codes are below – santosh Commented Dec 30, 2020 at 12:31
• 7 const tracks = stream.getTracks(); tracks.forEach(track => track.stop()); – santosh Commented Dec 30, 2020 at 12:32
• But how to write these codes here ? – santosh Commented Dec 30, 2020 at 12:32
• As @santosh points out, this might happen when you try to streamm from a different camera before closing the existing camera stream. I was using the library HTML5 QR (github./mebjas/html5-qrcode) AND from the PC, if you paused the existing camerastream and tried to stream from a new one, it would work well. However this wasn't the case in Android. (same browsers). Followed his ment and stopped the previous camera stream it before trying to acces a new one; works like a charm now. Thank you. – Manuel Commented Jun 13, 2022 at 12:46

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Sorted by: Reset to default 10

You need to stop the previous mediaStreamObj before calling getUserMedia again.

This happens when your other(front/back) is already in use. You need to release the camera first.

stream.getTracks()
.forEach(track => track.stop());

Here stream is what you got from getUserMedia

This stops all the devices (you can check that the camera light goes off on the desktop) and (on mobile devices).