toggleRecording() not working anymore with Firmware 7.9 and above

[Adrian-Hilmmer]

Hey guys,

actually I´ver upgraded the firmare to 7.9 on the bmpcc4k and my atom controller does not work correctly anymore. The first btn press triggers the recording but the second press does not toggle to stop the recording. I am not sure if BMD´s SDK has changed but I am happy about some input to get the controller running again.

Thanks,
Adrian

[falcaobh]

Hi, did you manage to solve the problem? in addition to this problem of not being able to stop recording with the second click, I have problems with the connection. I have to turn the m5stickC off and on several times for the connection to happen. I hope you got it resolved and can help me. thanks

[Adrian-Hilmmer]

Hi, did you manage to solve the problem? in addition to this problem of not being able to stop recording with the second click, I have problems with the connection. I have to turn the m5stickC off and on several times for the connection to happen. I hope you got it resolved and can help me. thanks

Hey falcaobh,

actually I am still waiting for a response. Maybe without the toggle function it will work. I am not that good at programming, but I will try to find a way to make it work. If you'll find a solution please let me know :)

For your connection problem, which device do you power on first? I power on the m5 first and after that the pocket. This works all the time to get a connection. Hope this helps :D

[Adrian-Hilmmer]

So, today I found some time to test a work arround. It looks like the toggleRecording() function does not work anymore. My solution actually is to do a single and a double click. On single click I call "BMDControl->record(true);" and on double click I call "BMDControl->record(false);". This works like a charm but actually is not that elegant.
When I try to build this with if/else and get the recording state it also does not work :/

Maybe something has changed about the readout of states in the SDK ...

[falcaobh]

Works! Thank you

[larsdpeder]

Is it possible for you to post the code? Thanks. I'm also trying on a m5 stick and recording works but it wont stop again.

[spynappels]

Does the BMDControl->isRecording(); still work? Don't have a BMPCC4K to hand to test.

If it does you can create an additional function in your sketch like this to get recording state:

bool isRec(){ bool result = BMDControl->isRecording(); return result; }

Use the output from this to command to stop recording:

if (isRec() == true){ BMDControl->record(false); }

Or alternatively to start recording:

if (isRec() == false){ BMDControl->record(true); }

These can then be combined in an if...else block to give a direct replacement for the toggle command.

[RyLo2797]

Does the BMDControl->isRecording(); still work? Don't have a BMPCC4K to hand to test.

If it does you can create an additional function in your sketch like this to get recording state:

bool isRec(){ bool result = BMDControl->isRecording(); return result; }

Use the output from this to command to stop recording:

if (isRec() == true){ BMDControl->record(false); }

Or alternatively to start recording:

if (isRec() == false){ BMDControl->record(true); }

These can then be combined in an if...else block to give a direct replacement for the toggle command.

No, BMDControl->isRecording(); doesn't work, which is where the issue lies. For some reason, getTransportMode(); isn't returning the right value. It still returns 0 when it should be returning 2. So there's no way to know if the camera is recording or not.

@schoolpost Would you be able to look at this and figure out what broke in the latest firmwares/SDK?

[Adrian-Hilmmer]

Actually my work arround is the single and double click with several functions. It would be nice if @schoolpost would look at this so the awesome library will work flawlessly again :)

[Adrian-Hilmmer]

@schoolpost would it be possible for you to take a look at this?