setVideoSize() crashes with high resolutions

Question

I would like to give the users an option to set different resolutions.

I've tried this solution

camcorderProfile = CamcorderProfile.get(CamcorderProfile.QUALITY_720P);
....
....
mCamera.unlock();
recorder.setCamera(mCamera);
recorder.setAudioSource(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.DEFAULT);
recorder.setVideoSource(MediaRecorder.VideoSource.DEFAULT);
recorder.setProfile(camcorderProfile);

It worked perfectly: nice quality and everything...

When I set it to

camcorderProfile = CamcorderProfile.get(CamcorderProfile.QUALITY_480P);

with FLASH on, the video came out with greenish and some other weird colors.

I read online and people said it is because QUALITY_480P is probably not supported on my phone. Ok, it makes senses.

Therefore, I started working on the different solution, so I've tried....

recorder.setVideoSize(640, 480);

It worked great,

but the video looked VERY ugly.

Next, I checked for a supported video list.

List<Size> GetSupportedVideosResolutions =  params.getSupportedVideoSizes();

Resolution: 1280x720 is in the list, so

I've tried to set the following:

recorder.setAudioSource(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.DEFAULT);
recorder.setVideoSource(MediaRecorder.VideoSource.DEFAULT);
recorder.setOutputFormat(MediaRecorder.OutputFormat.MPEG_4);
recorder.setVideoSize(1280,720);
recorder.setVideoEncoder(MediaRecorder.VideoEncoder.DEFAULT);
recorder.setAudioEncoder(MediaRecorder.AudioEncoder.DEFAULT); 

It gave me a RuntimeException error.

The question is

Why can't it let me set the higher resolutions that are available on the phone?

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Thank you.

Edit: added error log

04-18 17:40:07.391: E/AndroidRuntime(30191): java.lang.RuntimeException: start failed.
04-18 17:40:07.391: E/AndroidRuntime(30191):    at android.media.MediaRecorder.start(Native Method)
04-18 17:40:07.391: E/AndroidRuntime(30191):    at test.com.VideoActivity.prepare_StartRecorder(VideoActivity.java:1009)
04-18 17:40:07.391: E/AndroidRuntime(30191):    at test.com.VideoActivity.Recorder_Start_Stop(VideoActivity.java:1102)
04-18 17:40:07.391: E/AndroidRuntime(30191):    at test.com.VideoActivity$6.onClick(VideoActivity.java:246)
04-18 17:40:07.391: E/AndroidRuntime(30191):    at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:4489)
04-18 17:40:07.391: E/AndroidRuntime(30191):    at android.widget.CompoundButton.performClick(CompoundButton.java:104)
04-18 17:40:07.391: E/AndroidRuntime(30191):    at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:18803)
04-18 17:40:07.391: E/AndroidRuntime(30191):    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:730)
04-18 17:40:07.391: E/AndroidRuntime(30191):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
04-18 17:40:07.391: E/AndroidRuntime(30191):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
04-18 17:40:07.391: E/AndroidRuntime(30191):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5493)
04-18 17:40:07.391: E/AndroidRuntime(30191):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
04-18 17:40:07.391: E/AndroidRuntime(30191):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:525)
04-18 17:40:07.391: E/AndroidRuntime(30191):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1209)
04-18 17:40:07.391: E/AndroidRuntime(30191):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1025)
04-18 17:40:07.391: E/AndroidRuntime(30191):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Answer 1

I figured what the problem was. This may help someone else. I ended up with:

camcorderProfile = CamcorderProfile.get(CamcorderProfile.QUALITY_720P);
recorder.setVideoSize(1280, 720);   //NEEDED or it will crash

Code:

camcorderProfile = CamcorderProfile.get(CamcorderProfile.QUALITY_720P);
....
....
mCamera.unlock();
recorder.setCamera(mCamera);
recorder.setAudioSource(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.DEFAULT);
recorder.setVideoSource(MediaRecorder.VideoSource.DEFAULT);
recorder.setProfile(camcorderProfile);
recorder.setVideoSize(1280 720);  //NEEDED or it will crash
....
...

//or

CamcorderProfile.get(CamcorderProfile.QUALITY_1080P);
recorder.setProfile(camcorderProfile);
recorder.setVideoSize(1920, 1080);  //NEEDED or it will crash