How do I split a file into chunks while still writing to it?
I tried to create block byte arrays from a file while the process was still using the file to write. I am actually storing the video to a file and I would like to create chunks from the same file while recording.
The next method was to read blocks of bytes from a file:
private byte[] getBytesFromFile(File file) throws IOException{
InputStream is = new FileInputStream(file);
long length = file.length();
int numRead = 0;
byte[] bytes = new byte[(int)length - mReadOffset];
numRead = is.read(bytes, mReadOffset, bytes.length - mReadOffset);
if(numRead != (bytes.length - mReadOffset)){
throw new IOException("Could not completely read file " + file.getName());
}
mReadOffset += numRead;
is.close();
return bytes;
}
But the problem is that all the elements of the array are set to 0 and I think this is because the writing process is blocking the file.
I would be very grateful if any of you could show some other way to create chunks of files when writing to a file.
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Problem solved:
private void getBytesFromFile(File file) throws IOException {
FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(file); //videorecorder stores video to file
java.nio.channels.FileChannel fc = is.getChannel();
java.nio.ByteBuffer bb = java.nio.ByteBuffer.allocate(10000);
int chunkCount = 0;
byte[] bytes;
while(fc.read(bb) >= 0){
bb.flip();
//save the part of the file into a chunk
bytes = bb.array();
storeByteArrayToFile(bytes, mRecordingFile + "." + chunkCount);//mRecordingFile is the (String)path to file
chunkCount++;
bb.clear();
}
}
private void storeByteArrayToFile(byte[] bytesToSave, String path) throws IOException {
FileOutputStream fOut = new FileOutputStream(path);
try {
fOut.write(bytesToSave);
}
catch (Exception ex) {
Log.e("ERROR", ex.getMessage());
}
finally {
fOut.close();
}
}
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