AVCaptureMovieFileOutput - no active/enabled connections

Question

I am trying to record video in my iPhone app using AVFoundation. But whenever I click the Record button app crashes with this message

-[AVCaptureMovieFileOutput startRecordingToOutputFileURL:recordingDelegate:] - no active/enabled connections.

I know same question asked in SO, but none of its answers helped me. My problem is the same code works with another application perfectly, and when I try using exactly same code in this app - crashes. But still photo capture is working fine.

Adding my codes here - please help me, Thanks in advance

  -(void)viewDidLoad
  {
 [super viewDidLoad];
 self.captureSession = [[AVCaptureSession alloc] init];

   AVCaptureDevice *videoDevice = [AVCaptureDevice defaultDeviceWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo];
AVCaptureDevice *audioDevice = [AVCaptureDevice defaultDeviceWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeAudio];

  self.videoInput = [AVCaptureDeviceInput deviceInputWithDevice:videoDevice error:nil];
  self.audioInput = [[AVCaptureDeviceInput alloc] initWithDevice:audioDevice error:nil];

  self.stillImageOutput = [[AVCaptureStillImageOutput alloc] init];
  NSDictionary *stillImageOutputSettings = [[NSDictionary alloc] initWithObjectsAndKeys:
                                          AVVideoCodecJPEG, AVVideoCodecKey, nil];
  [self.stillImageOutput setOutputSettings:stillImageOutputSettings];

  self.movieOutput = [[AVCaptureMovieFileOutput alloc] init];

  [self.captureSession addInput:self.videoInput];
  [self.captureSession addOutput:self.stillImageOutput];




   previewLayer = [AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer layerWithSession:self.captureSession];
   UIView *aView = self.view;
   previewLayer.frame = CGRectMake(70, 190, 270, 270);
   [aView.layer addSublayer:previewLayer];


     }




  -(NSURL *) tempFileURL
  {
    NSString *outputPath = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"%@%@", NSTemporaryDirectory(), @"output.mov"];
    NSURL *outputURL = [[NSURL alloc] initFileURLWithPath:outputPath];
   NSFileManager *manager = [[NSFileManager alloc] init];
   if ([manager fileExistsAtPath:outputPath])
    {
    [manager removeItemAtPath:outputPath error:nil];
    }


    return outputURL;
  }

  -(IBAction)capture:(id)sender
  {

    if (self.movieOutput.isRecording == YES)
    {
         [self.movieOutput stopRecording];
    }
    else
    {
         [self.movieOutput startRecordingToOutputFileURL:[self tempFileURL] recordingDelegate:self];
    }

      }





   -(void)captureOutput:(AVCaptureFileOutput *)captureOutput  didFinishRecordingToOutputFileAtURL:(NSURL *)outputFileURL
  fromConnections:(NSArray *)connections
            error:(NSError *)error
  {


   BOOL recordedSuccessfully = YES;
  if ([error code] != noErr)
    {
    id value = [[error userInfo] objectForKey:AVErrorRecordingSuccessfullyFinishedKey];
    if (value)
        recordedSuccessfully = [value boolValue];
    NSLog(@"A problem occurred while recording: %@", error);
   }
  if (recordedSuccessfully) {
    ALAssetsLibrary *library = [[ALAssetsLibrary alloc] init];

    [library writeVideoAtPathToSavedPhotosAlbum:outputFileURL
                                completionBlock:^(NSURL *assetURL, NSError *error)
     {
         UIAlertView *alert;
         if (!error)
         {
             alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Video Saved"
                                                message:@"The movie was successfully saved to you photos library"
                                               delegate:nil
                                      cancelButtonTitle:@"OK"
                                      otherButtonTitles:nil, nil];
         }
         else
         {
             alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Error Saving Video"
                                                message:@"The movie was not saved to you photos library"
                                               delegate:nil
                                      cancelButtonTitle:@"OK"

                                      otherButtonTitles:nil, nil];
         }

         [alert show];
     }
     ];
    }

  }

Answer 1

I had the same problem while changing videoDevice activeFormat and later wanted to record video. Because I was using best quality video I had to set sessionPreset to high, like following

_session.sessionPreset = AVCaptureSessionPresetHigh;

and it worked for me! :)