title: Taro.chooseVideo(option)

sidebar_label: chooseVideo

Takes a video or selects a video from the mobile album.

Reference

Type

  1. (option: Option) => Promise<void>

Parameters

Option

Property Type Required Description
camera "back" | "front" No Indicates the default camera to be enabled. On some Android phones, the setting cannot take effect because it is not supported in ROM.
compressed boolean No Indicates whether to compress the selected video file
maxDuration number No The maximum duration of a recorded video (in sec)
sourceType ("album" | "camera")[] No The source of the video
complete (res: any) => void No The callback function used when the API call completed (always executed whether the call succeeds or fails)
fail (res: any) => void No The callback function for a failed API call
success (res: Result) => void No The callback function for a successful API call

SuccessCallbackResult

Property Type Description
duration number Duration of the selected video
height number Returns the height of the selected video
size number Amount of data of the selected video
tempFilePath string Temporary file path of the selected video
width number Returns the width of the selected video
errMsg string Call result

camera

Property Description
back Enables the rear camera by default
front Enables the front camera by default

sourceType

Property Description
album Selects a video from the album
camera Takes a video with the camera

Sample Code

  1. Taro.chooseVideo({
  2.   sourceType: ['album','camera'],
  3.   maxDuration: 60,
  4.   camera: 'back',
  5.   success: function (res) {
  6.     console.log(res.tempFilePath)
  7.   }
  8. })

API Support

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