I am wondering what Error = Invalid argument from qbuf means. This happens when

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Asked: June 5, 20262026-06-05T14:05:24+00:00 2026-06-05T14:05:24+00:00

I am wondering what Error = Invalid argument from qbuf means. This happens when

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I am wondering what

Error = Invalid argument from qbuf

means.

This happens when i press the home button on my video player.
Is this something new or have other people seen something like this before.

I cannot find anything on google
especially with the tag v412_utils

this shows up on Nexus S device

LOG CAT

    06-08 10:57:59.257: I/windowChanged(15072): surface Created init
06-08 10:57:59.382: W/IInputConnectionWrapper(203): showStatusIcon on inactive InputConnection
06-08 10:57:59.382: V/RenderScript_jni(203): surfaceDestroyed
06-08 10:57:59.386: E/Surface(203): surface (identity=2589) is invalid, err=-19 (No such device)
06-08 10:57:59.386: E/Surface(203): surface (identity=2589) is invalid, err=-19 (No such device)
06-08 10:57:59.394: E/Surface(203): surface (identity=2589) is invalid, err=-19 (No such device)
06-08 10:58:00.937: I/playMedia(15072): playing Video
06-08 10:58:00.953: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:00.988: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.019: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.050: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.078: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.121: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.152: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.179: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.210: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.253: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.285: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.316: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.347: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.378: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.417: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.437: D/dalvikvm(110): GC_EXPLICIT freed 90K, 41% free 6305K/10631K, external 2194K/2740K, paused 115ms
06-08 10:58:01.449: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.480: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.511: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.554: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.585: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.621: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.652: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.687: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.714: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.746: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.781: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.812: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.847: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.882: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.914: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.949: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:01.984: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:02.015: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:02.050: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:02.085: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:02.117: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:02.152: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
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06-08 10:58:02.218: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:02.253: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:02.289: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:02.320: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
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06-08 10:58:02.390: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:02.414: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:02.445: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:02.488: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:02.523: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:02.554: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:02.589: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:02.613: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:02.648: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:02.683: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:02.718: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:02.749: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:02.785: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:02.820: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:02.851: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:02.886: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:02.917: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:02.953: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:02.988: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.023: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.058: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.097: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.117: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.152: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.183: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.222: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.246: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.281: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.316: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.347: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.382: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.417: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.449: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.484: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.515: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.550: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.585: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.617: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.656: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.691: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.714: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.749: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.781: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.816: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.851: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.882: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.917: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.953: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:03.984: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:04.019: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:04.050: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:04.085: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:04.121: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:04.156: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:04.191: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:04.222: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:04.253: E/v4l2_utils(76): Error = Invalid argument from qbuf
06-08 10:58:04.281: I/showRecord(15072): showing record menu

The OnPause menu

protected void onPause()

{

    Log.i("VideoPlayer", "onPauseCalled");
    super.onPause();

    PowerManager pm = (PowerManager) getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE);
    surfaceCreated = false;
    focusFirst = false;
    if(!pm.isScreenOn())
    {
        pauseMedia();
        Log.i("onPause", " save states to be called");
        if(saveAllowed)
            saveStates();
        view.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        //Log.i("onPause", "visibility GOne");
        removeListeners();
        doCleanUp();
    }

}

Like i said this only happens when i press home button. screen off and on and other cases work. Just get that on Home Button.

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-05T14:05:25+00:00

Editorial Team

2026-06-05T14:05:25+00:00Added an answer on June 5, 2026 at 2:05 pm

I found the answer I think.
Its because I don’t pause my media or remove my Surface View when going to another activity. I think it fails on onResume(). I allowed it to pause media and set Visibility to gone outside of pm is Screen on and it stopped giving me that error

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