2 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/multimedia/platform/windows/mediacapture/qwindowsmediaencoder.cpp b/src/multimedia/platform/windows/mediacapture/qwindowsmediaencoder.cpp
index 82cb407b6..ee2ba3c6a 100644
--- a/src/multimedia/platform/windows/mediacapture/qwindowsmediaencoder.cpp
+++ b/src/multimedia/platform/windows/mediacapture/qwindowsmediaencoder.cpp
@@ -81,12 +81,17 @@ void QWindowsMediaEncoder::record(QMediaEncoderSettings &settings)
     if (m_state != QMediaRecorder::StoppedState)
         return;
 
-    m_mediaDeviceSession->setActive(true);
+    m_sessionWasActive = m_mediaDeviceSession->isActive();
 
-    if (!m_mediaDeviceSession->isActive() && !m_mediaDeviceSession->isActivating()) {
-        error(QMediaRecorder::ResourceError,
-              QMediaRecorderPrivate::msgFailedStartRecording());
-        return;
+    if (!m_sessionWasActive) {
+
+        m_mediaDeviceSession->setActive(true);
+
+        if (!m_mediaDeviceSession->isActivating()) {
+            error(QMediaRecorder::ResourceError,
+                  QMediaRecorderPrivate::msgFailedStartRecording());
+            return;
+        }
     }
 
     const auto audioOnly = settings.videoCodec() == QMediaFormat::VideoCodec::Unspecified;
@@ -137,6 +142,8 @@ void QWindowsMediaEncoder::stop()
 {
     if (m_mediaDeviceSession && m_state != QMediaRecorder::StoppedState)
         m_mediaDeviceSession->stopRecording();
+    if (!m_sessionWasActive)
+        m_mediaDeviceSession->setActive(false);
 }
 
 
@@ -214,6 +221,8 @@ void QWindowsMediaEncoder::onStreamingError(int errorCode)
 
     if (m_state != QMediaRecorder::StoppedState) {
         m_mediaDeviceSession->stopRecording();
+        if (!m_sessionWasActive)
+            m_mediaDeviceSession->setActive(false);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/multimedia/platform/windows/mediacapture/qwindowsmediaencoder_p.h b/src/multimedia/platform/windows/mediacapture/qwindowsmediaencoder_p.h
index 9269e0748..22295791a 100644
--- a/src/multimedia/platform/windows/mediacapture/qwindowsmediaencoder_p.h
+++ b/src/multimedia/platform/windows/mediacapture/qwindowsmediaencoder_p.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ private:
     QString                       m_fileName;
     QMediaMetaData                m_metaData;
     qint64                        m_duration = 0;
+    bool                          m_sessionWasActive = false;
 };
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE