diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 18bff45f..a8044641 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ Starts the camera preview instance.
 | lockAndroidOrientation | boolean | (optional) Locks device orientation when camera is showing, default false. (applicable to Android only) |
 | enableOpacity | boolean | (optional) Make the camera preview see-through. Ideal for augmented reality uses. Default false (applicable to Android and web only)
 | enableZoom | boolean | (optional) Set if you can pinch to zoom. Default false (applicable to the android and ios platforms only)
+| mirrorVideo | boolean | (optional) Set if the video should be mirrored to match the preview. Defaults to false (applicable to the iOS platform only)
 
 <!-- <strong>Options:</strong>
 All options stated are optional and will default to values here
@@ -168,6 +169,13 @@ Ex: VueJS >> App.vue component
 CameraPreview.stop();
 ```
 
+### resume() ---- iOS only
+
+<info>Resumes the camera preview without having to reinitialize. (in case it was interrupted)</info>
+```javascript
+CameraPreview.resume()
+```
+
 ### flip()
 <info>Switch between rear and front camera only for android and ios, web is not supported</info>
 ```javascript
@@ -284,6 +292,7 @@ CameraPreview.startRecordVideo(cameraPreviewOptions);
 
 ```javascript
 const resultRecordVideo = await CameraPreview.stopRecordVideo();
+const videoPath = resultRecordVideo.videoFilePath;
 ```
 
 ### setOpacity(options: CameraOpacityOptions): Promise<{}>;  ---- ANDROID only
diff --git a/ios/Plugin/CameraController.swift b/ios/Plugin/CameraController.swift
index a09e72a0..a5c75943 100644
--- a/ios/Plugin/CameraController.swift
+++ b/ios/Plugin/CameraController.swift
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class CameraController: NSObject {
     var frontCamera: AVCaptureDevice?
     var frontCameraInput: AVCaptureDeviceInput?
 
-    var dataOutput: AVCaptureVideoDataOutput?
+    var videoOutput: AVCaptureMovieFileOutput?
     var photoOutput: AVCapturePhotoOutput?
 
     var rearCamera: AVCaptureDevice?
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class CameraController: NSObject {
 
     var flashMode = AVCaptureDevice.FlashMode.off
     var photoCaptureCompletionBlock: ((UIImage?, Error?) -> Void)?
+    var videoCaptureCompletionBlock: ((URL?, Error?) -> Void)?
 
     var sampleBufferCaptureCompletionBlock: ((UIImage?, Error?) -> Void)?
 
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ extension CameraController {
     func prepare(cameraPosition: String, disableAudio: Bool, completionHandler: @escaping (Error?) -> Void) {
         func createCaptureSession() {
             self.captureSession = AVCaptureSession()
+            self.captureSession?.beginConfiguration()
         }
 
         func configureCaptureDevices() throws {
@@ -110,25 +112,19 @@ extension CameraController {
             self.photoOutput!.setPreparedPhotoSettingsArray([AVCapturePhotoSettings(format: [AVVideoCodecKey: AVVideoCodecType.jpeg])], completionHandler: nil)
             self.photoOutput?.isHighResolutionCaptureEnabled = self.highResolutionOutput
             if captureSession.canAddOutput(self.photoOutput!) { captureSession.addOutput(self.photoOutput!) }
-            captureSession.startRunning()
         }
 
-        func configureDataOutput() throws {
+        func configureVideoOutput() throws {
             guard let captureSession = self.captureSession else { throw CameraControllerError.captureSessionIsMissing }
-
-            self.dataOutput = AVCaptureVideoDataOutput()
-            self.dataOutput?.videoSettings = [
-                (kCVPixelBufferPixelFormatTypeKey as String): NSNumber(value: kCVPixelFormatType_32BGRA as UInt32)
-            ]
-            self.dataOutput?.alwaysDiscardsLateVideoFrames = true
-            if captureSession.canAddOutput(self.dataOutput!) {
-                captureSession.addOutput(self.dataOutput!)
+            
+            self.videoOutput = AVCaptureMovieFileOutput()
+            
+            if captureSession.canAddOutput(self.videoOutput!) {
+                captureSession.addOutput(self.videoOutput!)
+            } else {
+                throw CameraControllerError.invalidOperation
             }
-
-            captureSession.commitConfiguration()
-
-            let queue = DispatchQueue(label: "DataOutput", attributes: [])
-            self.dataOutput?.setSampleBufferDelegate(self, queue: queue)
+            
         }
 
         DispatchQueue(label: "prepare").async {
@@ -137,8 +133,9 @@ extension CameraController {
                 try configureCaptureDevices()
                 try configureDeviceInputs()
                 try configurePhotoOutput()
-                try configureDataOutput()
-                // try configureVideoOutput()
+                try configureVideoOutput()
+                self.captureSession?.commitConfiguration()
+                self.captureSession?.startRunning()
             } catch {
                 DispatchQueue.main.async {
                     completionHandler(error)
@@ -153,6 +150,21 @@ extension CameraController {
         }
     }
 
+    func resume(completionHandler: @escaping (Error?) -> Void) {
+        guard let captureSession = self.captureSession else {
+            completionHandler(CameraControllerError.captureSessionIsMissing)
+            return
+        }
+        DispatchQueue(label: "prepare").async {
+            if(!captureSession.isRunning){
+                captureSession.startRunning()
+            }
+            DispatchQueue.main.async {
+                completionHandler(nil)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     func displayPreview(on view: UIView) throws {
         guard let captureSession = self.captureSession, captureSession.isRunning else { throw CameraControllerError.captureSessionIsMissing }
 
@@ -204,7 +216,8 @@ extension CameraController {
         }
 
         previewLayer?.connection?.videoOrientation = videoOrientation
-        dataOutput?.connections.forEach { $0.videoOrientation = videoOrientation }
+        //Orientation is not supported for video connections
+        //videoOutput?.connections.forEach { $0.videoOrientation = videoOrientation }
         photoOutput?.connections.forEach { $0.videoOrientation = videoOrientation }
     }
 
@@ -396,9 +409,9 @@ extension CameraController {
 
     }
 
-    func captureVideo(completion: @escaping (URL?, Error?) -> Void) {
+    func captureVideo(mirror: Bool = false, completion: @escaping (Error?) -> Void) {
         guard let captureSession = self.captureSession, captureSession.isRunning else {
-            completion(nil, CameraControllerError.captureSessionIsMissing)
+            completion(CameraControllerError.captureSessionIsMissing)
             return
         }
         let path = FileManager.default.urls(for: .cachesDirectory, in: .userDomainMask)[0]
@@ -409,16 +422,28 @@ extension CameraController {
 
         let fileUrl = path.appendingPathComponent(fileName)
         try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: fileUrl)
-        /*videoOutput!.startRecording(to: fileUrl, recordingDelegate: self)
-         self.videoRecordCompletionBlock = completion*/
+        
+        if mirror {
+            if let connection = videoOutput?.connection(with: AVMediaType.video), connection.isVideoOrientationSupported {
+                connection.isVideoMirrored = true
+            } else {
+                completion(CameraControllerError.invalidOperation)
+                return
+            }
+        }
+        
+        videoOutput?.movieFragmentInterval = CMTime.invalid
+        videoOutput?.startRecording(to: fileUrl, recordingDelegate: self)
+        completion(nil)
     }
 
-    func stopRecording(completion: @escaping (Error?) -> Void) {
+    func stopRecording(completion: @escaping (URL?, Error?) -> Void) {
         guard let captureSession = self.captureSession, captureSession.isRunning else {
-            completion(CameraControllerError.captureSessionIsMissing)
+            completion(nil, CameraControllerError.captureSessionIsMissing)
             return
         }
-        // self.videoOutput?.stopRecording()
+        self.videoCaptureCompletionBlock = completion
+        self.videoOutput?.stopRecording()
     }
 }
 
@@ -495,48 +520,6 @@ extension CameraController: AVCapturePhotoCaptureDelegate {
     }
 }
 
-extension CameraController: AVCaptureVideoDataOutputSampleBufferDelegate {
-    func captureOutput(_ output: AVCaptureOutput, didOutput sampleBuffer: CMSampleBuffer, from connection: AVCaptureConnection) {
-        guard let completion = sampleBufferCaptureCompletionBlock else { return }
-
-        guard let imageBuffer = CMSampleBufferGetImageBuffer(sampleBuffer) else {
-            completion(nil, CameraControllerError.unknown)
-            return
-        }
-
-        CVPixelBufferLockBaseAddress(imageBuffer, .readOnly)
-        defer { CVPixelBufferUnlockBaseAddress(imageBuffer, .readOnly) }
-
-        let baseAddress = CVPixelBufferGetBaseAddress(imageBuffer)
-        let bytesPerRow = CVPixelBufferGetBytesPerRow(imageBuffer)
-        let width = CVPixelBufferGetWidth(imageBuffer)
-        let height = CVPixelBufferGetHeight(imageBuffer)
-        let colorSpace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB()
-        let bitmapInfo: UInt32 = CGBitmapInfo.byteOrder32Little.rawValue |
-            CGImageAlphaInfo.premultipliedFirst.rawValue
-
-        let context = CGContext(
-            data: baseAddress,
-            width: width,
-            height: height,
-            bitsPerComponent: 8,
-            bytesPerRow: bytesPerRow,
-            space: colorSpace,
-            bitmapInfo: bitmapInfo
-        )
-
-        guard let cgImage = context?.makeImage() else {
-            completion(nil, CameraControllerError.unknown)
-            return
-        }
-
-        let image = UIImage(cgImage: cgImage)
-        completion(image.fixedOrientation(), nil)
-
-        sampleBufferCaptureCompletionBlock = nil
-    }
-}
-
 enum CameraControllerError: Swift.Error {
     case captureSessionAlreadyRunning
     case captureSessionIsMissing
@@ -639,10 +622,10 @@ extension UIImage {
 
 extension CameraController: AVCaptureFileOutputRecordingDelegate {
     func fileOutput(_ output: AVCaptureFileOutput, didFinishRecordingTo outputFileURL: URL, from connections: [AVCaptureConnection], error: Error?) {
-        /*if error == nil {
-         self.videoRecordCompletionBlock?(outputFileURL, nil)
-         } else {
-         self.videoRecordCompletionBlock?(nil, error)
-         }*/
+        if error == nil {
+            self.videoCaptureCompletionBlock?(outputFileURL, nil)
+        } else {
+            self.videoCaptureCompletionBlock?(nil, error)
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/ios/Plugin/Plugin.m b/ios/Plugin/Plugin.m
index 06fb55e1..06aab957 100644
--- a/ios/Plugin/Plugin.m
+++ b/ios/Plugin/Plugin.m
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 CAP_PLUGIN(CameraPreview, "CameraPreview",
            CAP_PLUGIN_METHOD(start, CAPPluginReturnPromise);
            CAP_PLUGIN_METHOD(stop, CAPPluginReturnPromise);
+           CAP_PLUGIN_METHOD(resume, CAPPluginReturnPromise);
            CAP_PLUGIN_METHOD(capture, CAPPluginReturnPromise);
            CAP_PLUGIN_METHOD(captureSample, CAPPluginReturnPromise);
            CAP_PLUGIN_METHOD(flip, CAPPluginReturnPromise);
diff --git a/ios/Plugin/Plugin.swift b/ios/Plugin/Plugin.swift
index 044a9e68..ecbc3c43 100644
--- a/ios/Plugin/Plugin.swift
+++ b/ios/Plugin/Plugin.swift
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ public class CameraPreview: CAPPlugin {
     var enableZoom: Bool?
     var highResolutionOutput: Bool = false
     var disableAudio: Bool = false
+    var mirrorVideo: Bool = false
 
     @objc func rotated() {
         let height = self.paddingBottom != nil ? self.height! - self.paddingBottom!: self.height!
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ public class CameraPreview: CAPPlugin {
         self.storeToFile = call.getBool("storeToFile") ?? false
         self.enableZoom = call.getBool("enableZoom") ?? false
         self.disableAudio = call.getBool("disableAudio") ?? false
+        self.mirrorVideo = call.getBool("mirrorVideo") ?? false
 
         AVCaptureDevice.requestAccess(for: .video, completionHandler: { (granted: Bool) in
             guard granted else {
@@ -217,6 +219,17 @@ public class CameraPreview: CAPPlugin {
             }
         }
     }
+    
+    @objc func resume(_ call: CAPPluginCall) {
+        self.cameraController.resume() { error in
+            if let error = error {
+                print(error)
+                call.reject(error.localizedDescription)
+                return
+            }
+            call.resolve()
+        }
+    }
 
     @objc func getSupportedFlashModes(_ call: CAPPluginCall) {
         do {
@@ -261,30 +274,35 @@ public class CameraPreview: CAPPlugin {
         DispatchQueue.main.async {
 
             let quality: Int? = call.getInt("quality", 85)
+            self.mirrorVideo = call.getBool("mirrorVideo") ?? self.mirrorVideo
 
-            self.cameraController.captureVideo { (image, error) in
-
-                guard let image = image else {
-                    print(error ?? "Image capture error")
-                    guard let error = error else {
-                        call.reject("Image capture error")
-                        return
-                    }
-                    call.reject(error.localizedDescription)
+            self.cameraController.captureVideo(mirror: self.mirrorVideo) { (error) in
+                guard let error = error else {
+                    call.resolve()
                     return
                 }
-
-                // self.videoUrl = image
-
-                call.resolve(["value": image.absoluteString])
+                call.reject(error.localizedDescription)
+                return
             }
         }
     }
 
     @objc func stopRecordVideo(_ call: CAPPluginCall) {
 
-        self.cameraController.stopRecording { (_) in
+        self.cameraController.stopRecording { (video, error) in
+            guard let video = video else {
+                print(error ?? "Video capture error")
+                guard let error = error else {
+                    call.reject("Video capture error")
+                    return
+                }
+                call.reject(error.localizedDescription)
+                return
+            }
+
+            // self.videoUrl = image
 
+            call.resolve(["videoFilePath": video.absoluteString])
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/definitions.ts b/src/definitions.ts
index 1e4efe00..9ad48b20 100644
--- a/src/definitions.ts
+++ b/src/definitions.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ export interface CameraPreviewOptions {
   enableOpacity?: boolean;
   /** Defaults to false - Android only.  Set if camera preview will support pinch to zoom. */
   enableZoom?: boolean;
+  /** Defaults to false - iOS only.  Set if video recording will look the same as the preview. */
+  mirrorVideo?: boolean;
 }
 export interface CameraPreviewPictureOptions {
   /** The picture height, optional, default 0 (Device default) */
@@ -62,7 +64,8 @@ export interface CameraPreviewPlugin {
   start(options: CameraPreviewOptions): Promise<{}>;
   startRecordVideo(options: CameraPreviewOptions): Promise<{}>;
   stop(): Promise<{}>;
-  stopRecordVideo(): Promise<{}>;
+  resume(): Promise<{} | never>;
+  stopRecordVideo(): Promise<{ videoFilePath: string } | never>;
   capture(options: CameraPreviewPictureOptions): Promise<{ value: string }>;
   captureSample(options: CameraSampleOptions): Promise<{ value: string }>;
   getSupportedFlashModes(): Promise<{
diff --git a/src/web.ts b/src/web.ts
index 5f9bf913..20402fcc 100644
--- a/src/web.ts
+++ b/src/web.ts
@@ -98,11 +98,15 @@ export class CameraPreviewWeb extends WebPlugin implements CameraPreviewPlugin {
     });
   }
 
-  async startRecordVideo(): Promise<{}> {
+  async resume(): Promise<never> {
     throw this.unimplemented('Not implemented on web.');
   }
 
-  async stopRecordVideo(): Promise<{}> {
+  async startRecordVideo(): Promise<never> {
+    throw this.unimplemented('Not implemented on web.');
+  }
+
+  async stopRecordVideo(): Promise<never> {
     throw this.unimplemented('Not implemented on web.');
   }