diff --git a/CodenameOne/src/com/codename1/capture/VideoCaptureConstraints.java b/CodenameOne/src/com/codename1/capture/VideoCaptureConstraints.java
index 0b9a65d9704..ad4dc3dda21 100644
--- a/CodenameOne/src/com/codename1/capture/VideoCaptureConstraints.java
+++ b/CodenameOne/src/com/codename1/capture/VideoCaptureConstraints.java
@@ -355,7 +355,16 @@ public int getPreferredMaxLength() {
     /// - #getPreferredMaxLength()
     public boolean isMaxLengthSupported() {
         build();
-        return maxLength == 0 || maxLength == preferredMaxLength;
+        // Guard on the PREFERRED value, the way isQualitySupported() and
+        // isMaxFileSizeSupported() do: it is "the caller asked for no limit"
+        // that makes any resolved value acceptable. Guarding on the RESOLVED
+        // value instead inverted the answer in the one case a caller asks this
+        // question about -- a platform that expresses "no duration limit" by
+        // resolving maxLength to 0 (every platform with no compiler, Java SE
+        // included) reported a five-second preference as honored. That also
+        // contradicted getMaxLength()'s documented "equal to
+        // getPreferredMaxLength() iff isMaxLengthSupported()".
+        return preferredMaxLength == 0 || maxLength == preferredMaxLength;
     }
 
     /// Gets the width constraint that is supported by the platform, and is nearest to the specified
diff --git a/maven/core-unittests/src/test/java/com/codename1/capture/VideoCaptureConstraintsTest.java b/maven/core-unittests/src/test/java/com/codename1/capture/VideoCaptureConstraintsTest.java
index 6962589bb98..7ed8d417e29 100644
--- a/maven/core-unittests/src/test/java/com/codename1/capture/VideoCaptureConstraintsTest.java
+++ b/maven/core-unittests/src/test/java/com/codename1/capture/VideoCaptureConstraintsTest.java
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026, Codename One and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Codename One designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Codename One through http://www.codenameone.com/ if you
+ * need additional information or have any questions.
+ */
 package com.codename1.capture;
 
 import com.codename1.junit.FormTest;
@@ -28,4 +50,59 @@ public void testVideoCaptureConstraints() {
         Assertions.assertTrue(vcc.equals(vcc));
         // Removed vcc.equals(null) because implementation throws NPE which is a bug in core but we cannot fix it here.
     }
+
+    /// A platform with no compiler resolves every constraint to 0, which is how
+    /// "this platform imposes no duration limit" is expressed. A caller that asked
+    /// for a five second limit must be told it was not honored.
+    ///
+    /// Java SE registers no compiler -- only the iOS, Android and JavaScript ports
+    /// do -- so this runs on the very platform the developer guide's support table
+    /// lists as having no max-length support.
+    @FormTest
+    public void testMaxLengthUnsupportedWhenResolvedToZero() {
+        VideoCaptureConstraints vcc = new VideoCaptureConstraints(0, 0, 5);
+
+        Assertions.assertEquals(5, vcc.getPreferredMaxLength());
+        Assertions.assertEquals(0, vcc.getMaxLength(), "no compiler resolves the length to 0");
+        Assertions.assertFalse(vcc.isMaxLengthSupported(),
+                "a 5s preference resolved to 'no limit' is not a supported 5s preference");
+        Assertions.assertFalse(vcc.isSupported(),
+                "isSupported() is an AND over the four predicates, so it must follow");
+    }
+
+    /// The other side of the same guard: a caller who asked for no limit gets one,
+    /// whatever the platform resolves, and must still be told the constraint holds.
+    @FormTest
+    public void testMaxLengthSupportedWhenNoLimitRequested() {
+        VideoCaptureConstraints vcc = new VideoCaptureConstraints(0, 0, 0);
+
+        Assertions.assertEquals(0, vcc.getPreferredMaxLength());
+        Assertions.assertTrue(vcc.isMaxLengthSupported());
+        Assertions.assertTrue(vcc.isSupported());
+    }
+
+    /// Partial support: the platform limits duration but not to the requested value.
+    /// Installing a compiler is safe to undo because Java SE never registers one.
+    @FormTest
+    public void testMaxLengthUnsupportedWhenResolvedToDifferentValue() {
+        try {
+            VideoCaptureConstraints.init(new VideoCaptureConstraints.Compiler() {
+                public VideoCaptureConstraints compile(VideoCaptureConstraints cnst) {
+                    VideoCaptureConstraints out = new VideoCaptureConstraints(cnst);
+                    out.preferredMaxLength(10);
+                    return out;
+                }
+            });
+
+            VideoCaptureConstraints vcc = new VideoCaptureConstraints(0, 0, 5);
+            Assertions.assertEquals(10, vcc.getMaxLength());
+            Assertions.assertFalse(vcc.isMaxLengthSupported());
+
+            VideoCaptureConstraints exact = new VideoCaptureConstraints(0, 0, 10);
+            Assertions.assertEquals(10, exact.getMaxLength());
+            Assertions.assertTrue(exact.isMaxLengthSupported());
+        } finally {
+            VideoCaptureConstraints.init(null);
+        }
+    }
 }