Record video with AVAssetWriter: first frames are black

I am recording video (the user also can switch to audio only) with AVAssetWriter. I start the recording when the app is launched. But the first frames are black (or very dark). This also happens when I switch from audio to video. It feels like the AVAssetWriter and/or AVAssetWriterInput are not yet ready to record. How can I avoid this?

I don't know if this is a useful info but I also use a GLKView to display the video.

func start_new_record(){
    do{
        try self.file_writer=AVAssetWriter(url: self.file_url!, fileType: AVFileTypeMPEG4)
        if video_on{
            if file_writer.canAdd(video_writer){
                file_writer.add(video_writer)
            }
        }
        if file_writer.canAdd(audio_writer){
            file_writer.add(audio_writer)
        }
    }catch let e as NSError{
        print(e)
    }
}

func captureOutput(_ captureOutput: AVCaptureOutput!, didOutputSampleBuffer sampleBuffer: CMSampleBuffer!, from connection: AVCaptureConnection!){
    guard is_recording else{
        return
    }

    guard CMSampleBufferDataIsReady(sampleBuffer) else{
        print("data not ready")
        return
    }

    guard let w=file_writer else{
        print("video writer nil")
        return
    }

    if w.status == .unknown && start_recording_time==nil{
        if (video_on && captureOutput==video_output) || (!video_on && captureOutput==audio_output){
            print("START RECORDING")
            file_writer?.startWriting()
            start_recording_time=CMSampleBufferGetPresentationTimeStamp(sampleBuffer)
            file_writer?.startSession(atSourceTime: start_recording_time!)
        }else{
            return
        }
    }

    if w.status == .failed{
        print("failed /", w.error ?? "")
        return
    }

    if captureOutput==audio_output{
        if audio_writer.isReadyForMoreMediaData{
            if !video_on || (video_on && video_written){
                audio_writer.append(sampleBuffer)
                //print("write audio")
            }
        }else{
            print("audio writer not ready")
        }
    }else if video_output != nil && captureOutput==video_output{
        if video_writer.isReadyForMoreMediaData{
            video_writer.append(sampleBuffer)
            if !video_written{
                print("added 1st video frame")
                video_written=true
            }
        }else{
            print("video writer not ready")
        }
    }
}

Ok, stupid mistake...

When launching the app, I init my AVCaptureSession, add inputs, outputs, etc. And I was just calling start_new_record a bit too soon, just before commitConfiguration was called on my capture session.

At least my code might be useful to some people.