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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def start(self):
 """ Starts the camera recording process. """

        self._started = True
        self._camera = _Camera(self._actual_camera, self._cmd_q, self._res, self._codec, self._fps, self._rate)
        self._camera.start()