Sorry to dig up an old thread, but didn't want to start a new one.
I believe the problem is Sense 3.0 related and the gain HTC applied to the mics. I've come from a Sensation - and we had the exact same clipping problem on the phone with stereo recording and mono sounded a little better, but not much. When the Sense 3.5 leak came out, end of September for the Sensation the clipping problem went away in stereo recording. I went to a Sense 3.5 Rom for that reason alone because stereo recording sounded terrific. Once you bump up the media_profiles.xml to accept a higher bitrate it was a terrific stereo camcorder. No clipping at all.
I just got the Amaze and have given the Sensation to my wife with a Sense 3.5 Rom.
I love everything so far about the Amaze, the stereo clipping is the only issue I'd like to see fixed, at least for me.
BTW - I've listened to some YouTube vids of the Rezound camcorder and they sound fine in stereo. And the Rezound is Sense 3.5.
I've looked around for an adjustment in the smalis of the htccamera.apk but can't find anything that relates to the mic gain.
Anyone have any idea where the fix would be for this?
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also one that will increase the bit rate for 1080p recording to maybe a higher level such at 15 mbs ?
I'm wondering about this too, I feel like the photos and video taken with the current camera app really compresses the content to the point where some of the quality is really compromised (especially in 1080p video). I could be wrong, but since disk space is not a problem for everyone, it'd be nice to have the option to turn compression off
adslee said:
I'm wondering about this too, I feel like the photos and video taken with the current camera app really compresses the content to the point where some of the quality is really compromised (especially in 1080p video). I could be wrong, but since disk space is not a problem for everyone, it'd be nice to have the option to turn compression off
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yes 1080p video is compressed if you look at the bitrate, it's very low on what a true 1080p should be.
When I had my sensation I had made changes to the media_profiles.xml file to get a higher bitrate and also to get rid of image compression. Since its still Sense the same can probably be done for the Amaze.
Btw- I know I'm beating a dead horse but anyone have an idea where mic gain is controlled so we can lower the clipping in video recording? This is truly the only thing that bothers me about the Amaze. I'm surprised more people aren't bothered by it. HTC touts stereo recording but pretty much makes it unusable.
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how do you edit the xml file i cant if my life depended on it, also anyone know the speed of the internal sd card?
i have done it breaks one feature in camera or i would have keep it
humm
xboarder56 said:
i have done it breaks one feature in camera or i would have keep it
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thanks for the input also do you know how htc has the amze's internal memory? is it really a internal sd card? or flash nand?
I hate to keep referring to my Sensation, I pulled up my media_profiles.xml from that phone and changed the values down towards the bottom to this:
<VideoEncoderCap name="h264" enabled="true"
minBitRate="7000000" maxBitRate="10000000"
minFrameWidth="176" maxFrameWidth="1920"
minFrameHeight="144" maxFrameHeight="1080"
minFrameRate="15" maxFrameRate="15" />
<VideoEncoderCap name="h264" enabled="true"
minBitRate="64000" maxBitRate="2000000"
minFrameWidth="176" maxFrameWidth="800"
minFrameHeight="144" maxFrameHeight="480"
minFrameRate="1" maxFrameRate="30" />
<VideoEncoderCap name="h264" enabled="true"
minBitRate="7000000" maxBitRate="10000000"
minFrameWidth="176" maxFrameWidth="1280"
minFrameHeight="144" maxFrameHeight="720"
minFrameRate="1" maxFrameRate="30" />
<AudioEncoderCap name="amrnb" enabled="true"
minBitRate="5525" maxBitRate="12200"
minSampleRate="8000" maxSampleRate="8000"
minChannels="1" maxChannels="1" />
This gave me 10meg bitrate for 720p recording. (You could bump up the maxBitRate to maxBitRate="20000000", and you should get a 20meg bitrate.)
Also for higher pic quality there are 2 areas in the file that relate to image quality. I changed mine to this below. (This is also listed 2 times in the xml file)
<ImageEncoding quality="99" />
<ImageEncoding quality="90" />
<ImageEncoding quality="80" />
<ImageDecoding memCap="25000000" />
I haven't done this on the Amaze yet, so try it at your risk. Xboarder mentioned that something in the camera breaks but I'm not sure what. Also make sure you make a copy of your original media_profiles.xml file so you can always revert back. The file is in /system/etc/media_profiles.xml
Also make sure you assign back the permissions to it after editing it!
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Well, I'll admit this is probably a stupid question, but I can't seem to find the answer anywhere.
The Eris has a 5 Megapixel camera- but it can only record video in CIF at the highest.
Once it's rooted, maybe even before then, would it be possible to enable recording in VGA? I'm by no means technologically ignorant, but I'm not the most educated on cameras. So, if it's possible, let me know, and if not, please do explain WHY it's not, so that I can learn and not ask this question anywhere else.
Thanks in advance.
So..... I take it no one out of the 50 people to view this has any idea about it?
I honestly have no idea, sorry...
the reason its recording in CIF is as follows:
1) CIF is smaller/quicker and has better compatability when sent via MMS
2) Because CIF is smaller/quicker you get a higher framerate then if you increased resolution best example of this is the iPhone 3G programs setup to record... Stuttered alot and had very few FPS
3) Higher Res Video Recording requires a faster processor.
Aaaah, alright, thanks.
I just figured that because some other HTC phones before this (windows mobile, mainly) Had programs that could force VGA recording, I figured that this one would be powerful enough for it.
Ah well.
Now I just gotta figure out how to get the best quality out of CIF... any tips on making the motion not as blurry, or is that something I'd have to wait until they root the device to play around with? (Or not possible entirely)
It really depends on the chipset's processing abilities and whether it can handle the recording at that high of a resolution.
Hi all,
do you know some tricks which can help to record videos with better audio quality? I was last week at a festival and I tried to record some bands. The video quality is fine but the sound ist bull*****.
I will try the next time to close the microphones to get a better quality, but I think it must be something else to get a better audio quality.
Some iPhone videos are really better. Here are two links where you can compare the quality.
I have the camera hack from Potatoman.
I cant post the direct links because I dont have enough posts so plz search yourself on YouTube.
My video:
Rock im Park 2011 Deadmau5 Intro
iPhone video on YouTube:
Deadmau5 Rock im Park 2011 05.06.2011 - Part 4
Thank you for your help!
So the sound is bad both while playing from your phone AND from a PC yes?
Coz as far as I remember Voodoo isn't gonna work on SGII coz of some hardware change...
I'd like a fix around this myself!
Yes the quality is bad on the phone and on the PC.
Look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1104051
Thank you, but I wrote that I am already using this MOD/Camera Hack.
So now the evo 3d has been succesfully rooted, could it be possible to get 1080p recording on the EVO 3D??
I would like to know as well.
Based on the performance of 720p recording I don't think I'd even want to see how choppy 1080 would look. The SoC is indeed very capable of handling it but I think it is limited based on storage write limitations not to mention the sensor's lighting conditions. Even if we could write 24fps (def not 30fps) in all but perfect lighting we wouldn't even be getting 24fps from the sensor...likely under 10 most of the time based on how 720p recordings average out.
...but then again I could (hopefully) be very wrong.
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Based on the performance of 720p recording I don't think I'd even want to see how choppy 1080 would look. The SoC is indeed very capable of handling it but I think it is limited based on storage write limitations not to mention the sensor's lighting conditions. Even if we could write 24fps (def not 30fps) in all but perfect lighting we wouldn't even be getting 24fps from the sensor...likely under 10 most of the time based on how 720p recordings average out.
...but then again I could (hopefully) be very wrong.
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i think you might speak the truth there is a reason HTC didnt include this, after all.
Yes we have all the hardware capable of doing so, I'm sure it will get implemented in many upcoming roms. 720p recording is just bad programming on HTC's fault. We will get it ironed out .
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Yes we have all the hardware capable of doing so, I'm sure it will get implemented in many upcoming roms. 720p recording is just bad programming on HTC's fault. We will get it ironed out .
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I tend to agree..unless it is a sensor limitation..obviously the soc is capable of it since the sensation does it very well..I believe most issues that ppl have with photos/videos is software related..I actually like the video quality that I achieve with my e3d..and sound recording is much improved over It's predecessor
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I tend to agree..unless it is a sensor limitation..obviously the soc is capable of it since the sensation does it very well..I believe most issues that ppl have with photos/videos is software related..I actually like the video quality that I achieve with my e3d..and sound recording is much improved over It's predecessor
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I have a $99 point-n-shoot that does 720p video that mops the floor with what I can get from my E3D.
Considering it's a cellphone, yes it takes fantastic video. However if we are going to rationalize the video quality with the qualifier "for a cellphone" then wouldn't we do the same and just agree that 720p is enough "for a cellphone"?
I do a lot of video work at my job and one thing I have seen personally and from everyone that has to review and approve my work....most people won't notice a lower resolution but people will most certainly notice lower frame rate, especially below 24fps. Lower resolution with perfectly smooth video wins over a lot more people than a super sharp super high resolution video with less than ideal frame rate. I'd prefer someone gets a rock-solid 30fps fix in place before or instead of a 1080p recording resolution...
...but that's just me.
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I have a $99 point-n-shoot that does 720p video that mops the floor with what I can get from my E3D.
Considering it's a cellphone, yes it takes fantastic video. However if we are going to rationalize the video quality with the qualifier "for a cellphone" then wouldn't we do the same and just agree that 720p is enough "for a cellphone"?
I do a lot of video work at my job and one thing I have seen personally and from everyone that has to review and approve my work....most people won't notice a lower resolution but people will most certainly notice lower frame rate, especially below 24fps. Lower resolution with perfectly smooth video wins over a lot more people than a super sharp super high resolution video with less than ideal frame rate. I'd prefer someone gets a rock-solid 30fps fix in place before or instead of a 1080p recording resolution...
...but that's just me.
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Oh I'm not.disagreeing with that..id much rather have a smooth 720 p video than a choppy 1080p. I dont think any phone does 1080p justice..I'm totally fine with 720 I was just commenting on the possibility of it being able to be done on our phones..imo 720p still needs Alot of work . Btw didn't u send u e3d back? Are u gonna get it back since root or are u hold out for the gs2
I agree id rather have smooth recording becore a higher choppy Resolution.
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The o3d does 1080p in 30fps since the firmware update
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Based on the performance of 720p recording I don't think I'd even want to see how choppy 1080 would look. The SoC is indeed very capable of handling it but I think it is limited based on storage write limitations not to mention the sensor's lighting conditions. Even if we could write 24fps (def not 30fps) in all but perfect lighting we wouldn't even be getting 24fps from the sensor...likely under 10 most of the time based on how 720p recordings average out.
...but then again I could (hopefully) be very wrong.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193009
I think the sensor may be capable of 1080p @30fps, not completely sure though.
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Oh I'm not.disagreeing with that..id much rather have a smooth 720 p video than a choppy 1080p. I dont think any phone does 1080p justice..I'm totally fine with 720 I was just commenting on the possibility of it being able to be done on our phones..imo 720p still needs Alot of work . Btw didn't u send u e3d back? Are u gonna get it back since root or are u hold out for the gs2
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Yeah, I could only take 2 weeks of the EVEN WEAKER NS4G radio...I'm back...though SGS2 is still a possibility and the nPrime is for certain.
The 720P has really impressed me so far. I even tried it out at night a few times, including moving it with quick movements in my car, and I didn't see any blurring or chop. I did find out that every so often I might get some chop on playback, but it was due to a hanging app, and restarting the device solved that problem.
Wasn't 1080p advertised when not using 3d?
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The Evo 4G+ Is practically the Evo3d and its got 1080p recording in its release specs..But so did our 3D before release.
I personally don't see the need for 1080p recording,the software sucks and doesn't even do 720p very good.I leave it on qHD resolution.
EricSS619 said:
Wasn't 1080p advertised when not using 3d?
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I thoughts so
sent from my DAMN 3D!!
I know this is a gimmick feature, but there seems to be something wrong with the slow motion recording on the One X / EVOLTE; "something wrong" being it limiting the resolution to 480 by whatever. I've verified with a few friends that their Rezound records 720p slow motion just fine. Looks way better than ours, of course.
I know devs went to work with the OG EVO's camera, but this seems to be a simple software limitation that could easily be fixed; I cannot imagine the hardware being limited when older generation phones could do it just fine.
I'm seeing modded camera apk's, for both video and camera edits, but I haven't seen much on slow motion. Not even general discussion. Is there really no way to fix the slow motion recording? Or is nobody interested? I use it for skateboarding and sports, so having HD slow-motion would be awesome. I'm inexperienced with both video editing and coding, however, so trying to figure out how to implement this myself has been fruitless.
I just came to the EVOLTE from my htc sensation. On the sensation, a developer had made a hack for the camera, that allowed it to record at 40 megabytes per second. I'm not sure what the EVOLTE records at, but I know that the video quality coming out of my sensation with this hack was much better than with my evo. Is it possible to be able to port this mod to the evo?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1533238
Look on youtube for "sensation 40 mbps" and you can see the amazing video quality that it made the camera have.
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That looks pretty slick. I too would be interested in trying this out.
pm SteelH and ask him
I say about 30 is the sweet spot. 40 could be a little to big of a file. Right now in low light its around 6-7 and in nice lit up room at around 10-11 at 1080p. Using camera ics in the play store brings the bit rate to double the stock HTC camera app when set to 2x.
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Check out this comparison.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLvmhm9tzXQ
Other than our EVO is recording in low bitrate. But I like it better than the gs3. Gs3 to ME seem to over expose it a lot where as some part of the building is all wash out, as well as the brick street. Our EVO could be a little blurry but still look better especially the indoor shot. Check out the video and see what you think. Now with a mod like raising the bitrate it will definitely show what this EVO New camera is all about.
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i asked steelh... convo:
[1:16pm] ticklemepinks: SteelH: could this somehow get ported to us http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1533238 ?
[1:16pm] WinBot: [Link] http://tinyw.in/UHz0 :: [MOD] HQ Camera For ICS - v1.5 |[email protected]|Sense 3.6&4.0| - xda-developers
[1:17pm] SteelH: tickle: what does it do that we dont have alreay? we have native 1080p
[1:17pm] SteelH: other than increased bitrates?
[1:18pm] ticklemepinks: records at 40 mbps
[1:18pm] SteelH: yeah thats increased bitrate
[1:18pm] SteelH: likely an xml edit
[1:18pm] ticklemepinks: yeah that lol
[1:18pm] SteelH: IIRC
[1:18pm] ticklemepinks: could u figure it out, i know u could if anyone can lol
[1:19pm] SteelH: i have little time these days
[1:19pm] SteelH: ill try and look at it thursday perhaps
[1:19pm] SteelH: *if i finish with my own phone
[1:20pm] ticklemepinks: lol ok thanks
[1:21pm] SteelH: yea it looks fairly simple actually
[1:21pm] SteelH: stock is 12mbps
[1:21pm] SteelH: <Video codec="h264"
[1:21pm] SteelH: bitRate="12000000"
[1:22pm] SteelH: ill need to test it out first though
cant we just change that little 12 to a 40 and be done with it? lol
uhhhh-mazing!!
would love to see the LTE's 30-40mbps videos.
gotta be beautiful.
Guys. I didnt take the time (yet) to look at the file posted, but I'm pretty sure It's system/etc/mediaprofiles.xml
I know you just change the values. Just replicate it. I removed compression on mine yesterday, but kinda looked more grainy.
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Glad to see so many peeps on this. It really made a world of difference. These small image sensors are very susceptible to noise, so modifying anything with its light gathering ability will make it noisy, But this mod if seems affects more of the post-sensor hardware's abilities and therefore should not significantly effect noise or distortion. If anything, it will remove that "wobble" effect when you move the camera due to increased bit rate.
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that allowed it to record at 40 megabits per second
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Fixed your typo Sorry, it's the ocd cs guy in me lol.
But I had a question since my Evo hasn't come yet. Does it save videos on internal or sd card? And can you alternate between the two easily?
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You can switch between phone storage and the sd card in the camera settings.
Just changed the values with rom toolbox which backs up the current XML settings. The wobble effect is gone. I can upload 2 test videos later tonight to YouTube to decide for yourselves.
Ragster said:
Fixed your typo Sorry, it's the ocd cs guy in me lol.
But I had a question since my Evo hasn't come yet. Does it save videos on internal or sd card? And can you alternate between the two easily?
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I was about to say the same....
wytecaztle said:
Just changed the values with rom toolbox which backs up the current XML settings. The wobble effect is gone. I can upload 2 test videos later tonight to YouTube to decide for yourselves.
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Please do.
I just made the changes tonight but won't really have anything interesting to record till next weekend.
This was with old settings - not a whole lot of wobble to be seen. I was actually fairly impressed. Take that, go pro!
(filmed in mexico, naturally)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siUVpg7YLB4cp
My experience: I used Rom Toolbox Pro to edit the media_profiles.xml file. I changed the max bitrates on 1080p and 720p from "12000000" to "40000000", the min bitrates to "12000000", bumped the framerate to min30/max60 (just wishing) and the max audio bitrates from "96000" to "160000". Saved the XML, rebooted the phone. Recorded two 1 minute videos (one at 720p, the other at 1080p). Moved the files to my desktop and used GSpot to get the video information and the video bitrate was around 9700kbits/s and the audio bitrate was 96000 and the framerate was 23fps. Therefore, I believe that manually editing the XML does not actually change anything or the framerate changes I made negated the bitrate changes. I may try lowering the max to 20MBits tomorrow for more testing. I'm running freEVO 1.1.
So this definitely doesn't work then?
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Gibson.Dubs said:
So this definitely doesn't work then?
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I wouldn't necessarily say that. Just give the community awhile to either make it work or "trial-and-error" it to work. Patience is a virtue!
I will say that increasing the bitrates and framerates decreased the "wobble" or screen tearing that the stock settings have. At least it's a move in the right direction.