http://www.trakax.com/software/mobile/
here's an app that looks pretty good. the downside: No WVGA support.
Does anyone know any similar WVGA apps?
No, but..
Don't know about any alternatives, but wvga support is coming "sometime in July"!!!!!!!
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I was wondering whether there is an app out there that enables you to record video in 640*480 resolution, where the quality of the video is similar to the N95.
If processing power is a problem, i can overclock to 260Mhz (and higher if necessary).
All comments are welcome.
Thanks in advance, Uzzy
i'm pretty sure it's a hardware limitation and not a software one.
CoolCamera in theory is supposed to give VGA recording, but whether it's the same quality as the N95 is another question.
http://www.ateksoft.com/
I've played about with this in the past, but it always seems a little slow, but it has so many settings that it could be something that just need tinkering with.
Good luck
other programs
are there any other programs for web cam and working good?
I know that we can get better quality video recording out of the TP2, with the first WinMo phone shooting WVGA @ 30fps with the exact same hardware (minus cam module), I'm excited to see if someone can work their magic to incorporate better recording from the TP2.
Anyone else?
Cyph
I too am curious about this. I have actually always been curious as to whether the video capabilities are more software dependent or hardware... Though if the phone is capable of displaying the video on the viewfinder at WVGA at 30fps it should theoretically be possible to record at that quality. Anyways, we'll see what crops up later
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solsearch said:
I too am curious about this. I have actually always been curious as to whether the video capabilities are more software dependent or hardware... Though if the phone is capable of displaying the video on the viewfinder at WVGA at 30fps it should theoretically be possible to record at that quality. Anyways, we'll see what crops up later
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Unfortunately the above statement is not at all true. Recording depends heavily on the camera hardware in terms of possible frame rate at a given resolution. Furthermore real-time compression and encoding is a significantly different proposition to the CPU than decoding and playback. This is not to say the TP2 hardware may not be capable of doing better than it does, just that playback capabilities are no indication.
Dennis
Like I said, I don't know how much the camera module affects it. And what I meant by theoretically is that if it can display that on the viewfinder at that res then theoretically it could be recorded in raw format (as long as the transfer to the memory could handle the speed), but it would not be practical by any means. But if the x2 is capable of it and IF the ONLY difference is the camera module, and IF the camera module is just the sensor and no graphics processing then it could possibly happen. And I'd love to see it. But neither am I going to hold my breath.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OEIZvXqzxs
You see minutes 4:29 ..... But WVGA recording resolution is 720x480? or 800x480?
Thanks
The Xperia X2 has the same CPU as the Rhodium and in theory the video recording abilities can therefore be ported. The drivers for video recording must be extracted and put into the Rhodium ROM.
Even if the Rhodium camera or drivers doesn´t handle WVGA widescreen recording it´s possible with some development work to use better encoding drivers - i.e record VGA but let a good MP4 encoder with good quality do the encoding job (i.e replace the original HTC video encoder with a better one).
In this case the original HTC camera application is retained but with replaced encoders. The user only sees a quality difference - the handling of the camera app is the same otherwise.
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The Xperia X2 has the same CPU as the Rhodium and in theory the video recording abilities can therefore be ported. The drivers for video recording must be extracted and put into the Rhodium ROM.
Even if the Rhodium camera or drivers doesn´t handle WVGA widescreen recording it´s possible with some development work to use better encoding drivers - i.e record VGA but let a good MP4 encoder with good quality do the encoding job (i.e replace the original HTC video encoder with a better one).
In this case the original HTC camera application is retained but with replaced encoders. The user only sees a quality difference - the handling of the camera app is the same otherwise.
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That's definitely be a good thing. Maybe it could even up the fps a little bit.
The Xperia X2 has the same CPU as the Rhodium and in theory the video recording abilities can therefore be ported. The drivers for video recording must be extracted and put into the Rhodium ROM.
Even if the Rhodium camera or drivers doesn´t handle WVGA widescreen recording it´s possible with some development work to use better encoding drivers - i.e record VGA but let a good MP4 encoder with good quality do the encoding job (i.e replace the original HTC video encoder with a better one).
In this case the original HTC camera application is retained but with replaced encoders. The user only sees a quality difference - the handling of the camera app is the same otherwise.
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Well if we can get someone on that I'd be willing to pay (big - ROM COOKERS LISTENING?? :-D ) for the capability to enhance the video recording capabilities. I just need an additional 10 fps and maybe another 200 kb/s bit rate for excellent video. That would make the video recorder to 30 fps @ ~ 1Mb/s..niiice.
If they can accomplish WVGA or even D1 (720x480) that would be cool too (or better).
I wish I had the skills/tools to do that, I'd be all over it like white on rice! LOL
Cyph
Personally I don't need 30fps (though it'd be nice). I'd be happy with a video standard such as 23.976fps or whatnot. 20 does look stuttery. Just a few more would fix that. Well. Let's hope someone looks into it. Though it might be necessary that we wait until the x2 is actually released
Does the video quality of videos in the Youtube app get any better than what it currently is? I'm just wondering because the video quality is much better on the WM app.
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Does the video quality of videos in the Youtube app get any better than what it currently is? I'm just wondering because the video quality is much better on the WM app.
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On a native Android phone on 2.1, all videos default to HQ, on par if not better than in WM. On XDAndroid, support is crippled without some driver assistance from HTC.
bmac51 said:
Does the video quality of videos in the Youtube app get any better than what it currently is? I'm just wondering because the video quality is much better on the WM app.
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With a video driver, yes. Without a video driver, no. Will there ever be a video driver? Maybe.
The devs are probably better equipped to give you the odds, but it's not something that's inherently easy.
My wife has a Samsung Infuse and I recently discovered that it has a pause button on the screen while recording video. She can record and then pause, and then continue the same recording instead of having to make multiple recordings. It's very cool. How come my Galaxy S2 can't do this(or can it)? Is there a camera apk out there that has this feature and will work with the Epic Touch?
I guess I'm the only one who thinks this is a cool feature huh.... Anyone???
That feature to be intergrated would take abit of work. Not alot.abit. usually there's no point in a feature like that since its the same as throwing them together ina timeline. (Video editing) not even camcorders have this feature far as I remember.
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there is a program in the market called LGcamera which has this feature plus many other features, search for it in the market
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there is a program in the market called LGcamera which has this feature plus many other features, search for it in the market
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free?? 10char
I had to play with the settings to get it to work. It has to be on 800x480 resolution, started at 1920x1080 - think. I can't remember if anything else was wrong. You are right kenlperry, the pause function would be a great addition to a mod. LGcamera or LGcamcorder is nice also, thanks to agrenwa! Paid version cost $1.95 which is actually worth the function if you want to make some cool movies. Ban-chewa-bow-bow!
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I guess I'm the only one who thinks this is a cool feature huh.... Anyone???
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You know, the original Epic 4G could do that as well. I had one and asked the dev, Myn, if he would or could do it for me at the time as well - make it work for an EVO...? Nobody seemed interested at all... I love that feature! I even have an LG Lotus clamshell that shoots and pauses and shoots... What's up with that..? LOL!
Thanks guys. Yep, I'm using the lgcamera app now too. Like someone else said, the higher resolution settings don't work though, but 800x480 will do when necessary. I like this feature alot, particularly when I'm recording my kids. It would be an awesome feature to have built into the Epic Touch. I wonder why the Infuse has it and the original Epic had it but the Epic Touch does not? Hmmmmm!
Does anyone know if there is an app similar to the Screencast app that will capture a video of your tablet's screen? Screencast does not support Tegra devices at this point.
I also tried Z-ScreenRecorder and even though it starts to record...nothing actually saves.
(And no, a camera with video option is not what I'm looking for).