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Would love for someone to be able to implement this fix either into an app or a kernel possibly. I can't stand not being able to record live music or really even anything with loud ambient noise/bass/variable sounds. The Video is pristine, the audio makes it completely unusable for anything.
I'd be willing to start a bounty for this.
I have the some problem, recording audio is useless right now!
Anyone? I need this also
if anyone knows of a way to do this, it would be awesome!
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if anyone knows of a way to do this, it would be awesome!
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I was reading the s2 forum on this found a app called Hi-q that has a mic gain control, however its just a audio recording app. Wish there was a camcorder app that has the same function.
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has anything come up in the past months to improve this ? I just went to a gig yesterday and came back home with great video with farting sound
saw something about GNex Toolkit having some mods for sound but I think it only runs on Windows ? (it's an .exe file). However if it's a mod I guess the specific mod can be extracted and installed on the phone using adb or whatever..
bump again...this must be annoying a lot more people
bump, still need this
Me too.
Would be nice...
Glad to find this one - Sad that there is not really a simple solution yet... bump
i just cover the mic with my finger while recording in loud environments it works for me xD
I've got my HTC a month ago,Europe version,Grey.No issues at all hardware or software,i stil can't belive the build issues people complain to One x.Maybe i got a good build.Everything works smooth,all in all perfect 5 but!!!I love my phone!Whenever i record video or audio,no matter what quality or resolution,if there is background music,something like pop,electro something a bit bassy and rich sound,the sound is all mesed up.Its not even,its high pitched,its highs are all right,but mids and low are garbage.Its frustrating to delete video just for the sound,could there be a fix in the update,is it only my device,what can i do to fix it,or should i give it back.It is very frustrating,video quality is epic,but audio recording is crap,glitchy,cracky.Even my Desire S has better audio recording.I tought it's that crapy speakerphone,but it isn't.This doesn't change if i open it from another device like my PC.Please help me iam at my wits end with this...
Facing the same issue!
Whenever I make video recording some thing on a houseparty it seems like it tries to balance the sound somehow,.. on my computer it sounds like 8 kbit quality or somethig
yeah I got that too, just tried recording my sons band and the sound is awful
I had the same issue when I enabled stereo recording in the camera app.
The only resolution was to disable the setting.
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I too have noticed the same problem, video I took at a wedding was terrible. I am wondering if it is because generally when taking a video my hand seems to cover the microphone hole at the bottom, will need to take some more videos to verify.
Same here, overly compressed and squashed sound that doesn't make sense in a few videos.
I wish there was some way to get rid of all the Beats Audio and audio output files and replace them with the galaxy or sony xperia ones, unless it is a hardware compressor in which case it is a total design failure.
Bobbeh84 said:
I too have noticed the same problem, video I took at a wedding was terrible. I am wondering if it is because generally when taking a video my hand seems to cover the microphone hole at the bottom, will need to take some more videos to verify.
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I dont think its covering the mic with the hand. I took care not too, using 2 different one x's and they were both the same. I have turned off the stereo recording now and will try again next time
Also, there's an option to enhance sound when you play videos through the gallery app. This has made things sounds strange for me too.
Same issue here.. Recorded at a party But the Sound is terrible.. My iPhone loving Friends will Make fun of My One X if I post this.. any Solution yet?
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Same issue here.. Recorded at a party But the Sound is terrible.. My iPhone loving Friends will Make fun of My One X if I post this.. any Solution yet?
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i'm on stock and have now tried just about everything possible to get reasonable sound recording in a party (music and talking and glasses etc) setting and its just not possible.
It's the built in noise cancellation feature during video recording that is doing this. No way around it AFAIK.
The same problem was in the HTC sensation. Still not forgiven HTC about that as they boasted stereo sound recording. HTC desire had similar poor recording but that got sorted in an update. Here's a thing to try. What happens when you use voice recording? Is the sound still poor? Gonna try now.
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It's the built in noise cancellation feature during video recording that is doing this. No way around it AFAIK.
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If the noise cancellation microphone is causing all of this there is a way to disable the alternative mic (in this case the noise cancelling microphone) with a simple build.prop command
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If the noise cancellation microphone is causing all of this there is a way to disable the alternative mic (in this case the noise cancelling microphone) with a simple build.prop command
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Show us your secrets :angel:
I haven't tried this out yet but if any want to try this go ahead
add these lines at the end of your build.prop
htc.audio.alt.enable=0
htc.audio.hac.enable=0
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ZeroInfinity said:
I haven't tried this out yet but if any want to try this go ahead
add these lines at the end of your build.prop
htc.audio.alt.enable=0
htc.audio.hac.enable=0
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has anybody try this??? my phone is out of my reach right now
I'm on a stock Rom, how Can a I edit those Properties?
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I'm on a stock Rom, how Can a I edit those Properties?
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You would need to be rooted. Open build.prop with a file explorer or text editor then add the lines in
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You would need to be rooted. Open build.prop with a file explorer or text editor then add the lines in
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I just did it but no success still the same problem :/
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I used the headset that came with my phone to record. I just need to transfer to my studio setup to test results with and without headset so I know it's no placebo. Also ordered a mini mic off eBay. Had one for my iPod but can't find it should come on Friday. If it works ill be using this.
So I can't post in the development section yet(I was going to ask in the relevant thread instead of wasting a new one on this question), which I think is a nice rule, but I'm starting to delve into UNDERSTANDING development and how it works. So anyway...
If someone actually checked out this post(which I doubt, since I don't really see people checking the Q&A section) I just wanted to ask, is the build.prop file what I should be looking at for this? I'd like to point out the the EVO 4G has AWFUL audio recording quality, the video I can stand. Just the audio is terrible and totally unnecessary. 12.2kbps at 8kHz is just unacceptable when we have apps utilizing up to 44.1kHz WITH THE VERY SAME MIC that the camcorder uses. I don't know the bitrate for that recording app, but I imagine its at least pushing 96kbps. I used to check "No Audio" and record audio with one app then use the camcorder for video, which was a hassle because then I had to edit the files and put them together.
Yes I know the EVO isn't a GREAT beast(single core processor) but that doesn't mean anything when you got similar phones well within it's realm of spec(DROID, Epic 4G, iPhone 3, etc.) with camcorders that BLOW the EVO out of the water. Why did HTC fail to acknowledge that this was an important issue?!
So enough ranting, my question is simple. The things that are edit-able in the build.prop file include video recording quality and audio recording quality. Does that mean that the EVO's crap camcorder and camera are limited PURELY BY THIS SINGLE FILE? Or, are there other hardware and software limitations that affect the quality?
Lets say that you can dedicate ALL the power the phone has to the camcorder and its software, why should there be a limitation on the audio quality? Why is the audio quality so bad. I see people posting tweaks to increase VIDEO recording quality, and they're done in the build.prop file right? I have no idea how to test if messing with the audio bitrates and frequencies actually work, has this been tested? is that why its ignored? Please someone talk some sense into me! I heard that you gotta do a data wipe for changes in the build.prop to take effect. Is that true? is that why I never experienced differences?
And I really hope I don't get a reply saying "use the search next time" because all I found were VIDEO QUALITY tweaks not AUDIO QUALITY tweaks. Is it because they don't work? or WHAT? and also, I'm rather new to modding, I rooted a long time ago, and flashed a couple mods like a year ago, but recently I've become more interested in HOW those mods work.
There are multiple quality improving methods. Try my smurf tweaks, or xloud and bravia engine. Also there is beats audio u can add it as well. There are was to better ur phone.
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There are multiple quality improving methods. Try my smurf tweaks, or xloud and bravia engine. Also there is beats audio u can add it as well. There are was to better ur phone.
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Shortly after I posted this, I looked and saw another question asking for a "smurfed out script" and I thought... what the f!? Thanks, I'll check this out and the others you mentioned.
***UPDATE***
Okay, so I looked at those engines and your script. Haven't tried them yet because I don't really want to flash my phone or wipe it right now and they're more for audio and video playback than recording, but I did find a post on Android forums about this issue. Some guy suggested using the LG Camera app. So I checked it out, and I can fidle with the audio quality in there. I never new about this app, but this is EXACTLY what I wanted.
I appreciate your reply though. I probably will end up flashing your script soon, when I have more time. I know this was an old issue, but I had never found a good solution until now.
I know beats audio works. I ran the old eternity rom with the (mod edited) kernel and the audio was brilliant.
Mod edit sorry that kernel isn't allowed to be talked about on xda
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I know beats audio works. I ran the old eternity rom with the (mod edited) kernel and the audio was brilliant.
Mod edit sorry that kernel isn't allowed to be talked about on xda
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? wow really? hmm(thinking about the "mod edited"). only reason I could think of a kernal that's banned in the forum is legal reasons tied to the forum(and a number of mods seem to contradict that reasoning).
I'll try beats, whenever I get the chance i guess, but again, isn't it only for audio playback? the issue I mentioned has nothing to do with the playback of videos, it's the recording. On lg camera, you can change the audio encoding to AAC and mess with the bitrates and the frequency. I have problems on my phone though, the video skips, I think it might be because my sd card is crap, i think its a class 2(its the one that came with the phone) plus its only 8GB. I think I'm gonna buy a 32GB from my friend, I think he said its a class 6, idk how much he wants for it though.
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? wow really? hmm(thinking about the "mod edited"). only reason I could think of a kernal that's banned in the forum is legal reasons tied to the forum(and a number of mods seem to contradict that reasoning).
I'll try beats, whenever I get the chance i guess, but again, isn't it only for audio playback? the issue I mentioned has nothing to do with the playback of videos, it's the recording. On lg camera, you can change the audio encoding to AAC and mess with the bitrates and the frequency. I have problems on my phone though, the video skips, I think it might be because my sd card is crap, i think its a class 2(its the one that came with the phone) plus its only 8GB. I think I'm gonna buy a 32GB from my friend, I think he said its a class 6, idk how much he wants for it though.
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Actually due to gpl issues and with the developer....xda and the developer have come to an aggrement that his name and kernel are not to be talked about or mentioned on xda. In the future I recommend that if you do not know the history or reasons that you not speak about it.
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Hey guys,
anyone else experienced bad video sound quality? I found out, that the phone saves videos with 96kbps sound, wich is an explanation why the sound is that bad. But can we do anything against it?
Bainhorious said:
Hey guys,
anyone else experienced bad video sound quality? I found out, that the phone saves videos with 96kbps sound, wich is an explanation why the sound is that bad. But can we do anything against it?
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I too am experiencing this issue. Not sure if a fix currently exists. On another note, when I purchased this phone i was hoping for more development support! It may still be early, but not too impressed so far!!
I also just got bitten by this crappy audio when recording videos. It absolutely sucks! Will using a different camera app fix it?
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I also just got bitten by this crappy audio when recording videos. It absolutely sucks! Will using a different camera app fix it?
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I dont think so as I am already using cam mod.
There must be some audio postprocessing going on. When I record audio with an app (Easy voice recoreder) and choose microphone "Main (unprocessed)" the sound is good. If I choose just microphone "Main" the recording is very bad (the same distorted sound I get in video recordings). So the phone can record good audio. The question is how to record unprocessed sound in video.
The bitrate is 96kbps with no way to change.
I have logged a bug here:
http://en.miui.com/thread-1358732-1-1.html
Please confirm the bug and it will get the attention of the team at Xiaomi
i have found a possible solution on the post below, see if it helps (by Callemusicman)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/bad-audio-quality-video-recording-t2829941
"So I've found a solution, or at least a temporary one
Get the camera app called Lgcamera. In this app you can manually set your audio settings.
Set it to AAC and set the stereo option to On (this did it for me atleast).
/store/apps/details?id=rubberbigpepper.lgCamera&hl=sv
I made a little video about it since I couldn't find this solution before, hope it helps!
/watch?v=RVWcE3dQoMk
Karidas said:
i have found a possible solution on the post below, see if it helps (by Callemusicman)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/bad-audio-quality-video-recording-t2829941
"So I've found a solution, or at least a temporary one
Get the camera app called Lgcamera. In this app you can manually set your audio settings.
Set it to AAC and set the stereo option to On (this did it for me atleast).
/store/apps/details?id=rubberbigpepper.lgCamera&hl=sv
I made a little video about it since I couldn't find this solution before, hope it helps!
/watch?v=RVWcE3dQoMk
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soo.... to answer to myself it does not work, the audio quality is still 96kbps, I had an idea to record audio separately.
if you start recording only audio with an app like "easy audio recorder" and then you go to the video app and record. the recording audio app won't stop recording its quality is gonna change to 96kbps (bad)
EDIT: yeah, it sucks, only xiaomi can fix it.
I have found a trick to record good audio see my post below.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-mix-2/how-to/mi-mix-2-video-sound-recording-quality-t3776450
I went to an electronic party last weekend so I could finally test the audio recording quality on extreme situations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzfXQqgGZ1M
Turns out its really awful. Even my friend with a Motorola G5 have better audio quality. That is pretty disappointing for me, as I'm also a DJ and music producer so I make videos under this circunstances a lot. Also it impacts song-finder apps, as the quality is so bad that the app can't recognise the song.
Is there anything that can be done via software? Custom ROM or tweaks... Or is it a matter of the microphone (hardware) quality itself?
Btw I've already tried recording with the Open Camera App selecting the "unprocessed" audio source. Gets distorted same way.
Thanks in advance.
I confirm the existence of a similar problem for me and several people. How can this be fixed at least temporarily?
Thanks in advance.
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I confirm the existence of a similar problem for me and several people. How can this be fixed at least temporarily?
Thanks in advance.
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Can't really call it a "problem" since it affects all Xiaomi phones. It's just a standard quality microphone paired with bad software otimization. I did some tests and the microphone is actually capable of capturing audio with less distortion under these conditions, the problem is the processing applied to the audio isn't optimized for these situations, making it distort.
Did you have the same issues using other kernels or roms? I confirm I've been getting similar issues also
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Did you have the same issues using other kernels or roms? I confirm I've been getting similar issues also
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Yea I tried every rom and kernel... all the same.
If it was only at shows... could live with it. But the audio distorts even at daily things like recording messages on whatsapp when inside a vehicle (I reported this on another thread). I get really frustrated.
Same here..I participate at the lot of Trance events and simply, audio is one big bulshitt. (like at 99% of Android phones). For loud events recordings, iPhones are still the best
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Same here..I participate at the lot of Trance events and simply, audio is one big bulshitt. (like at 99% of Android phones). For loud events recordings, iPhones are still the best
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Exactly... I always had android, then I swiched to an iphone 6s only because of the audio I knew was good... now I finally came back to android (cause I love the OS and its variety of functions compared to iOS) and unfortunately suffering again with poor audio recording. The few android I know can handle this are the top-end Samsung (S8, S9, S10). I heard about HTC also but never got to see or test it personally.
Altough I really can't understand why manufacturers don't take this audio thing more seriously, they leave this aside like no one cared about audio quality lol
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Exactly... I always had android, then I swiched to an iphone 6s only because of the audio I knew was good... now I finally came back to android (cause I love the OS and its variety of functions compared to iOS) and unfortunately suffering again with poor audio recording. The few android I know can handle this are the top-end Samsung (S8, S9, S10). I heard about HTC also but never got to see or test it personally.
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Damn, I thought I was the only with this kind of concern and this is the reason I'm currently using an iPhone 6s as my second phone just for audio recording. In my case I like to listen and play metal music with my band in a rehearsal room, so I always used my phone to record my rehearsals to see my band's progress and some other things and the best phone with a good recorder was the Mi 8 Lite until someone robbed me.
Idk why Xiaomi don't take a look to this issue, I mean, I'm not saying they have to listen to heavy metal or something like that, just realize the many scenarios the people would use the recorder app or the camera, e.g. in concerts.
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Damn, I thought I was the only with this kind of concern and this is the reason I'm currently using an iPhone 6s as my second phone just for audio recording. In my case I like to listen and play metal music with my band in a rehearsal room, so I always used my phone to record my rehearsals to see my band's progress and some other things and the best phone with a good recorder was the Mi 8 Lite until someone robbed me.
Idk why Xiaomi don't take a look to this issue, I mean, I'm not saying they have to listen to heavy metal or something like that, just realize the many scenarios the people would use the recorder app or the camera, e.g. in concerts.
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Most android manufacturers lose users to Apple just because of details like this, they don't realize how important this might be for some users. I mean, take for example artists on the music world... these are influent people... and 99% of them use iPhones because of things like the audio quality.
Anyway... this conversation can go really far.
Talking about the Mi 9 SE... mostly the cause of the the bad audio quality is bad software optimization. Xiaomi could get this a lot better with just some simple updates. I've tried modifying some microphone options, turns out it can actually record with less distortion (not really perfect but better). Still a bit of the guilt is on the microphone hardware itself... its kinda cheap.
try cameramx app, set audio source to external. it worked quite well at a muse concert.
the issue is the recording volume too high which affects also whatsapp vocal messages.
somebody solved it on rooted devices by installing root volume mixer pro, set the microphone gain to -3. this wasn't tested at loud events, only on whatsapp.
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try cameramx app, set audio source to external. it worked quite well at a muse concert.
the issue is the recording volume too high which affects also whatsapp vocal messages.
somebody solved it on rooted devices by installing root volume mixer pro, set the microphone gain to -3. this wasn't tested at loud events, only on whatsapp.
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I've tried using Open Camera with audio source set to unprocessed. Didn't solve it for me, got a bit less distortion but still a lot (maybe bacause the sound was really extremely loud). Will try with "external" source.
I was trying to modify the mic gain directly on the system files, but I'm gonna try that volume mixer pro thing also. Ty.
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I've tried using Open Camera with audio source set to unprocessed. Didn't solve it for me, got a bit less distortion but still a lot (maybe bacause the sound was really extremely loud). Will try with "external" source.
I was trying to modify the mic gain directly on the system files, but I'm gonna try that volume mixer pro thing also. Ty.
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Did it make it any better?
I have the Xiaomi Mi 9 SE , i love the phone, but yes the recording quality is terrible. i downloaded the Root volume control, but when im in the path files, i dont know what changes to make.....
What is the recording mic on the camera called in the files??.......what values am i looking for??......
How many changes to i need to make.......??
I don't know ir the problem is because harware or software, but this problem doesn't happen in all Xiaomi phones, because models like Mi 9T (Pro version also) or Mi 8 records the audio clearly, also, remember that an user said that the Mi 8 Lite has a good quality of audio recording (I don't know if the NORMAL Mi 9 (not SE) records well the audio). Probably the problem is from the hardware, because phones like a big part of Redmi or other Android has a low quality mic, so the sound recorded will be poor, this problem also happens with other companies like OnePlus.
But if we want to talk in a general way, all the cellphones, including those made from Apple, ASUS, HTC or Samsung are going to lose quality in the record of concerts, very few phones like some LG are good recording specifically the audio from concerts.
I fixed a bit this problem just putting a finger up the microphone. At least it didnt clip af
Try another camera app like Cinema-FV5. I heard it improves.
Had this problem with every xiaomi I owned, only Mi 8 Lite didn't have it, so strange :\
hi, i had this problem on Redmi 3, on MI 9 SE its better, but still present. I installed CameraMX and set microphone to external and i think it helps a lot !