[Q] Another recording-format than 3gp? - Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello!
How can I change the video-recording format (3gp) on my Desire HD?
I'm asking, because in 3gp it's very poor quality of sound .
Thx for answer.

The Gingerbread update will bring improved sound, 128 kbps I think. There is no way to change the format conveniently.
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jkoljo said:
The Gingerbread update will bring improved sound, 128 kbps I think. There is no way to change the format conveniently.
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They can boost the quality of the video/sound, however my TV still won't be able to play 3gp neither from the USB, nor via DLNA

So? Clear shot - Is there any possibility to change the format?
For example do it by other non-stock video-app and record the video in other format than 3gp. Using 3gp is so "backward"... how HTC can do this to us

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Video quality on HD

Is it possible to improve the quality of video on Htc HD , because its very bad what is realy surprising for me ?
Thanks ?
what u talking about?
i just use encoder from this site and i did resize 800x480 dvd for my HD and i have been stuned from quality, not just me, everybody who did watch that lol
Indeed, I use the encoder aswell and have done most of the tweaks on the forums here and the video quality is excellent now. Even good enough to watch an entire movie on it IMO, which you cant say about a lot of devices.
x-mann and antrak, which player do you guys use to get the enjoyable experience?
wat encoder u all refering to?
Just asking the same damn question
lunarken said:
wat encoder u all refering to?
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Have a look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467112
Projection has made a video encoder especially for the Blackstone / Diamond which combined with the memory card tweak should get you non stuttering videos!
Ok. But this is encoder program for all ready recorded videos , but it does not improve the quality of the video when you are recording it on the HD.
Or am I wrong ???
Thanks !
LMAO you're talking about recording video with the HD's camera
There are some tweaks to improve the quality a little;
- Use Mpeg4 (not H.263)
- Change one registry value: in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\Taskmanager\Lite. Change "DesiredMemory" to dword: 8192 (default was 4096) (don't forget to soft reset your device).
- It's better in good lighting conditions
well to be onest...i just bought my HD 1 week before and i use default player, i tryed CORE pplayer but same movie is with worse FPS and i use it TCPMP with subtittle suport but i got low FPS again...maby i need to make some settings, as i said im new on hd, so everyone who got some suggestions to watch movies with subtittle suport im gona apriciated
this is the encoder :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467112
many thanx to projection giving us that encoder
for me defaulth hd player got best FPS
x-mann said:
well to be onest...i just bought my HD 1 week before and i use default player, i tryed CORE pplayer but same movie is with worse FPS and i use it TCPMP with subtittle suport but i got low FPS again...maby i need to make some settings, as i said im new on hd, so everyone who got some suggestions to watch movies with subtittle suport im gona apriciated
this is the encoder :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467112
many thanx to projection giving us that encoder
for me defaulth hd player got best FPS
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DUDE! The OP is talking about recording video with the onboard camera! Video encoding and playback is discussed a lot so use the search.

HTC Desire Video Quality and Compression

Hey there,
In my experience, the Desire compresses the hell out of all recorded video, which makes it blurry. My girlfriend ran a marathon a couple of weeks ago, I recorded parts of it but people's faces looked like they had been blurred out digitally, or as taken from a Japanese 00's horror-flick.
I have the highest quality setting activated, as well as the MPEG4 encoding type selected. Still the Desire saves videos in the outdated .3GP-format that I had on my Sony Ericsson's six years ago, instead of as .MP4.
The file size of one minute of recorded video is about half the size of the same recording on my Nokia N97, and unfortunately, the quality is about half as well.
Is it just me, or does the Desire compress video way too hard? And why aren't they saved as .MP4 when the MPEG4 setting is on? Is there a tweak to decrease the compression ratio?
Thanks!
MapleDouglas said:
Still the Desire saves videos in the outdated .3GP-format that I had on my Sony Ericsson's six years ago, instead of as .MP4.
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Neither .3GP or .MP4 are video formats - they are container formats (see here).
If you select MPEG4, it will be saving as MPEG4 within the 3GP container.
As to the actual recorded quality, I can't really comment as on the few occasions I've used it to record video, it looks ok to me.
Regards,
Dave
foxmeister said:
Neither .3GP or .MP4 are video formats - they are container formats (see here).
If you select MPEG4, it will be saving as MPEG4 within the 3GP container.
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Intriguing, I did not know that Thanks. Still bummed about the video quality, though. There ought to be a setting for those who prioritize quality and not small files.
MapleDouglas said:
Intriguing, I did not know that Thanks. Still bummed about the video quality, though. There ought to be a setting for those who prioritize quality and not small files.
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We're supposed to be getting an update to support recording at 720p (as well as DivX). HTC announced this before the Desire had shipped, but has been curiously silent on the matter since then.
I did tweet @HTC about the lack of a DivX update, but @HTC only wants to respond to trivial nonsense it seems.
Regards,
Dave
Yeah I noticed they are quiet on that at the moment.
I wonder if they are planning it with the 2.2 update maybe?
hmm, I got a feeling they have trashed the 720p video quality update.
it has been silence about it for a long time:\
Froyo 2.2 will have the 720 option it was mentioned in the detailed Google IO paper. Along with better gmail. End calls with the power buttons. And app updates upposed to OS revisions.
The max option records at 2Mbps. You can get decent quality from that, most YouTube vids are far far lower. The framerate however differs depending on the ambient light but anything plus 15ish looks fine.
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th3 said:
The max option records at 2Mbps.
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Is there even a "max" option for the video camera? If so, where is it located? I can only find a quality setting for the still camera. A 40 second video clip recorded with my HTC Desire is approx. 10MB. That's very far from 2 MB per second?
MapleDouglas said:
Is there even a "max" option for the video camera? If so, where is it located? I can only find a quality setting for the still camera. A 40 second video clip recorded with my HTC Desire is approx. 10MB. That's very far from 2 MB per second?
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It's 2 Mbit /s (Mega bit), not MB (Mega Byte).
2mbps is not 2MB per second
its more like 256KB per second in the terms you're using
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081226184426AASu2ov
good luck
i use format factory free to download and only program which rips bluray rips .mkv to make it work for htc desire. You can choose from so many profile and test the settings which suits best to your mobile i believe res setting for htc desire are 400 by 800. i can send you setting i use. I ripped avatar blueray rip 8gb to 745mb with awesome quality. Give it a go you wont be disapointed and it supports subs. it basically supports all formats.
i just used MEGUI and it's iphone preset but left the res as 800xwhatever. AAC audio.
worked fine.
Format Factory sounds great with a whole bunch of the 23 reviews saying it has a trojan in the installer and also automatically installs the Ask Toolbar!
i myself megui for ripping but format factory is way easy to use. Megui is bit complicated program i do use it for ripping you can crop colour correction etc but megui takes longer to rip. i have found format factory to rip 720p rips perfect for my nokia n97 mini and desire.
abats said:
It's 2 Mbit /s (Mega bit), not MB (Mega Byte).
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Yes, you're right, of course. My bad
foxmeister said:
We're supposed to be getting an update to support recording at 720p (as well as DivX). HTC announced this before the Desire had shipped, but has been curiously silent on the matter since then.
I did tweet @HTC about the lack of a DivX update, but @HTC only wants to respond to trivial nonsense it seems.
Regards,
Dave
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Could U please show me a link, or a press release or whatever from HTC regarding this topic? An official one, not just a blogger heard something...
lukacs.attila said:
Could U please show me a link, or a press release or whatever from HTC regarding this topic? An official one, not just a blogger heard something...
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I don't have one, and I can't be bothered to look for one either, but it was widely reported a few months ago.
Regards,
Dave
You can use a free program called Mediainfo, take a few clips with diffrent settings and see the codec and bitrate.
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lukacs.attila said:
Could U please show me a link, or a press release or whatever from HTC regarding this topic? An official one, not just a blogger heard something...
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I believe it was back when the Desire was the Bravo - there was alot of talk of 720p recording and the fact the hardware supports it

Video recording - fps

Hi
Had a search and couldn't find an answer so here I go.
I believe that the desire records at 15 fps which leads to choppy recordings vs my iPhone 3gs. I was wondering, is there a hack to increase the fps beyond what it currently sits at?
Thanks
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Gooner4_1998 said:
Hi
Had a search and couldn't find an answer so here I go.
I believe that the desire records at 15 fps which leads to choppy recordings vs my iPhone 3gs. I was wondering, is there a hack to increase the fps beyond what it currently sits at?
Thanks
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Yes, Froyo. Should add 720p recording at min 20 FPS.
Does the eventual update also add better sound quality to video recordings?
I say AMR 8000khz codec is worse then my now defunct N73....
kwikdahl said:
Does the eventual update also add better sound quality to video recordings?
I say AMR 8000khz codec is worse then my now defunct N73....
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+1 I'd rather see a steady 30fps + great audio quality 480p video, than crappy 720p.
Is there a hack to get 30 fps now?!
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Gooner4_1998 said:
Is there a hack to get 30 fps now?!
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No. 10charbla
I really don't see why HTC chose to only encode audio with the AMR-codec at such low quality... Is the microphone of such poor quality that they "hide" it using this codec?
Anyone tried recording sound using some another software?
kwikdahl said:
I really don't see why HTC chose to only encode audio with the AMR-codec at such low quality... Is the microphone of such poor quality that they "hide" it using this codec?
Anyone tried recording sound using some another software?
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Try the built in Voice Recorder?
It's the same crappy quality...
kwikdahl said:
It's the same crappy quality...
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Then using "other software" will only serve to mask it, if anything.
kwikdahl said:
It's the same crappy quality...
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Most likely, almost make me wonder why not to let go S.Jobs dictatorship when i look this video what is claimed to be shooted in iphone4 (sorry my swearing) http://cl.ly/1P50. Almost.
What would your guys recommend for playing .avi videos on the Desire? There are so many to choose from. Act 1 is good? It's not free
What would your guys recommend for playing .avi videos on the Desire? There are so many to choose from. Act 1 is good? It's not free
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The beta RockPlayer is the best AVI player we currently have. However, which AVI it plays depends on that vids properties (like format).
Check the themes and apps section under titles like 'DivX/XviD player'.
Act 1 is excellent for many other vids, like H.264.
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I really don't see why HTC chose to only encode audio with the AMR-codec at such low quality... Is the microphone of such poor quality that they "hide" it using this codec?
Anyone tried recording sound using some another software?
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I can't link or search threads through the phone app but this has been discussed extensively before. You can record much higher quality audio using other apps. Mainly those saving in MP3, PCM, MP4 and WAV. I'm not sure how they do it though.
For simple, quick, voice recording I use Virtual Recorder the most.
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fimae said:
Most likely, almost make me wonder why not to let go S.Jobs dictatorship when i look this video what is claimed to be shooted in iphone4 (sorry my swearing) http://cl.ly/1P50. Almost.
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wow. thats amazing quality
MaTiCeK- said:
+1 I'd rather see a steady 30fps + great audio quality 480p video, than crappy 720p.
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i absolutely agree with you....i want a super smooth recording and playback at the 480p size and not more...if the quality of this is good then you can upscale it with conversion...but if it's crappy high resolution then even if you downgrade it it won't be very smooth
You can already see what the unofficial, hacked HD recording is like, i.e. http://db.tt/0Ngrnd
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th3 said:
The beta RockPlayer is the best AVI player we currently have. However, which AVI it plays depends on that vids properties (like format).
Check the themes and apps section under titles like 'DivX/XviD player'.
Act 1 is excellent for many other vids, like H.264.
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Thanks. It's been a week with the Desire and i still feel so lost
Changing is hard to do
lambrospower said:
i absolutely agree with you....i want a super smooth recording and playback at the 480p size and not more...if the quality of this is good then you can upscale it with conversion...but if it's crappy high resolution then even if you downgrade it it won't be very smooth
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As has been discussed a few times priorly, the current vid recording FPS have been observed to fluctuate between ~3-28 based on the ambient light levels, level of motion in the footage and the speed of the cam movement. The current recording can be much improved over but these factors contribute to some hard fundamental limitations.
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[Q] Codec for 720p recording?

I've read that I need to install an MPEG4 Codec to enable 720p recording on my HTC Desire. Is this true? If so, where can I find it?
That's not true at all.
If you're on Android 2.2 (FroYo) then it's activated.
Aitese said:
That's not true at all.
If you're on Android 2.2 (FroYo) then it's activated.
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That's ok then.
Cheers.
But bea in mind that unless you're doing a simple upload to Youtube, and instead want to get video onto your PC for editing, you're probably going to have to convert the vids, especially because of the rubbish AMR audio.
I recommend either SUPER or MPEG Streamclip, both are free and both work wonders!
out of the 3 h.... h.... and mpeg which one is the vest to record with?

[Q] MASSIVE video files.. why?

Hi
I own the Xperia Play R800 and since as far back as i remember whenever i record a video the file itself is humungous
For example a 20s video is 19.3MB big!
Even though i use the highest video quality how is it possible for the file to be so large?
Does anyone else share this problem?
Is there a way to reduce the file size without necessarily reducing the quality?
I use the "Camera Mod" to film but i don't think that changes anything
Whenever i want to send a video via the application WhatsApp i can't send a file longer than 15s as this would be larger than 15MB and that is the limit for that application.
How come my video files a 1s/1MB?
Any help would be greatly appreciated, it's devouring my memory.
thankyou thankyou thankyou :cyclops:
Thats not a problem. Because your recording either in 480p (2.3.3 firmware) or 720p (2.3.4 firmware) the higher pixels the more storage it takes. Besides thats normal video sizes your posting. If you want to correct this problem simply buy a bigger sd card.
chery2k said:
Thats not a problem. Because your recording either in 480p (2.3.3 firmware) or 720p (2.3.4 firmware) the higher pixels the more storage it takes. Besides thats normal video sizes your posting. If you want to correct this problem simply buy a bigger sd card.
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thanks, but if that is the case how come no other phone has such big files.
Many of my friends have the Iphone 4 which i believe has higher video quality than the Xperia Play but much smaller video files
XperiaGay said:
thanks, but if that is the case how come no other phone has such big files.
Many of my friends have the Iphone 4 which i believe has higher video quality than the Xperia Play but much smaller video files
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They probably have some type of compression
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chery2k said:
Thats not a problem. Because your recording either in 480p (2.3.3 firmware) or 720p (2.3.4 firmware) the higher pixels the more storage it takes. Besides thats normal video sizes your posting. If you want to correct this problem simply buy a bigger sd card.
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crazymonkey05 said:
They probably have some type of compression
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Besides reducing the quality of the video is there any application or anything i can do to reduce the video file size?
Compression is still reducing quality. If your asking if there a application that reduces video recording while filming on the phone then no. But you can move your recorded videos to a pc and compress it there and move back to the sd card then yes.
chery2k said:
Compression is still reducing quality. If your asking if there a application that reduces video recording while filming on the phone then no. But you can move your recorded videos to a pc and compress it there and move back to the sd card then yes.
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ok yep that's what i've done.
thanks for the help & info, appreciate it :cyclops:
Any chance someone could help me out.
I've tried the camera settings High (30 m), Low (30 m) and YouTube (High 10m) on my 'Camera Mod' app and either way the video files seem to be the same size. I'm assuming this as with either settings i can only send 15s of video via WhatsApp before it tells me "Size limit reached".
Am i doing it wrong? Am i changing the wrong settings?
I want to reduce the video quality & size.
Thankssss
I dont think u can change the size. But just curious, where exactly the default storage u set for the vid to be?? Phone or sdcrd???
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