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Edit kernels for stabilizing 720p recording.

As you all know 720P recording is now possible on the hd2 through windows phone 7. in order to get this feature on android builds updated drivers need to be included in android packages as well as a kernel that can support it. I am currently looking for help in updating drivers while i am working to stabilize some existing kernels. to any who can CONTRIBUTE please pm me and i will get back to you.

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Would be greatful as i'm sure hundreds of HD2 fans!

Bump
Why aren't more people bumping this thread?!
I would love to finally have the ability to record in 720p.

I really liked the 720p resolution on the WP7 rom. Cant wait to have it in android

That will be one of the greatest achievement for HD2.
Thank you for your dedication.

Yes! i hope it gets fixed!

HD2 does everything; note
mmendez92 said:
As you all know 720P recording is now possible on the hd2 through windows phone 7. in order to get this feature on android builds updated drivers need to be included in android packages as well as a kernel that can support it. I am currently looking for help in updating drivers while i am working to stabilize some existing kernels. to any who can CONTRIBUTE please pm me and i will get back to you.
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This is more in response to the banner you have at the bottom of your post saying the HD2 can do everything "what's next..." and showing a playstation symbol.
Android has emulators galore! And PS1 games run very nice utilizing them. (You have GBA, Genesis, SNES, etc to choose from as well). Just note in case you didn't know.

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dLeTe said:
This is more in response to the banner you have at the bottom of your post saying the HD2 can do everything "what's next..." and showing a playstation symbol.
Android has emulators galore! And PS1 games run very nice utilizing them. (You have GBA, Genesis, SNES, etc to choose from as well). Just note in case you didn't know.
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yes.....i know it was simply a pun on the psx emulator -_-. Please keep this thread on topic.

am up for this!

Can't wait
Finally! Have been waiting for hd video recording to be enabled ever since i got this phone. Good to know we are close to getting it.

Bump!!! 720p video record... it would be amazing

woww.. i thought 720p cam impossible..but HD2 rulesss4ever!!!

When I tried the WP7 the quality was great but the focusing was aweful. It took quite a while to switch from close objects focus to further ones and the other way around too. I hope this can be improved too. I hope you find some help on your quest
PS. I hope you dont mind me using your signature picture as I quite like it and to be honest I wont give my HD2 for any other phone while I was thinking about selling it 4 months ago

While you're working on kernels, see if you can get Wifi Calling working using the wifi calling app from tmo USA.

ooh the excitement...
cant wait !

m2]iceman said:
When I tried the WP7 the quality was great but the focusing was aweful. It took quite a while to switch from close objects focus to further ones and the other way around too. I hope this can be improved too. I hope you find some help on your quest
PS. I hope you dont mind me using your signature picture as I quite like it and to be honest I wont give my HD2 for any other phone while I was thinking about selling it 4 months ago
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lol no problem bud! =) it is a great phone!
and as for an update for those following the thread, i am currently editing the cm kernel to try to make stable recording on MDJ ginger build.

If we get 720p recording to work...
There's nothing more to wish from our beloved device!
We can do everything and more!
If you compare the HD2 and the DHD today there's nothing that makes the DHD better.
On the contrary, it can more than any other phone outside there!

bhilgeman said:
While you're working on kernels, see if you can get Wifi Calling working using the wifi calling app from tmo USA.
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i will try as of now that takes the list behind 720p recording, mostly because there are work arounds for wifi calling via android ~android through tango, skype, ovoo, ect

How about starting a bounty for 720p recording as well?
I think it will motivate developers a little bit more.
And I know that it would be a success as well, remember how much money were gathered in a thread about a working camera in DHD builds a while ago?
This is the last border for android perfection in HD2, and we already know that it CAN be done in our hardware (WP7).

Hi All,
While i am really happy and i desperate to see 720p recording working on hd2.android, but personally 720p recording in windows 7 doesn't really look 720p, i feel the resolution is faaaaar less the the regular 800*400 recording..
which makes me believe if hd2 is actually meant to record 720P or is it just a bug in windows 7 that it says 720p when it actually doesn't!....

[MOD] [720p HW PLAYBACK] libOmxVdec.so (removal of h/w restrictions in playback)

best 720p solution yet.
Just want to inform all desire owners of Diceplayer.
It dosent support our phone (they say).
But it works flawless if you patch
libOmxVdec.so
wich is meant for the nexus-1.
Since N1 and desire share alot hardware i figured it might also work for our desire.
IT DID!!
This is my first thread or even post on xda.
LINK:
http://diceplayer.inisoft.co.kr/news-and-tips
FLASHABLE ZIP: (Latty)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18424125&postcount=38

What Rom Does it Work on?
GB/FROYO - Sense/Non-sense?

Apparently what it does is, it removes restrictions in the h/w decoding. I think the devs of cyanogenmod should look into this and integrate it into their libs.

davebugyi said:
What Rom Does it Work on?
GB/FROYO - Sense/Non-sense?
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Cyanogenmod?

Frigorio said:
Cyanogenmod?
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I use it with cyanogenmod. So yes. Not sure with other roms but i suspect the libs are the same with sense roms.
The modified lib brings h/w hd functionality to other players aswell. Free alternatives like qqplayer. Probably other players also.
Someone should hint the devs of cyanogen to integrate the functionality into their roms. Devices that are capable. The Nexus-1 and desire.

Just tested it on Rcmix 2.0 sense rom still lags

So basically it will work on GingerVillain 2.7, too? Well, I'll try and see.

Playback yes iirc, but isn't 720p recording Sense only feature?

Exiled_SouL said:
Just tested it on Rcmix 2.0 sense rom still lags
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You must use a player that uses hardware rendering. Default setting in many players are software rendering. Change to hardware rendering (in player).

it worked, but messed up the weather vids on cool sensation though.

hi to all,
just tried the patch and i would dare to correct the OP, well at least in my situation, 720p video playback didnt become without lag, however, now its less laggy. im using GB rom, Rcmix 2.0 with CM7r2 partition table, and class 10 16GB micro sd card (reading writing 11mb/s, reading 22 mb/s). so it has nothing to do with the card, however, as i said there much less lag now but videos are still not as smooth as i used to have on 2.2 based ROMS. but if htc release proper GB rom then maybe developers will be able to do something about it

don't work 4 me

daniele610 said:
don't work 4 me
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You should write, which rom/kernel you are using. Otherwise your information is very senseless.

MatDrOiD said:
You should write, which rom/kernel you are using. Otherwise your information is very senseless.
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Well. I am using cyanogen kernel and nightly rom. I have a class 10 sd card (sd-booster 2048).
I am having good results with 720 mkv video (diceplayer and qqplayer).

it works..!
took quite awhile for me to get SDK adb working.. but now it works so smooth!!
either on dice player or native player!
kudos for TS
PS: im also on CM7 rom and kernel, S2E a2sd, and stock 2GB SD card

work on leedroidhd?!

Would it work on Insertcoin stock GB rom?
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

no idea of other roms aside from CM7, but i suggest to do nandroid backup, and then follow instruction inside the link from 1st post..

@OP - Are you part of dev team for this? I ask because you seem very keen to get this integrated into CM and you seem to have a lot of technical info.
BTW, I tried it on CM7.1RC1 and find lag. The "News & Tips" page you linked to does actually state though that 720p does lag at present until possibly the next update.

xybadog said:
@OP - Are you part of dev team for this? I ask because you seem very keen to get this integrated into CM and you seem to have a lot of technical info.
BTW, I tried it on CM7.1RC1 and find lag. The "News & Tips" page you linked to does actually state though that 720p does lag at present until possibly the next update.
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If you manage to load the lib correctly (works in cm7, thats all i know) you should feel big difference from regular software encoding players like rockplayer etc.
Shure. there are some lags. But as i stated before. noting in comparison to software enc. based players. Very large 720 mkv may lag. But a typical 4gig 720p mkv plays well.
No. Im not in the dev team. I just been searching for a solution to play hi def mkv video. And this is by far the best solution.
What i do is every time i reflash my rom (cm nightly) i replaces the lib from first post with the one included in cm7 .zip file. /system/lib/libomxvdec.so
For testing this you must make sure diceplayer or any other player, is set to hardware encoding. Otherwise no improvement in playback.

[Q] Xperia PLAY record HD video?

Xperia PLAY have got 1Ghz CPU, and 5mpx Camera. This hardwares enough to the recorded of HD vido? Or not?
Is the solution of this possible?
(Sorry my bad Englis)

Should be!
One of Sony's recent updates gave you the 720p camera. if your on a custom rom i bet you can find the apk somewhere.

This was one of the early updates. Though it does not specifie it's recording in HD but really it records at 720P when the best quality is chosen in the options. However I personally think that the latest Cyanogenmod 7 video recording was remarkable. Best quality ever seen so far.

arian009 said:
This was one of the early updates. Though it does not specifie it's recording in HD but really it records at 720P when the best quality is chosen in the options. However I personally think that the latest Cyanogenmod 7 video recording was remarkable. Best quality ever seen so far.
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What? Really? It's pretty crap if you ask me. It records at 800x480 and the video usually has constant moments of extreme stutter.
What do you like about it? Is there any way to get 720p on CM7?

3dawg said:
What? Really? It's pretty crap if you ask me. It records at 800x480 and the video usually has constant moments of extreme stutter.
What do you like about it? Is there any way to get 720p on CM7?
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Yes latest CM7 shoots as 720p on default mate. Best quality so far witnessed!

arian009 said:
Yes latest CM7 shoots as 720p on default mate. Best quality so far witnessed!
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Are you sure? I've been using the latest CM7 FXP builds every time they're released and I've even tried some CM7 nightlies from the CyanogenMod site.
None of them, including FXP123, do 720p recording. Perhaps you're mistaken? Or have I missed something?

Yes I'm fairly certein. I vivdly remember I was shocked by the performance of the video camera. Flash the latets CM7 and start filming with the highest values in the settings. Then see the video on your computer. Even if he screen size is not 720x900 the video quality most definitly is HD

[Q] Which ROM has the best camera (including 720p)

I'd love to have panorama and HDR, I tried a ROM last month that had the options (I think it was a sense ROM) but they didn't work well and it force-closed sometimes, etc.
I've also found that some of the newer android version ROMs seem to lack either H.264 or 720p video.
Front-facing camera is nice to have, but even the ROMs with that seem to suck for Skype.
Help!

You can download both of them from the play store... I have both and they work great..
Sent from my X10 using xda app-developers app

Only Sense GB Roms have 720

9h0s7 said:
Only Sense GB Roms have 720
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Why is that? What binary blob needs reverse-engineered?

9h0s7 said:
Only Sense GB Roms have 720
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wait, that's not true. I'm running cyanogenMod 6.2.1 and I have 720 video

how jerky is it? (i dont just mean playback on the phone itself, i mean no matter what device you play it back on. in other words, when i use AOSP cameras at 720p, there is jerkiness baked into the output. stutter, judder, jerkiness, dropped frames, insufficient fps, call it what you want, motion portrayal is poor especially during slow pans.)

NxNW said:
how jerky is it? (i dont just mean playback on the phone itself, i mean no matter what device you play it back on. in other words, when i use AOSP cameras at 720p, there is jerkiness baked into the output. stutter, judder, jerkiness, dropped frames, insufficient fps, call it what you want, motion portrayal is poor especially during slow pans.)
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hmm, yeah i guess it is a little jerky.
Well thanks for the link in your sig, got that ROM running now and it seems like a keeper

Well, ok, if you're serious about all this, I will add that changing your scheduler to BFQ is probably the single best improvement you can make to videocam recording smoothness. You'll need a kernel that supports this. Almost any custom kernel will. If you're going to use the ROM in my sig (the Captain's 5.07 stock ROM) I would recommend the "Underworld" kernel. If you're running a AOSP ROM , I'm not as familiar with those choices (although I would recommend Reloaded anyway, and the "Mason" kernel included with it supports BFQ already, even if it isn't optimal for general, non-videocam performance). Note you'll have to do additional research on how to *activate* the BFQ scheduler even once you have a kernel that supports it. Or maybe you knew all this. But others may be interested. Happy searching..

used hdr camera + with cm7.2 (nightlies) and worked pretty fantastic. Def considered it better quality than stock camera and here is my disclaimer im not a photo buff... lol

In my opinion the Sense Rom Cameras look better. I've probably ran just about every rom on the OG EVO and that is what I have noticed.

[Q] CM9 RC6– stock gb video qual. comparison

Hi all
I am using cm9 rc6 and i am happy with that. Thanks to devs.
I ve compared the 720p videos of cm9 and stock gb. File size of gb version is nearly doubling the cm9 version. I watched both videos in pc and I am not surprised with that because there is a clear quality difference in favor of gb version video.
Is there a way to rec videos in cm9 as good as in gb Rom version?

cozgun said:
Hi all
I am using cm9 rc6 and i am happy with that. Thanks to devs.
I ve compared the 720p videos of cm9 and stock gb. File size of gb version is nearly doubling the cm9 version. I watched both videos in pc and I am not surprised with that because there is a clear quality difference in favor of gb version video.
Is there a way to rec videos in cm9 as good as in gb Rom version?
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I've made a topic about the same Q, but only with cm10 and GB.
I've noticed the same thing lol, that the GB 720p runs on way better fps than JB.

Madzix said:
I've made a topic about the same Q, but only with cm10 and GB.
I've noticed the same thing lol, that the GB 720p runs on way better fps than JB.
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i think we cant do anything about it for now, unless arco or other devs decided to improve it..
For me im quite satisfied, considering that its not working before..THANKS arco/devs for that..
FYI.. quoting arco's words about the camera.
•camera will never work as good as in stock rom, period! We are using ugly hal wrapper hack to get it to work at all! This is only guaranteed to work partially ok with included camera app. And still not everything will work at all with it, like certain effects or video calls. All other 3rd party camera apps may or may not work. Don't cry if they don't. If you absolutely need a 100% working camera, use stock rom!

[iop]wah said:
i think we cant do anything about it for now, unless arco or other devs decided to improve it..
For me im quite satisfied, considering that its not working before..THANKS arco/devs for that..
FYI.. quoting arco's words about the camera.
•camera will never work as good as in stock rom, period! We are using ugly hal wrapper hack to get it to work at all! This is only guaranteed to work partially ok with included camera app. And still not everything will work at all with it, like certain effects or video calls. All other 3rd party camera apps may or may not work. Don't cry if they don't. If you absolutely need a 100% working camera, use stock rom!
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Thats bad, I hope, that in future we will be capable of recording those 30 fps videos.
Thanks for response anyway.