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[Q] is it possible to get 720 p video working on the play

Hey guys is it possible to get 720 p video working on the play the hardware support so I think it wouldn't be hard to do

andrew.matten said:
Hey guys is it possible to get 720 p video working on the play the hardware support so I think it wouldn't be hard to do
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Yes, it is possible to have 720p video on your XPlay. Just make sure it's in .mp4 video format and it should play with no issues. I currently have Spartacus: Gods of the Arena in 1280x720 .mp4 videos on my SD card and I can watch them just fine!

I use moboplayer for playing 720p (mainly .mkv or .mp4) see this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1080194 kenshindono tested and provided a list of players.

I think he means in the camera! I think the Play has the same camera as the arc, which I think supports 720p. Hopefully someone can mod our camera to support it, not all too sure though!

it should definitely be possible, just needs to be enabled with custom software. would probably require a SD card with class 4 or higher, root and/or unlocked bootloader (which is not yet possible on the R800x, the one i have. :lame:

Nhialor said:
I think he means in the camera! I think the Play has the same camera as the arc, which I think supports 720p. Hopefully someone can mod our camera to support it, not all too sure though!
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Indeed lol now that you mention it. Well shouldn't his question have been "Hey guys is it possible to record 720 p video on the play the hardware support so I think it wouldn't be hard to do"

i pretty sure it dosent need to be enabled, its just not availible in the stock camera app, try lg camera pro, i used to use that to record 720p on my desire before it had 720p officially

Unfortunately mine cannot play HD anime episodes smoothly (.mp4)
Any solution ?

Wrong section?
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This is more for the Q/A section. Cuz you know, its kinda a question

Not to mention, this thread was necro'd all the way from 15th June 2011

Xperia-Play said:
Unfortunately mine cannot play HD anime episodes smoothly (.mp4)
Any solution ?
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This thread was about 720p video recording not playback. The play does not have a screen capable of displaying HD video, so you might as well convert any video to the native res of the screen.
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Flash cyanogenmod 9.1 or cyanogenmod 10. im pritty sure it enabled there. as long as you dont use Turbo Kernel as cosmicdan has disabled it in hes kernel to gain extra speed if im not too wrong

Improved 720p recording for both font and back camera - mp4 format

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I have just uploaded V2 of my profile - I have lowered the Bitrate slightly and changed from 3gp to mp4 file format.. I have also enabled 720p for the front facing camera - Let me know if the lowered bitrate still performs as well.
Folks,
This is my edited media_profile.xml for far better 720p recording.. thought I would share it..
I have upped the bitrate from just 1MB/s (default)to around 4MB/s.. for me, it is clearly better when played on my Monitor or Television.. smoother, more detail and appears clearer.
I have tried a higher bitrate but found this to be a good balance between size and quality.
I have also tried editing the xml for 1080p recording but cannot get higher than 14fps when recording so have not included it..
to install, just unrar the media_profiles.xml and copy it to /system/etc and reboot.... REMEMBER TO BACKUP YOUR ORIGINAL FIRST.
This has worked for me, but if you end up in a boot loop, pushing the original file should fix it.
Hope you enjoy it.
Bracken

Do you have a comparison video or anything? This is the kind of thing I want to see before flashing.

Nice find!
I can see the difference just watching play back on the xoom! Alot smoother...ill check out the HDMI when I get home.
Will this work on any Android device? Say my DX? I take way more video on that.

bracken21 said:
Must have ROOT
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I have also tried editing the xml for 1080p recording but cannot get higher than 14fps when recording so have not included it..
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have you a stock Kernel or Custom Kernel + overclocked CPU?

Works well, I have a similar hack for my Nexus.
Easy and simple improvement for video recording.
Using Hammerhead 2.1 & Tachi OCed kernel.
@bracken21 = does this affect the still camera picture taking?
Thank you very much, great mod.

Hi,
@Sergio PC -This does not affect the picture quality only the video..
@twister_65 -I had this completely on stock 3.1 with stock kernel and worked fined.. I'm now running it with Hammerhead 2.1 & Tachi OCed kernel.
Even OCed @1.6, when I enable 1080p recording there is no increase in FPS, it stays at around 14FPS.. I presume the actual sensor is not capable of [email protected]
@mradlauer - I have no idea if this could be done to the DX, I presume so, but what resolution, bitrate and FPS would depend on the device.. if its anything like the Xoom, putting in an unsupported profile may result in a boot loop ?
If there is interest I can upload another profile with settings as follows... but I find it pointless as 1080p @ 14fps is unwatchable.. I have tried increasing/decreasing the Bitrate but still only does 14fps.
1080p 6MB/s @ 14fps when high quality selected.
720p 4MB/s @ 30 when low quality selected.
720p @ 30fps for front facing camera.
Thanks
Bracken

720p for front would be awesome.

Great, i just would love to have it recording in MP4
€: Wait, trying it now
€²: Works Thx for This

Would changing any of these lines to 100 improve photo quality too?
<ImageEncoding quality="90" />

Stealyourface said:
720p for front would be awesome.
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Front camera now enabled for 720p and file format changed to mp4
cheers
Bracken

truly great work here. thank you
im just surprised no one had done this sooner, but better late than never!!
ive only played wtih it for litterally 30 seconds however i noticed that upon pressing the record button for a video using the front facing camera, it zooms in and stretches the image vertically in the preview window. i dont think that it actually records it like this but it seems to be some sort of graphical glitch....maybe you could look into it?
id like to say thanks again. did you change anything for the still images in v2 or somthing? because i no longer see those weird lines when taking photos with the front facing camera.
THANKS!

crackmulah said:
however i noticed that upon pressing the record button for a video using the front facing camera, it zooms in and stretches the image vertically in the preview window. i dont think that it actually records it like this but it seems to be some sort of graphical glitch....
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I've noticed the same issue when recording from the front camera

Excuse me, but trying this mod, I realized that the zoom in camera mode does not work. And 'this normal?
Thanks!

zoom isnt working in video mode for me either.
although i cant remember if we were ever able to.....
can you add this ?

I tried now, even the stock 3.1 does not allow it. Is there any mod ?
Regards!

Nice find.
Pretty easy to increase or lower the bitrate yourself.
I personally upped the bitrate to 35MB/s for 720p.
Adjusted the 480p resolution to 720x480 @ 20Mb/s for quick and easy converts straight to dvd with no resolution changes.
Adjusted the audio bitrate to 256kbps, sample rate to 48khz and enabled stereo recording.
Sweet stuff.
edit: Tried shooting for 60fps but it forced closed as soon as I tried to select video recording

Audionut11 said:
Nice find.
Pretty easy to increase or lower the bitrate yourself.
I personally upped the bitrate to 35MB/s for 720p.
Adjusted the 480p resolution to 720x480 @ 20Mb/s for quick and easy converts straight to dvd with no resolution changes.
Adjusted the audio bitrate to 256kbps, sample rate to 48khz and enabled stereo recording.
Sweet stuff.
edit: Tried shooting for 60fps but it forced closed as soon as I tried to select video recording
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Do you mind posting your xml file... I personally like the tweaks you have done and would like the same..
Thanks in advance

Audionut11 said:
Nice find.
Pretty easy to increase or lower the bitrate yourself.
I personally upped the bitrate to 35MB/s for 720p.
Adjusted the 480p resolution to 720x480 @ 20Mb/s for quick and easy converts straight to dvd with no resolution changes.
Adjusted the audio bitrate to 256kbps, sample rate to 48khz and enabled stereo recording.
Sweet stuff.
edit: Tried shooting for 60fps but it forced closed as soon as I tried to select video recording
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35MB/s is 2.1Gb per minute - that would give you around 15 mins recording on 720p on 32gb card. Plus with the size of sensor and optics, im guessing you wont see quality increase above 3MB - 4MB/s and even that is asking alot of the camera due to the noise levels and lack of light/detail passing through the small plastic lens. As for stereo recording, I thought the Xoom only had 1 mic ?
Being that bluray movies are around 34MB/s.. I think asking a small plastic lens on the xoom to do that a little much. Also the tegra 2 is listed at only supporting 20Mb... did you also amend the codec maximum bitrate as its currently set to around 5MBs.. if not, you will actually be recording @ 5MB/s.. Also, is 35MB/s over the write limit for xoom internal storage.. I could be wrong but even a class 10 cards only write at around 10MBs and reads @ 30Mbs ?
If you want to try 60fps, you would also need to amend not just the recording values but the codec preference and possible the memCap too.. ive not tried it yet, may give it a go.
Im not trying to have a go at you, just stating that your filling your xoom up for no reason... in a long winded blurbing kind away.. not had my coffee yet..
As for the problem with front camera zooming in on 720p, nothing I can do about this, that fix would be above my head.. My guess is that the google camera apk would need amended for 16:9... my knowledge of Android goes as far as this little dirty hack.
Cheers
Bracken

bummer on the zoom and front face stretch problem... Gonna have to revert to stock unless fixed in the future... Will subscribe for updates in case. Nice for folks that don't mind those couple details though

rockhumper said:
bummer on the zoom and front face stretch problem... Gonna have to revert to stock unless fixed in the future... Will subscribe for updates in case. Nice for folks that don't mind those couple details though
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Hi, just revert to version 1, it keeps the front camera stock and rear camera is improved..
As for the people not being able zoom, you can't zoom in video mode using stock... well mines never has.
I wish I knew how to port the camera front the Samsung 10.1 tab, does any one know how?
Cheers
Bracken

updated to 2.3.4, where's 720 video recording?

i saw that xplay will get hd, 720dpi video recording on 2.3.4 update... i just updated via pc companion but how the heck i'm supposed to switch to 720dpi?
I can only choose between high and low resolution, and neither of those looks like it's 720dpi...

pelly_jelly said:
i saw that xplay will get hd, 720dpi video recording on 2.3.4 update... i just updated via pc companion but how the heck i'm supposed to switch to 720dpi?
I can only choose between high and low resolution, and neither of those looks like it's 720dpi...
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It is, just check with Windows Explorer

It's definitely there - high quality option.
Think I'll make a video of it in action sometime soon.

all right, just checked a random video from the pc and it's 720dpi. All right i'm an idiot
But still i'd say it's pretty unclear. With stock sony ericsson camera (or heck i remember with some x10 custom roms having stock android camera recording too) you can select various pixel quality of the video, here with the play is just "high, low" quality but it doesn'e explicitly say what kind of quality is it.

pelly_jelly said:
all right, just checked a random video from the pc and it's 720dpi. All right i'm an idiot
But still i'd say it's pretty unclear. With stock sony ericsson camera (or heck i remember with some x10 custom roms having stock android camera recording too) you can select various pixel quality of the video, here with the play is just "high, low" quality but it doesn'e explicitly say what kind of quality is it.
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Yea man the XP camera software is pretty craptastic.
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In my opinion it's not even true 720p.
It's exactlyt the same resolution as it was before, but simply upscaled and output to a 720 resolution.
Making it a larger file for exact same quality.

dsswoosh said:
In my opinion it's not even true 720p.
It's exactlyt the same resolution as it was before, but simply upscaled and output to a 720 resolution.
Making it a larger file for exact same quality.
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Yeah, The Quality is the same as before, And you can render as 720p in Camtasia Studio or After Effects, etc, Wish SE loved us as much as they love Arc customers.

[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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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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Come on Sony !!!! Unable to play 4K

Hi, I've got some 4K footage on my Z5 Premium and I can't play this videos, got an error : impossible to play this video
And last week it worked perfectly, it's verry annoying !
Any suggestions ?
Delete cache, re-install, nothing worked...
I'm not rooted, full stock with last 6.0 (.185)
And when ive got the error, the sound of the video is playing without images and continue even if I force close album and movie app...

Wave__ said:
Hi, I've got some 4K footage on my Z5 Premium and I can't play this videos, got an error : impossible to play this video
And last week it worked perfectly, it's verry annoying !
Any suggestions ?
Delete cache, re-install, nothing worked...
I'm not rooted, full stock with last 6.0 (.185)
And when ive got the error, the sound of the video is playing without images and continue even if I force close album and movie app...
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Does it work on other devices? PC for example?
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KbaB.BroS said:
Does it work on other devices? PC for example?
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Yes it works on PC , and last month or week don't remember exactly, it worked on my Z5P without any problems

Have you try other players?? Vlc?? Mxplayer??

Wave__ said:
Yes it works on PC , and last month or week don't remember exactly, it worked on my Z5P without any problems
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That's weird, well I'm clueless.
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raven213 said:
Have you try other players?? Vlc?? Mxplayer??
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Videos works with vlc but not with sony movie app which allow 4K resolution, don't understand what happening here....

Wave__ said:
Videos works with vlc but not with sony movie app which allow 4K resolution, don't understand what happening here....
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Did you recorded the videos??

raven213 said:
Did you recorded the videos??
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No downloaded from internet (YouTube, demo UHD 3D...)
Actually re-download, some are working, but some not working... And was playable without problem before this bug...

Check the frame rate first. Z5P can't play more than 30 FPS for 4K.

romeokk said:
Check the frame rate first. Z5P can't play more than 30 FPS for 4K.
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No problem with FPS, some videos are 23/24/25/29 FPS and even 60 fps 4K (YES Z5P can play 60 FPS 4K I was suprised too, only 10 bits (10bits=HDR) 4K video is unplayable ) was playable before this bug, it's the same videos which I saved on my phone since 3 or 4 months, sometimes I watch some of this videos to make my eyes crying with this 4K beauty, but today impossible to play some 4K videos even after re-download them...
and more strange it's the video sound still playing even with the error message (but only the sound), and if I tried to play another video under this error, the video seems to play under the other which is playing without pictures, and it full up my RAM (only 100mb avaible ... force close the app don't change anything, only reboot free my RAM)
They said Premium........

I've try to record a 4K video to see what happen...impossible to record 4K video, the phone freeze !!

Found what was the problem i've got a video in wallpaper with video wallpaper app and it was this app confused the phone and was unable to play 4K video in the same time of the video which is in background x)

^^^Oops, sorry, didn't see your post above.
I had this problem. I tried loads of things to fix it. Uninstalling vlc was one of them but I can't remember if this fixed it.
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jplempka said:
^^^Oops, sorry, didn't see your post above.
I had this problem. I tried loads of things to fix it. Uninstalling vlc was one of them but I can't remember if this fixed it.
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No prob bro thanks for your help ^^

Here are the minimum system requirements for PC and Mac for 4K edit/playback based on processor and graphics chip manufacturer's websites.
Integrated Graphics solutions that support 4K external displays (8GB RAM recommended with integrated graphics solutions):
4th generation Intel® Core™ processor family (Intel Haswell based CPUs) - (Intel® Iris™ Pro Graphics 5200 / Intel® Iris™ Graphics 5100, Intel® HD Graphics 5000 / 4600 / 4400 / 4200)
AMD A10-7800 APU
Discrete Graphics cards that support 4K external displays:
Nvidia GeForce
GeForce® GTX™ 970
GeForce® GTX™ 980
GeForce® GTX™ TITAN Z
GeForce® GTX™ TITAN Black
GeForce® GTX™ TITAN
GeForce® GTX™ 780 & 780 Ti
GeForce® GTX™ 770
GeForce® GTX™ 760 & 760 Ti
GeForce® GTX™ 750 & 750 Ti
GeForce® GTX™ 690, 680, 670, 660, 660 Ti, 650, 650 Ti BOOST, 650 Ti
AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series or better
Other things to consider:
You need to have a monitor which is capable of playing back 4K video if you want to properly play 4K.
Even if your computer meets the requirements, you may find that 4K video plays back choppy. This is due to the immense processing power required to play 4K.

Z5 premieum 4K videos problem
Wave__ said:
No prob bro thanks for your help ^^
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Hello Wave__
i have the same problem wiht my z5p i can tell from your replies that you fixed the problem (reding 4k video), im sorry i did not understand what you did to fix it.
Would you please provide more information about the solution.
thank you

Abdou2300 said:
Hello Wave__
i have the same problem wiht my z5p i can tell from your replies that you fixed the problem (reding 4k video), im sorry i did not understand what you did to fix it.
Would you please provide more information about the solution.
thank you
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In my case I used an app to add a video wallpaper, it was this app which caused problems with 4k recording and reading on my Z5P , so I disable it and voila