Hi everyone..
Is it possible to set a shortcut in the home screen to start the camera app for recording video?
Whenever I start the stock camera app, it default to still photo.
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I used to have an app installed called SuperFastCam, which started recording video instantly once you launched it. current version seem to be recording video upside down according to the latest reviews. you could give that a try.
SuperFastCam works fine for me on HTC Incredible.
Good tip "mb_3000".
Thanks!
Spoke too soon...
SuperFastCam crapped out on me too. It worked fine at first but after a reboot, it would start but then immediately FC. I tried several re-installs. No good.
Oh well. I'm still looking for an option. I'll pass it on if I find something.
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Posted here because I dont have enough posts to post in the Cyanogenmod thread.
I recently updated to the latest nightly (10212011). I did this after seeing that 10202011 had some issues when using the video camera.
So this weekend I made a short video thinking all would be good but when I played it back via 'Gallery' the portrait video footage played sideways in landscape mode. Turning the phone to landscape gave me a stretched portrait video, which isnt really ideal in a perfect world. I can play the video in QQPlayer in its correct orientation but the video seems to jump, repeat parts and also goes out of sync.
I have searched to see if this has occured but I have not seen this issue before, so I wanted to flag it up to the devs.
Additionally I have another problem which again after searching I have not found a solution to.
I have the Kindle app installed and it all works great, I can read my book etc but after leaving the app the phone freezes and my only way out is to remove the battery. Has anyone else come across this? is there a solution?
Thanks for any help
Lee
HytestA said:
Posted here because I dont have enough posts to post in the Cyanogenmod thread.
I recently updated to the latest nightly (10212011). I did this after seeing that 10202011 had some issues when using the video camera.
So this weekend I made a short video thinking all would be good but when I played it back via 'Gallery' the portrait video footage played sideways in landscape mode. Turning the phone to landscape gave me a stretched portrait video, which isnt really ideal in a perfect world
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Same by me. Anyone has got the same bug????
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Mine does that too, unless I hold the phone sideways when recording. Lately getting it to record at all is my issue, but have posted that elsewhere
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I was looking for a camera app with hardware shutter buttons on the t-mobile gs3 forums, but couldn't find any. I started looking at the international version and found this. It should work on touchwiz based roms. It's a nice camera replacement app based on the touchwiz camera. Everything seems to be working so far. It has a couple useful features such as using the volume and lock keys as hardware shutter buttons. Follow the link below to see the rest of the features. I got this off of the I9300 forums and did not contribute to the development of this app whatsoever.
Issues:
- 1080p video recording, 720p works fine
- when using lock button to take photos, power menu comes up
Download Site:
http://hx-custom-roms.com/galaxy-s3-camera-mod
XDA thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1691145
Last time I tried using it, it had issues with video recording (force closes and such).
I see that now. The camera seems to work flawlessly though. I haven't had any force closes thus far except when recording in 1080p. I hope to see a camera app like this for our phone in the near future.
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1080p normal works but not fine or superfine. 720p works fine. Camera works well. I went back to stock or one of the playstore ones. Once they get things sorted out for our phone I'll switch. The concept is awesome.
hey guys, can somebody help with installing this to Free GS3 RC6?
the procedure with renaming samsuns.apk does not work. Simply because there is no samsung.apk in this release.
As a recent Droid Incredible user, I've been using Screencast to record my screen on the DInc. Unfortunately this does not work on the Nexus.. it does record the screen but throws a black layer over the video, from my understanding is something to do with the hardware "screen wise".
Is there a workaround to fix this, a different app that will record or am I just doomed until Screencast Devs fix this?
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Screencast would be on my gnex in a minute if it was compatible. As you said, everything works perfectly except that the video itself is blank (black).
I noticed that the screenshots by Screencast have the same problem. Maybe if the Screencast dev(s) pinpointed why their screenshots are blank, which would seem to be trivial since there are so many working screenshot apps for the gnex, the same fix would make their videos work, too?
At any rate I hope they get it working. That's an app I'd pay for.
I'm using a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S2 on CM11 with TWRP. I cannot seem to get video recording or playback (although I am not very sure about video playback, I've only received pictures in the past while) to work. With an older version of Snapchat, video recording appears to work but then right before I am about to send the video, a message pops up and says that it cannot play the video. Is this related to "Camcorder does not actually record to storage" in the TeamChopsticks "Known Issues That Will Be Fixed"? If not, is there a way that I can fix this?
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I'm using a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S2 on CM11 with TWRP. I cannot seem to get video recording or playback (although I am not very sure about video playback, I've only received pictures in the past while) to work. With an older version of Snapchat, video recording appears to work but then right before I am about to send the video, a message pops up and says that it cannot play the video. Is this related to "Camcorder does not actually record to storage" in the TeamChopsticks "Known Issues That Will Be Fixed"? If not, is there a way that I can fix this?
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I've been having this problem with all jellybean ROMs, including stock.
I'm with ya, most likely a Jellybean problem. So if you absolutely need it, maybe revert to an ICS rom or go to stock.
wikitiki said:
I'm with ya, most likely a Jellybean problem. So if you absolutely need it, maybe revert to an ICS rom or go to stock.
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Actually stock also has the same problem (stock UVMC6)
I'm running The Sith. ICS has so many framedrops -_-
UVB76 said:
I'm using a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S2 on CM11 with TWRP. I cannot seem to get video recording or playback (although I am not very sure about video playback, I've only received pictures in the past while) to work. With an older version of Snapchat, video recording appears to work but then right before I am about to send the video, a message pops up and says that it cannot play the video. Is this related to "Camcorder does not actually record to storage" in the TeamChopsticks "Known Issues That Will Be Fixed"? If not, is there a way that I can fix this?
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Okay...so I just got snapchat. Never used that before...LOL. So im guessing when you record the video...it dosent play back, right? Do you get to the part where after you record and it plays back? Or is it when you send....it dosent work at all? I havent sent one yet...but I will test more...but I had a camera problem and combined a lot of peoples ways to make it work. I can record at 1080p, I can watch what i filmed, and my gallery dosent FC and reboot phone. I am on UB4.0final, but that camera had issues so I did some research and tested stuff out and now I have what I have...LOL. Let me know if I was right bout the video play back after you record or is it just sending and I will try to help you guys out best I can
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Okay...so I just got snapchat. Never used that before...LOL. So im guessing when you record the video...it dosent play back, right? Do you get to the part where after you record and it plays back? Or is it when you send....it dosent work at all? I havent sent one yet...but I will test more...but I had a camera problem and combined a lot of peoples ways to make it work. I can record at 1080p, I can watch what i filmed, and my gallery dosent FC and reboot phone. I am on UB4.0final, but that camera had issues so I did some research and tested stuff out and now I have what I have...LOL. Let me know if I was right bout the video play back after you record or is it just sending and I will try to help you guys out best I can
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I get "video recording failed" after recording with the back camera front works good tho
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OM13 said:
I get "video recording failed" after recording with the back camera front works good tho
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the only fix I've found is to use an older version of snapchat , but you unfortunately lose many of the newer features
You wouldn't happen to have an older version would you
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working version
I have had these problems too, I find that the version that works is SnapChat 3.07, lets you use front and rear cam for pics and video with no issues.
I just googled for the APK
Im running CM 11 nightlies. I think it's something to do with video framework. I have similar problems with the Tiny Chat app.
I tried googling but couldn't find it could you pm me a link
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Hi,
Does anyone have any recommendations for an alternative camera app? Something that gives you more advanced controls and taking pics whilst recording video. I'm coming to the nexus from Samsung and even though the lock screen shortcut will launch the default app, having a more advanced one would be useful.
Thanks in advance
teethgrinder32 said:
Hi,
Does anyone have any recommendations for an alternative camera app? Something that gives you more advanced controls and taking pics whilst recording video. I'm coming to the nexus from Samsung and even though the lock screen shortcut will launch the default app, having a more advanced one would be useful.
Thanks in advance
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The apps A Better Camera I have used before and like the features it offers, good amount of fine tuning options. Another app worth taking a look at is Camera360 Ultimate different setup then A Better Camera but still plenty and some different features as well. Let me know if you still have questions.
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I just got my N5X and installed A Better Camera on it, it does work, it takes photos, records videos, and you can take a photo while recording a video. One big problem though: everything (photos and videos) is recorded upside-down. The app has a setting allowing you to rotate the view manually (I guess to accommodate cameras that are installed in different orientations), but it doesn't work on the N5X apparently. I also got one force close while using it.
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I just got my N5X and installed A Better Camera on it, it does work, it takes photos, records videos, and you can take a photo while recording a video. One big problem though: everything (photos and videos) is recorded upside-down. The app has a setting allowing you to rotate the view manually (I guess to accommodate cameras that are installed in different orientations), but it doesn't work on the N5X apparently. I also got one force close while using it.
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Sounds like they haven't updated for Marshmallow.
Manual camera
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Interested in this as well especially since we have our Google play credit. The upside down camera thing is an issue though.
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What about Camera FV-5? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flavionet.android.camera.pro
It was discussed in another thread, but I recommend Open Camera. Has a lot more features than the stock Camera app, and it works fine with our reverse-landscape mounted sensors. If you enable the experimental Camera 2 API support, you can try out the EIS option for video recording. Works fairly well I think.
Hmm. Can we adjust the double power button to go to another app? Also on the default app can we shut the noise?
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Hah downloading another app just makes the double press give you camera option. Sweet. Open camera is good but no hold to burst or pictures while video.
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I cannot find a single camera app that has video with pictures during recording. Most don't even record video at all. Anyone?
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km8j said:
Hmm. Can we adjust the double power button to go to another app? Also on the default app can we shut the noise?
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Hah downloading another app just makes the double press give you camera option. Sweet. Open camera is good but no hold to burst or pictures while video.
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Use a different launcher, like Nova, and you can assign gestures and shortcuts to several actions on the phone. I use Nova and have the camera app set up to launch whenever I touch home when I'm on the home screen or double touching of home if I'm on any other screen.
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It was discussed in another thread, but I recommend Open Camera. Has a lot more features than the stock Camera app, and it works fine with our reverse-landscape mounted sensors. If you enable the experimental Camera 2 API support, you can try out the EIS option for video recording. Works fairly well I think.
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Yep, that Camera is nice, would lke to compare a video recorded with EIS and without to see the differences...!
But still no photos during video
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dondavis007 said:
Manual camera
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Hey how long does the manual camera let you keep the shutter open for? What is the lowest the setting can go to?
On the Nexus 5 it was .8seconds. Really hoping for it let you keep it open for longer like the G4 does.
Dpat09 said:
Hey how long does the manual camera let you keep the shutter open for? What is the lowest the setting can go to?
On the Nexus 5 it was .8seconds. Really hoping for it let you keep it open for longer like the G4 does.
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I don't really know, I just know it was the first one getting in shape for camera api 2.
Sadly I sold my N5 for a while ago but I imagine Ill use it on 6P
dondavis007 said:
I don't really know, I just know it was the first one getting in shape for camera api 2.
Sadly I sold my N5 for a while ago but I imagine Ill use it on 6P
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Oh I was under the impression that you had the 5X lol. Yeah if you like to take full control while snapping you definitely will like using manual camera.
km8j said:
I cannot find a single camera app that has video with pictures during recording. Most don't even record video at all. Anyone?
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As I said upthread, A Better Camera lets you take photos while recording video. It records everything upside-down when used on the Nexus 5X though. Presumably that will be fixed in an update.
Camera Zoom FX
bg1906 said:
Camera Zoom FX
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no video/camcorder