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!
mrfenyx said:
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.
bump
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
Hey there guys, I wanted to ask a question about video recording.
I'm going to a show in 2 weeks & I want to record some bands. I've recorded a few shows in the past & the picture quality is awesome. The audio, however, is not. It sounds too..crispy & distorted. One day, I borrowed my brother's iPod touch & recorded with it. Although the picture isn't that great, the audio is much more clean than with the Epic.
I've messed with the Voodoo recording presets & I honestly can't even tell the difference between the 3 options.
I have noticed that recording ANY kind of audio with the Epic picks up TONS of background noise (white noise) in quiet environments. I could use other things to record, but since I have the Epic (with the 32gb microSD, it beats the iPod by a mile,) I might as well put it to use.
So I was wondering, what tips would you guys have when it comes to recording in loud environments?
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Wow. Hahaha, ok. Well, thanks anyway guys! (not sarcasm)
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I believe our phone has 2 microphones on the top and bottom of the phone, so what's stopping us from recording stereo audio? Is it something samsung just left out, or is there a hardware limitation?
Could this possibly be added with a software mod?
yousefak said:
I believe our phone has 2 microphones on the top and bottom of the phone, so what's stopping us from recording stereo audio? Is it something samsung just left out, or is there a hardware limitation?
Could this possibly be added with a software mod?
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I tried to find information on the matter, I even ask In the forums and nobody seems to care that their sprint galaxy s3 is defective.... man this suck, no stereo recording? jeez
ReverseSorrow said:
I tried to find information on this , I even ask In the forums and nobody seems to care that their sprint galaxy s3 is defective.... man this sucks, no stereo recording? jeez
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Agreed. Why is this getting no attention? I've spent over an hour researching this and found countless mentions of the international S3 recording stereo audio when recording video. I have tried numerous apps and tested every factory option to get stereo recording and nothing works. I've also read that the other mic is for noise reduction. So what's the deal? Can anyone shed any light on this?
Could it be because of different processor and audio chips?
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Just did some more tests. The mic on the top of the phone acts as the mic for both front and rear camera video. When using the stock record audio app the bottom mic is used. Clearly both mics can be used. I guess we'll just have to wait for someone to make a stereo record app since it's clearly possible.
So do any of the xda devs that we all love so dearly want to take a crack at this? Recording audio in stereo would just be tits! Sorry, couldn't help myself!
Samsung Galaxy records sstereo to Video and audio apps can too
I am not a developer but i hope this helps.
When I record a video with the phone held horizontally (the top mic is right and the bottom mic is left. I was so surprised the first time I heard something that had depth. But I couldnt dupllicate it using the Vmemo or any of the other apps. I got kucky one day when recording video with headphones in. The instant play revealed a stereo audio recording when video recording. AWESOME.....
PART II
There is an aoo called Recforge that allows the user to set the device (Mine is Samsung Galaxy S3) to record .wav or .ogg or .mp3. (First app I've seen that recognizes and manipulates .wav files), The user can set the sample rate up to 48kHz. And lastly, The recording can be switched to Stereo (Native) mode. It works great !!!!!
Hope this is helpful. Perhaps one of you is the developer for RecForge.
I love the app. I am a musician and I hate mono recordings done with AGC.(Yes RecForge let's you turn that crap off too)
Good luck.
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I am not a developer but i hope this helps.
When I record a video with the phone held horizontally (the top mic is right and the bottom mic is left. I was so surprised the first time I heard something that had depth. But I couldnt dupllicate it using the Vmemo or any of the other apps. I got kucky one day when recording video with headphones in. The instant play revealed a stereo audio recording when video recording. AWESOME.....
PART II
There is an aoo called Recforge that allows the user to set the device (Mine is Samsung Galaxy S3) to record .wav or .ogg or .mp3. (First app I've seen that recognizes and manipulates .wav files), The user can set the sample rate up to 48kHz. And lastly, The recording can be switched to Stereo (Native) mode. It works great !!!!!
Hope this is helpful. Perhaps one of you is the developer for RecForge.
I love the app. I am a musician and I hate mono recordings done with AGC.(Yes RecForge let's you turn that crap off too)
Good luck.
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Not helped.
In CM stereo work fine, problem in stock ROM only
Unfortunately, RecForge doesn't record mp3 or whatever compressed format on-the-fly. Instead, you have to wait at the end of every recording while the phone converts the file to the compressed format you want. That's very inconvenient. Recently, I tried Hi-Q mp3 dictaphone, but this one records in mono only, and the newest version is limited to ridiculous 4 seconds of compressed recording. According to the fact being so unlucky to find a suitable app anywhere, here my 'wishlist':
-recording of compressed audio on-the-fly with at least 128kbit/s bitrate and 44.1kHz sample rate, no recompressing at the end of recordings
-recording in stereo
-display for input sound level would be nice (e.g. vu-meter)
-small app
-free, if possible
Zoli
any news?
If a dev could please have some input on this, it would be much appreciated. I'm curious about this too. I'm using a custom rom(GalaxySfre3) and it also has this problem. I recently made the observation of the 2 mics. Both useable, but not simultaneously. I might try CM, don't know if that guy is saying stereo recording works or if just recording works on it. If anyone has the time to check and confirm if other roms support it, I'd appreciate it!
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i_guana said:
Agreed. Why is this getting no attention? I've spent over an hour researching this and found countless mentions of the international S3 recording stereo audio when recording video. I have tried numerous apps and tested every factory option to get stereo recording and nothing works. I've also read that the other mic is for noise reduction. So what's the deal? Can anyone shed any light on this?
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My phone records in stereo. But I can't tell you how because xda's rules prohibit such discussion
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My phone records in stereo. But I can't tell you how because xda's rules prohibit such discussion
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I'm trying to think of which rule that would be violated. I can't tell, so I'm going to say it's the one about Personal Attacks.
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My phone records in stereo. But I can't tell you how because xda's rules prohibit such discussion
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So your suggesting it isn't anything to do with ROM compatibility, and in order for it to work, there's things xda has prohibited discussion that are necessary. I honestly don't have a clue for what it is, but if a moderator could just confirm if this is true then I don't think anyone would persist with this. Including myself, although I'm positive it could just be a kernal tweak that gets it working. I don't know much about tweaking the kernal so I'd rather leave it up to someone who knows what they're doing.
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So your suggesting it isn't anything to do with ROM compatibility, and in order for it to work, there's things xda has prohibited discussion that are necessary. I honestly don't have a clue for what it is, but if a moderator could just confirm if this is true then I don't think anyone would persist with this. Including myself, although I'm positive it could just be a kernal tweak that gets it working. I don't know much about tweaking the kernal so I'd rather leave it up to someone who knows what they're doing.
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It's a kernel that isn't supposed to be discussed within xda.
It's a sad thing to have to happen but it helps keep drama down
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RecForge does mp3 on the fly
Zoli1972 said:
Unfortunately, RecForge doesn't record mp3 or whatever compressed format on-the-fly. Instead, you have to wait at the end of every recording while the phone converts the file to the compressed format you want. That's very inconvenient. Recently, I tried Hi-Q mp3 dictaphone, but this one records in mono only, and the newest version is limited to ridiculous 4 seconds of compressed recording. According to the fact being so unlucky to find a suitable app anywhere, here my 'wishlist':
-recording of compressed audio on-the-fly with at least 128kbit/s bitrate and 44.1kHz sample rate, no recompressing at the end of recordings
-recording in stereo
-display for input sound level would be nice (e.g. vu-meter)
-small app
-free, if possible
Zoli
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RecForge records in mp3 on the fly too. The free version pauses recording (in mp3 and ogg not wav) every 3 min which can be resumed.
May be at the time of your writing this feature was not available.
Possible
fantomaster said:
any news?
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RecForge does record in stereo mode. It records in mp3/wav/ogg and is perhaps most feature rich audio recorder for Android. The free version pauses mp3 and ogg format recording every 3 min which can be resumed. So either one can buy paid version or record in wav and later convert to mp3.
Another app capable of stereo recording is Easy Voice Recorder Pro (Paid version only, free version does not). But it is more costly than RecForge and have less features too.
Hi,
I'm the developper of RecForge.
xdasochs said:
I am not a developer but i hope this helps.
When I record a video with the phone held horizontally (the top mic is right and the bottom mic is left. I was so surprised the first time I heard something that had depth. But I couldnt dupllicate it using the Vmemo or any of the other apps. I got kucky one day when recording video with headphones in. The instant play revealed a stereo audio recording when video recording. AWESOME.....
PART II
There is an aoo called Recforge that allows the user to set the device (Mine is Samsung Galaxy S3) to record .wav or .ogg or .mp3. (First app I've seen that recognizes and manipulates .wav files), The user can set the sample rate up to 48kHz. And lastly, The recording can be switched to Stereo (Native) mode. It works great !!!!!
Hope this is helpful. Perhaps one of you is the developer for RecForge.
I love the app. I am a musician and I hate mono recordings done with AGC.(Yes RecForge let's you turn that crap off too)
Good luck.
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Thank you
Zoli1972 said:
Unfortunately, RecForge doesn't record mp3 or whatever compressed format on-the-fly. Instead, you have to wait at the end of every recording while the phone converts the file to the compressed format you want. That's very inconvenient. Recently, I tried Hi-Q mp3 dictaphone, but this one records in mono only, and the newest version is limited to ridiculous 4 seconds of compressed recording. According to the fact being so unlucky to find a suitable app anywhere, here my 'wishlist':
-recording of compressed audio on-the-fly with at least 128kbit/s bitrate and 44.1kHz sample rate, no recompressing at the end of recordings
-recording in stereo
-display for input sound level would be nice (e.g. vu-meter)
-small app
-free, if possible
Zoli
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It can record and encode to mp3, ogg ... in real time, just go in the settings and choose your favorite format.
ePandit said:
RecForge does record in stereo mode. It records in mp3/wav/ogg and is perhaps most feature rich audio recorder for Android. The free version pauses mp3 and ogg format recording every 3 min which can be resumed. So either one can buy paid version or record in wav and later convert to mp3.
Another app capable of stereo recording is Easy Voice Recorder Pro (Paid version only, free version does not). But it is more costly than RecForge and have less features too.
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Thanks
For the stereo recording, I tried to improve options and features in RecForge II
It's in beta for the moment, but I think we're almost in a stable release. You can get it here : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dje073.android.modernrecforge
To record in stereo, you will have to :
- Select "Audio Record -> Stereo (native)"
- Select the “Source -> Front microphone”
- No disabling of the AGC”
PS : this may not be visible in preview mod waveform, but it should work in recording mod
It doesn't work on all devices, I tried to establish a list of working devices here : https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/58769997/RecForgeII/html/faq.html (page in construction).
If you have more informations so I can fill this page, thanks in advance.
So I've been to a few concerts where I tried to record some video with my S3, and the video quality is amazing, but the audio is absolutely TERRIBLE. I've tested recording on the ICS version of TouchWiz that first came with the phone, and also just recently with Task's AOKP running 4.2.2.
A link to my video if you want to see what its like:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/y7j6dp3gm5jrl9o/2013-02-22 22.59.07.mp4
My friend was recording with his SII right beside me his audio is actually bearable. Distorted a bit, sure, but not even close to what mine is like... At least in his I can easily make out the song :\
Anyone know if there is a fix to this issue yet?
Bump. Went to Sensation White and all I got was bass-inundated video like link above. Would really like a solution to this. Perhaps a third party video app like lgcamera would work?
P.s what concert was that in your video?
Same here. Just went to the Marilyn Manson concert and I can't hear a single thing! Must be an S3 thing lol
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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?
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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?
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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?
colorado_al said:
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