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

Must have ROOT
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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

[Q] 1080p/720p Video recording FPS?

I'm going to buy One X(or One XL) when it released at South Korea.
So I'm searching its specs & informations.
I heard there is frame drop issue when taking 1080p video recording.
First, it took 19fps, and after a firmware update, it takes 23fps at the moment.
Then what about 720p video recording?
Does 720p recording support 30fps perfectly? Or It has same issue?
Are there any news to fix this software problem from HTC?

My 1080p Videos has 19,36 FPS and the 720p has 23,1 FPS.
I use my One X with ARHD 5.1.1 & Bricket-Kernel, still got no OTA to 1.29 so ive got old Radio!
But there are 2 Cam-Mods out there which push the Mbit/s and the Framerates, but aware this are BETA's!

Forsaked said:
My 1080p Videos has 19,36 FPS and the 720p has 23,1 FPS.
I use my One X with ARHD 5.1.1 & Bricket-Kernel, still got no OTA to 1.29 so ive got old Radio!
But there are 2 Cam-Mods out there which push the Mbit/s and the Framerates, but aware this are BETA's!
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thx to reply.
So 720p recording also has FPS issue huh?
Don't know why HTC doesn't release patch to fix it.
I heard ONE-S(snapdragon 4th model) doesn't have any FPS issue at all LOL.
It's so weird that ONE-X got video recording problem... This one is way better flagship model

First of all, hardware wise the H1X can do [email protected] You can download Camera ICS from Play Store and see for yourself. However, the stock camera capped fps to 24. Thats really sux.
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

Albert Poon said:
First of all, hardware wise the H1X can do [email protected] You can download Camera ICS from Play Store and see for yourself. However, the stock camera capped fps to 24. Thats really sux.
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA
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thx for replying
You mean third party camera app can take 1080p recording smoothly, right?
However, stock camera app doesn't support 30fps. So it seems camera application has problem. Am I right?
But Camera ICS app doesn't support Burst shot I guess... hmm.
Neither taking photos while recording.
Anyway, I don't have H1X lol.

First of all, to clear the misconception, I have done A LOT of testing on the video recording capabilities of the HOX. Firstly, ALL camera apps that I have tried have DROPPED frames when recording.
Dropped frames are the sudden jitter and lag during recording. Generally video is recorded at 30fps, but throughout recording and playback, the frames get dropped very often.
Dropped frames and low FPS are NOT the same. Low FPS seems to be constant, during low light it drops to 17fps or so, but well lit areas 30fps MAX. Just go record a short 30 second clip and you will see what I mean. Every few frames you can see the video stutter and then FPS picks back up. Very bad, and very irritating. There doesn't seem to be a fix to it yet.

ArmedandDangerous said:
First of all, to clear the misconception, I have done A LOT of testing on the video recording capabilities of the HOX. Firstly, ALL camera apps that I have tried have DROPPED frames when recording.
Dropped frames are the sudden jitter and lag during recording. Generally video is recorded at 30fps, but throughout recording and playback, the frames get dropped very often.
Dropped frames and low FPS are NOT the same. Low FPS seems to be constant, during low light it drops to 17fps or so, but well lit areas 30fps MAX. Just go record a short 30 second clip and you will see what I mean. Every few frames you can see the video stutter and then FPS picks back up. Very bad, and very irritating. There doesn't seem to be a fix to it yet.
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Thx for useful information

Is this fixed in update ?

Slow Motion (bad) Definition

Hi. I've tried the slow motion feature on my note 2 today and I realise that the 480p of stop motion dont have the quality and the definition of a normal 480p. I've seen another movies of other users loving the feature quality and I am a little bit disapointed. I'm I the only one?
I know that is a new feature and it's better than nothing, but...
I will post two videos to compare soon.
Sorry for my bad english.

Thats due to how slow motion recording works.
If you record a ×2 slow motion video for 1 min it will result in a 2 minute video.
In order to maintain the same fps as a normal video, the camera has to capture and process ×2 the frames in the same 1 min of recording.
To facilitate the increased workload, the camera captures lower resolution frames.
You will notice that x8 has lower resolution than x4 etc.
Sent from my GT-N7100

I also think that is because the interpolation algorithm (?) that is being used to create the extra frames. (I don't think the camera actually CAPTURES each frame). I'm still doing some tests to determine which would be the exact speed/frame counting on the camera.

Here is a video of my dog jumping. You can still see the blurriness in most of the shots.
http://youtu.be/TnMH_N2fSOA
the same video on Vimeo (for those in the countries where YouTube is blocked)
https://vimeo.com/62170068

[MOD]Camera Ultra Quality (Beta coming soon

COMING SOON!
THE MOST SICK CAMERA MOD FOR OUR KITKAT ROMS!
Video Camera Mods and Option
720p Options
Framerate @ 30, 60 or 120fps
Bitrate from 1 to 60Mbit
256kb ACC Audio!
Slowmotion option
Anti-shake option
HDR Like option (only @ 25fps)
1080p Options
Framerate solid 30fps
Bitrate from 1 to 50Mbit
256kb ACC Audio!
Anti-shake option
Preview
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8_pHgqDmJepRzJUc3ZnZ1Z5Szg
Please download the video to see the true quality.
Beta will be up soon

For future post

RDilus said:
COMING SOON!
THE MOST SICK CAMERA MOD FOR OUR KITKAT ROMS!
Video Camera Mods and Option
720p Options
Framerate @ 30, 60 or 120fps
Bitrate from 1 to 60Mbit
256kb ACC Audio!
Slowmotion option
Anti-shake option
HDR Like option (only @ 25fps)
1080p Options
Framerate solid 30fps
Bitrate from 1 to 50Mbit
256kb ACC Audio!
Anti-shake option
Preview
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8_pHgqDmJepRzJUc3ZnZ1Z5Szg
Please download the video to see the true quality.
Beta will be up soon
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I really would like this.
As far as I can see from the video, the anti-shake option needs some work though, i'm getting seasick.

Would love to see a slowmo video preview!
sent from my GNEX running cMetal 11 Rom

bigfoot1942 said:
I really would like this.
As far as I can see from the video, the anti-shake option needs some work though, i'm getting seasick.
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there was no anti-shake in this preview haha

Will keep tabs on this.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

Great, i waiting for...

Definitely looking forward to this.

Any news about your mod?

i want this :highfive:

I want this mod
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

RDilus said:
COMING SOON!
THE MOST SICK CAMERA MOD FOR OUR KITKAT ROMS!
Video Camera Mods and Option
720p Options
Framerate @ 30, 60 or 120fps
Bitrate from 1 to 60Mbit
256kb ACC Audio!
Slowmotion option
Anti-shake option
HDR Like option (only @ 25fps)
1080p Options
Framerate solid 30fps
Bitrate from 1 to 50Mbit
256kb ACC Audio!
Anti-shake option
Preview
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8_pHgqDmJepRzJUc3ZnZ1Z5Szg
Please download the video to see the true quality.
Beta will be up soon
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How is development going? Seems very promising.

Seriously, Mods, can you lock this thread. It's been nearly a month and there is not even a viable link to an application. It's really quite stupid for someone to post about something they plan to do with nothing to actually show. I could easily post a thread with screenshots claiming I have ported Windows Phone 8 OS to Android and then say "Coming Soon", that means nothing. If there is no link to an actual item then the thread should not exist.

I think this is a fake.. As my knowledge it's impossible to record 120fps without hardware support..
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

I really doubt a mod could make my gnex camera shoot 1080p photos lol.

Mod Edit
@[OP]
Please contact me when you have something to download.
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malybru
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Slow FPS in camera

hi,
is there any enhancement of third party app to fix or increase the fps of camera while video recording?
thanks...

adioph said:
hi,
is there any enhancement of third party app to fix or increase the fps of camera while video recording?
thanks...
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' forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a1/help/laggy-camcorders-bad-camera-t3719728/page3 '(Put https:// before the link)
Follow the instructions there and you will get rock-solid 30fps in video recording.

not working for me... but thanks anyway...

adioph said:
not working for me... but thanks anyway...
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What problem you are encountering? I can try to help you.

no error on me, but the fps i get is still 15fps, can't reach 30fps or higher...

adioph said:
no error on me, but the fps i get is still 15fps, can't reach 30fps or higher...
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You must have done some mistake while following the guide.set the exposure slider to little bit less than half and then point the camera to where frames becomes smooth,adjust slider more if required or set the iso to 3200 and then lock the exposure metering.Now after you start recording,frames may become laggy, slide the exposure bar little bit more and you will get 30 fps video.You have to do this thing once only.

just found out that using third party app, we can get 30fps video in camera...

Looks like we have to live with the third party things forever. Cheers Xiaomi for making such a great camera centric smartphone.

hahaha, Lol Xiaomi...

Xiaomi I don't know why has given slow mo 120 fps at 720 p and 1080 p at 60 fps. Even third party apps when used are limited to 30 fps on 1080 p. While using the same 3rd party app on redmi note 4 will give 1080 p at 60 fps. This is weird cause redmi note 4 has a much worse camera performance than mi a1 but has better hardware it seems.
Third party app I used was Moto camera.