Best Video Recording Set Up??? - Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers

Can someone tell me what is the best settings for fluid video recording on a Pixel 2 XL?
I seen an Apple XR recording the other day and it was amazing. Very fluid and very real like motion. I believe it was achieved by a few setting changes.
I feel my recording's could be far better but I'm unsure of what settings I need to achieve them for day and night.
I do some videos on my phone in a club setting so is there some settings i need to set?
All guidance would be gladly appreciated.

have you changed your video recording from recording a 30fps to 60fps? That there will probably be the bare minimum for better more "fluid" recordings...

simplepinoi177 said:
have you changed your video recording from recording a 30fps to 60fps? That there will probably be the bare minimum for better more "fluid" recordings...
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Yep I've done that. Gonna give it a test. Shame there isn't a way to put 4K at 60fps

warrencoakley said:
Yep I've done that. Gonna give it a test. Shame there isn't a way to put 4K at 60fps
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That's good....yea, see how that does for you...
but, if anything, you might have some luck either running the Pixel 3 camera app on our "taimen"...that, or running pro or paid video recording apps -- I know there are apps to add "professional" features to our still camera, maybe there are some for video -- instead of our stock camera app...

The Moment app has been updated finally for video recording and manual video settings.
https://youtu.be/8IG0l2Y86TQ
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EeZeEpEe said:
The Moment app has been updated finally for video recording and manual video settings.
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Thanks. I'll give it a go. Cant do 60fps on 4k on Pixel 2 XL

warrencoakley said:
Thanks. I'll give it a go. Cant do 60fps on 4k on Pixel 2 XL
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Unfortunately no. Not many phones can and only started with Snapdragon 845 and higher.
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Video Recording Quality/Audio

Is the video recording quality/audio when recording fixed after the 3.2.2 update? Planning on buying this phone over the upcoming note7/s7 edge. I like the touchwiz interface but not the Samsung bloatware apps like their keyboard/gear manager etc..
I shoot alot of 1080p video I don't think I will ever shoot videos at 4K
For 1080p is the OP3 video quality good enough?
trevor claret adrian said:
Is the video recording quality/audio when recording fixed after the 3.2.2 update? Planning on buying this phone over the upcoming note7/s7 edge. I like the touchwiz interface but not the Samsung bloatware apps like their keyboard/gear manager etc..
I shoot alot of 1080p video I don't think I will ever shoot videos at 4K
For 1080p is the OP3 video quality good enough?
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1080p is still pretty ugly. They bumped up the bitrate of 4k video though, so there's definitely a noticeable improvement there.
trevor claret adrian said:
Is the video recording quality/audio when recording fixed after the 3.2.2 update? Planning on buying this phone over the upcoming note7/s7 edge. I like the touchwiz interface but not the Samsung bloatware apps like their keyboard/gear manager etc..
I shoot alot of 1080p video I don't think I will ever shoot videos at 4K
For 1080p is the OP3 video quality good enough?
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Audio has been fixed now.
1080p can still find some improvements (OIS still isn't working), but it does give out good video.
Getting an app like proshot will get you image stabilization and allows you to change the video quality beyond what stock does.
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Thanks for the replies guys. Got my OP3

1080p 60fps working Google camera

1080p 60fps recording can be done on our device via Google camera
There are some bugs and force close in Google camera try to switch from front camera video to back camera this will work
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tfY79SmVjZs-vG0iil41aOOQFur7rFnN/view?usp=drivesdk
60fps+1080p on Moto g4 Plus? that's not possible
siddhesh9146 said:
60fps 1080p on Moto g4 Plus? that's not possible
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I have screenshot
Aby lad said:
1080p 60fps recording can be done on our device via Google camera
There are some bugs and force close in Google camera try to switch from front camera video to back camera this will work
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tfY79SmVjZs-vG0iil41aOOQFur7rFnN/view?usp=drivesdk
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This are screenshot
60fps
Aby lad said:
60fps
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Thank You!
Works great, I confirm it takes 42fps in dark room, will try tomorrow in the sunlight. A little buggy, but works. It work even better if you switch the video resolution to 720P
Aby lad said:
1080p 60fps recording can be done on our device via Google camera
There are some bugs and force close in Google camera try to switch from front camera video to back camera this will work
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tfY79SmVjZs-vG0iil41aOOQFur7rFnN/view?usp=drivesdk
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Nice work! There is a bug when every other shot turns green. Can anyone else confirm this?
reCoded said:
Nice work! There is a bug when every other shot turns green. Can anyone else confirm this?
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Yes it happens to me too..
Aby lad said:
60fps
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60fps is just a number, the SOC in moto g4 plus is not capable of handling 1080p+60fps realtime, but yes it can handle lower resolution like 720p or 480p at 60fps;
the FPS counter that you are showing is just 1 frame of image is recorded twice i.e. repeated single frame. more like its 1080i then 1080p which user progressive scan rather then
Interlaced scan. to get this effect done your camera app increases the shutter speed lower the ISO that why we re getting that slightly greenish tint.
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60fps
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i smell bull**** there
are you sure that those are actual 60 fps? because i'm pretty sure it's just like that in the ****in meta data of the video.
why my moto g4 plus get freeze a bit meanwhile im takeing picture or recordering on facebook app?
Wont Work...!!
Immediately force closes the camera app...
Is it working on oreo 8.1?
Is not actually "working" anywhere, just a fake.

[APK] Enable Portrait mode on OG Pixel phone

Update to NX Camera enables portrait mode.
Link to article:
https://chromloop.com/2017/12/apk-enable-portrait-mode-nexus-5x6p-og-pixel-phone-google-camera-mod/
Link to apk:
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=673791459329070406
Awesome, thanks!
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About damn time lol
Wish it wouldn't give me a parsing error ?
@Charles_l Thanks for the mod. Always used your ZSL mod on my 5X. Thanks.
Happy new year !!
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suku_patel_22 said:
@Charles_l Thanks for the mod. Always used your ZSL mod on my 5X. Thanks.
Could you please also look at bringing motion images to the OG Pixel's?
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Motion? It's in NX camera. ?
I turn this off to save space but it works.
ChongoDroid said:
I turn this off to save space but it works.
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Yes. Junked the gun without actually installing the APK.
Saw that it's there once I installed it. Thanks!!
The default camera app can now be disabled[emoji3]
And happy new year to you!!
ChongoDroid said:
I turn this off to save space but it works.
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Dont care much about storage, thanks to Google photos.
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suku_patel_22 said:
Yes. Junked the gun without actually installing the APK.
Saw that it's there once I installed it. Thanks!!
The default camera app can now be disabled[emoji3]
And happy new year to you!!
Dont care much about storage, thanks to Google photos.
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Yeah unlimited storage for life will keep on this device for a while. Happy new year to you as well.
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Jrmiller said:
Wish it wouldn't give me a parsing error
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Do you know what this means and how to fix it? I get the same thing. I'm still on 7.1.1 if that means anything.
Only works on 8.0+
Taken at least a dozen photos of my idiotic face just to test it, and it works exceptionally well really. Thanks to whoever modified it, great job.
The caveats though, it will only work as long as a HUMAN FACE is detected, for nothing else, and HDR+ or HDR Enhanced etc. modes won't have any effect while using this portrait mode. Also I really wish the images didn't come in the burst mode format, but I am sure a future update will polish up these things, kindly update the topic if an update is made to the app.
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Taken at least a dozen photos of my idiotic face just to test it, and it works exceptionally well really. Thanks to whoever modified it, great job.
The caveats though, it will only work as long as a HUMAN FACE is detected, for nothing else, and HDR+ or HDR Enhanced etc. modes won't have any effect while using this portrait mode. Also I really wish the images didn't come in the burst mode format, but I am sure a future update will polish up these things, kindly update the topic if an update is made to the app.
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If you check out the post I linked to in the op, he details how this sorcery works. I don't think portrait mode is designed to work with hdr+ as it is kind of counterintuitive. Face retouch works however and works well with portrait mode. I think the burst mode is a side effect of the work around he is using (using the software version that's implemented in the pixel 2's ffc on our cameras rear facing camera). Anyways I'm just happy to see our device is still getting improvements from these newer devices. ?
Has anyone tested normal photos with HDR and HDR+ to see if it performs the same as the normal google camera? If it's the same then it makes sense to disable the google camera and rely totally on this one.
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Has anyone tested normal photos with HDR and HDR+ to see if it performs the same as the normal google camera? If it's the same then it makes sense to disable the google camera and rely totally on this one.
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Been meaning to but really didn't get time to inspect the photos on my monitor, however I think this one has some video recording feature missing or whatever, someone mentioned EFS not working on 1080p. Pardon me if I've read wrong.
So if we can get portrait mode se should be able to get now playing too right?
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Been meaning to but really didn't get time to inspect the photos on my monitor, however I think this one has some video recording feature missing or whatever, someone mentioned EFS not working on 1080p. Pardon me if I've read wrong.
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Yes, EIS does not work with 1080p ( which I use the most for the 60fps) and to be honest, HDR+ enhanced seems to be a bit over processed compared to the stock camera in my opinion.
Do you have the newer APK, which I told adds some 4k features?
Edit: looks like it adds 4k to phones that support it but didn't come with it.
bigsnack said:
Do you have the newer APK, which I told adds some 4k features?
Edit: looks like it adds 4k to phones that support it but didn't come with it.
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Google GCAM MOD5. That contains the 4k ZSL... I just feel like I don't have so much blur when taking daily pictures. Built by Arnova...
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=673791459329071722
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Google GCAM MOD5. That contains the 4k ZSL... I just feel like I don't have so much blur when taking daily pictures. Built by Arnova...
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=673791459329071722
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Thanks for posting this, been using it for a while now. Works brilliantly.

Taking photos while recording video

When I take pictures while recording, I noticed that the video kinda stutters at the moment when I press the photo button. Not when I am recording, but when I playback the video that I just shot. This also happened with my wife's original pixel. Has anyone experienced this?
Just tried it and it was completely smooth for me
Here are 2 videos I made with my Pixel 2 XL... I recorded them at 1080, 60fps.
There are little hiccups along the video, that's when im pressing the photo button during the recording. It feels like the camera freezes momentarily to take the picture while im shooting. I tested with 2 other original pixels and both also have tiny hiccups in the video when I press the photo button during recording.
When I shoot the video without taking any photos, the video comes outs perfect and very smooth. Could this be a hardware problem?
link 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_GHEAUmDD8
link 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEtR264eVcA
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Here are 2 videos I made with my Pixel 2 XL... I recorded them at 1080, 60fps.
There are little hiccups along the video, that's when im pressing the photo button during the recording. It feels like the camera freezes momentarily to take the picture while im shooting. I tested with 2 other original pixels and both also have tiny hiccups in the video when I press the photo button during recording.
When I shoot the video without taking any photos, the video comes outs perfect and very smooth. Could this be a hardware problem?
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Have you tried clearing the data/cache of the camera app, rebooting and trying again?
I did, I even booted into safe mode and cleared the cache and restarted the phone. Tried turning off video stabilization just to test, but nothing changed..... Could it have something to do with OIS?
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Here are 2 videos I made with my Pixel 2 XL... I recorded them at 1080, 60fps.
There are little hiccups along the video, that's when im pressing the photo button during the recording. It feels like the camera freezes momentarily to take the picture while im shooting. I tested with 2 other original pixels and both also have tiny hiccups in the video when I press the photo button during recording.
When I shoot the video without taking any photos, the video comes outs perfect and very smooth. Could this be a hardware problem?
link 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_GHEAUmDD8
link 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEtR264eVcA
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You sure you recorded it at 1080p 60 FPS because it's only 480p60 on YouTube. But yes I see the stuttering. Have you tried while in landscape? I only record landscape with the camera app and I've never had anything like that when I take photos while recording.
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EeZeEpEe said:
You sure you recorded it at 1080p 60 FPS because it's only 480p60 on YouTube. But yes I see the stuttering. Have you tried while in landscape? I only record landscape with the camera app and I've never had anything like that when I take photos while recording.
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Yeah, on my phone I recorded at 1080... I think when I uploded to youtube, I may have uploaded incorrectly at a lower resolution. I'm gonna try to do it using landscape during the day.
Weird thing is, I tested on the original Pixel, I got similar results.
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Yeah, on my phone I recorded at 1080... I think when I uploded to youtube, I may have uploaded incorrectly at a lower resolution. I'm gonna try to do it using landscape during the day.
Weird thing is, I tested on the original Pixel, I got similar results.
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I just tested it myself and I do see just a slight stutter when recording in portrait. Also most as if the video stabilization had to do something. In landscape, perfectly smooth.
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EeZeEpEe said:
I just tested it myself and I do see just a slight stutter when recording in portrait. Also most as if the video stabilization had to do something. In landscape, perfectly smooth.
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Here is my video in landscape mode.. same problem i had in potrait mode...
I tested using the front camera, and it doesn't have this problem.
link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4iWYqePP1E
Dunno what is happening with my phone... Could it be some settings I need to change?
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Here is my video in landscape mode.. same problem i had in potrait mode...
I tested using the front camera, and it doesn't have this problem.
link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4iWYqePP1E
Dunno what is happening with my phone... Could it be some settings I need to change?
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Are you rapidly pressing the photo button there? How many pics was taken during that clip?
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EeZeEpEe said:
Are you rapidly pressing the photo button there? How many pics was taken during that clip?
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Yeah I was.... I was almost taking a pic per second. Maybe 2 pics per second at some parts of the clip. I think I took 10-15 pics during the clip.
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Yeah I was.... I was almost taking a pic per second. Maybe 2 pics per second at some parts of the clip. I think I took 10-15 pics during the clip.
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Yeah if I do it rapidly I can get it to stutter. So...don't do it rapidly. LOL. I never do it that why so that's why I never noticed it on video playback. Usually I only snap a couple pics while recording.
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EeZeEpEe said:
Yeah if I do it rapidly I can get it to stutter. So...don't do it rapidly. LOL. I never do it that why so that's why I never noticed it on video playback. Usually I only snap a couple pics while recording.
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Tried recording and taking photo slowly. I can still notice the stutter at the moment I hit the photo button, but not as often as before.
Maybe I am being too picky about it? There is actually an option to stabilize the video if I go into edit mode, but I would have to manually edit each single video that I record. I just wonder if this is a software or hardware thing, since it happened on your recording and also happened on my wife's first gen Pixel.
Use the feedback option in Settings to report it. Googles attention to detail over the camera app should see this fixed soon hopefully

How to enable google camera 4k on custom roms (i.e. ResurrectionRemix)

Hey guys,
I really like the google camera but it seems like I can't get 4k (30fps) video recording up and running. If I switch it on, the camera force closes, no matter what I do or what version I use.)
Right now I am at the latest version of saneklic (2018-07-21; MGCamera_5.1.0.18_R5Plus_v.5.1.17_fix_crash.apk)
I know about the tutorial claiming you need to enable it in some "whyred.xml" which is in a "device feature folder" (a folder somewhere in system/etc/) or something like that, but there is no such thing in a custom rom: it exists only on MIUI. I've already tried every tutorial possible, but nothing helps.
4k is working with the lineage snap, the google camera picture quality is much better though and I really prefere the gcam (because of additional settings/mods)
Thank you very much, any help is very much appreciated. If someone can help me, I will donate you a coffee :highfive:
Marvin
Hey man, I'm really disappointed so far by RN5, I couldn't find a way to record stabilized 4K on custom roms, not even with Open Camera which worked fine on MIUI 10. I have a two year old RN3 which records 4K with gcam (not stabilized) and takes slightly better photos than RN5.
So far i've tried RR, LOS and AEX. 4K recording crashes any camera I've used. Open Camera just gives an error. Waited 2 weeks to unlock bootloader, thinking it will open the gates of heaven. In fact been through hell since I unlocked(yesterday). Antirollback is like a minefield which I luckily avoided, then front camera barely works with gcam, some slight battery drain with custom roms and now 4K recording is broken. Feels like I've downgraded my phone.
Think I'll try to flash MIUI 10, root it, enable camera 2 api for gcam and use Open Camera for EIS enabled 4K. Btw the latest gcam by alone_in_dark works best, even front camera works quite good, try it.
Edit: I flashed MIUI 10, once I enabled camera2 api 4K doesn't work. So it's either 4K or HDR+. Thanks Xiaomi.
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Hey man, I'm really disappointed so far by RN5, I couldn't find a way to record stabilized 4K on custom roms, not even with Open Camera which worked fine on MIUI 10. I have a two year old RN3 which records 4K with gcam (not stabilized) and takes slightly better photos than RN5.
So far i've tried RR, LOS and AEX. 4K recording crashes any camera I've used. Open Camera just gives an error. Waited 2 weeks to unlock bootloader, thinking it will open the gates of heaven. In fact been through hell since I unlocked(yesterday). Antirollback is like a minefield which I luckily avoided, then front camera barely works with gcam, some slight battery drain with custom roms and now 4K recording is broken. Feels like I've downgraded my phone.
Think I'll try to flash MIUI 10, root it, enable camera 2 api for gcam and use Open Camera for EIS enabled 4K. Btw the latest gcam by alone_in_dark works best, even front camera works quite good, try it.
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Can you provide link to gcam ? Thanks.
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Can you provide link to gcam ? Thanks.
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Sure man
Direct download link https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/CameraX-V2.apk
Edit: For front camera don't use HDR+ enhanced, only HDR+.
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Sure man
Direct download link https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/CameraX-V2.apk
Edit: For front camera don't use HRR+ enhanced, only HDR+.
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Holy grill,its nice thanks.
Didnt expect frontcam to work.But it does.
Saicoth said:
Hey man, I'm really disappointed so far by RN5, I couldn't find a way to record stabilized 4K on custom roms, not even with Open Camera which worked fine on MIUI 10. I have a two year old RN3 which records 4K with gcam (not stabilized) and takes slightly better photos than RN5.
So far i've tried RR, LOS and AEX. 4K recording crashes any camera I've used. Open Camera just gives an error. Waited 2 weeks to unlock bootloader, thinking it will open the gates of heaven. In fact been through hell since I unlocked(yesterday). Antirollback is like a minefield which I luckily avoided, then front camera barely works with gcam, some slight battery drain with custom roms and now 4K recording is broken. Feels like I've downgraded my phone.
Think I'll try to flash MIUI 10, root it, enable camera 2 api for gcam and use Open Camera for EIS enabled 4K. Btw the latest gcam by alone_in_dark works best, even front camera works quite good, try it.
Edit: I flashed MIUI 10, once I enabled camera2 api 4K doesn't work. So it's either 4K or HDR+. Thanks Xiaomi.
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Thanks for everything! To be honest I prefere much more [email protected] instead of [email protected] I managed to get 4k recordings on lineage snap & open camera no problem. Google camera is where it's at though, I love the settings & mods. I can help you out though if you really want to do 4k recordings ^^
MarvinMe said:
Thanks for everything! To be honest I prefere much more [email protected] instead of [email protected] I managed to get 4k recordings on lineage snap & open camera no problem. Google camera is where it's at though, I love the settings & mods. I can help you out though if you really want to do 4k recordings ^^
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Can't say no to that. But since 4K (3840 × 2160 resolution) doesn't appear in open camera after enabling camera2 api, I don't think there's a fix for that. It appears only 4000 x 2000 2:1 which gives an error. I did manage to get 4K working with another third party camera, but without EIS. Because RN5 can record 4K with excellent stabilization it's a pitty not to use it. So now if I want to record something I just use another build.prop without cam2.api then reboot, and switch back to enabled cam2.api prop when I want to use HDR+ :laugh:
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Can't say no to that. But since 4K (3840 × 2160 resolution) doesn't appear in open camera after enabling camera2 api, I don't think there's a fix for that. It appears only 4000 x 2000 2:1 which gives an error. I did manage to get 4K working with another third party camera, but without EIS. Because RN5 can record 4K with excellent stabilization it's a pitty not to use it. So now if I want to record something I just use another build.prop without cam2.api then reboot, and switch back to enabled cam2.api prop when I want to use HDR+ :laugh:
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This is horrible! I mean is it a firmware issue or some custom rom problem? Unfortuantly I'm not much into mobile software development... I really really want a fix, I would even pay money for it xD :highfive:
Edit_0: If we take a look at this link; a possible solution is shown but it doesn't work... a hotfix would be cool but meh it's alright you can't have it all...
Edit_1: Installing it as a system app doesn't help either btw
4K EIS with camera2 api
MarvinMe said:
This is horrible! I mean is it a firmware issue or some custom rom problem? Unfortuantly I'm not much into mobile software development... I really really want a fix, I would even pay money for it xD :highfive:
Edit_0: If we take a look at this link; a possible solution is shown but it doesn't work... a hotfix would be cool but meh it's alright you can't have it all...
Edit_1: Installing it as a system app doesn't help either btw
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Hello my friend, it seems you can have it all, I finally found a way to record 4K with EIS while having camera2 api enabled. I'm really happy now and overall satisfied with the phone. Only issue remaining is the front camera HDR+ which is beyond my knowledge, hopefully someone else will come with a fix.
So now, how I managed to record 4K? I'm on MIUI 10 (8.7.12), and using latest blackbox kernel by KunalKene1797. Don't know if these have any effect, but I thought it's good to know.
The third party camera I'm using is Snap Camera, there are certain settings which need to be enabled. I'll post a video with the settings I used and which worked best. 4K Video Support and Use Camera2 API being the most important ones. There could be other settings which could improve the recording, but I like to stay on these stable settings, because I'm pleased with the results so far.
Here's the video with the settings needed in Snap Cam https://youtu.be/gRj9LhYWv5Y(video is back)
Here's the first 4K video https://youtu.be/oQGc4gXnGU0
A test for auto-focus https://youtu.be/V41k21qKQpE
No EIS sample vs EIS https://youtu.be/_qNFNs2gq74 VS https://youtu.be/00J-3cAzLjg
Edit 1: I also tried setting higher bitrate than the default 42, however in windows at the details on the first video it shows 40 total bitrate and when setting to 64 it shows 42, either way it seems the quality was marginally improved. I guess the phone can't write faster than that or the storage doesn't allow it.
https://youtu.be/Q7Lqlr-QanA
Some stuttering can be seen from 0:08 to 0:11, but I think that's because the phone started thermal throttling, it's very hot outside and from all the testing, phone was quite hot too.
I really hope it works for you as well, take care.
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Hello my friend, it seems you can have it all, I finally found a way to record 4K with EIS while having camera2 api enabled. I'm really happy now and overall satisfied with the phone. Only issue remaining is the front camera HDR+ which is beyond my knowledge, hopefully someone else will come with a fix.
So now, how I managed to record 4K? I'm on MIUI 10 (8.7.12), and using latest blackbox kernel by KunalKene1797. Don't know if these have any effect, but I thought it's good to know.
The third party camera I'm using is Snap Camera, there are certain settings which need to be enabled. I'll post a video with the settings I used and which worked best. 4K Video Support and Use Camera2 API being the most important ones. There could be other settings which could improve the recording, but I like to stay on these stable settings, because I'm pleased with the results so far.
Here's the video with the settings needed in Snap Cam https://youtu.be/gRj9LhYWv5Y
Here's the first 4K video https://youtu.be/oQGc4gXnGU0
A test for auto-focus https://youtu.be/V41k21qKQpE
No EIS sample vs EIS https://youtu.be/_qNFNs2gq74 VS https://youtu.be/00J-3cAzLjg
I really hope it works for you as well, take care.
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Youtube removed the settings video, can you post it in text here? Or upload the video somewhere else? Thanks! Been looking for a solution to have 4k EIS and camera2 api for a long time since Open Camera didn't work anymore.
jmartinho said:
Youtube removed the settings video, can you post it in text here? Or upload the video somewhere else? Thanks! Been looking for a solution to have 4k EIS and camera2 api for a long time since Open Camera didn't work anymore.
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Please check back later, I appealed to the decision to remove my video. The video doesn't contain any scam or anything that may violate the community guidelines.
In the mean time I'll make the video available from google photos https://photos.app.goo.gl/AqZHZ9xMn4nSc9pv7
Saicoth said:
Please check back later, I appealed to the decision to remove my video. The video doesn't contain any scam or anything that may violate the community guidelines.
In the mean time I'll make the video available from google photos https://photos.app.goo.gl/AqZHZ9xMn4nSc9pv7
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That worked great! Thanks!
Am running pixel experience 9.0. I want to use Google camera. Which should I download and how to enable camera2api?
Saicoth said:
Please check back later, I appealed to the decision to remove my video. The video doesn't contain any scam or anything that may violate the community guidelines.
In the mean time I'll make the video available from google photos https://photos.app.goo.gl/AqZHZ9xMn4nSc9pv7
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Hi! Thanks for all the details. I am using the latest miui 10, and WITHOUT api2 turned on, I used hedge camera app, and the 4k eis was working fine, but phone was droping the frames / stuttering the recorded video, which is a bit annoying.
I tested your setup, and I can see that its better, but still sometimes I can see some dropped frames. It happen to you too?
Thanks in advance for any suggestion.
misiek735 said:
Hi! Thanks for all the details. I am using the latest miui 10, and WITHOUT api2 turned on, I used hedge camera app, and the 4k eis was working fine, but phone was droping the frames / stuttering the recorded video, which is a bit annoying.
I tested your setup, and I can see that its better, but still sometimes I can see some dropped frames. It happen to you too?
Thanks in advance for any suggestion.
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Yes, it happens to me as well, in the first 8 to 10 seconds, I think it's the cpu, it can't use EIS very well with 4K. Without EIS there are no dropped frames or stutter issues.
A suggestion would be to use a very fast micro sd card, haven't tested, but worth a try.
After about 4-5 minutes the phone gets quite warm and stutter is inevitable due to thermal throttling.
Flash this in TWRP to enable 4k recording in Google camera and other camera2 API-enabled apps
drive.google.com/open?id=1fRX0ASjOnsxbA0XAHOwkV_sz7TCV3dwg

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