HTC working on proper video drivers - HTC Wings

http://gizmodo.com/360514/htc-says-software-fix-is-coming-for-lousy-video-drivers

bigflavor said:
http://gizmodo.com/360514/htc-says-software-fix-is-coming-for-lousy-video-drivers
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Unfortunately it's only a sw playback optimization. They will not add hw acceleration to the low-level video drivers.

awesome!! im happy something is happening at HTC. so do u think the upgrade will be integrated into wm6.1?

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Graphic Equaliser

Hi All - I downloaded both the HTC Audio Booster and the HTC Graphic Equaliser, but even after a soft reset, the graphic equaliser didn't seem to make any difference to the sound through my headphones
..and having installed them both at the same time I couldn't figure out what the difference between the programs is. I had an icon for the audio booster that contained an equaliser function. Should there be a separate icon for the Equaliser?
Slightly confooosed
stevep said:
Hi All - I downloaded both the HTC Audio Booster and the HTC Graphic Equaliser, but even after a soft reset, the graphic equaliser didn't seem to make any difference to the sound through my headphones
..and having installed them both at the same time I couldn't figure out what the difference between the programs is. I had an icon for the audio booster that contained an equaliser function. Should there be a separate icon for the Equaliser?
Slightly confooosed
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Hi there,
I also loaded the graphic Equaliser, without any success.
Maybe some kind soul will inform us what we are doing wrong
With the HTC Equaliser I really didn't notice mmuch if any difference in the sound.So I got rid of it,but if I'm not mistaken go to SETTINGS/SYSTEM you'll find the listing for it there so that you can adjust it, but your headphones have t0o be attached even to make the adjustments.If I remember correctly it will only works on wired headphones and not bluetooth.
unfortunately, it's basically how it works. To combat this, you might want to give a try to :
- SRS WOW HD (see my latets article)
- a media player with an eqaliser that sticks
Graphic Equalizer
Thanks guys! I might give it another go...
Menneisyys said:
unfortunately, it's basically how it works. To combat this, you might want to give a try to :
- SRS WOW HD (see my latets article)
- a media player with an eqaliser that sticks
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Thanks for that - big improvement using supplied headphones.
Equalisers...
Hi All
So what is 'SRS WOW HD'. Is this a program? Where can I get it from?
stevep said:
Hi All
So what is 'SRS WOW HD'. Is this a program? Where can I get it from?
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Here you go:
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-srs-wow-hd-sound-driver.html
It's a sound driver for WM6 devices
WOW!
Thanks Audio - fantastic!!! Appreciate your help...
WOW Driver
I installed the control panel applet, but when I run it it says the WOW driver is missing. Did I do something wrong..or is the driver contained in another download?
Thanks
stevep said:
I installed the control panel applet, but when I run it it says the WOW driver is missing. Did I do something wrong..or is the driver contained in another download?
Thanks
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Do a soft reset. The driver needs to reload.
stevep said:
Hi All
So what is 'SRS WOW HD'. Is this a program? Where can I get it from?
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Keep an eye on my articles and posts in the General forum / on my blog - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=357071
WOW working now in Kaiser
Yes, it's working fine now after a soft reset... Thanks!!
srs wow locks my voice command on wm 6.1 why ?
locks my voice command up on wm 6.1 why ?
Louder volume
If just only want to make the kaiser volume bit higher, use this cab.
Soft reset after install

Tcpmp doesnt seem to be working on Xperia

I couldnt get tcpmp to work on the xperia... anyone else with this situation?
bR
I think the reason it does not work is because the xperia is not yet available
anath said:
I think the reason it does not work is because the xperia is not yet available
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but i have it right here on my hands...and i can say its a brilliant phone..am just keen on seeing video playback on this lovely phone..
bR
What was the problem with TCPMP? Which version have you tried? There is a special version for Windows Mobile 6.1, older versions will not work.
foo said:
What was the problem with TCPMP? Which version have you tried? There is a special version for Windows Mobile 6.1, older versions will not work.
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please can you lead me to that...
thanks
i have this error: Unexpected program failure. please send "crash.txt" to the developer. Program will now exit.
and am using 0.81RC1
Thanks
essojay said:
please can you lead me to that...
thanks
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Sure: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=380387
Just get the coreplayer. SHell out 25 bucks or 12 quid
same error on my device. (tcpmp 0.81beta)
(i`ve got my german qwertz xperia x1 today.) tcmp suxx.
no stereo speakers, no htd compatibel accelerometer. (no G-sensor htc compatible)
core 1.2.5 works with mp3 + videos on x1.
i`ve tested it already.
but the videos are NOT running smoth like the core player on my htc diamond.
there are a lot of lost frames. we have to wait for a firmware update with updated
drivers.
i hope the HTC XPERIA X1 will got an own forum category on xda-dev`s, with rom developement.
I have the free 0.72RC1 running on my Toshiba G900 that too has 480x800. And this is no problem, running all very smooth. I am waiting for my x1, but I am sure, this TCPMP-version will work as good on the X1.
What one has to do is to try the video settings. On my G900 I use the "GDI" but this is depending on the PPC and can be different on X1.
Even largest .avi are played very smooth.
DOMin8or said:
core 1.2.5 works with mp3 + videos on x1.
i`ve tested it already.
but the videos are NOT running smoth like the core player on my htc diamond.
there are a lot of lost frames. we have to wait for a firmware update with updated
drivers.
i hope the HTC XPERIA X1 will got an own forum category on xda-dev`s, with rom developement.
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Sounds more like an issue with Coreplayer rather then the X1 itself. The panels alone use 3d acceleration so the xperia doesnt need any firmware update for drivers. Does Coreplayer pick up the Ati imageon under the Videos tab in preference??
Once it becomes a bit more poplar I'm sure people will post in the CoreCodec forum about tehe issue. I know I will for sure since I bought the app for the Touch Pro and Kaiser.
Which TCPMP/Player You Have On Your Device
puerrican85 said:
Sounds more like an issue with Coreplayer rather then the X1 itself. The panels alone use 3d acceleration so the xperia doesnt need any firmware update for drivers. Does Coreplayer pick up the Ati imageon under the Videos tab in preference??
Once it becomes a bit more poplar I'm sure people will post in the CoreCodec forum about tehe issue. I know I will for sure since I bought the app for the Touch Pro and Kaiser.
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You need several component parts to make it with a 6.1 wm pocketPC.....!
puerrican85 said:
Sounds more like an issue with Coreplayer rather then the X1 itself. The panels alone use 3d acceleration so the xperia doesnt need any firmware update for drivers. Does Coreplayer pick up the Ati imageon under the Videos tab in preference??
Once it becomes a bit more poplar I'm sure people will post in the CoreCodec forum about tehe issue. I know I will for sure since I bought the app for the Touch Pro and Kaiser.
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oh yea do you use mymobiler? if so could you see how that works with the x1 also http://www.mymobiler.com/
This version of TCPMP works perfectly on Xperia X1 http://rapidshare.com/files/122436543/TCPMP-0.72RC1-ARM-PPC-recomp-03.CAB.zip
sounds good. just downloading
thx 4 da link
ell82 said:
This version of TCPMP works perfectly on Xperia X1 http://rapidshare.com/files/122436543/TCPMP-0.72RC1-ARM-PPC-recomp-03.CAB.zip
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Sadly, this does not work on my UK X1i. Video frame changes every few seconds and audio is disjointed. I've played around with the settings, to little (if any) effect.
- Mike
Does anybody have h.264 files playing well on coreplayer or TCPMP?
in fact, i don't really even know what's the difference between the two they have such similar names.
h.264 will open on TCPMP (I installed the h.264 codec), and it shows the first frame, but otherwise video may move one frame the entire clip and audio may play half a second of audio. I tried boosting the buffer settings (what are the optimal settings?) and the video format (no idea which one is for what.
Coreplayer will open it and tell me it doesn't support h.264 when the webpage says it does!! It will play the audio perfectly, but no video at all.
Very confusing.
well, h.264 needs lots of cpu performance.
in fact i've got problem to play h264 videos on my "old " P4 2,3ghz laptop...
so i dont know if its possible to run it on the X1
good!
http://www.4shared.com/file/127539627/86a6a2da/TCPMP_xperia_x1.html

After all the drivers and discussions...Can any1 play videos well on a Kaiser?

Hey guys
Title says it all
I was wondering, after all the new drivers that have been released and all the discussions has any1 actually been able to use the Kaiser as a decent video player??
Ive been trying, tweaking Core Player, trying different drivers, different setting when i encode etc etc... But i cant get the video to play smoothly! I still get "tearing" between scenes... Its just not a pleasure to watch
Anyone else had more luck of late??
Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=357330
So i guess then the short answer is... No??
I see that Core Player has its own codec or whatever it is, meant specially for the Qualcomm CPU, to try and get adequate video performance out of it... But for some reason when i use "video output QTV" i just get a purple block on the screen and audio!!!
Of the remaining options, Directdraw, raw framebuffer and GDI, does any1 know what the pros and cons are? Do any seem to work better than the rest??
Will try the MP4 tip tonight and see if it helps!
I can play YouTube stuff just fine on my Tilt with the newest TCPMP. Haven't tried other stuff yet.
randomguy321 said:
So i guess then the short answer is... No??
I see that Core Player has its own codec or whatever it is, meant specially for the Qualcomm CPU, to try and get adequate video performance out of it... But for some reason when i use "video output QTV" i just get a purple block on the screen and audio!!!
Of the remaining options, Directdraw, raw framebuffer and GDI, does any1 know what the pros and cons are? Do any seem to work better than the rest??
Will try the MP4 tip tonight and see if it helps!
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I use coreplayer version 1.2.2 and QTV display driver delivers up to 70% better performance than TCPMP. Try to find a solution to your problem on coreplayer forum.
Where did you get the 70% number from?
Im not sure if this helps...but
I converted a few movies that I had downloaded a while back thru windows media player...I think Pulp Fiction or something. It played just fine. Great video, great audio, good synchronization. Really impressive. All this on AT&T Tilt.
Keep working on it or flash a ROM since most have the support u need to watch the video. Honestly, u would probably benefit from reading the forums for about flashing a ROM than to mess with new codecs and other drivers.
Have u tried downloading TCPMP and core player. Install both. Then open TCPMP in background. Now open ur windows media player and try to play a video.
Now if u can stream videos from ninjavideo.net ur doing better than I
Cheers
-ac
Found this on the CorePlayer forums....Seems ambiguous at best...
http://forum.corecodec.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1044
It seems that they have an option to enable "TyTN II driver mode" but they dont actually support the processor in the TyTN II...Odd!!
Apparently version 1.2.5 has a fix for the black screen in QTV mode (on WM 6.1 ROMs) does any1 have 1.2.5 to verify this??
That's right, they've fixed it.
randomguy321 said:
Found this on the CorePlayer forums....Seems ambiguous at best...
http://forum.corecodec.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1044
It seems that they have an option to enable "TyTN II driver mode" but they dont actually support the processor in the TyTN II...Odd!!
Apparently version 1.2.5 has a fix for the black screen in QTV mode (on WM 6.1 ROMs) does any1 have 1.2.5 to verify this??
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ChumleyEX said:
Where did you get the 70% number from?
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There's a benchmark option in coreplayer. Play an avi file first on QTV driver and then on Rawframe buffer you'll see the difference. Than if you're still not convinced you can play the same file in TCPMP on rawframebuffer and compare the results.
Youtube w/ the new manilla 2d works flawlessly for me, as does any .flv i just plop on the phone (without re-encoding). Streaming mobitv is a bit laggy. But other then that my video runs great. For awhile quicksilverscreen was working str8 off the website too. (seems to not be working atm however).
I installed no new video drivers or anything just manilla2d. .flv has always worked since i installed the tmpg stuff.
Yes I Can!!!!
Just installed Core Player 1.25 and it works PERFECTLY!!!!
QTV works in the new ROMs in V1.25 and it plays my videos perfectly! Benchmarking, my frame rates arent much different to the RAW buffer, but the videos visually play better, there is no tearing as scenes change, they look great....
V1.25 does the trick!!!
randomguy321 said:
Just installed Core Player 1.25 and it works PERFECTLY!!!!
QTV works in the new ROMs in V1.25 and it plays my videos perfectly! Benchmarking, my frame rates arent much different to the RAW buffer, but the videos visually play better, there is no tearing as scenes change, they look great....
V1.25 does the trick!!!
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could you help a noob out, maybe with download links or something...
first of all, what is QTV? is it better than tcpmp? how do I get youtube videos to work? what is v1.25? I am using duttys 6.1 rom, this will work on my phone right?
sorry for all the questions.
brilliantslide said:
could you help a noob out, maybe with download links or something...
first of all, what is QTV? is it better than tcpmp? how do I get youtube videos to work? what is v1.25? I am using duttys 6.1 rom, this will work on my phone right?
sorry for all the questions.
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here is what i think of from the top of my head...qtv is one of the options in the video driver selection in Coreplayer...Coreplayer is the paid version of tcpmp...From my experience, it really smoothens out the transition of scenes in this mode, but it also depends on how the video is encoded I think, coz' the movies I had encoded much earlier which i used with my treo 650 were still choppy even with the qtv display....But my recent acquisition, Ironman, it plays quite flawlessly...
v 1.25 refers to the latest version of Coreplayer, which fixes most of the bugs of earlier version...You can scope it out at corecodec.com, but sadly there is no trial version for it though so if you really want to watch and play videos on your tilt, it might be worth it for you...
As to the youtube videos, you can either:
Buy and use Coreplayer
Download the Youtube player extracted from the opal
Use the recomp version of tcpmp, the orginal won't work on the 6.1 so look for the recomp
Or if you wanna show off a bit on the bus or something, download opera 9.5 and flashlite 3.1, The flash vid will play as a part of the web page....

display driver fix for the HTC youtube client??

Is there any way at all to do a fix for either the youtube client or the X1's display drivers such that it display the Youtube vid correctly?
I am using Wild Child's latest rom and for some strange reason when I play the tube file the first time in landscape mode a white line is in the button of the screen and in the left hand side of the screen, but then I play the same file the second time those stripes are gone?
This happen with every second youtube file
Is it a hardware or software issue??
As far as I can tell this has been there in all of the youtube applications with various drivers, the new manila rom doesnt use r3 drivers...and its still there...
WC
to be honest, i don't consider this a bug at all. so there's a thin white line - so what? what bug's me more is the fact that the videos still have to be fully buffered before playing or you'll have video-lag. (happens via 3g and wlan with every rom i've tried so far, not via activesync)
if i remember correctly this had to something with drivers too, but i didn't follow the corresponding threads lately. any news on that?
caliban2 said:
to be honest, i don't consider this a bug at all. so there's a thin white line - so what? what bug's me more is the fact that the videos still have to be fully buffered before playing or you'll have video-lag. (happens via 3g and wlan with every rom i've tried so far, not via activesync)
if i remember correctly this had to something with drivers too, but i didn't follow the corresponding threads lately. any news on that?
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It did not happen with R1A, only with subsequent R2/R3 ROMS and I'm assuming custom ROMs based off of it.
I also really wish someone with the expertise would step up and help us out with this one.
The reason why it is buffered is to somewhat avoid the lag in video, this was dne on purpose...I mean even on your computer when accessing some sites to view video's through say windows media player it will buffer the video... As I stated in my earlier post...I have tried various drivers and that software bug is still there.......
WC
you ever noticed, how video-playback is lagging, but audio is normal while buffering? that's what i meant. hit "pause" and let it load the full video first, everything will be normal.
so no, that's not like on the computer...
caliban2 said:
you ever noticed, how video-playback is lagging, but audio is normal while buffering? that's what i meant. hit "pause" and let it load the full video first, everything will be normal.
so no, that's not like on the computer...
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I may be wrong but if you try on an old computer with a 528MHz processor and the same ram size, I think it will be laggy too...
Mopral said:
I may be wrong but if you try on an old computer with a 528MHz processor and the same ram size, I think it will be laggy too...
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depends on what OS this pc has to run... and yes, an old pentium-m underclocked to 600 mhz plays them fine.
anyhow, look above: it didn't happen with the first firmware. it doesn't happen if it's connected via active sync. it obviously doesn't happen on other phones (the iphone has an even slower cpu), etc etc...
but that wasn't the point.
so, no news in that direction.
It´s a driver issue, install this and YouTube will be fine in HQ without full buffering.
YYYYY said:
It´s a driver issue, install this and YouTube will be fine in HQ without full buffering.
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I have just try it: black screen when playing video with the youtube app...
Than try this, it´s a little bit difficult because every cooker has different driver combinations, try this if you want.
YYYYY said:
Than try this, it´s a little bit difficult because every cooker has different driver combinations, try this if you want.
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Black screen too!
Maybe because I use Agent47's rhodium drivers and Neos2007 OpenVG...
Ah ok, I have no idea why it is not working, as I said, it has sth. to do with the driver combinations the cookers are using, maybe you should try it without the openVG drivers. Just try
Just for the hell of it i added youtube to the r1 rom....this issue of the white line around the bottom of the screen and running up the left side is a software issue....not a driver issue...
WC
Wild Child said:
Just for the hell of it i added youtube to the r1 rom....this issue of the white line around the bottom of the screen and running up the left side is a software issue....not a driver issue...
WC
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I am not a software engineer or a programmer, but to me its like the client is made to talk to a set of display drivers which aren't 100% compatible with the X1s displaydrivers. Thereby causing it not display fullscreen video in youtube client correctly always?
if the youtube client had ben open source would it have possible to take the base code apart and fix the problem?
just for fun i've installed the official cab from youtube - no white stripes, but lagging as well while buffering...
Wild Child said:
Just for the hell of it i added youtube to the r1 rom....this issue of the white line around the bottom of the screen and running up the left side is a software issue....not a driver issue...
WC
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Reverting to the R1A ROM fixes all issues with youtube constantly buffering and not playing back HQ video smoothly, it does not fix the issue with the white line. Sorry for the confusion.
I think the buffering issue and not playing back HQ videos smoothly is a much bigger issue than the white line.
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It´s a driver issue, install this and YouTube will be fine in HQ without full buffering.
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Can you reupload the fixes you had posted? I would like to try and see if they work on my R2A X1a ROM
Sure, please report if it´s working or not, which Youtube version are u using?
-click-
never noticed this before:
lag while buffering obviously depends on the video being played. there's non of it while playing a cartoon (try "southpark"). play anything else - lag until fully buffered. so either the initial drivers had some sort of hw-acceleration (don't believe that) or the newer ones are less efficient and therefore need more cpu-ressources?
the "pc vs.mac" videos are playing almost smooth, only minor hickups there -> white background without details.
@yyyyy:
are these fixes of your's uninstallable? i'm on itje's v10.2 and it's running perfectly, i don't want to risk a hardreset right now...

MP4 Problem Fixing Thread

I did it, i saw mp4 movie on X2 port. But not all so good.
Wait for details.
So, how i descovered real ability.
I run camera application. i wanted to know if it can record movies.
Yes. It can.
I recorded movie and using preview function saw this movie.
But after i've exited camera application and entered to preview function again, i can't play recorded movies!!!
Oops! Trick appeared in mind!
I installed AS conntection and opened folder \DCIM\.
I see my movies: MOV_0001.3gp etc.
Then i started to record movie and stop recording.
As i know, name of record will be MOV_0002.3gp.
Well, NOT pressing play button in preview window (it appear at once after stop recording), i copy Bond_Trailer.mp4 into MOV_0002.3gp.
Ans then press play.
OMG! It works!!
This means that drivers works.
Another question is why SV and MP can't use it correctly.
Hmm... Media Player can play mp4 too...
Ethermind said:
Hmm... Media Player can play mp4 too...
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i know
there are 2 sets of drivers
1 for media player (original x1 that used dshow)
1 for slideview that uses drm and not uses dshow
Don't you think it drm rights problem?
Do RadioROM contains FMRadio module?
We need to test RadioPanel from X1 on X2.
Additional FM files to be moved in windows folder:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IU4NIAKY
May be hardware problem with radio.
Ethermind said:
We need to test RadioPanel from X1 on X2.
Additional FM files to be moved in windows folder:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IU4NIAKY
May be hardware problem with radio.
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already tried them
also imported correct regs
and removed x1 fm radio and reg (htc ones)
So RadioPanel software can work on X2 hardware ??
Ethermind said:
So RadioPanel software can work on X2 hardware ??
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i dont think so
but you already tried them.
we need to know.
nice link about wm codecs
http://asusmobile.ru/board/viewtopic.php?t=12495&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0
If sound works but video not:
0 AVI splitter works correctly
1 not found correct video decoder
2 decoder found and works, but it issue video in not fitting to player format, and that is why decoder switches off.
Ethermind said:
but you already tried them.
we need to know.
nice link about wm codecs
http://asusmobile.ru/board/viewtopic.php?t=12495&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0
If sound works but video not:
0 AVI splitter works correctly
1 not found correct video decoder
2 decoder found and works, but it issue video in not fitting to player format, and that is why decoder switches off.
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as you saw sound works video is not working
Found many missed reg entries, but no progress in video.
Very strange bug.
Ethermind said:
Found many missed reg entries, but no progress in video.
Very strange bug.
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is not an bug
in my opinion
htc uses directshow to the render image
se uses
image_proc.dll
wce_vdec_driver.dll
QTVStreamSourceFilter.dll
DShow2DDraw.dll
Detected missing reg entries. But still no success in video.
But you can make some experiments with X2 camera software.
Reg entries attached. windows\XperiaCamera.dll also must be replaced on patched x2 version.
Ethermind said:
Detected missing reg entries. But still no success in video.
But you can make some experiments with X2 camera software.
Reg entries attached. windows\XperiaCamera.dll also must be replaced on patched x2 version.
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already tried
no success

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