I was looking through some of the props, and stuff, is there a spot to change video recording length more than 25 mins in HD?
Longer videos please
JasonM79 said:
I was looking through some of the props, and stuff, is there a spot to change video recording length more than 25 mins in HD?
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This is something I could really use too....if anyone has any suggestions, I'd be grateful !
talked with customer support, they are unsure why it records 25 mins. guess its time to dig into code and see what else there is. I did notice that with a different launcher installed, and set as default, the next day when i turn it on, it goes to stock launcher. must be something hard set after a cold boot to pick a defined set of defaults..
JasonM79 said:
talked with customer support, they are unsure why it records 25 mins. guess its time to dig into code and see what else there is. I did notice that with a different launcher installed, and set as default, the next day when i turn it on, it goes to stock launcher. must be something hard set after a cold boot to pick a defined set of defaults..
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Thanks Jason - keep us posted !
Rog
been away for a while, still playing with the camera part of the camera, will see what I can do about the dang longer video recording in spare time. cant give a time frame, as its unknown.... any big break through, i will post.
JasonM79 said:
been away for a while, still playing with the camera part of the camera, will see what I can do about the dang longer video recording in spare time. cant give a time frame, as its unknown.... any big break through, i will post.
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Thnask Jason
not a lot has been done in my off time besides work, did play around with more numbers in the sys folder, and a few in the camera apk itself, still always seems to go back to default after a sit overnight.
has anyone tried system/etc and then media_profiles.xml then changing the values and encoder profile quality.. duration then change it from 30 to whatever..
Its just the buffer size!
JasonM79 said:
I was looking through some of the props, and stuff, is there a spot to change video recording length more than 25 mins in HD?
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Ok,
just been on holiday with this camera and used it in battle so to speak.
What I found regarding the 25 mins time limit is that it is just refering to the amount of video it can deal with in one chunk before it has to process it and store it to the card.
If you tap on the stop button rather than just the pause button, the camera then tells to it is processing and storing to the card then, after a brief wait you can once again tapp the video button and you are good to go for another 25 mins.
The only limit I can see is the size of the storage card.
I hope this makes sense and answers your question.
Thank you so much for your kind reply ,
is there anyway any app can do none stop part auto to record like auto split kind of thing do you think ?
Thnx
Doctor Death said:
Ok,
just been on holiday with this camera and used it in battle so to speak.
What I found regarding the 25 mins time limit is that it is just refering to the amount of video it can deal with in one chunk before it has to process it and store it to the card.
If you tap on the stop button rather than just the pause button, the camera then tells to it is processing and storing to the card then, after a brief wait you can once again tapp the video button and you are good to go for another 25 mins.
The only limit I can see is the size of the storage card.
I hope this makes sense and answers your question.
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Auto record
cypriotxx said:
Thank you so much for your kind reply ,
is there anyway any app can do none stop part auto to record like auto split kind of thing do you think ?
Thnx
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Got to admit I hadn't thought about that.
Looks like I might have to do some research with that idea in mind.
There must be an app of some kind that could automate the process, hopefully someone out there will have some ideas too.
rogut said:
This is something I could really use too....if anyone has any suggestions, I'd be grateful !
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Sorry that I can't offer a solution (yet) but I am in the process of writing a video recording app, and I have recorded continuously for over an hour, so it isn't a hardware limitation.
noparadise said:
Sorry that I can't offer a solution (yet) but I am in the process of writing a video recording app, and I have recorded continuously for over an hour, so it isn't a hardware limitation.
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Oh man! I would love to see this app and would gladly pay you for it! Do you need any beta testers because I would be totally game for that. I have noticed that the JB+ camera does not put a time limit on recording but I have no way to use the zoom and focus while doing so.
I just got the camera today in sort of a compromise. My wife needed a video recorder but I wanted a good camera for other things but mostly photographing student art work. I was looking at the QX10 and immediately saw the 2 GB recording limit and decided against it. I open up the camcorder today and see a 25 minute limit! AHHHHH!!!!! Anyway, I have unlimited recording but shoddy control using the JB+ camera.
I bought the Galaxy Camera for 328 and am really enjoying it so far, by the way! Great little piece of machinery.
simplyTravis said:
Oh man! I would love to see this app and would gladly pay you for it! Do you need any beta testers because I would be totally game for that. I have noticed that the JB+ camera does not put a time limit on recording but I have no way to use the zoom and focus while doing so.
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Not really even at a beta stage yet - I am working on it, got the zoom goiing but haven't got the autofocus hooked up properly yet. The JB+ app may be the best hope as of now, but I'll keep you posted.
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Not really even at a beta stage yet - I am working on it, got the zoom goiing but haven't got the autofocus hooked up properly yet. The JB+ app may be the best hope as of now, but I'll keep you posted.
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Glad to see you are still working on it. I wish I can help but programming is not my forte. I found another app that sort of works (not focus) as far as using the controls but recording doesn't finish right so it is broken. The app is Zoom Camera by Moulasoft.
If you need any graphics for the program let me know. That is one area that I can help with.
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Okay, so there have been a few things that are really kind of irritating me with the videos on the Captivate... of course it could all be operator error and there may be fixes for it all, so that's where you guys come in
1. It seems I can't send a video I have shot over gmail unless it's at one of the absolute lowest resolutions and lasts no more than like 10 seconds. Is there anyway around that? This is even over wifi. Shot a video last night, and couldn't get it to send until I had it on the second to lowest resolution and kept it super short (10ish seconds)... This seems pretty ridiculous considering my old phone could at least send a minute or so of pretty good resolution video without any problems and didn't give an error.
Anytime I try to send a larger or longer video so far on my Captivate, it says file too large and ends up sending a blank email to the recipient.
2. If the battery is below around about 20% I think, the phone won't even allow you to play videos... Likewise, you can't even open the camera app if the battery is on the lower end. I dunno, I feel that's kind of crazy. I mean if I wanna utilize my last few minutes of my phone's life watching a video or taking a pic for whatever reason, shouldn't I be able to make that executive decision? lol.
Soooo is there anything I'm missing here that would fix these problems for me?
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Okay, so there have been a few things that are really kind of irritating me with the videos on the Captivate... of course it could all be operator error and there may be fixes for it all, so that's where you guys come in
1. It seems I can't send a video I have shot over gmail unless it's at one of the absolute lowest resolutions and lasts no more than like 10 seconds. Is there anyway around that? This is even over wifi. Shot a video last night, and couldn't get it to send until I had it on the second to lowest resolution and kept it super short (10ish seconds)... This seems pretty ridiculous considering my old phone could at least send a minute or so of pretty good resolution video without any problems and didn't give an error.
Anytime I try to send a larger or longer video so far on my Captivate, it says file too large and ends up sending a blank email to the recipient.
2. If the battery is below around about 20% I think, the phone won't even allow you to play videos... Likewise, you can't even open the camera app if the battery is on the lower end. I dunno, I feel that's kind of crazy. I mean if I wanna utilize my last few minutes of my phone's life watching a video or taking a pic for whatever reason, shouldn't I be able to make that executive decision? lol.
Soooo is there anything I'm missing here that would fix these problems for me?
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1. Are you trying to send a video you previously recorded or trying to send new video you just captured?
Have you tried - opening the mms or email app first and adding an attachment. When asked what attachment you select Camera. Then record video and let the app compress it before sending. This has worked well for me.
2. Heard this complaint about videos and music players alike. I couldn't provide any info on that matter as I haven't been agitated by that particular scenareo yet...
Hope this helps.
Shovelhead84 said:
1. Are you trying to send a video you previously recorded or trying to send new video you just captured?
Have you tried - opening the mms or email app first and adding an attachment. When asked what attachment you select Camera. Then record video and let the app compress it before sending. This has worked well for me.
2. Heard this complaint about videos and music players alike. I couldn't provide any info on that matter as I haven't been agitated by that particular scenareo yet...
Hope this helps.
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Umm well mostly video that has just been captured or previously recorded. When I go to the gmail app first and go to attach, it only lets me choose image files rather than video. Sigh. :-/
Thanks for your reply though, I really appreciate it
I've added some extra advanced settings for video recording. I'll add more as I have time.
It's experimental and might be buggy. I promise to try a little harder to have a stable version than I did last time I made a mod like this.
Source code:https://github.com/LeJay/Camera
Sorry, the source code is a bit of a mess . It's a fork of the CM7 nightly and is up to date.
apk and the correct zip is up.
Simply download the zip and flash it. It will replace the camera app in cm7. Whenever you update to the next nightly you'll have to re-flash.
Versions
-----Version 1.0 (current)-------
Features:
Video stabilization
Video manual focus (NOT continuously, sorry)
Video autofocus (NOT continuously, sorry)
Video touch to focus (NOT continuously, sorry)
Things that for strange reasons don't work:
Auto Exposure compensation doesnt work together with autofocus or touch to focus. I'm looking into it. It does work with manual focus, though.
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FAQ:
Q: Sometimes video recording doesnt start when using auto focus.
A: If auto focus fails recording will not start. I might do something else in the future, but this is the setting for now.
TODO:
1)
Work around disabling of exposure. Eg. read focus level from logcat after auto focus and use manual focus instead.
2)Other camera settings:
Image stabilization, manual exposure compensation, timestamps (?), change contrast
Thanks for the hard work
Is it CM7 only?
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Thanks for the hard work
Is it CM7 only?
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Yea, sorry, forgot to mention that .
@lejay, great work. i expect to see a new commit with this soon ?
touch to focus in video mode is much desired, i believe.
can you also take a look at http://review.cyanogenmod.com/#change,6628 or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15955411&postcount=6954 ?
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@lejay, great work. i expect to see a new commit with this soon ?
touch to focus in video mode is much desired, i believe.
can you also take a look at http://review.cyanogenmod.com/#change,6628 or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15955411&postcount=6954 ?
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Oh, yeah, I removed the code that checks if the preview is 720p. Zoom works fine, both volume and display menu.
EDIT: Actually, zoom behaves a little oddly, it jumps to 8x with double tap. Did I do that? wtf.
I feel auto exposure should get fixed before I sent it to nightly. Also, I get a headache figuring out how to correctly submit these things .
wow, thanks for the your tweak, really hope we can get continuous focus
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Oh, yeah, I removed the code that checks if the preview is 720p. Zoom works fine, both volume and display menu.
EDIT: Actually, zoom behaves a little oddly, it jumps to 8x with double tap. Did I do that? wtf.
I feel auto exposure should get fixed before I sent it to nightly. Also, I get a headache figuring out how to correctly submit these things .
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no, i don't think you did it.
i never knew about the double tap zoom until yesterday, and it jumps between 1x and 8x (in cm). i don't think there is any code for this in app though. could it be libnvmm_camera.so ?
edit: do you get zoom working while recording at High (720p) ? (not changing it, but set it at 4x and start shooting, mine reverts to 1x)
pastime1971 said:
no, i don't think you did it.
i never knew about the double tap zoom until yesterday, and it jumps between 1x and 8x (in cm). i don't think there is any code for this in app though. could it be libnvmm_camera.so ?
edit: do you get zoom working while recording at High (720p) ? (not changing it, but set it at 4x and start shooting, mine reverts to 1x)
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Its in videocamera if I remember correctly,. Zoomgesture something.
Right now zoom is working, but it has been buggy. Does it work if you zoom again and try recording?
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LeJay said:
Its in videocamera if I remember correctly,. Zoomgesture something.
Right now zoom is working, but it has been buggy. Does it work if you zoom again and try recording?
Sent from my Optimus 2X using XDA App
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i'll be damned.
yes, it works at the second time. (you are the man !!!)
legit mod! cant wait to give this a try
Thanks, works for me, except for some bugs, but this camera was buggy to begin with
Krusher1973 said:
Thanks, works for me, except for some bugs, but this camera was buggy to begin with
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Heh, yeah, it is... Im doing a bit of refactoring, hopefully a cleanup and a bit of debugging will help.
When to update to the new version?
I really like the version that can make a focus in recording
waiting for updating!!~~~
Any news?
I am wondering if anyone knows of a way to turn off camera functionality of start/finish video recording by touching the screen.
UPDATE: issue resolved by @[email protected], thank you
Barmalei said:
I am frustrated by an added camera functionality on the latest WP versions - now in order to start/finish video recording you only need to touch the screen - anywhere on the screen. For those of us who frequently uses video recording this is actually not convenient because it is easy to accidentally stop the recording by touching the screen, especially during longer recordings (>3 minutes), or when passing the phone to another person while recording is underway.
I run into this problem again and again, but I would hate to revert to an earlier WP7 version because of this (I am running a nice Dynamics HD2O 2.00b WP7.8 8858 ROM on my HTC HD2). So I am wondering if anyone can think of a way to remove this functionality (or allow the screen to be completely turned off while recording video, as this could also save battery charge) by tweaking registry, or an app that does that, etc.
Thank you.
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hi,
You can disable this from Settings>applications>Pictures+Camera
@[email protected] said:
hi,
You can disable this from Settings>applications>Pictures+Camera
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That was easy, thank you very much. Strange that you can't do it from within the camera app itself.
tanks
Hey guys， who knows is there any way to make the camera shooting longer, 15s is not enough in many circumstance.
[email protected] said:
Hey guys， who knows is there any way to make the camera shooting longer, 15s is not enough in many circumstance.
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I guess it is just question of time. Root will be needed. 15s restriction is set up because of limited internal storage and for avoiding of transfering big video files via BT to phone.
I'm currently loading up several different camera apps to see if they make a difference to get past it. I've tried a couple that did - but the video came out all bad. Trying some more and will let you know.
bchliu said:
I'm currently loading up several different camera apps to see if they make a difference to get past it. I've tried a couple that did - but the video came out all bad. Trying some more and will let you know.
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I was actually planning on building a camera app today to test out on the gear that will remove the time limit. I am thinking that I should have a storage overlay as well so that you know if you are running low on space. Will update when I have something to test.
I've decompiled and had a look at Samsung camera apk, but couldn't find any where to change it. I'm sure it's there, just not sure what I'm looking for
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I've tested a few Camera apps - can say that a lot of them force closes or records weirdly. However, UCam Pro is working without the 15sec limitation:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ucamera.ucampro&hl=en
Its free too.. not too bad of an app but a touch on the fiddly side.
thank you guys for the reply, hope some one can make a new camera apk which get rid of the time limitation!!
bchliu said:
I've tested a few Camera apps - can say that a lot of them force closes or records weirdly. However, UCam Pro is working without the 15sec limitation:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ucamera.ucampro&hl=en
Its free too.. not too bad of an app but a touch on the fiddly side.
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is it just me, or when using this map the video quality is noticable lower than stock camera?
hurdlejade said:
is it just me, or when using this map the video quality is noticable lower than stock camera?
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Are you in focus? Mine is working ok even when I replay it back on my 27" monitor..
Just flash the amazing Null Rom. Has a 60 second video limit plus loads of other goodies.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2515696
HTH
Baz
hello
i want to ask it its normal, i have the international version
and when i take a picture its show me some statics dots like on the tv but at the end the photo is good without it.
does it okey?, btw its only in home,with out too much lighting...
if needed i will post a picture or a video.
thanks
Xantox said:
hello
i want to ask it its normal, i have the international version
and when i take a picture its show me some statics dots like on the tv but at the end the photo is good without it.
does it okey?, btw its only in home,with out too much lighting...
if needed i will post a picture or a video.
thanks
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I think that it's just fine when the outcome is good. You can try playing with it's setting to know what to use in low light settings .
Hit thanks if it helps. :fingers-crossed:
I know exactly what youre saying, mine does the same. OSD shows the speckles, as an old TV would or a picture with too-high ISO setting would, but the resulting pictures always turn out great quality without the speckles. Not sure what causes it, but doesnt bother me. I would guess the phone cant handle displaying a live UHD video supplied by the camera directly to the screen while still being able to have a fairly quick shutter speed so its downscaled to a lower display res. I have yet to try 3rd party camera apps, tho.