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Mono sound on video HD recording, why?

I don't know why but any video I make with my i9000 has an ac2 mono sound. No matter what resolution I pick for the video. Isn't there a workaround for this? To make it at least stereo if not better?
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The phone does not have 2 microphones in the first place. Hence recorded audio is mono.
Video resolution should not be affecting its audio.

Ok but before sgs I owned an iphone and guess what it recorded video with stereo and only one mic. It is software related. Must be...
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But do you hear difference in the left and right channel?
If it doesn't, SGS encodes it in a more bandwdth efficient manner.

catanzaro27 said:
Ok but before sgs I owned an iphone and guess what it recorded video with stereo and only one mic.
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Then it wasn't stereo. It may have been twin mono. But, as said, why waste space recording twin mono.

As far as I know stereo sounds better as mono, that's why I prefer the more non efficient way of encoding. And let's not talk about having a very good quality video stream beside a poor audio one.
It's like being married to miss univers and not having the posibility to see her (you know how) cuz your blind...
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As far as I know stereo means absolutely nothing if the device doesn't have the hardware to capture in stereo. Mono does not necessarily indicate inferior quality. Your iPhone has recorded in mono but just replicated the channels to appear as stereo. Samsung Galaxy S rather honestly reported mono and let the playback device (eg. computer) replicate the channels whenever necessary. The audio quality boils down to the bit rate and sampling rate used; and these should be considered in development of improving SGS's audio recording quality.

the SGS has no option to select the recording level, and bandwidth/bit rate to begin with
so you get what you get.
we are waiting for an App or a Hack to allow uses to change the recording bit rate so it can get better sound

True, so the development has to focus on hacking the bit rate and sampling rate, rather than producing fake stereo.

True but you gotta admit, the video is in hd for christ sake and the sound is not even close to the quality of video...c'mon. A bigger bitrate would be helpfull, at least AC3.
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that is what every one is complaining about, including myself
we need an App to control which recording sound frecuency we want to use instead of whatever it's the default, which sounds like something on the 11Hz or 22 Hz at best guestimate

Post your DSP Manager & Voodoo sound setting here.

Hi,
I'm interested on everyone's DSP Manager & Voodoo sound setting. As we know, Nexus S is one of the Galaxy S member and our devices are using the best sound chips among PC, Tablets and smartphone a.k.a Wolfson.
Please post your setting here.
Thanks,
Melvinchng.
Here are my configurations (listen via earphone that provided in the box),
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When i figure out how to put up pics ill post.
my setup is very similar to yours with the exception of poweramp with some more tweaks.Just bought some klipsch earbuds and its the best sounding combo hands down,super base with crisp treble,even found a cool app that turns the iphone controls (made for) to work like stock earbuds work.My buddy found a cool app called music fx but not sure ill have too much tweaking the same stuff so i held off on downloading it but he had me listen to 2pac heavy in the game and he made the stock earbuds beat like we had 4, 12s in a hatch back.Check out that app and give me your opinion on if its a negative or positive great post for us music freaks with the best audio chip made for cell phones

mike216 said:
When i figure out how to put up pics ill post.
my setup is very similar to yours with the exception of poweramp with some more tweaks.Just bought some klipsch earbuds and its the best sounding combo hands down,super base with crisp treble,even found a cool app that turns the iphone controls (made for) to work like stock earbuds work.My buddy found a cool app called music fx but not sure ill have too much tweaking the same stuff so i held off on downloading it but he had me listen to 2pac heavy in the game and he made the stock earbuds beat like we had 4, 12s in a hatch back.Check out that app and give me your opinion on if its a negative or positive great post for us music freaks with the best audio chip made for cell phones
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Music fx is for stock music player only... if you want to listen a better quality of music, get Google music. You will feel the music sounds better than other music player.
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Thanks i use poweramp didn't know that's foe stock music player only
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[Q] Poor streaming Bluetooth audio sound quality?

I'm having some issues w the BT Streaming audio quality - sounds a bit fragmented and tinny on some of the higher (brighter) sounds when playing music. I had the same problem on my Evo 3D, but it went away w/ the Evo LTE, and now its back w/ the HTC One.
Anyone else having issues?

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In general, blue tooth sucks for audio. It can't quite transfer data fast enough. There have been improvements over the years but it's a hardware limitation too.
I'm not sure how much better it sounded on the LTE, but it sounds just fine for me with beats on. Sometimes beats stops working, or so it sounds, and it sounds crappier.
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Ok thx....I was turning the Beats off b/c there was too much bass.
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Is it a problem with all sources? (MP3's, Spotify, Pandora?) Spotify and Pandora will, by default, set to lower quality streams and downloads which result in compression noise, most notably in higher and lower frequencies.
While BT audio isn't the best for audio, it's not all that bad. I've been using BT audio on my high-end car-fi and it sounds fantastic! Just as good as my iPhone sounded directly wired to USB. But, I need to turn off BeatsAudio to get any real sound quality. Beats is a glorified 'loudness' control and it destroys music on good systems. It does, however, make the HTC One speakers sound surprisingly amazing, esp for spoken word like podcasts and audiobooks.

EliLuc said:
Is it a problem with all sources? (MP3's, Spotify, Pandora?) Spotify and Pandora will, by default, set to lower quality streams and downloads which result in compression noise, most notably in higher and lower frequencies.
While BT audio isn't the best for audio, it's not all that bad. I've been using BT audio on my high-end car-fi and it sounds fantastic! Just as good as my iPhone sounded directly wired to USB. But, I need to turn off BeatsAudio to get any real sound quality. Beats is a glorified 'loudness' control and it destroys music on good systems. It does, however, make the HTC One speakers sound surprisingly amazing, esp for spoken word like podcasts and audiobooks.
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So, lower bitrate mp3s (128kbps) will have more noise on lower and higher frequencies?
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I'm having the same issues with my HTC One. The audio quality is noticeably distorted. Has anyone found a fix?

Audio Recording Tips

I chose this phone over the S4 based on the advertised higher quality audio capabilities. The speakers do sound great, but does anyone have any pointers on how to maximize the audio recording quality? I see a lot of articles regarding video, but not much for people trying to only record audio. Do some apps work better than others? Phone/mic placement? Do I have to record a video to get the best audio?
The thing is, I was playing (live music) with some friends several months ago, and one of them put their iphone4 on the opposite end of the room and ran the voice memo app. i was amazed at how clear it was compared to my S2. So far im not having the same experience with the HTC One.
Thanks in advance.

I haven't tried much yet but sounds like the video recorder is best for audio recording.
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Audio

Hi, I am considering buy opt3 and I watched many reviews, but what I am noticed that audio recording have some issue. Voice is mufled and voice cancelling for overjob. Or is this problem past with new update? Thanks

Maybe I got a lucky phone....There is absolutely nothing wrong with my phone except for what's normal (OnePlus manipulate music!!) I hate that. I can listen to YouTube music normal. And games videos ECT...But when I play Google play music the sounds are everywhere!!
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nano303 said:
Maybe I got a lucky phone....There is absolutely nothing wrong with my phone except for what's normal (OnePlus manipulate music!!) I hate that. I can listen to YouTube music normal. And games videos ECT...But when I play Google play music the sounds are everywhere!!
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What about microphone, is it enough loud when you record video from rear and front camera?

chlap said:
What about microphone, is it enough loud when you record video from rear and front camera?
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I will try better today. Give it a good test for ya..Day off today
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nano303 said:
Maybe I got a lucky phone....There is absolutely nothing wrong with my phone except for what's normal (OnePlus manipulate music!!) I hate that. I can listen to YouTube music normal. And games videos ECT...But when I play Google play music the sounds are everywhere!!
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What do you mean when you say that Oneplus manipulates music? Is it the audio from the headphone jack and doesnt switching off the audio tuner fixes that?

So what is your result? Can you make it video with voice and post it somewhere?

So what is your result? Can you make it video with voice and post it somewhere?
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I will try better today. Give it a good test for ya..Day off today
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I don't have any issues
But I have bought many devices past years. And what I learnt is that no mobile device is perfect according... You have to compromise somewhere...
Sometimes it's the
audio chipset( bad music quality)
Camera
Development
Ram
CPU
Looks
Screen
Or etc
You have to decide what you can compromise

So when you call someone, there is no complaint with your voice, or when you record video, a voice is clear, no muffled?
nitinvaid said:
I don't have any issues
But I have bought many devices past years. And what I learnt is that no mobile device is perfect according... You have to compromise somewhere...
Sometimes it's the
audio chipset( bad music quality)
Camera
Development
Ram
CPU
Looks
Screen
Or etc
You have to decide what you can compromise
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chlap said:
So when you call someone, there is no complaint with your voice, or when you record video, a voice is clear, no muffled?
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yup no one has reported me any issue of voice on call no matter its a normal call or whats app and one more thing
i am not using stock rom