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I have horrible sound recording during videos. My first video was shot in the bathroom and I thought maybe the sound was overwhelming for the mic bit after further review I have noticed that all of mu videos have bad sound. Inside /outside and everywhere in between. Any ideas?
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Video on mines been excellent sound has left something to be desired, guess the real question is what kinda video are you shooting in the bathroom lol jk
Hahaha...my 2 yrs twins were in the bath.
That worries me that no one has had an issue. I bought mine off Craigslist and can't return it to the store...I'm sure htc would fix it but I don't want to send it in. Sad face
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I've also noticed the sound on mine being a problem. It seems if the sound is too loud, it just turns into static. Does anyone have a solution to this? Possibly a different video recording software that works better than the OEM software on the Vivid?
Have you tried checking the videos on your computer? HTC has a rep for putting bad speakers in their phones.
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I've played the videos on the computer with the same results. I just didn't know if there is a setting for equalizing the Mic.
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rawb123456 said:
Hahaha...my 2 yrs twins were in the bath.
That worries me that no one has had an issue. I bought mine off Craigslist and can't return it to the store...I'm sure htc would fix it but I don't want to send it in. Sad face
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It's not just you. Look at the sample videos on YouTube and you'll notice the same poor sound quality on all of them.
I am starting to think this maybe an audio driver issue or cheap audio hardware. I get poor sound through mu headphones as well. Its not very loud and sounds seem blended together. Missing my infuse and voodoo sound. Sad face
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I get good sound through the headphone jack as well as the earpiece and speaker but I will agree that sound quality in videos is crap. The mic gets constantly overwhelmed with sounds that aren't even that loud, and in playback that results in momentary muting of the sound altogether.
rawb123456 said:
I have horrible sound recording during videos. My first video was shot in the bathroom and I thought maybe the sound was overwhelming for the mic bit after further review I have noticed that all of mu videos have bad sound. Inside /outside and everywhere in between. Any ideas?
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Mine vivid seems fine? This situation only happen in bath room? any Video clip showing the sound?
rawb123456 said:
I have horrible sound recording during videos. My first video was shot in the bathroom and I thought maybe the sound was overwhelming for the mic bit after further review I have noticed that all of mu videos have bad sound. Inside /outside and everywhere in between. Any ideas?
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Yeahhhh, I'm really disappointed in the video sound quality. I was at the Watch The Throne (jayz and kanye) show a few days ago and got some reeeeally good videos.. However the audio is pure static and white noise. Smh
Mine is fine. No better no worse than my i4s was.
No problems here...works gr8
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Uncheck stereo recording and see if that helps. That's one of the solutions for the Sensation and Amaze. (We suffered the same problems.)
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Same problem
My wife complains all the time that since switching from my iPhone 3Gs to the Vivid she can barely hear me during phone conversations. I have also had terrible luck with the audio on my video recordings. I was trying to record my son's band, and I thought the drums were just too much for it to handle, but I just recorded a very mild piano recital with the same results. The audio playback on both the phone and computer are terrible. It just sounds like it is coming in waves. I hope there is a patch that they can release to correct this problem.
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I've learned that the BEST way to get mediocre (at best) audio is to use my old iPhone headphones (that has a mic built in).. I'm going to a concert tonight. I'll test out the quality then. I'll post a vid on YouTube if it's up to par.
I actually started using lgcamera from the market. I get consistent 30fps and if you change the sound options to aac, 44100khz, 128kbs it sounds amazing. It's still mono but no more Mic clipping or gain issues. Much better than HTC camcorder with mono audio.
I can finally record my daughter and understand what she is saying. And being at 44khz, sound is great.
I've tried this app about 5 months ago and it wasn't as fluid as it is now. So I'm keeping this version's apk handy. Give it a try since its free. (don't check the enable stereo beta thing...I think it actually records backwards..)
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Damn, I gave it a try. Initially, it'll launch but when I press record it says a failed error message. Then sometimes it freezes when I try to adjust the settings.. Then I force closed it and open it back up and the screen is black. I did a restart with no success.
It might have something to do with me having an htc vivid with the amaze camera apk (via holiraider rom)
I thought the reviews were just being harsh, but after playing with the HD at the store, the camera is really disappointing. Especially compared to the other options out there (HTC One X). Any chance these short comings can be fixed with a OTA update? Or does the camera suffer for a cheaper price point?
I have been getting pretty decent and good pictures. But then again I am no photographer
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mqguitar said:
I have been getting pretty decent and good pictures. But then again I am no photographer
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That's good to know. Maybe it was just the lighting in the store or an effect someone had put it on. Thanks mqguitar!
It could have been here are some quick pictures I took without adjusting and doing quickly. I will take some more with macro too also. Hope this helps
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The Camera Quality looks good to me. It's a lot better than the Atrix 2's 8MP Camera.
Image quality has been better than I expected from the reviews - I think it's usable and I'm into photography (of course, for nice pics I'll use a real camera).
Its about as good side by side with the s3 just has a blue tint to everything
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Cam is fine for me!
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I ended up getting the HD and I agree with all of you. The camera really is not bad at all. It is much better than the demo model I used in the store. I wonder what the issue was. Either way I am very happy with my purchase. Thanks for sharing some of your shots too!
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I ended up getting the HD and I agree with all of you. The camera really is not bad at all. It is much better than the demo model I used in the store. I wonder what the issue was. Either way I am very happy with my purchase. Thanks for sharing some of your shots too!
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Have fun!
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epribs said:
I ended up getting the HD and I agree with all of you. The camera really is not bad at all. It is much better than the demo model I used in the store. I wonder what the issue was. Either way I am very happy with my purchase. Thanks for sharing some of your shots too!
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Its the lighting in AT&T stores. It looks bright because of the stores themes bright orange and Blue death star. You'll really come to notice that the lights are dimmed a little just so the screens look nice and it's harder to see all the scratches left by people who played with the demo model.
The Camera is really effected by lighting, but it can be fixed with some of the camera's built in pre-settings.
Besides, the trend is instagram these days. Blurry out of focus over saturated pictures are the popular thing now. *shakes head and shrugs*
so let's say i'm watching a video in landscape but i decide to rotate the phone 180 degrees during playback. the video will rotate to accommodate the new orientation but i wonder if the speakers will rotate as well.
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an F-22 raptor flying across the screen from left to right would be mismatched with audio that's going from right to left.
anyone that's had their hands on the unit notice if this is the case or not?
I don't think that will be a problem. Audio should align to the screen orientation
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one would think that is indeed the case. i really really hope htc didnt overlook this detail. .. not a deal breaker but it would be annoying, not to mention how embarrassing it would be when showcasing the phone against an apple fanboy or worse, someone who'll have a sgs4. =]
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Even if it is a problem initially, I don't think it will be hard to fix with an ota
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NiCk.JaY said:
Even if it is a problem initially, I don't think it will be hard to fix with an ota
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Or fix it with XDA.
Deleted my dumb response .. ! should have read the OP .. clearly stated 180 degress not 90 ... DOH !!
Sorry .. as you were chaps ...
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Or fix it with XDA.
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Yeah, but that's for us, not the average Joe
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Or fix it with XDA.
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hahahahahah :thumbsup:
can someone test this out now that the phone is out in some markets?
Tested with a stereo video from YouTube. Doesn't adjust when flipped. Whoops HTC
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Is it mono in portrait and stereo in landscape?
nightbringr said:
Is it mono in portrait and stereo in landscape?
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Stereo in both. Bottom speaker acts as right speaker.
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Bebida said:
Stereo in both. Bottom speaker acts as right speaker.
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Why do you say it doesn't flip in your previous post?
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Tested with a stereo video from YouTube. Doesn't adjust when flipped. Whoops HTC
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I just tested it with this video and it adjusts the stereo sound.
It's not as fast as the screen though, so it's 1-2 secs delayed.
PCServe said:
I just tested it with this video and it adjusts the stereo sound.
It's not as fast as the screen though, so it's 1-2 secs delayed.
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I just got my AT&T HTC One. I tested the same video and my sound does not change when rotated.
The bottom speaker is always the right channel, in YouTube at least, - in that sound test.
Is something wrong with my HTC One?
Just an FYI, and perhaps unrelated, but I got my Nexus 7 (2013 model) tonight, and it DOES properly adjust the speaker channels when you flip it, instantly. So the HTC One is just bugged in this regard. Very odd it hasn't been fixed.
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....when showcasing the phone against an apple fanboy or worse, someone who'll have a sgs4. =]
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Or WORSE? How is a fellow Android user WORSE than an Apple Fanboi?!
Other users of other Android manufacturers aren't WORSE than Apple Fanbois. We're all in it together, they just have different taste for the same thing (Android.)
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Or WORSE? How is a fellow Android user WORSE than an Apple Fanboi?!
Other users of other Android manufacturers aren't WORSE than Apple Fanbois. We're all in it together, they just have different taste for the same thing (Android.)
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chill out, if the context was taken correctly you'd realize that it wasn't about fellow android users but instead about htc vs samsung. this IS a hardware discussion after all. i was pointing out that someone who had a gs4 might be able exploit this flaw in an otherwise awesome phone.
So trying to compare headphones on my new moto x and ive discovered the moto x is actually the cause of my poor audio quality. It seems to produce deep bass but vocals are extremely hard to hear and the highs are also drowned out.
Compared with my galaxy s4 which seems to produce great sound across the curve.
Anyone else notice this from their moto x?
I'm using the Sol headphones I ordered with it and my Ultimate ears.
I've also tried eq setting but doesn't seems to help much
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Legacystar said:
So trying to compare headphones on my new moto x and ive discovered the moto x is actually the cause of my poor audio quality. It seems to produce deep bass but vocals are extremely hard to hear and the highs are also drowned out.
Compared with my galaxy s4 which seems to produce great sound across the curve.
Anyone else notice this from their moto x?
I'm using the Sol headphones I ordered with it and my Ultimate ears.
I've also tried eq setting but doesn't seems to help much
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Well, i read somewhere that, its got to do with the DAC (Digital to Analog/Audio converter) on the moto x processor. It isn't that good compared to chips in S4 (Snapdragon 600) or Nexus5 (Snapdragon 800). So the audio quality won't change with any amount of soft settings as the hardware itself is weak.
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Well, i read somewhere that, its got to do with the DAC (Digital to Analog/Audio converter) on the moto x processor. It isn't that good compared to chips in S4 (Snapdragon 600) or Nexus5 (Snapdragon 800). So the audio quality won't change with any amount of soft settings as the hardware itself is weak.
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This is very disappointing. Can you link me to your research?
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Legacystar said:
This is very disappointing. Can you link me to your research?
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Sound improves with viper4android with KitKat, it requires a rooted device. Eargasm
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IMO, it's the stupid "Audio Effects" app. It's turned on to some "3D surround" mode by default. If you just turn that entire thing off, it sounds much better.
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Sound improves with viper4android with KitKat, it requires a rooted device. Eargasm
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I tried viper didn't seem to help
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aooga said:
IMO, it's the stupid "Audio Effects" app. It's turned on to some "3D surround" mode by default. If you just turn that entire thing off, it sounds much better.
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I can't get audio effects to open it just force closes
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Legacystar said:
I can't get audio effects to open it just force closes
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Did it ever open for you? You're going to Settings>sound>audio effects right?
Are you on the stock rom? and 4.2 or 4.4?
I had the S4 and one of the major reasons for returning it was the audio quality, even with the "sound match" thing. ( I forgot what it's called, but its that thing where it plays a bunch of faint beeps and you have to keep tapping the screen)
aooga said:
Did it ever open for you? You're going to Settings>sound>audio effects right?
Are you on the stock rom? and 4.2 or 4.4?
I had the S4 and one of the major reasons for returning it was the audio quality, even with the "sound match" thing. ( I forgot what it's called, but its that thing where it plays a bunch of faint beeps and you have to keep tapping the screen)
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Stock 4.4 rooted and using gravity box. I haven't gotten it to open ever
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Legacystar said:
Stock 4.4 rooted and using gravity box. I haven't gotten it to open ever
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Well that's your problem
I don't know why that's happening. Have you tried resetting it?
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aooga said:
Well that's your problem
I don't know why that's happening. Have you tried resetting it?
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Resting what ?
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Resting what ?
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Your phone.
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Well I just disabled audio effect since I can't get it to open and that seems to have killed whatever effect was causing the crappy audio. Thanks guys!!
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Audio effects sucks but I tell you if you're running KitKat and install viper you will hear a difference, you must stop audio effects and disable it for viper to work correctly
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flashallthetime said:
Audio effects sucks but I tell you if you're running KitKat and install viper you will hear a difference, you must stop audio effects and disable it for viper to work correctly
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I'll try that out, thanks.
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Audio effects sucks but I tell you if you're running KitKat and install viper you will hear a difference, you must stop audio effects and disable it for viper to work correctly
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Yeah that's what I did
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Yeah that's what I did
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There's a thread with IRS custom sound enhancers that also adjust viper, its all in the ears after installing viper, by far the best sound enhancer for android
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Anyone else having issues recording video in 4k or regular 1080p? In the videos that I record you can hear the camera re focusing and its jumpy as hell.
Even when I shake my phone I hear a sound similar to the shutter adjusting.
I haven't dropped my phone or anything since I've gotten it. I'm starting to think I got a lemon. I can post a video so people can see what I'm talking about. Anyone else having issues?
I posted a video on youtube, I'm not moving the phone at all...
1080P recording Nexus 6: http://youtu.be/dGW2oDgVP1Y
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your video is private. no one but yourself can watch it.
simms22 said:
your video is private. no one but yourself can watch it.
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Oops. You should be able to view the video now
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Oops. You should be able to view the video now
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3rd vid ive seen in two days with the same issue. go get it exchanged asap!
simms22 said:
3rd vid ive seen in two days with the same issue. go get it exchanged asap!
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I noticed that there was a google camera update on the play store so I downloaded it and it still doing the same thing. I'm on my way to t mobile store now
Unfortunately, I live in a state that didn't get any units at any of the T Mobile stores
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Just wanted to give an update. If anyone is having this issue, it's more than likely a hardware issue.
Tried downloading another app and it did the same thing. Definitely need to get it replaced ASAP.
blazinazn said:
Just wanted to give an update. If anyone is having this issue, it's more than likely a hardware issue.
Tried downloading another app and it did the same thing. Definitely need to get it replaced ASAP.
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I had the same issue and Motorola is sending me another phone.
I have the same issue, does yours do this all the time? Ive been trying to reproduce it and its stopped doing it now.
Edit - Mine now does it constantly, making recording video and taking photos impossible. Ive ordered a replacement.