When I take video for Facebook Live, I do save the videos in HD to my phone, but I also notice that the audio volume is low. How can I adjust this? I generally take videos at live band performances where I'm right at the front of the stage.. Unfortunately, I have to turn my headset speakers up to hear the sound.
Additional information: Normally, I keep my phone's volumes on mute. Would this have an impact on audio recording quality? Those that normally take Facebook Live videos, how are your volumes set? And also, can you hear the sound pretty well? When taking video, I'm normally towards the front of the stage, or at it, where the speakers are. Not sure if this has an impact on audio quality being so low or not.
8/25/19 EDIT: Over FOUR months later, still no replies to this topic, will bump. OP has been edited with a second paragraph.
I was about to post this question again but apparently I already had, over 4 months ago. No response, so this is a shameless bump. I've edited the OP a bit with "Additional Information". I took another Facebook live video yesterday and I'm still getting the same low volume in my recording.
Does anyone have any experience using an attached microphone with the Galaxy Note 9?
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In a video in 1080p on the outside, the video will look and hear perfectly. The problem comes when a video is recorded inside a house for example. If you record a video in total silence, when playing the video if you put the volume up will listen very weak one "shhh" If you record a video with a TV background with the TV volume on the sound sounded choppy. Or if ye are silent recording, you begin to talk, you will notice a change to play between silence and sound.
I leave some videos from youtube where you will notice the problem (play with the volume as high as possible to notice more the problem):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQm6Yeo0DxE - This video perfectly burn notice the change on the outside and when passing record indoors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB4_awhWd9A - The television cut sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyciEt7dsSs - Here notice the cuts perfectly with the TV sound in the background.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JG1KhMYCTI
Some websites have already started to talk about this topic:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/11...nd-recordings/
http://www.androidheadlines.com/2013...gs-suffer.html
And This is the forum where this google talking about this:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/0hvTK4eMVGk[126-150-false]
Google worker says this:
"Hi everyone, I know you're curious about the Android 4.4.1 update. Although the update does include camera improvements and other bug fixes, it does not address the audio issue mentioned in this discussion. I'd like to assure you that we are still working on it -- the information you've provided has been quite helpful, and we've reproduced it ourselves. We're still investigating improvements, however any potential updates will have to wait for a future release.
I'm sorry I don't have happy news to share at this time. I would again like to thank all of you for your assistance tracking this down, and for your continued patience during our investigation."
Same here, my nexus is a new one , 5 days old.
Fix with 4.4.2¿?
I've got the same problem.
Updated to 4.4.2 right now, but can't test as it's night atm.
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Fix with 4.4.2¿?
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the problem seems still not fixed
Yeah I noticed this a day after I got my phone 5 weeks ago.
Tapatalked from my Nexus 5
there are users who have ordered 4 replacements and all have the bug
I have notice this problem too...!!
Come on Google put yourself together.
This bug is pretty lame...!!
you can comment here:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/0hvTK4eMVGk[126-150-false]
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This happens to me as well. Not just when recording, but most annoyingly when talking to people on the phone. They complain that my sound is cutting out like the videos shown above, even though I hear them perfectly.
I am on stock 4.4.2 and my n5 does have the issue with audio in video rec. I am on fauxClock b15.
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same problems but thanks,.
I have exactly the same problem. I had it on 4.4.0 and I still have it on 4.4.2.
The hissing on silence in audio/video recordings is really annoying.
I hope this can be fixed...
I leave this article (written in Spanish)
http://androtalk.es/2013/12/posible-bug-en-el-microfono-de-los-nexus-5/
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Same problem here :crying: it has to be a software problem, can't be a hardware issue in all devices. I love the phone! but for me this is a deal breaker :crying:
Was trying to test this for myself but mine won't save videos at all. Bizarre, probably a consequence of messing with the camera software.
Couple of questions. So far, I absolutely love my Nexus 6, however I have a couple of questions/quibbles.
Firstly, the volume on this thing. How quiet/loud is it supposed to be? When it's in the low end scales it's very, very quiet, middle is passable, loud is good, but is the quieter levels supposed to be so quiet? I compared it to an iPad 3 and that speaker is louder overall, I assumed the Nexus 6 would be louder everywhere (highest level very loud, lower end quiet but loud enough to hear) than the 3 year old iPad?
Secondly, the microphone. I'm a little confused by it. In videos I've recorded the mic volume is good enough, but using WhatsApp I things I've recorded sound quiet, at least compared to iPhone recordings (friends have iPhone's), and then it's slightly better in "Easy Voice Recorder", unless I whack up the gain on it.
What's the deal? Or are all Nexus 6's like this?
Also, what's the battery life supposed to be like?
I'm on fairly low brightness, auto adaptive brightness or whatever is off. Unplugged at 8am, its been 12 hours. On 22%. Used the phone 20mins browsing internet going to work, stuck in my drawer till 1pm with occasional checks, 20mins used it playing Jetpack Joyride/internet browsing, home from about 4, been playing music on and off through Google Play, couple of YouTube videos, browsing the web etc, nothing too intensive, and I'm on 22%. Does that sound right?
Anybody?
Yeah, you my friend have had the 2 most common problems with the nexus which come standard with the device. For battery, you need to get a kernel with intelliplug and enable it over the stock mp decision. You can even overclock with battery life better than stock. (Like me) For audio, try to find a kernel with faux sound, download viper4android for music, and change some values around in mixer.paths.xml. You need to be rooted with a recovery first before any of this. The problem with video recording is that it is also recorded in mono instead of stereo. Weird but I have been able to fix all of these problems now. If you need any help, quote me. Please give a thanks if I solved your issues.
Thanks for reply.
So what I've described aren't necessarily problems as such, they're just standard on the phone? The battery is okay it's just not amazing. I'm on 50% now, unplugged 14 hours ago, used it for a bit of internet browsing, texting. Was on standby for about 9 hours and was on a call this morning for about half an hour and then I've done some more browsing and texting today. I'm also on adaptive brightness.
Does this sound right?
And the microphone, if I use it on WhatsApp, people keep saying it sounds clear, it's just very low. But again, if I record a video it comes through fine.
Is this normal to Nexus 6's or is there something wrong with my mic?
really low here to in whatsapp, can somone please help us? i do not want to have to send my phone back!
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really low here to in whatsapp, can somone please help us? i do not want to have to send my phone back!
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Same issue here. The mic volume in all IM apps like whatsapp, Skype and etc are very very low. However the voice in the recorded video is OK.
helloworld1 said:
Same issue here. The mic volume in all IM apps like whatsapp, Skype and etc are very very low. However the voice in the recorded video is OK.
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yep thats what im getting....anyone else?
Yeah that's really annoying. The problem is, that the N6 use the mic at the bottom on the rear site. If want to make a videochat with the frontcam it's really stupid.
Normally it use the rear mic to reduce background noise. But this seems to work only with telephone calls?
Did anyone ever solve this problem?
Would a Bluetooth headset be a "fix"?
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Did anyone ever solve this problem?
Would a Bluetooth headset be a "fix"?
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It is default mechanism.
You can install 3rd party Sound recording app and forward recordings to them.
Ok, so this seems to be an oddball problem since I haven't been able to find any resources on the web (yet).
My first generation Urbane seems to have a microphone that has gone bad. I suspected this when Google couldn't transcribe replies to messages (went through the sending, trying again, still trying, etc. messages before giving up). I downloaded an audio recorder for wear to confirm and it sounds like I am talking to my watch from the other side of a room inside a sleeping bag.
Here's the recording I made for reference.
I was about 2 inches from my watch, speaking in a normal volume. I have another recording that was with my watch at desk-level with me speaking at a normal volume, but there's nothing to hear except the ambient rumble you can hear in the recording I posted.
So my questions are these:
Is there a way to clean the microphone?
Could the diaphragm in my microphone be damaged?
A real bummer if it's busted since I love this watch!
I have a problem with my speaker sound, while listening to any audio whether it be YouTube, Netflix, Music player etc... After about 6 minutes the sound quality changes it's as if the bottom. Speaker gets lower and the front speaker gets louder if you close the app and then try again it's fine until 6 minutes again. I have already received 2 replacements and all 3 phones have the same problem. Is anyone else experienceing anything like this?
I have the opposite problem, the bottom speaker is too loud and the front facing speaker is too quiet. I have unsuccessfully been trying to find an app to balance them with no luck.
If you have had your device for less than 14 days, I would take it back to the retailer for a replacement. As there is a chance that you were given a faulty unit. Otherwise take it to a Samsung Service Center and let them take a look at it.
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I have a problem with my speaker sound, while listening to any audio whether it be YouTube, Netflix, Music player etc... After about 6 minutes the sound quality changes it's as if the bottom. Speaker gets lower and the front speaker gets louder if you close the app and then try again it's fine until 6 minutes again. I have already received 2 replacements and all 3 phones have the same problem. Is anyone else experienceing anything like this?
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You're not the only one. I made a thread about this a while back but nobody here really noticed. It still happens on my latest software update (ARJ1, September security patch). On Samsung Community there's a lot more complaints:
https://us.community.samsung.com/t5...ote9QuestionsandAnswers/page/1/thread-id/1440
Some people tried contacting Samsung but the staff had a hard time detecting it. I got mine overseas in Taiwan and can't readily communicate with them at the moment. I always get a "due to we don't understand your message" reply if I use my phone's feedback option. I did try to email them directly but the reply seemed somewhat generic like "try using safe mode". I haven't done this myself but other users have said it still occurs in safe mode.
The fact that replacements have it lead me to think it's a software bug - the bottoms speaker is supposed to emphasize bass a bit more than the top speaker but it almost sounds like the left and right speaker EQ gets swapped (even though the stereo channel polarity is still constant). When it happens the top speaker becomes bass-heavy and bottom speaker sounds bass-light and treble-heavy. It also seems "worse' in some apps than others. For example I barely notice it in music as only the bass seems to drop on the bottom speaker but on other occasions it sounds like the bottom speaker is sucked down in volume.
Really hoping Android Pie fixes it.
I haven't noticed this issue, but I did post a few days ago regarding sound skipping and corrupting on wired headphones.
I've tracked this down to the EQ not playing well with the UHQ Upscaler. If you have any EQ set other than Normal the sound gets distorted through headphones.
Maybe it's related? I know the UHQ Upscaler is disabled when playing through the speakers but the EQ isn't, do you use anything other than 'Normal' EQ settings?
It has only started on ARJ1 (Oct Security patch level) for me. I've fed it back to Sammy.
Oh, you can download Sound Assistant from the Galaxy Store and that lets you play with the left / right balance.
I didn't try Sound Assistant yet, but I forced the speaker output to mono in the phone's settings, and the problem still occurred. So the problem isn't related to the stereo imagery, but rather how each speaker is tuned regardless. Some have suggested it could be a defect in the amplifier but I think if this were the case the effect would be more permanent. I think it occurs more frequently in the ARJ1 update compared to the update before that. I don't recall it occurring in Samsung Music very often before but now it seems to happen after about 4-5 minutes. I temporarily exited the app (without closing) and played music from Poweramp, stopped, then played music on Samsung Music and it sounded normal again.
Blah - is it just me or has this issue become somewhat more easily replicated, but more inconsistent? I was watching some videos with narration, and it sometimes feels like it pans left and right at the same timepoints when I replay that section.
Also, Horizon Chase sounds pretty awful now. The music volume seems to dip out and the sound effects are too loud.
hi all after 1 week of trying i figure out how to fix the problem simply delete the file with name ((SoundBoosterParam.txt)). in the root/system/vendor/etc
you're done
You need root in order to delete the SoundBoosterParam.txt file, and I'm not comfortable rooting a $1k phone under warranty. I turned off Dolby Atmos and changed sound to mono...EQ is normal. While mono isn't the quality sound I want, this has stopped the issue. A user at https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/...thread-id/1440 though said it didn't fix his.
Like FYL21, I tried emailing Samsung but got the usual "this is another canned robotic answer that doesn't address the issue" response. So I just spent about an hour on the phone with them. After continually trying to explain the issue and being told everything to try that's been tried, I finally spoke to a manager who made note of the links to the issue on their forum. She is escalating this as an issue for the technicians to read the complaints and look into this. Maybe it'll be fixed by the time the Note 10 comes out.
That was me as well in that thread. The thing is the speakers are still tuned differently even if they are in a mono configuration - the bottom one is EQ'd for bass and the top for treble (I'm not sure if this changes if you rotate the phone). I got Android Pie but am still testing out if it happens. Some apps or videos still have brief panning at specific time points, but this might just be related to the equalization and it doesn't seem as long-term as it was before (where you had to restart the app or plug/unplug headphones to fix it). I can live with that but it's annoying when it abruptly dips on the bottom speaker and even worse for calling.
you guys should think of this phone as a sound bar.
in that type of configuration, its one device generating sound that appears as stereo even though there is 1 device and not 2 .( or more)
the position and tuning of the speakers within that bar is tuned so that it feels like stereo/multichannel.
so in the same way is the phone tuned that way. plus if you think of it, you hold your phone 90 %of the time upright. the speakers on that position are not left to right but top and bottom...
so again don't look at the position of the speakers on the phone to deduce which is the left or right speakers but as how the devixe as a whole is reproducing the feel of stereo without an array of speakers like on home cinemas or in your car.
think of it, the space between the speakers is so narrow that youd have to be a small mouse to be able to enjoy real left and right channel audio from the speakers in landscape...
anyways this has nothing to do with the audio fading out but more towards our expectation of multichannel audio and how the phone reproduces it.
Does any one else notice a strange noise that's very faint when playing back a video recorded on the phone? Can hear it more through headphones. Hard to describe. It's like a slight clicking or interference noise. Have to listen hard to know it's there without headphones.
Anyone checked theirs for me please? Need to know if I need to return. Cheers.
Im not sure if i understood you correctly, but i lowered media volume to 0, and played video from a gallery - couldn't hear anything.
BUT What i noticed earlier, when you open Camera app, and put a phone to your ear (like when you are on a call) you can hear some white noise, like a sea
It's when you've filmed a video on the phone and playing it back. Only when recording zoomed out. When you soon in it stops. Not sure how to upload a sample video. Sounds kind of like crickets.
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Does any one else notice a strange noise that's very faint when playing back a video recorded on the phone? Can hear it more through headphones. Hard to describe. It's like a slight clicking or interference noise. Have to listen hard to know it's there without headphones.
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Hello, I am with Huawei P30Pro Android 10, I just wanted to share my experience with you about the noise. I heard it, too! I wanted to record a very low noise from an amplifier (I was nearby the speaker, so the zoom was 1x), like if it has hum or some tweeting noise from the speakers when it is not playing any music and the volume is on Max. And then I have noticed the same ticking noise when I played the recorded video on my computer. I thought it is some problem with the computer. But then I played it on my phone, for security, and I heard it again, but I had to increase the phone volume, otherwise is not so noticeable. So I thing, when you have this noise, too, it should be produced somehow from the phone by video recording and it should be some kind of common issue, not only by your phone.
I hope this info help you. So, the problem is not only in your device! In mine, too, and probably in everyone's else!
Best regards
It's Radio interference. Probably from gps/lte/wifi antennae etc. Turn airplane mode, ticking is gone. You're welcome!