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How (or with what program) can I rotate a picture/movie?

I can't find anything that does this on the software that's included with Mio.
Can anyone help me on this one?
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The 'Pictures' app included with Windows Mobile PDA/phones should be able to rotate and save pictures - look closely at the buttons on the bottom row when a picture is open.
As for videos, I'm a bit confused! Do you mean you want to temporarily rotate your videos so that you can view them on landscape on your PDA? Then use TCPMP (Google it), a great freeware media player that plays Divx/XviD, WMV, etc etc...
If you mean actually changing say, a 320x240 video to a 240x320 one (permanent rotation), then I dunno!

toomuchdogfur said:
The 'Pictures' app included with Windows Mobile PDA/phones should be able to rotate and save pictures - look closely at the buttons on the bottom row when a picture is open.
As for videos, I'm a bit confused! Do you mean you want to temporarily rotate your videos so that you can view them on landscape on your PDA? Then use TCPMP (Google it), a great freeware media player that plays Divx/XviD, WMV, etc etc...
If you mean actually changing say, a 320x240 video to a 240x320 one (permanent rotation), then I dunno!
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Ah, thank you!
Now I saw it. You will have to View the picture, and then press EDIT. I don't know why this is not available on the thumbnail mode...
Thanks!
About the movie, I've heard about tcpmp, but what I want is to change from 320x240 to 240x320.
Thanks for the info!
Anyone else knows how to accomplish this?

That would take actually re-encoding (I think) which even for a 100MB movie would be a bit too much work for a PPC device.
Such app might exist any way but I don't know any.
Try a desktop app called Virtual Dub. It's free and lets you manipulate just about any format in any way (size, orientation, encoding etc.).

TCPMP can of course rotate to landscape easily.
If you want to reformat the source video itself, as Levenum says, use Virtual Dub and apply a filter to rotate. It doesn't take too long, but is a lossy process because you have to re-encode.
This is definitely not something for the PDA, PC only.
If you're recompressing or reformatting for PDAs, I highly recommend SmartMovie, http://www.lonelycatgames.com/index.php?note=smartmovie&chapter=smartmovie
or Lathe/PocketDivXEncoder
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Humm..
The thing is I can't play 3gp taken by MIO on Nokia phones. I assume that it can be due to "size", but I don't know.
Thanks for all the input!

Well I don't have a clue how MIO's camera apps work, as I only have a HTC Magician, but try and check that your camera is indeed recording apps to standard 3gp - meaning it uses the H.263/H.264 (i forgot which) or MPEG-4 codec.
Also, as far as I know, only the most recent 'N' series of Nokias and some other high-end Nokias use 320x240 resolution screens. For Series40 Nokias (eg. 6230), the screen resolution usually sits at 128x128, with optimal support for 128x96 videos. Series60 (eg. 6600) usually have 176x200 screens, meaning that 176x144 is best for them. If your MIO has any resemblance to my Magician, its camera app should have options for you to take video at these lower resolutions.
As for resizing existing video, yes VirtualDub is the best, but it won't support 3GP (from my experience the MOD version will only do AVIs and MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 reliably). You could try ImTOO MPEG Converter (Google it), which while of dubious coding quality will convert many files to many other files. A free and perhaps better option is SUPER, though be wary as it will spit out some out of sync files on some formats (but theres so bloody many formats supported that it's hard to list them)!

toomuchdogfur said:
Well I don't have a clue how MIO's camera apps work, as I only have a HTC Magician, but try and check that your camera is indeed recording apps to standard 3gp - meaning it uses the H.263/H.264 (i forgot which) or MPEG-4 codec.
Also, as far as I know, only the most recent 'N' series of Nokias and some other high-end Nokias use 320x240 resolution screens. For Series40 Nokias (eg. 6230), the screen resolution usually sits at 128x128, with optimal support for 128x96 videos. Series60 (eg. 6600) usually have 176x200 screens, meaning that 176x144 is best for them. If your MIO has any resemblance to my Magician, its camera app should have options for you to take video at these lower resolutions.
As for resizing existing video, yes VirtualDub is the best, but it won't support 3GP (from my experience the MOD version will only do AVIs and MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 reliably). You could try ImTOO MPEG Converter (Google it), which while of dubious coding quality will convert many files to many other files. A free and perhaps better option is SUPER, though be wary as it will spit out some out of sync files on some formats (but theres so bloody many formats supported that it's hard to list them)!
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That's it. Thank you very much!!
I recorded in H.263_AMR 240x320, and since it was sent to a 6630 it wouldn't play it...
I will record and send in 144x176 and try it!
BTW, why does the quality suck on Mio video capture?
Look at these 2 clips and a bit of a picture.

Sorry bout the long reply, been quite busy recently with work!
Anyway, video capture isnt a particularly strong point with Pocket PCs and phones in general... their processors cant capture full 25fps video at high quality - remember thats like taking 25 photos a second! My Magician wont do nice smooth video even at 176x144, and I daresay that the Mio range fares worse since most of them use the slower Windows Mobile 5. Thats just something that no one seems to be able to fix, unfortunately .
However CoolCamera apparently will work better with the camera than the default camera apps... however I don't think its compatible with the Mio. Even if it does, you'll have to pay for it :roll:. Also note that it can only record to AVI - Motion JPEG codec, so it wont play back on Nokias.
EDIT: Not sure if this is the same case with Mios, but on my Magician, formatting the storage card to FAT16 makes a huge difference to read/write times! Try that to speed up your video to storage card!

Good Video Recorder.

Hi everybody,
I would like to know if any of you knows about a good video recorder, some times i need to record short videos for my job and with the original software from the phone is to small, i would like to be able to use all the screen size to record videos.
Thanks.

the_apprentice said:
Hi everybody,
I would like to know if any of you knows about a good video recorder, some times i need to record short videos for my job and with the original software from the phone is to small, i would like to be able to use all the screen size to record videos.
Thanks.
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I'm not 100% sure that the phone's built in hardware can handle a stream of 320x240 video at any decent framerate. I think there used to be a camera software called cool camera or something that performed better than the default camera, though. Other than that, this is not a Herald ROM development question. Actually, it's not really a Herald question at all, as software isn't device specific for the most part. You'll probably have better luck searching through the main development forum as they post a lot of software there for all phones.

What program can I use in order to make a video?

I want to make an video but the free software does not work properly... Some recommendation?

free make video converter

Try video blend!

If you want to take video with your device use Kinemaster.

I try to sort out the solutions according to your requirement as described, hope it works. If you want to take video with phone camera, you can open the built-in Camera app then switch to recording mode, next press record button to start recording. If you want to capture your phone screen, you can try to use some recorder apps for Android. I think you will learn some useful tips from this post which introduces some Android screen recorders.

I use Video Editor for Instagram (developper InstaShot)

If it's simple video recording through camera...there are many.
But if you talking about screen recording, then SCR PRO is the best. Please note that it will require root permissions.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using XDA Free mobile app

Free Android game Screen Recorder Software-Smartpixel

Description
SmartPixel - Amazing Mobile Screen Recorder & Video Maker
SmartPixel APP is a leading mobile screen recorder & video maker which is powerful and easy to use. Excellent performance ensures high quality, everyone can create amazing videos easily. Besides, it provides free and stable cloud storage as well as video play services for users to easily upload and share videos to their social networks.
Features
Powerful Compatibility
Perfectly supports every device and every game. SmartPixel can always help to capture each exciting moment on the screen.
HD video recording
SmartPixel provides video recording with different qualities, you can set definition according to your actual need based on the mobile hardware condition.
Audio sync
SmartPixel supports audio capture, which is perfect for you to comment while playing games.
Super fluency recording
SmartPixel provides advanced recording technology to ensure you capture screen fluently with best quality based on your smartphone hardware condition.
Free cloud storage service
Record your amazing video and upload to cloud. SmartPixel provides free and stable cloud storage and video play services for you.
One click share
You can share your video to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube with one click while video uploading. Great moments can be shared with your friends and fans at ease.
You could use SmartPixel to record and share video in just few steps：
1、Install SmartPixel App on your smartphone;
2、Start SmartPixel App;
3、Click the red circle on the tool bar to record screen;
4、Click the cloud icon on the tool bar to check videos;
5、Clip video and add title, category as well as description then upload to cloud;
6、Bind your social network, share the videos to your friends.
For Android version lower than 5.0, usually you need to root your phone to get the authorization to allow SmartPixel capture your screen. It is a big issue for most people who want to record mobile screen videos. SmartPixel included a root tool that help people to root smartphone but it can't guarantee 100% root success. We suggest you use free one click root tools to root your phone on PC, then you could run SmartPixel screen recorder freely.
If you are worry about the security issues, you can try our one click authorization tool, with it you can authorize SmartPixel app without root your phone, but it will be invalid once you restart your phone, you can check the tutorial in details on SmartPixel Android forum.
FAQ:
1、How to capture screen with SmartPixel?
Once you are running SmartPixel, there will be a tool bar on your screen. You can click the red button to capture screen. When recording is finished, you can check your videos by click the cloud button on the tool bar. It is easy to use..
2、How to clip videos with SmartPixel?
You can clip video by moving the left and right cursor on the timeline to remove the redundant contents in Video Edit.
3、Why I can’t capture audio while screen recording?
If you need to capture audio and screen simultaneously, you need to turn on audio recording in the settings panel then permit SmartPixel to record audio in the smartphone settings.
4、Can I customize the definition、frame rates as well as the bit rates of the video?
No, you can’t. SmartPixel App offered 4 different definitions in the setting panel, you can select one according to actual need. Meanwhile, we will keep hard work on the future version, please be patient.
5、Where can I find the video files recorded with SmartPixel?
You can find the video files at: sdcard/SmartPixel.
6、Where the video saved after uploaded?
The videos will be saved to GoPlay cloud after you upload via SmartPixel, once the video uploaded, the local video file will be deleted.

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[APP][2.3+] GonnyCam Burst Camera (hi FPS unlimited shot burst on camera2 up to 8MP)

Hello everyone,
GonnyCam is a burst camera app that compresses and saves frames directly to storage as it captures them, avoiding memory buffer size limits that restrict the number of shots you can take in a single burst.
I've recently updated it to support the camera2 API but I've only tested it on a Nexus 5, so any feedback from people with other devices is very welcome! To access the camera2 features (higher resolutions, basically) you need to go into the options and check "Use Android Camera2". The checkbox will only appear if you have a phone running 5.1.1+ and with the "full" camera2 API implementation.
It supports resolutions up to 1920*1080 on Kit Kat and below. Supports basic colour controls, GIF saving etc.
Search "GonnyCam" in the Google Play store if you're interested. I'd prefer to link directly to an APK but the forum software won't let me sorry.

Nice job :good:

samgak said:
GonnyCam is a burst camera app that compresses and saves frames directly to storage as it captures them, avoiding memory buffer size limits that restrict the number of shots you can take in a single burst.
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Hi. excellent app!
Unusable on a Dji Osmo Mobile though, as you need to keep the shutter pressed continously.
Could you add an option so that the big red button starts (and then stops) recording?
Then I can stabilize my GIFs on the Osmo

aweussom said:
Hi. excellent app!
Unusable on a Dji Osmo Mobile though, as you need to keep the shutter pressed continously.
Could you add an option so that the big red button starts (and then stops) recording?
Then I can stabilize my GIFs on the Osmo
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Hi, thanks for trying out my app.
The behaviour you are asking for isn't supported exactly in the current version, but you can do something similar by setting up one of the volume button bindings to "Burst (start/stop)". Then you can get the functionality you want, but using the volume button instead of the big red button.

samgak said:
Hi, thanks for trying out my app.
The behaviour you are asking for isn't supported exactly in the current version, but you can do something similar by setting up one of the volume button bindings to "Burst (start/stop)". Then you can get the functionality you want, but using the volume button instead of the big red button.
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I'll try that, thanks!
Why can't I film in portrait mode?

aweussom said:
I'll try that, thanks!
Why can't I film in portrait mode?
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I'm not sure what you mean.
If you mean "why can't I take pictures in portrait orientation?", actually, you can. The app uses the accelerometer to choose the correct orientation to save the pictures in. However, on some devices (e.g. if the accelerometer isn't working properly) then it won't work.
If you mean "why don't the UI icons rotate when I hold the device in portrait orientation" it's because I haven't bothered to implement this yet because it's a low priority for me. The pictures will still come out in portrait regardless.

Yes, that works - must have been a glitch on my phones accelerometer when I tried it last night.
Excellent - thanks
Facebook didn't want to play my GIF as GIFanim - just showed the first picture.
I see online that people claim that is because the gif is not in 1:1 format (but 4:3 og 16:9)
Have you experienced this?
Is there a way to "cut down" the pictures to 1:1?

aweussom said:
Facebook didn't want to play my GIF as GIFanim - just showed the first picture.
I see online that people claim that is because the gif is not in 1:1 format (but 4:3 og 16:9)
Have you experienced this?
Is there a way to "cut down" the pictures to 1:1?
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My app doesn't support cropping GIFs to 1:1 as yet but you can use online tools to do this e.g. ezgif dot com slash crop (sorry I can't post links). Or you could try and search for a GIF editing app. Kind of annoying that Facebook doesn't do it for you tbh