[Q] Video Recording Sound Quality - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi there,
I don't know if its just me but, the sound quality for my video capturing is pretty bad. Its descent if your a little far away from it but if you get to close it just has a staticy noise on certain words you say. Is anyone else having this problem and can it be fixed?

Yeah, Nexus S sound recording, just like the Galaxy S sound recording, is pretty bad.

I'm sure everything video-wise will be fixed by developers... HD, sound. Whatever it may be, it'll probably exist soon enough.

Do you know what codec specification?
ekerazha said:
Yeah, Nexus S sound recording, just like the Galaxy S sound recording, is pretty bad.
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zachthemaster said:
I'm sure everything video-wise will be fixed by developers... HD, sound. Whatever it may be, it'll probably exist soon enough.
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Yea, I hope it gets fixed cuz the sound quality is horrible lol.
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Voodoo Control Plus app. Best thing sense sliced bread

Hey everyone,
If you know anything about Voodoo sound, then you know that it is amazing on the Galaxy S phones.
Well our man Supercurio Made this amazing app that does not rely on a modified Kernel.
It does cost $2. But is well worth supporting his hard work for.
Here ///https://market.android.com/details?id=org.projectvoodoo.controlappdonate&feature=search_result
Ok ordered it and hopefully I am able to make it sound great like I had it on my NS b4!!
Just picked it up myself as well.
Wow that's amazing. Well worth the $2.
Whatta difference i will say!! it is definitely worth the couple of bucks
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Question
Being the Noob android user that I am, I have a question. I'm a bit confused if I need anything special on my phone to use this app. My phone is rooted which I believe was one pre-requisite. I would love to help the developer by purchasing this, but want to make sure I'm able to actually use it Being I know nothing yet about sound that came with my device I figured I would ask here first.
madcoil said:
Being the Noob android user that I am, I have a question. I'm a bit confused if I need anything special on my phone to use this app. My phone is rooted which I believe was one pre-requisite. I would love to help the developer by purchasing this, but want to make sure I'm able to actually use it Being I know nothing yet about sound that came with my device I figured I would ask here first.
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All you need is rooted device. If you plug in your headphones and listen to it normally.
Then get this app and enable it. Listen again with it enabled. The sound is way better and can get much louder. Really be careful not to go to loud or you will hurt your ears. ;-)
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Thanks
Thanks for the response. Great app, love it! Definitely sounds better.
how to get it to automatically be default
How do u get it to default to voodoo. I checked everything but does show the icon up in the left hand corner on reboot. Settings r still accurate
how to get it to automatically be default
How do u get it to default to voodoo. I checked everything but does show the icon up in the left hand corner on reboot. Settings r still accurate
Does this help with in call volume?
One of the other things to remember. It really helps with recording videos in loud environments.
I have tried to record at concerts and my videos have turned out horribly due to the sound. I tested it out today with the Recording setting on in my car with music blaring and it was amazing how well the audio sounded compared to without this setting on.
#1. I use an FM transmitter from my phone jack to radio, so it improves the sound tremendously.
#2. I record at concerts and this will greatly improve the audio for those videos, it's like night and day.
heartspains88 said:
Does this help with in call volume?
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I don't think it affects that speaker.
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I know it's a stretch, but can someone post audio samples of BEFORE and AFTER this app?
I stream Pandora from my phone to my car stereo, will it improve the sound that much more?
F1nest said:
I know it's a stretch, but can someone post audio samples of BEFORE and AFTER this app?
I stream Pandora from my phone to my car stereo, will it improve the sound that much more?
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It's probably hard to tell the difference here. This is only for recording volumes. I did this test as a way to see the difference. I video alot of concerts and the past videos have sucked for audio.
With Voodoo Control Plus (High Quality audio feature checked)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sdLjx9L9W8
Without Voodoo Control Plus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxKdHhnJgnw
In regards to does it improve the sounds? Yes it does. I use the pandora and the amazon cloud player on my device via an FM transmitter to my car's stereo. Not only can you boost the volume, but it improves the quality of the sound too.
It's definitely worth the 2 bucks in my opinion, if not for the improvements of sound level and quality, then for the ability to record videos in loud environments without it being garbled.
F1nest said:
I know it's a stretch, but can someone post audio samples of BEFORE and AFTER this app?
I stream Pandora from my phone to my car stereo, will it improve the sound that much more?
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Its hard to tell from the videos, but yes it will make a noticeable difference. Its 2 bucks, less than a pack of smokes.
Bl4ckpheniX said:
Its hard to tell from the videos, but yes it will make a noticeable difference. Its 2 bucks, less than a pack of smokes.
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I only wish I had voodoo sound / control plus on my phone when I shot this video last month.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMHxlDaz9Hg
the sound came out horrible. Now I know
madcoil said:
How do u get it to default to voodoo. I checked everything but does show the icon up in the left hand corner on reboot. Settings r still accurate
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They will remain the same and each time you reboot if you have it set up to load up after reboot and it will keep the same settings
Just a heads up.
The special price of $2 is going to change Monday. Get it before then and save some Cheddar. ;-)
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Pretty noticable difference, worth the whole whopping 200cents

Hissing when audio starts

So not sure what's up, using that icecream fake rom and OC kernel, and I hear audio hissing most noticible through headphones when there is a noise, there is a hissing going on. It stops after audio stops though, not sure what's up.
I don't know if my rom and kernel are related to this, may have been here before? Anyone else notice this?
Try putting different rom and see the issue is still there cauz I been running ice cream rom with faux123's kernel and never had single problem like this.
jigglywiggly said:
So not sure what's up, using that icecream fake rom and OC kernel, and I hear audio hissing most noticible through headphones when there is a noise, there is a hissing going on. It stops after audio stops though, not sure what's up.
I don't know if my rom and kernel are related to this, may have been here before? Anyone else notice this?
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Just tried this and still the same problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426590
Guess my phone is broken?
Also tried returning the ICS one to stock same problem. Also tried it on my hd595 headphones, same problem.
I should mention it does it on the speakers as well, but it's much less noticible.
Do factory reset and if its still bad than you have bad hardware.
jigglywiggly said:
Just tried this and still the same problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426590
Guess my phone is broken?
Also tried returning the ICS one to stock same problem. Also tried it on my hd595 headphones, same problem.
I should mention it does it on the speakers as well, but it's much less noticible.
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By factory reset do you mean like unroot and all?
Well try out stock rom first and if you still have problem than i am pretty sure its ur phone but going stock won't hurt because you would be returning them any way.
jigglywiggly said:
By factory reset do you mean like unroot and all?
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It's not your ROM its he audio chip in the phone. There is a thread in skyrocket general where we have been discussing it.
Only workaround is bluetooth or higher quality headphones kinda mask it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1428792
So what exactly did you guys do for workaround?
draztikrhymez said:
It's not your ROM its he audio chip in the phone. There is a thread in skyrocket general where we have been discussing it.
Only workaround is bluetooth or higher quality headphones kinda mask it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1428792
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Wait so all phones do this? But I mean it's so loud... well there is a tiny scratch on it too, might as well replace it anyway.
I can't use bluetooth headphones though because I have an icontrolpad and I don't think it can connect to multiple audio devices. Oh well, I don't use it for heavy music stuff, but I mean it's just really loud that hissing.
appdroid said:
So what exactly did you guys do for workaround?
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Nothing, you either ignore it or go bluetooth
jigglywiggly said:
Wait so all phones do this? But I mean it's so loud... well there is a tiny scratch on it too, might as well replace it anyway.
I can't use bluetooth headphones though because I have an icontrolpad and I don't think it can connect to multiple audio devices. Oh well, I don't use it for heavy music stuff, but I mean it's just really loud that hissing.
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Yup, just some of us notice it and others don't. I forget about it unless I try to hear for it. If it's extremely loud I'd get a replacement
So replaced it, same problem. Oh well, but I mean I guess you can ignore it, but hissing bugs me, not enough to not love this phone though.
Even have LTE in Pleasanton.
Thx fags for help anyway

Skype sounds terrible

Does skype for you guys sound crap as well? I just got my friend a ATT One X and she is P.O ed that skype sounds so bad. Tried it for myself and there really is terrible cracking when calling. Any fixes or such?
I have this issue too, it's more obvious while Skype is ringing when you are trying to make a call.
afzalarsalan said:
Does skype for you guys sound crap as well? I just got my friend a ATT One X and she is P.O ed that skype sounds so bad. Tried it for myself and there really is terrible cracking when calling. Any fixes or such?
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Yep, sounds like Sh*t. Seems like multi core studdering.
Bump
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Yup, same here. Sounds kind of like the artifacts you hear when you turn up a set of crappy speakers up too much - a static/crackling type sound. Seems to be isolated to skype too - sound in my other applications and normal phone calls are fine. I also have a friend with this phone who has the same skype issues.
Kind of surprised there hasn't been more posted about this issue actually. Hopefully it will be fixed with the next skype software update.
It actually crashed on me when i tried a video chat with my mom!
I think the reason is that One X is still not certified with Skype to run smoothly.
The same thing happens with my Xoom running Team EOS' ICS.
Just give it time. Skype will do an update pretty soon
I actually didn't have any issues like this. I video Skyped the first day that I got the phone and the only issue either of us had (me and the person I talked to) was that on her end the video and audio wasn't synced.
More to it, the video looks like **** too, after a while shows pink artifacts, and they grow in size, soon the whole picture become pink...On the other end they see me perfectly fine. Oh and their connection is 10mb/sec both ways...
Also one time the phone started ringing (skype) but nothing showed on the screen, not even in the notification bar. If skype used the same ringtone as the phone I would never guessed what's going on...
Skype as used be one of the buggies/resources hog/bloatware, as it is now, as it will ever be, it's not gonna change I guess. And yet, I'm using it...go figure.
afzalarsalan said:
Does skype for you guys sound crap as well? I just got my friend a ATT One X and she is P.O ed that skype sounds so bad. Tried it for myself and there really is terrible cracking when calling. Any fixes or such?
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Yep, I've got that problem too! I've tried a couple of different builds of Skype and still the audio is clipping, clicking, crackling all the time. To add salt to the wound, Skype sounds fine on my older SGS2.
Did you find a fix yet?
Thanks!
I can confirm the issue as well.
I would try using Tango.
+1 for suck call quality on skype. Viber runs way much better, its even better than the regular voice call
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+1. Skype on HOX sucks.
any fixes?
Any updates/better apk's? sorry to always be a leech on here.

Phones speakers?

http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/htc-sensation-4g-t/4505-6452_7-34640312.html
They say that they speakers are pretty bad is it true?
muneebrocks said:
http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/htc-sensation-4g-t/4505-6452_7-34640312.html
They say that they speakers are pretty bad is it true?
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Hi,
Yes.
But get yourself a good set of earphones,and it's great.
If you want great speakers, buy a Xperia Play
But yeah, they're pretty bad.
Try installing beats audio installer app from the play market. There's a huge difference when you use earphones. Get the free version because the pro version might not work.
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muneebrocks said:
http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/htc-sensation-4g-t/4505-6452_7-34640312.html
They say that they speakers are pretty bad is it true?
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well, the phone has 3 speaker devices so wich are you refering to? the actual speaker, the ear speaker (reciever) or the microphone?
as said the speaker is pretty bad, but I think that isn't a focus point for manufacturors anymore ( I used to have a Nokia with stereo speaker system )
The reciever sounds good most of the time in my opinion. And the mic, well, can't really judge that. haven't hear anyone complain about low volume calls from my part. The review sais otherwise though, I can't confirm that.

slow-mo video

Hi guys, in jelly bean, I noticed that when I recorded slow-motion video, it disabled the sound. But now on kitkat, it has sound enabled and it's some weird loud sound. Do you guys know how to fix it?
2hipso said:
Hi guys, in jelly bean, I noticed that when I recorded slow-motion video, it disabled the sound. But now on kitkat, it has sound enabled and it's some weird loud sound. Do you guys know how to fix it?
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working as intended considering the fact the way it applies "slow-mo".
I have this too. On JB it was recording without sound, on KK there is sound while recording and then playing slo mo video.
ka4o_pi4a said:
I have this too. On JB it was recording without sound, on KK there is sound while recording and then playing slo mo video.
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yes! and it's annoying, don't you think?
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It's impossible to use slo mo like this. I hope Motorola knows about this.
I haven't used this much but, so far, I thought that the results were hilarious!
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mrcorey said:
I haven't used this much but, so far, I thought that the results were hilarious!
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I agree, slow motion with sound is cool, if you don't like, just cut the sound off with some software in the pc.

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