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[Q] HDMI isnt HD??

Hi,
I have a HTC sensation xe and have bought an MHL-HDMI connector but when i plug it into my TV is it poor quality, its almost as if its just taking the resolution on the screen of the phone and stretching it to the 40" screen on the TV, rather than outputting a 720p signal. Furthermore, i tried connecting it to my 22" 1080p monitor and the results are the same.
Is this normal, surely i should be able to output at least a 720p signal.
Is there any software that lets me play around with HDMI settings?
Also, when the HDMI is plugged in with the power plugged into the converter, i always get the message "the phone is using more power than the supply" so it drains my battery no matter what, iv tried closing all unwanted apps.
Have i got a dodgy converter? should i try a different ROM? im currently using revolution (newest version)

is the video you are trying to play actually recorded in 720 or 1080? if you are for example playing a video recorded in 320 x 240 (low) the tv will stretch to fit the screen.

Kurisu87 said:
is the video you are trying to play actually recorded in 720 or 1080? if you are for example playing a video recorded in 320 x 240 (low) the tv will stretch to fit the screen.
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Iv tried videos recorded in 1080p by the phone and iv tried videos iv downloaded to the phone from my pc that are on 1080p, 720p and an SD clip of family guy and they are all poor quality.
iv also tried angry birds and still images.
its like everythin has sharp edges, round objects on the screen have square edges (if that makes sense?)
When using the web browser (dolphin HD) the text is quite big and clear but youtube videos and flash apps are bad quality.
i just need to know if playing a HD video on the sensation should be about the same quality as playing an MKV file on the PC, if so, i have a problem and will try a re-flash.
Thx for any help

[Q] Camera Flicks

I have SGH-I997 and this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2232538
Final Build.
The problem is in Video Recording, Camera flicks a lot and then sound flicks too when I view the video recorded.
It's seems like screen is refreshing or something.
It flicks when there is normal light. In low light it doesn't.
U can see the video here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fr9o4imku1dez5h/VID_20131204_155006.mp4
Is there any solution to this?

did you even try searching?

There'll never be a fix for that unfortunately becoz of Samsung's custom chip and the old kernel this phone is using as no new official source code for ICS or JB has been made for this phone
All ICS+ ROMs for infuse will have this skipping. Use standard mode 480p for video recording without skips!
You can also try to tick these in Developer settings:
Disable HW overlays
Force GPU rendering for 2d
Force 4x MSAA
These changes can sometimes enable 720p hd video recording without skips ( if you have not used your phone heavily, it may work. If not then standard video recording only)
These settings also remove skips from hd video playback on your phone. But they increase battery use however

Fullmetal Jun said:
There'll never be a fix for that unfortunately becoz of Samsung's custom chip and the old kernel this phone is using as no new official source code for ICS or JB has been made for this phone
All ICS+ ROMs for infuse will have this skipping. Use standard mode 480p for video recording without skips!
You can also try to tick these in Developer settings:
Disable HW overlays
Force GPU rendering for 2d
Force 4x MSAA
These changes can sometimes enable 720p hd video recording without skips ( if you have not used your phone heavily, it may work. If not then standard video recording only)
These settings also remove skips from hd video playback on your phone. But they increase battery use however
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plz i have a similar problem withthe camera ish...after upgrading my infuse to avatar custom rom and to [ROM][KitKat][4.4][Official]BeanStalk Build 4.4.015 - Updated 12/04/2013, my camera has been blurry....however the front camera is still clear....plz help

BoobyBlake said:
plz i have a similar problem withthe camera ish...after upgrading my infuse to avatar custom rom and to [ROM][KitKat][4.4][Official]BeanStalk Build 4.4.015 - Updated 12/04/2013, my camera has been blurry....however the front camera is still clear....plz help
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This is because the phone cannot record HD/720p videos at 25fps with normal settings.
Either use standard/480p for recording which is fine or use
the magical 3 ticks mentioned in developer settings to remove video playback flickers, but 720p recording will continue to flicker but reduced flickers or no skips at times
See your autofocus time for blurr?idk

Fullmetal Jun said:
This is because the phone cannot record HD/720p videos at 25fps with normal settings.
Either use standard/480p for recording which is fine or use
the magical 3 ticks mentioned in developer settings to remove video playback flickers, but 720p recording will continue to flicker but reduced flickers or no skips at times
See your autofocus time for blurr?idk
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thanx for the tip Fullmetal...however, i changed my video record quality to SD 480p and the flicker stopped but the view is still blurry...the camera only focuses perfectly on very very close objects but becomes blurrry at a slight distance from the object.....i even used the magical 3 tricks in developer settings yet it is still blurry and equally changed the focus mode from auto>macro down to face detect...yet its still blurry in all of them.....plz what can i do to make my camera sharp....thanx alot for your help:good:.....i appreciate...

Try reducing the autofocus time in settings,put JPEG photo quality to normal or fine , but not superfine!
Try cleaning your lenses or might be that your camera unit is damaged??
Hit thxs button!

[Q] L Camera won't record 60fps video

Hello. I'm using Nexus 5 with CyanogenMod 12.1 Nightly, and found and installed L Camera because i wanted to try 60fps recording. In settings, every 60 and 120fps option is faded and cannot be selected, and there are some insanely high resolutions that make my phone heat to uncomfortably hot to touch when recording. I actually don't need those resolutions, but only 60fps in 1080p or 720p. What could be the problem?

S8+ 4k Video Camera Lag / Stuttering

I noticed that 4k video has alot of Stuttering. I am recording directly to the phones memory, and it happens if recording handheld or even on a stabilizer. Is anyone else having similar issues or know a fix?
Here is a sample video recording:

If you go to camera settings and turn off stabilization it will be fine. Ois will still work this just turns off eis.
Eis uses a lot of cpu power and thus the stuttering. Known issue. Hopefully there will be a fix

Seansmit17 said:
If you go to camera settings and turn off stabilization it will be fine. Ois will still work this just turns off eis.
Eis uses a lot of cpu power and thus the stuttering. Known issue. Hopefully there will be a fix
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Thanks, didn't think a feature would make it not work well. I think it would be better if they disabled it by default since it causes issues in 4k. But this will work for now.

Same issue
I have the same issue but it lags then speeds up, I looked for a shutter setting in my camera, but there isn't one. Has there been a fix for this yet?

This has happened on any Android phone that I have used since the Note 4. I have the phone set to record to the SD card (A fast SD card capable of 100mb/s). Image stabilization and auto focus are turned off. I begin recording and everything is starts out smooth for a few seconds. Then a slight pause. The footage then speeds up to compensate. At first I thought this was merely a playback issue. I exported the video to my PC and the same lag is apparent. I hate to say this, but I have never had this issue on iPhones.

Changing recording resolution?

Just shot my first video of something and turns out it was in 720P. I'm pretty sure these have specs higher then that for video using the default camera but I can't for the life of me find the settings to change the default recording quality.