[Q] Xoom record video in MP4 not 3GP? - Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I hate to post a nooby question but I have searched and searched and cannot understand, or find an answer to my question.
I have a Xoom and several months ago it recorded video in MP4 file formats and stored the files under the "video" file folder in the gallery. Sometime ago it stopped doing this and is now recording video in 3GP and storing the video in the camera folder.
I know that the 3GP is a variant of MP4 but my networked media players do not support the file extension and I do not want to have to edit the files manually.
Why/how did this change and how do I revert to recording video in the MP4 format?
Thanks.

Anyone with some experience can recommend an app?
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somewhere in the developer forum there is a modified XML that changes the video recording of the camera to mp4 and boosts its quality. If I recall, though, the variable frame rate that the Xoom records with screws up playback (for me at least) on an Xbox.

Thanks Jeff. I will search it out.
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Hey everyone, got my Inspire 4g yesterday and love it. However, whenever I record video it is only in the 3gp format. Is there an option I am missing to have it record in a h.264 format? Any help would be great.
Old Threat but I am in the same situation. I wonder why my HTC Inspire only record Videos in 3GP format?
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Old Threat but I am in the same situation. I wonder why my HTC Inspire only record Videos in 3GP format?
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Find an app that supports recording in another format. There are a few apps that will record and save in different formats. Mind you the stock video player doesnt play all formats

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I am really desperate to get sensation next month.. My only concern is its recording in 3GP format which None of the HD media players support..
I want to play an Mp4 format movie on my HD media player. I heard Sensation car record in mp4 now after 2.3.4 update..
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I just recorded a video at 1080p and it only does 3GP - no option to change to MP4
Read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1078414
Then why is it so that few members Here said they could record videos in Mp4 format?
Do i have to install a custom Rom to get that option?
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T-Mobile USA Rom has been changed to MP4 for recording format. I'll see if I can upload a quick video to mediafire.
There you go.
http://www.mediafire.com/?yjejb9gd0cied2h
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T-Mobile USA Rom has been changed to MP4 for recording format. I'll see if I can upload a quick video to mediafire.
There you go.
http://www.mediafire.com/?yjejb9gd0cied2h
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Hey thanks that really helped... Its playable on my HD media player..... Cant play those 3GP video ****ty formats... I dont know why HTC adopted that? they should have realized that we watch HD movies on TV with Mediaplayers. No on PC everytime...
Should I consider that the same codec will be ported to other stock roms aswell?
btw... u had to record a pixeled video of tv.. for first second i got scared that it has such a bad quality recording then my eyes fell on TV frame..
Is that an indoor video taken in low light? I know all mobiles mess up recording indoors... but I expect sensation's Video quality to be equal or maybe better than SGS2 atleast...
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You can use this free windows program http://sourceforge.net/projects/mp4cam2avi/ to patch video header and make it a standard mp4 that any software can open
mistermentality said:
You can use this free windows program http://sourceforge.net/projects/mp4cam2avi/ to patch video header and make it a standard mp4 that any software can open
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tried this app, but it doesn't shrink size, just convert into AVI, that's all. Thanks anyway.
mistermentality said:
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Dave
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for some reason it can't recognize .mp4 video what I filmed with O3D and tried the other recommended app which turns .mp4 into .avi's and it still shows some error about:
Couldn't find decompressor for format 'H264' (unknown)
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Dave
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mistermentality said:
The mpeg4avi program only fixes the video header so any software will read it as a h264 mpeg four video file.
After patching it you can use the new version, it defaults to calling it videout.avi, in any progran to edit it.
If your choice of program can't read it you just need to install a h264 codec like this one at http://sourceforge.net/projects/x264vfw/ as that lets virtualdub see the video.
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1. In virtualdubmod choose open file option and load your video
2. For compression choose xvid and set it how you want or leave it at its default setting
3. Choose to save avi. It will reduce size based on your settings for compression.
Dave
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tnx, it cut size in bout half, but still 700mb for 11min, tried to edit it in Vegas 7.0, but it just recognize only sound, not picture.
Vegas nay need a direct show h264 filter like the free ffmpeg one as opposed to the vfw one I linked to.
You can get hd video down to about four hundred megabytes by trying different settings such as lower bitrate in xvid or setting it to have a quantiser of more than 1. The easiest way is encode a short thirty second clip in virtualdub to test different settings. On youtube some similar length hd videos are as small as 250 mb but it depends on your compression settings mainly.
Dave
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mistermentality said:
Vegas nay need a direct show h264 filter like the free ffmpeg one as opposed to the vfw one I linked to.
You can get hd video down to about four hundred megabytes by trying different settings such as lower bitrate in xvid or setting it to have a quantiser of more than 1. The easiest way is encode a short thirty second clip in virtualdub to test different settings. On youtube some similar length hd videos are as small as 250 mb but it depends on your compression settings mainly.
Dave
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changing video moe from full proccessing mode to different would decrease size also?
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changing video moe from full proccessing mode to different would decrease size also?
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You have to have full processing on. It can only be off for things like converting framerate that do not require changes to the actual video itself. But you should be able to get good results with bitrates as low as 1500 k its just a case of finding compression settings you prefer.
Dave
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Basically I have CM7 on my HTC desire and as far as I can see, it records in M4V which is h264 or something?
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