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Videocam illusion

Hi,
I'm the developer of Videocam illusion app. I have just checked a problem with SE X10 audio recording speed (supports only 48.000 Hz recording). I will release a fix ASAP.
Regards,
Mobileillusion
EDIT 2:
I have just released version 1.5 of "Videocam illusion". I hope the audio recording problem of the previous version was fixed for the Xperia X10.
I have upload the apk, but I would prefer that you download it (and rate if you like) from the Android Market:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.androidillusion.videocamillusion
Thanks for your support!
What's new on version 1.5
- New user interface
- Optimized video player
- New retro filter: Chicago
- Animated mask: 8mm
- More filters/effects/masks: color, blur & white border
- Adjustable filters & effects
- Front camera support (Android 2.3+ required)
- Zoom (if supported)
- Ready for Tablet
EDIT: Here the SE X10 bugfix release (with 48 KHz recording)

Thanks, I guess most of us have been wondering why the sound sounds like chipmunk/accelerated and so does the video.

excuse my English. take this opportunity to ask if there a way to increase the recording frames. In fact, when I started recording 15 fps, but after a few seconds down to 5-6 .... tanks

Hi,
Thanks for your application encd for your replay ....
I just wonder if it would be possible to have the video encoded not only in MOV but in MP4 and/or 3gp formats in order to be also enclosed in MMS ?
Regards

Hi again,
thanks for the feedback. I have changed the recording freq to 44.100 Hz.
Could you tell me if now is working propertly?
About the questions...
The app records MOV files (MJPEG format). I have developed the MJPEG encoder/decoder. The frame rate drops while recording because each frame must be encoded. I think I could speed up a little, but not a lot.
About MP4/3GP format Android Multimedia API doesn't support direct frame encoding to video. :-(
I'm working on a MP4 encoder, but right now speed sucks. I will try to optimize.
Regards,
Mobileillusion

Hi
I will test it in few minutes and let you know what are my impression
Regards

Is this the latest version? I just download videocam illusion from market today...it show version 1.o..

Getting between 7-13fps only 640x480
Sound still abit chipmunky but it's better than before. Hopefully you can update it again

Hi,
the atached file is a "SE X10 bugfix" version (1.0.1). I will release a new version in the Market with audio recording freq selector (not only 44.100 Hz) the next week.

Feel free to let us test out your pre-release and provide feedback to you

Dev, thank you for working on this. Much appreciated
Sent from my X10i using XDA App

Mobileillusion said:
Hi again,
thanks for the feedback. I have changed the recording freq to 44.100 Hz.
Could you tell me if now is working propertly?
About the questions...
The app records MOV files (MJPEG format). I have developed the MJPEG encoder/decoder. The frame rate drops while recording because each frame must be encoded. I think I could speed up a little, but not a lot.
About MP4/3GP format Android Multimedia API doesn't support direct frame encoding to video. :-(
I'm working on a MP4 encoder, but right now speed sucks. I will try to optimize.
Regards,
Mobileillusion
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Tested
frame rate around 10-15 at 640x480
sound not perfect but much better
Thanks ...
as said an MPEG encoder would be much apreciated

Is this a patch which makes the free and pro version better or is it just a new free version?

ffortissimo said:
Is this a patch which makes the free and pro version better or is it just a new free version?
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it is only a 44.100 Hz recording patch free version. I will update the Market versions (free/pro) with frequency selection ASAP.
Thanks for all the feedback!!!

X10 is screaming "i'm aliveeeee!!!!!"
thanks bro!

Well, you said Android's framework for 3rd party apps doesn't support direct frame encoding. Right?
Then what about using superuser to get over this framework?
All firmwares here are pre-rooted, so this wouldn't be a problem.

Adolf1994 said:
Well, you said Android's framework for 3rd party apps doesn't support direct frame encoding. Right?
Then what about using superuser to get over this framework?
All firmwares here are pre-rooted, so this wouldn't be a problem.
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Hi Adolf1994,
you're right, direct frame video encoding is not available for 3rd party apps.
I have to investigate the Android source code to see how to directly access the encoder.If anyone can help me would be fine.
Regards

Much better, but it still takes the sound up a bit, maybe go up to 44.1Khz? Unless thats what was making it go up. Then i guess take it down.
Sent from my X10a running cm 6.1.3 V4.3 with included arc launcher.

Realorasz said:
Much better, but it still takes the sound up a bit, maybe go up to 44.1Khz? Unless thats what was making it go up. Then i guess take it down.
Sent from my X10a running cm 6.1.3 V4.3 with included arc launcher.
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Hi Realorasz,
I have checked the problem and you're right. I think 8000 Hz works better (with no speed up), but also 48 KHz.
I will release a "quick version" soon.
Thanks!
PS: I'm right now also working on a full resolution image viewer "Gallery illusion HD" that supports big "jpgs" and displays pictures with no quality loss. Now is in public beta and can be download free on the Android Market. Any feedback would be appreciated.

Good to know
Hopefully make full use of the 720p camcorder once you're able to fully use the encorder, hopefully the ROM devs here can help you out.

[MOD] 720p recording ported from Hancocks ROM

BEFORE YOU READ ANY FURTHER, THIS MOD/PORT (WHATEVER) WILL PROPABLY ONLY WORK ON RED LENSED DEFYS! SORRY BUT IT SEEMS TO BE A HARDWARE THING! AND THERE ALSO MIGHT BE THE SLIGHT POSSIBILITY THAT IT IS LIMITED TO 3.4.2_145-003 VERSION ONLY! (AT LEAST THIS IS THE VERSION HANCOCKS ROM IS BASED ON AND THE SAME I TESTED IT WITH)
to make it short, i (kind of) ported the 720p recording capability of hankocks rom 1.11 to pays rom 3.3 (based on 3.4.2_145-003).
first of all, I AM NO DEVELOPER! so all props go to hankock! what i did was the following:
i took all the libs from hancocks rom which had something to do with camera & encoding (as you can see, not a very devlike procedure) and put them into my system/libs. then i took media_profiles.xml from hancocks rom and put it to my system/etc (of course i changed back permissions afterwards). first i used hancocks patched stock camera app and merged my and his build.prop so that the whole thing would run on my rom. and it worked perfectly. but this solution has 2 drawbacks:
1. hancock used 3gpp container, which is imho inferior to mp4
2. the audio encoding is very bad (amr_nb, 8kbps)
then i found out, that if i used lgcamera instead i would't need to change build.prop anymore and it still worked fine. besides of that, lgcamera is much more customizable settingwise. and by not modifying build.prop, i hope to enhance compatibility of this mod to other froyo versions.
and that is what my package contains:
-all libs with "enc", "cam", "camera" in therr names from hancocks rom (i know, i'm an amateur )
-media_profiles.xml from hancocks rom
-lgcamera 5.25 (free) btw. it works with the latest pro version from the market too
please use tenfars clockwork mod or other custom recovery to flash this update.zip. the built in original recovery won't work (doesn't accept signature). BEFORE YOU START, DON'T FORGET TO MAKE A NADROID BACKUP!!!
here you find an untouched video sample: http://forum.kut-btu.de/video/VIDEO00017.mp4
([email protected],8fps, mp4-container, video: [email protected]~10000kbit/s, audio: [email protected]/s, 44khz)
i know, seems very choppy but this is because i was walking constantly. framerate is quite good. my defy runs at 1,2ghz but i tested 720p rec @ 800mhz too and it worked the same. it might be necessary to apply sdcard read_ahead_kb patch (mine runs at 2560 kb instead of 128) to avoid slow framerate effect which could be observed on hancocks rom.
sadly, recording with .h264 codec is still not possible (and i doubt it ever will). hence the resulting video is no match for the 720p recordings of e.g. the samsung wave but imho it is still a lot better than stock and looks almost great
now i leave it to the real devs to optimize this, whatever it is.
DISCLAIMER:
I WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THIS MODIFICATION!
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mod works fine on the following froyo versions:
-3.4.2-117
-3.4.2-145 (as the mod comes from this version)
-3.4.2-155
mod doesn't work on:
-3.4.3-11
strange behavior detected:
after recording in 720p dmesg shows:
Timed out waiting for DSP suspend 3
pm_op()latform_pm_suspend+0x0/0x54 returns -1
PMevice C6410 failed to suspend:error -1
PM:Some devices failed to suspend
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don't know, which impact this has on battery drain. after fresh reboot and w/o recording in 720p this problem doesn't show up.

Thnaks for this - i'll have a play with it later today

It works with Barebones 1.4... when im recording it seems little bit choppy, but playing it in MoboPlayer is good (smooth, maybe not 30 fps but its good!).
Thank you!

Antszej said:
It works with Barebones 1.4... when im recording it seems little bit choppy, but playing it in MoboPlayer is good (smooth, maybe not 30 fps but its good!).
Thank you!
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great! since Barebones 1.4 is based on CEE 3.4.2-155-002 Deblur, we can add it to the compatibility list.
yes, the recording view seems choppy on my system too, but the resulting video is quite smooth (~23-24fps).

http://www.multiupload.com/APEW3UPMI0
Here is the sample.

juuu
I want this for green lens...

insestito said:
juuu
I want this for green lens...
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sorry. i believe that 720p recording isn't impossible for green lense models. but i do believe that this patch based on hancocks mod will do the trick only for red lens defys. because it isn't just the color of the lens but a totally different sensor. perhaps someone figures out a mod for green lenses too.

But official Froyo is near, just wait, it should have 720p recording for EVERYONE.

I compare it to xd1 ROM files, and find the different files are,
720p_mp4venc_sn.dll64P
libOMX.TI.720P.Encoder.so
libOMX.TI.JPEG.Encoder.so
libOMX.TI.mp4.splt.Encoder.so
libOMX.TI.Video.encoder.so
Hope it can reduce the update size.

Antszej said:
But official Froyo is near, just wait, it should have 720p recording for EVERYONE.
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what leads you to this assumption?

sunoldman said:
I compare it to xd1 ROM files, and find the different files are,
720p_mp4venc_sn.dll64P
libOMX.TI.720P.Encoder.so
libOMX.TI.JPEG.Encoder.so
libOMX.TI.mp4.splt.Encoder.so
libOMX.TI.Video.encoder.so
Hope it can reduce the update size.
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feel free to modify the package everyone... my work is done

Worked like a charm for me, thanks!

ToTTenTranz said:
Worked like a charm for me, thanks!
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u r welcome

Yep it works here too but i cant see much difference between WVGA and this 720p..its almost the same. Is there any app on market that has continuous autofocus while recording video(like barcode scanner) ?

I'll create this patch for the green lens?

insestito said:
I'll create this patch for the green lens?
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is this a statement or a question?

derbestimmer said:
is this a statement or a question?
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Question for you or any Dev, sorry...
Google translator is very bad...

insestito said:
Question for you or any Dev, sorry...
Google translator is very bad...
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i don't think i will be any helpfull, cause i'm no dev. i just took the work of a dev and ported it to another rom. sorry. perhaps someone else is able to do it.

My problem with Hancocks ROM is that lgcamera records very light sound, no matter what encoding I chose (AMR_NB, AMR_WB or AAC). I am not even sure the software records sound on defy with encoding as AMR_WB and AAC.
Video works ok with MPEG4 encoding though with twp slight issues. One is video file bitrate is not the same as configured in lgcamera settings. The other one is framerate is always below 25 - not sure if SD card speed is the bottleneck.

shural said:
My problem with Hancocks ROM is that lgcamera records very light sound, no matter what encoding I chose (AMR_NB, AMR_WB or AAC). I am not even sure the software records sound on defy with encoding as AMR_WB and AAC.
Video works ok with MPEG4 encoding though with twp slight issues. One is video file bitrate is not the same as configured in lgcamera settings. The other one is framerate is always below 25 - not sure if SD card speed is the bottleneck.
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with light sound, do you mean quiet or bad quality? strange when i set lgcamera from amr_nb to aac, it does use this codec at least the resulting video shows this in codecinfo. and i think the sound quality is slightly better too compared to amr. concerning the other two issues, i have the same experience. the framerate never goes over 23,9fps and when i force it to 25 or even 30, lgcamera won't start recording. youre right the bitrates of the resulting video are mostly lower then the bitrates chosen in lgcamera. 13 prduces ~10, 10 produces ~8 and 8 produces ~6 mbps. but imho there is a difference visible between 13 and 8mbps respectively 10 and 6 in the resulting video. at least on the computer you can see the difference.
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[DEV] media_profiles.xml modding (improve picture&video quality)

Hi,all .
I'm trying to modding media_profiles.xml for desire s because this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1065992
(some time i use phone cam to record my piano so sound quality is important )
This is what i change from original file
Main Cam / Front Cam
Audio
- Change Audio Codec from amrnb to aac (for high quality)
- 2 channel(stereo)
- Increase Bit Rate to 128kbps and SampleRate to 44.1k
Image
- Change Image Encoding Quality to 100/95/90
Video
- Change height&width to match 720p size and bit rate to 17000000 for main cam
- Change height&width to match VGA size and bit rate 4000000 for front cam
Testing with VoidU S 1.1a it work perfectly audio in video improve a lot! and i can use stereo recordring now (stock kernel)
Feel free to test but! Don't forgot to backup original before use adb to push file to /system/etc
**seem to be not working with UnityV9 (Stereo Recording) but on stock kernal it work perfrectly!**

How strange, I was just modding this file this morning.
I was able to successfully mod the file too and improve audio quality in camera recordings, but what I actually want to do was improve the sound quality when using the stock voice recorder. Any ideas?

I just test with Unity Kernel. It seem like unity doesn't support Stereo Recording! :/

Is this fix possible to apply also on MIUI rom?

Can you not increase image quality from this file?
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda premium

[Q] Improve audio quality when recording video.

Hi, I open this thread to ask a simple question.
I'm using stock 4.0.3 Android version with Simple Kernel 1.0 and with Voodoo Sound/Colors enabled in kernel. I noticed that video with the stock camera app are recorded using a 16kHz sampling rate and have 96kbps bitrate with AAC codec.
I wonder if there is a way to change the audio format of the recorded audio (e.g. 44.1kHz/128kbps) in order to take full advantage of the new audio drivers. I mean, now thanks to Supercurio's work the audio path is well handled by the system using the features of the Wolfson audio chipset, why waste that signal quality by using a low quality encoding? (16KHz/96 kbps AAC is not so suitable for music recording...)
With external apps such as Tapatalk I can record loseless WAV using 44Khz sample rate, how to embed this functionality in the stock camera app?

(if this is the wrong section i ask moderators to move the thread, though I think this is a pretty interesting matter to talk about)

Reserved
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA App. Developer of brickROM, and OP of XDA Thread of The Year 2011.

I want to know it, too! Thanks everyone in advance

Shark_On_Land said:
Reserved
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA App. Developer of brickROM, and OP of XDA Thread of The Year 2011.
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Why do you reserve posts in every thread instead of giving suggestions?!
@op there isn't an option available in the stock one. You can however use third party apps or such things to get it.
Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk

mic quality on other side of conversation
when talking on the phone people say I sound nasally on the other side. Would downgrading my radio help. Is it just the mic on the nexus or would swapping the radio make a difference? I had a N1 for two years and no issues like this.
I9020t
Rom Nexusbeam 4.1.0
Radio KI1
kernel matrix ---It was doing this before i flashed it and cm9
Leads me to believe that its just the nature of the nexus s
I didn't tapl on it much when I it before i rooted it.

shockem said:
Why do you reserve posts in every thread instead of giving suggestions?!
@op there isn't an option available in the stock one. You can however use third party apps or such things to get it.
Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk
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I'm continuing this thread because it's main question remains still unsolved. How to record video with decent audio endcoding quality (as said 44kHz/16bit good bitrate)? 3rd party app? What apps are we talking about?

Rael2k said:
Hi, I open this thread to ask a simple question.
I'm using stock 4.0.3 Android version with Simple Kernel 1.0 and with Voodoo Sound/Colors enabled in kernel. I noticed that video with the stock camera app are recorded using a 16kHz sampling rate and have 96kbps bitrate with AAC codec.
I wonder if there is a way to change the audio format of the recorded audio (e.g. 44.1kHz/128kbps) in order to take full advantage of the new audio drivers. I mean, now thanks to Supercurio's work the audio path is well handled by the system using the features of the Wolfson audio chipset, why waste that signal quality by using a low quality encoding? (16KHz/96 kbps AAC is not so suitable for music recording...)
With external apps such as Tapatalk I can record loseless WAV using 44Khz sample rate, how to embed this functionality in the stock camera app?
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I have also been searching the internet about this for what feels like EVER!
I have been a tape-a-talk user for over one year and have tried several ROMs and video recording apps.
Only one that I know of (lgcamera) allows you to change the audio recording attributes (up to 48000Hz and AAC 320kbps). It also includes AMR and AMR_WB (but AMR is just '3gp', right?). However, even at the highest AAC settings, I still can't record video with high quality audio (I checked by uploading my vids to a pc and right clicking properties - the audio bitrate is only 103kbps & is 16 bit)
I wrote to the developer (just yesterday) and I sent him some clips and he reckons that it is a hardware issue. He also said that "WAV can be record by software encoder, and AAC is a hardware encoder", which explained my question that you also asked re tape-a-talk being able to record in crystal clear WAV.
I am still not happy with this answer, because it makes no sense to me that you can record in high quality audio (WAV) yet not in a lossy format at high qualities (eg 256 kbps AAC).
- I'm on a Nexus S (rooted). Stock ICS 4.0.4, Matr1x Kernel V20 (with VOODOO sound, settings for oversampling etc all cranked up)
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I just found this, which is to do with latency, but I am not sure if this will improve recording capabilities...

So - any luck?
Found anything new re your OP?

Very Bad audio quality in video recording

Hello guys First of all it's my first post in the nexus 5 group (i've did a pre-search) and i contact you with this problem
Last night i went out with friends at a pool party and used my nexus 5 for recording some videos from the stage. The music wasn't to loud, just like normal club music, in open space. Today when i took a look on the video i got scared...the sound quality is insanely BAD !. It's like the phone is set to +100 gain in the microphone... I tried normalizing audio in premier pro but with no chance. So i ask you guys, do you know any solution on how i can repair the problem. The best audio quality i had in recording videos in club (audio especially) was with my Nokia E51 that had the best mics i can find one a phone...
so here is a comparison:
In club music (closed space) shot with my Htc One S (no dual mic or things like that) -> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=487777791348118&set=vb.100003477036350&type=3&theater
in club music (closed space) shot with my Nokia E51 (a 5-6 years phone that still records audio crispy clear for a phone ! - don't look at video quality) -> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=247706518688581&set=vb.100003477036350&type=3&theater
last night with my nexus 5 ->https://www.dropbox.com/s/3vtisokit5ontwl/VID_20140727_032412.mp4
All the link are so you guys can see that exact problem that i have. I want to repair it, if it is possible in the stock rom (with a app) or if i need to install a custom rom, what is the best rom that resolves my problem and has best performance .
Thank you in advance !

I have exactly the same problem. Tried recording at a couple of indoor parties(so a little louder than your situation. Couldn't recognize any music when playing the video's afterwards. Terrible quality
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Partial fix - i think
Ok so last night i got an app from play store called microphone that has a setting on the mic called mic gain. it was set to +32 dB....overgain ! so i set it to 0 and did some recording in the house with my audio system on a high volume and afterwards put the phone next to the speaker and seem that it records decent . but i think it is a problem related to software settings... will keep you updated on what i found

Sounds awesome. Thanks for your effords
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Problem solved?
I can't post links so if anyone wanna fix this or just post the links from my post that would be great, thank you.
So I've found a solution, or at least a temporary one
Get the camera app called Lgcamera. In this app you can manually set your audio settings.
Set it to AAC and set the stereo option to On (this did it for me atleast).
/store/apps/details?id=rubberbigpepper.lgCamera&hl=sv
I made a little video about it since I couldn't find this solution before, hope it helps!
/watch?v=RVWcE3dQoMk
Please help spread the video on forums where this issue is discussed so more people (and perhaps even Google?) can record without that awful noise reduction/cancellation! If enough people complain then they will probably (hopefully) implement these settings in the "Google Camera" app!

Thanks for the video! This is the video.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RVWcE3dQoMk
And the link to the Play Store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rubberbigpepper.lgCamera&hl=nl
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Premium

BE CAREFULL though with LGCamera, because I found that no matter what you choose in settings, fullHD (1024p) videos are ALWAYS recorded with 15 frames per second only (vs 30 as normal), making the videos look very choppy. So I deinstalled LGCamera again. Otherwise great app.
But I found a good substitute, it called Open Camera, link to the (free) app and also a possible video mic fix (reduces mic gain).
Link and more info here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54391146&postcount=54
HTH,
Kusie

Kusie said:
BE CAREFULL though with LGCamera, because I found that no matter what you choose in settings, fullHD (1024p) videos are ALWAYS recorded with 15 frames per second only (vs 30 as normal), making the videos look very choppy. So I deinstalled LGCamera again. Otherwise great app.
But I found a good substitute, it called Open Camera, link to the (free) app and also a possible video mic fix (reduces mic gain).
Link and more info here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54391146&postcount=54
HTH,
Kusie
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Hmm, strange. I do not have that problem. I record with 30FPS without any problems. Maybe something is wrong in the settings? Have you tried changing the video format around? The app is not that great but it does the job for now, atleast for me.
Edit:
I noticed that the front camera is not that great in Lgcamera, but the back I have no problems with. I recorded a video on my instagram if anyone wanna check it out. I'm still changing the bit values around hoping it will sound even better.
Speakers are "semi-loud" and i recommend watching the video in your phone or atleast lowering the bass if you're watching it with "real speakers".
instagram.com/p/rCDsh5xX9C/?modal=true
Here are my settings for this particular video:
Back camera
1920x1080
H.264
Vid Bitrate 17mbit
Vid framerate 30
AAC
44100 Samplerate
128000 Bitrate (unsure of what value is best here)
Stereo OFF

Ok thanks, I might give it another try... Open Camera works well for me, though.
Did you check the actual framerate of your resulting video with a tool like mediainfo or VLC Player codec Info?
Nice guitar work btw
Greetings from a drummer,
K.

Kusie said:
Ok thanks, I might give it another try... Open Camera works well for me, though.
Did you check the actual framerate of your resulting video with a tool like mediainfo or VLC Player codec Info?
Nice guitar work btw
Greetings from a drummer,
K.
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Frame rate in VLC: imgur.com/SEyPhoh.png
Open Camera works too, but I still get the audio artifacts when recording with a backing track. I get those in LG too, just not as much. Lg is in no way perfect, but the sample and bit rate allows a bit more customization if you ask me.
I'll upload one with OC when I get home! And thanks
By the way, what settings did you use in Open Camera? Or did you just lower the gain?

Callemusicman said:
44100 Samplerate
128000 Bitrate (unsure of what value is best here)
Stereo OFF
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higher bitrate = better quality/higher filesize :good:

HUUUGE discovery today!
Update your LG-camera, go to settings and set audio to "voice communication" = headset. You can now record with your headset, see my instagram @Callemusicman for results!
It completely removes the noise cancellation!!

Isn't there any other solution? Because if i use, for example, Instagram, the sound is still very bad... so this LG app isn't usefull for recording with Instagram or other apps...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/development/mod-camcorder-audio-quality-fix-t2837930