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[Q] cm10 camera fix anyone?

im on cm-10.1-20121216 and gapps-jb-20121212 i was wondering if there's any fixes for the camera because mine is all jumpy and Skippy when i record video, taking pictures is fine but the video it gets annoying is there any way i can get the gb 2.3.6 camera back? im a noob at this stuff btw

tbnr said:
im on cm-10.1-20121216 and gapps-jb-20121212 i was wondering if there's any fixes for the camera because mine is all jumpy and Skippy when i record video, taking pictures is fine but the video it gets annoying is there any way i can get the gb 2.3.6 camera back? im a noob at this stuff btw
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720p recording is jumpy. Select 480 and your results will be much better.
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This is the most well known bug of ICS and jb ROMs...it has nothing to do with the camera app itself...its something with the drivers/memory
So there is nothing you can do...except going back to GB :/
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mg2195 said:
This is the most well known bug of ICS and jb ROMs...it has nothing to do with the camera app itself...its something with the drivers/memory
So there is nothing you can do...except going back to GB :/
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So the infuse needs a new camera driver? Or possibly better memory allocation?

I might have this slightly wrong because I'm not able to access my notes at the moment but the problem is this:
Our camera (and most others) works by generating, dumping, then starting a preview again. When it records (after the restarted preview), it should enqueue "empty" buffers that should then be written to (as it records). That written data is released through the codec, allowing the buffer to be released from the queue so it can then be enqueued again to be written to (it's the circle of life, camera-style!). This has to happen quickly enough for "clean" buffers to reenter the queue, but for some reason that doesn't happen. Instead, the function that should be removing buffers from the queue is failing. Finding out why this is happening is extremely difficult because there are so many places that could be failing. Samsung have given us bum code (or none in the case of the camera hal) - or, to be precise, they've given us generic Linux drivers, that don't always reflect customizations they've made. I suspect that the problem is partly in the codecs and partly in the construction of the camera hal.
Anyone who knows about this, when I was looking over the manufacturer's sheet for what I think is our camera, it looked like the problem might be in the implementation of fimc_v4l2_reqbufs in the camera hal. According to that sheet, there is a relation between that and fimc_v4l2_dqbuf that, if improperly implemented, would cause fimc_v4l2_dqbuf to fail.

THANKS! for the in depth analysis. I think I can help narrow this problem down. After reading this I think that problem may lie with the initial buffering portion. But I think that i'm assuming this prematurely. First i'm assuming that recording only applies to video and not snapshots (Camera doesn't seem to flicker when only taking pictures, even at high resolution). Second i'm assuming that camera features and filters will require an extra amount of buffering to work correctly (not only is 720p a problem, but different snapshot scenery effects don't work at all).
Another thing i noticed is that 720p recording flickering is proportion to the amount of light you have. A dim room records video at 720p with little to no flickering while a very bright lit room flickers like crazy. Snapping pictures in any light works fine with the exception of camera features.

Light sensors are part of the recording apparatus (part of the camera) and 720p requires higher light sensitivity so...
Increasing the buffers doesn't really make a difference. I made some experimental builds to test. The prob is in the flow of data. Somewhere there's a blockage.
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[Q] How Long is Your Video Recording Delay?

We all know that our Z3/Z3c has a bit of a delay in between taking photos (especially compared to phones from HTC, LG, Samsung, and even Apple), but has anyone else noticed the painfully long delay between when the record button is pressed and when the video actually starts recording? I've counted nearly 3-4 seconds before my recording starts and that's just ridiculous! I've missed crucial moments because of this delay. Is there anything that can be done? Is there anyone who does NOT have this issue?

3-4 seconds? Something sounds very wrong. I'm on the latest generic UK build (23.1.A.1.28) and my video recording starts almost as soon as I touch the button. The delay is certainly less than half a second. Doesn't matter whether I'm in iA, manual or 4K mode. I'm recording to a 64GB Sandisk class 10 micro-SD card. The camera has to set up a file on the storage before it can start recording. Are you recording to internal storage or some crappy SD card?
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PuffDaddy_d said:
We all know that our Z3/Z3c has a bit of a delay in between taking photos (especially compared to phones from HTC, LG, Samsung, and even Apple), but has anyone else noticed the painfully long delay between when the record button is pressed and when the video actually starts recording? I've counted nearly 3-4 seconds before my recording starts and that's just ridiculous! I've missed crucial moments because of this delay. Is there anything that can be done? Is there anyone who does NOT have this issue?
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Sushifiend said:
3-4 seconds? Something sounds very wrong. I'm on the latest generic UK build (23.1.A.1.28) and my video recording starts almost as soon as I touch the button. The delay is certainly less than half a second. Doesn't matter whether I'm in iA, manual or 4K mode. I'm recording to a 64GB Sandisk class 10 micro-SD card. The camera has to set up a file on the storage before it can start recording. Are you recording to internal storage or some crappy SD card?
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You bring up a great point about the SD card. I currently use a fairly nice sandisk class 10 with a 32+ MB/s read/write speed. No slouch by any means, but when I switched to internal storage, the delay decreased by about half a second, but still felt laggy. I'll see if I can get some video of the delay after work today.
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Alright, here's a video showing the lag between pressing the start button and recording.
https://goo.gl/photos/vBeePysSDSZcCcGP6
Is no one else experiencing this?
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I use the same SD card as you but I haven't experienced that before. My delay is only about like less than a second or even less than that.
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AlvinZahran98 said:
I use the same SD card as you but I haven't experienced that before. My delay is only about like less than a second or even less than that.
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Thank you for the feedback - I think I feel better knowing that my situation isn't normal. I really don't want to factory reset my device, but I may do it to see if that helps any. Plus, I hear it will finally fix my Stamina Mode as well. I just need to find a weekend when I'm not busy to reload all of my apps and settings.

PuffDaddy_d said:
Thank you for the feedback - I think I feel better knowing that my situation isn't normal. I really don't want to factory reset my device, but I may do it to see if that helps any. Plus, I hear it will finally fix my Stamina Mode as well. I just need to find a weekend when I'm not busy to reload all of my apps and settings.
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Okay, happy reseting!
Be brave haha
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AlvinZahran98 said:
Okay, happy reseting!
Be brave haha
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Well, I couldn't bare the thought of performing a full reset, so I just rooted the phone and reinstalled the OS over the existing data. I still get a full 3 second lag between pressing the record button and when the recording actually starts. Am I still the only one having this issue?

Just did complete wipe and re-installed 4.4.4. The delay is still there. Does Lollipop solve the problem?

Is everyone else's phone responding immediately? Is that why no one is chiming in? Does anyone with Lollipop have a delay, or does it record immediately?

Just upgraded to 5.1.1. Lollipop - the record function now loads faster than in KitKat. Shaved off about 1-2 seconds so now I won't miss out on spontaneous moments when trying to record a video.

I use open camera myself and keep all data to the internal for speed regardless of ap pictures or video.

Yeah, I tried third party apps before, but they couldn't quite match the picture quality of the stock app.
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How to Fix Video Stutter

Has anyone here experienced any video stutter when recording? I noticed this in my XZ when recording 30fps Intelligent Active steadyshot. I'm not on Stamina Mode so I don't know what's causing it. I'm on the latest version of Nougat btw.
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Yes I also have the same problem. Is there any fix for this problem as it is very annoying.

I have this also on latest Nougat :/

Same here both USA and Japan version

Same here. Anyone tried factory reset?

Is it like severe stuttering or like a lower framerate viewfinder than it should be? Like it's not smooth motion? Because if it's the second one, I see it as well, but mostly when Object tracking is enabled. I usually shoot in 60 FPS so it's less noticable. That being said, while shooting, there is some stuttering in both 30 and 60 FPS, but when I watch the videos they are fine and as they should be, it's only the viewfinder that stutters sometimes a bit, I guess because of the processing. Disabling Auto scene mode might help as well.
It might be that Sony lowered viewfinder framerate to reduce cpu usage and battery drain while recording.
Do your videos also come out stuttering or are they fine when watching them?
Same is in recording 4K, there is some stutter while recording, but the video comes out smooth and fine.
This issue seems similar to stuttering issue when watching some movie rips, for some reason some lower resolution lower bitrate movies stutter, but watching FullHD and 4K works fine without stuttering, but while doing that all cpu cores throttles up and get utilized properly. In the movies where it stutters, only two cores get bumped up clock speed, while the other two mostly stay at lowest clocks. It could be a codec issue, where it doesn't use all he cores as it should when it should. https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-xz/help/platinum-xz-rev-2-0-video-playback-t3576686
In general, lately, Sony has been heavily optimizing their OS in favor of preserving battery life, but in some cases they went too restrictive and conservative to a point that the chipset isn't working at its full power when you need it to.

I noticed it too, first few seconds of taking a video then it becomes smooth again...

omarfarrah said:
I noticed it too, first few seconds of taking a video then it becomes smooth again...
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Right. Upon further testing, I noticed it happens more ofthen in lower light conditions or when switching from low light to good light when it changes exposure and brigthness. It's mostly OK when in good light.
So it seems like the processing of the video recording, the auto adjustments of the scene and object tracking is causing some framerate drops in the viewfinder, but it really doesn't concern me as long as the final video turns out smooth as it should.

Atrax2010 said:
Right. Upon further testing, I noticed it happens more ofthen in lower light conditions or when switching from low light to good light when it changes exposure and brigthness. It's mostly OK when in good light.
So it seems like the processing of the video recording, the auto adjustments of the scene and object tracking is causing some framerate drops in the viewfinder, but it really doesn't concern me as long as the final video turns out smooth as it should.
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Weirdly my videos turn out laggy, i took 2 videos last week on the beach (excellent light), both of them lag when played back just the first few seconds exactly as it showed on the viewfinder while taking them.

I have this as well on my stock XZ Dual (F8332)
Hoping to find a fix
on my current firmware (41.2.A.7.65) the issue is less prominent. But I still get a little stuttering at the beginning of video's

Hold your hand still, no issues here.
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Pandemic said:
Hold your hand still, no issues here.
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This is not a constructive comment and is not at all helpful.
There is a bug in the current Nougat build causing stutter/lag when recording video. I am experiencing it on my Xperia X Performance as well.

Has anybody done a factory reset to see if the problem goes away?
Clearing the cache did not help

It's not. Unfortunately.
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Upgrade to 41.2.A.7.53 solved it for me.

I am on 41.2.A.7.53 and I still have the issue (in fact I started noticing it only since the last update)
F8332 - CDA:1305-2218 Customized HK
Stock software, no root, no BL unlock, etc.

I have the phone for more than 6 months and I had no problem with videos until recently when I went to vacation and my vacation video got ruined with lag

I'm on the latest update and still experiencing this stuttering.
Turning off steady shot did seem to help

If video is on SD try to record on phone memory. Recordind on SD is slower than on phone memory.

Does anybody still suffer from this? It seems to hit only a limited amount of users
(after several updates I still have this issue)

Camera issue (overheating) Pixel 2

I noticed huge overheating while using camera. Seems like not doing too much photo, but phone become terribly hot!
After making around 30 photo in HDR+ portrate mode, camera started lagging and phone overheated too much. Camera didn't stopped. I am not sure it is OK. I know if record 4k video for some 15 min it definitely cause overheat. But here... With 30 photos...
Does somebody else have same issue?
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I have had camera problems too. Yesterday I took many HDR+ photos and it got to the point it was un-usable. When the phone cooled, all good again. Next time I may try to turn off HDR+. But I really like HDR+.

OP, you find out more on this? I switched from a note 8 to the Pixel 2 XL and it's been nothing but headaches with the camera. The burst mode is slow, the phone overheats and starts to become unresponsive, and the video starts lagging. The phone gets so hot, the whole phone about freezes. You could literally burn yourself to the back of the phone. It happens esp using video recording with or without a case.
I'm about ready to switch back to the note 8.

Still have the issue(
I heard that the problem may be because of photo are uploading at the same time to Google photos and that is why causing overheat. But turning WiFi and mobile data off didn't give any positive result for me(
And seems like camera itself causing overheating not the wifi module.
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I've tried in safe mode. Again with WiFi and mobile data off. Still the same. Terrible overheat(
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I had this problem too, but after reset it solved, seems my phone doesn't heat up from the camera

Laggy videos at 1080p 30fps

I have some serious lag when shooting at 1080p 30fps. My device simply cannot make smooth videos, each of them is laggy. At least 1 frame always drops after some seconds. When I started using it 1 month ago, it wasn't the same, but now I just can't record videos with this phone. Anyone else experiencing that?

This phone has just stopped being capable of making videos - again. The situation is even worse than it was in the beginnings. The Miui 12 update brought back all the laggy stuttering, i just simply cannot shoot useful videos with the phone now, again. As it was mentioned before, it was usable in the last months - as much as i can remember, the problem was solved by the A10 update. But now, this phone is a crap when it comes to creating videos. (Both 1080p and 4k 30 fps.)
I've really had enough, f*ck xiaomi and this crap phone, they sell it as a cameraphone, and still, in 2020 this device is unable of making real motion picture. Their update policy is shocking, how can an upgrade ruin a basic function like that? It is ridicolous that xiaomi is unable to build phones that are capable of shooting smooth videos. I'm really tired of it, time to say this company ciao, and evade their phones - whatever they promise in their ads.

yes her same lag on 1080p 30fps im on miui 11.0.5 china stable
whats your Rom

Sylar82 said:
yes her same lag on 1080p 30fps im on miui 11.0.5 china stable
whats your Rom
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My MIUI is Global 11.0.12.0 Stable

Same here.
Also opening the camera app and switching from photo to video takes toooo damn long. Like 3/5 seconds. Insane.

xiaomi.userjoe said:
I have some serious lag when shooting at 1080p 30fps. My device simply cannot make smooth videos, each of them is laggy. At least 1 frame always drops after some seconds. When I started using it 1 month ago, it wasn't the same, but now I just can't record videos with this phone. Anyone else experiencing that?
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Am on 11.0.12.0 and 30fps is fine, no frame drop, i hope what you mean by laggy is not the stabilizing motion in effect when recording. (The counter movement by the image stabilization to prevent shake, it sometimes looks like if the video is delayed in movement)

otonieru said:
Am on 11.0.12.0 and 30fps is fine, no frame drop, i hope what you mean by laggy is not the stabilizing motion in effect when recording. (The counter movement by the image stabilization to prevent shake, it sometimes looks like if the video is delayed in movement)
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No, it is simply laggy. Maybe I should upload a sample somewhere.
I tried to play these videos on different PC-s using different media player programs, but still, most of them are laggy. And my Mi Note 10 simply can't play its own videos without lag/framedrop, no matter which resolution/fps I record at. Is it playing its own videos smoothly for you?
(In some videos, it is just a playback error (which is not OK at all), because when I play them on my PC, they're OK. But in most of the videos, there is lag, framedrops at the same time, no matter, which program I use.)

Here are some short samples recorded at 1080p 30 fps. No matter, in which media player program/app I play them, no matter on which PC or which smartphone, there are lags (or framedrops) at the same moments of the videos. 9 out of 10 videos are like these or worse when I shoot with Xiaomi Mi Note 10 unfortunately. Is it just me, or does anyone else experience these problems?
1.: https://youtu.be/hkVcvmzvW2w
Some lag while turning around, especially in the first half of the video.
2.: https://youtu.be/EwePHqHtF4w
It can be clearly seen in the first part of the video, it's like if it stopped for some moments.
3.: https://youtu.be/N9Ceo6_8s7E
Wait until the 2nd half of the video, when it turns back, there are some major lags.

I also have the same issues
I also have the same issues in particular in 4K photography - really disappointing I bought the phone because of the camera and it was a bad choice. And most YouTube reviewers have hidden the problem because they are profiting from sales - shame !!

Naftuly said:
I also have the same issues in particular in 4K photography - really disappointing I bought the phone because of the camera and it was a bad choice. And most YouTube reviewers have hidden the problem because they are profiting from sales - shame !!
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Exactly, same here. Now I regret buying it, I should sell it.
In 4K and 1080p 60 fps it's even worse, much much worse. These functions are simply useless.

i just hope i can replicate your issue. but i can't. recording went just fine. probably something buggy in rom,kernel,app, not sure.

I always use 60fps so it's not a problem for me but it's just the 4k which is not smooth at all but I don't have noticable stutter issues or frame drops. Hopefully we can see a stable 4K soon. This is a sample of my device.
1080/30: https://youtu.be/AIp5zEJV4mg
Forgot to mention that 4K/30fps works great on ULTRACAM!

otonieru said:
i just hope i can replicate your issue. but i can't. recording went just fine. probably something buggy in rom,kernel,app, not sure.
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I see. And do you have any advise, what to do, how to solve it?

And this is a 4k video sample by ultracam totally fine.
https://youtu.be/51vkqUp9-lc

xiaomi.userjoe said:
I see. And do you have any advise, what to do, how to solve it?
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How about factory reset ? Or reflash ROM ?

otonieru said:
How about factory reset ? Or reflash ROM ?
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I've done factory reset, it didn't help. I have never done Rom flash before, not sure how to, I will search for it.

FIXED
I installed the latest version of HyperCam and it fixed all my problems - - Please note the app is not in the store and need to be installed externally
Look for - mediafire.com/file/wlm7b78gjfi08fv/HyperCam_S_v1.2-rZ-End_API2-Level3.apk/file

Still?
xiaomi.userjoe said:
I have some serious lag when shooting at 1080p 30fps. My device simply cannot make smooth videos, each of them is laggy. At least 1 frame always drops after some seconds. When I started using it 1 month ago, it wasn't the same, but now I just can't record videos with this phone. Anyone else experiencing that?
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Are you still experiencing the same laggy video?
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Naftuly said:
I installed the latest version of HyperCam and it fixed all my problems - - Please note the app is not in the store and need to be installed externally
Look for - mediafire.com/file/wlm7b78gjfi08fv/HyperCam_S_v1.2-rZ-End_API2-Level3.apk/file
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Does it work on standard global rom?
Where can I get it from?

here
mediafire.com/file/wlm7b78gjfi08fv/HyperCam_S_v1.2-rZ-End_API2-Level3.apk/file

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mediafire.com/file/wlm7b78gjfi08fv/HyperCam_S_v1.2-rZ-End_API2-Level3.apk/file
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I understand you have the Mi Note 10? Do you recommend it?
Video is not laggy? Other bugs?

I have the same issue since i got the phone, it lags in video recording while panning whoever it feels like, i have experienced lag in 1080p 30fps and 60fps and in 4k is worse, i hope xiaomi updates this, btw using the Gcam mod from Urnyx i can record without lags but using only the main camera.