I have been trying to get the most out of the camera of my HTC Desire S in terms of video quality, and now I am able to record 720p [email protected] Mbps. The vanilla camera app(rooted stock 2.3.5 ROM) records [email protected], so it is nice improvement.
I am using an app called IgCamera, it has lots of options for customization(bitrate, frame rate, codec, etc.), and I have modified the /system/etc/media_profiles.xml to increase the H264 encoder bitrate cap. It was set to 8Mbps in vanilla, I bumped it up to 24Mbps, but I have found out, that the maximum bitrate the phone can handle is 12 Mbps, any higher and the camera app freezes, and the camera cannot be used until reboot.
Now, I am looking for a way to force a constant 30 FPS. Currently, the videos are recorded with variable frame rate, and VFR is nasty for any kind of video editing. I have tried setting both the minimum and maximum frame rates in media_profiles.xml, in the encoder caps section(it seems to be the only one that affects IgCamera in any manner), but I am still getting a variable frame rate video.
Has anyone done something similar? I would appreciate any information on making a phone record CFR.
My Moto G can record videos at 60 fps and then play them back at 15 fps for a slow motion effect. It’s a nice feature to have, but the results are very jerky, since its only 15 fps and there isn’t any option to record videos at 60 fps, it always convert the videos to 15 fps after recording. Anyways, I just want to know if I can record my videos at 60 fps? Is there any app that can do that or any other method? Thank you.
kitkat444 said:
My Moto G can record videos at 60 fps and then play them back at 15 fps for a slow motion effect. It’s a nice feature to have, but the results are very jerky, since its only 15 fps and there isn’t any option to record videos at 60 fps, it always convert the videos to 15 fps after recording. Anyways, I just want to know if I can record my videos at 60 fps? Is there any app that can do that or any other method? Thank you.
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What makes you think that its 15fps?
The slow motion effect is caused exactly by the fact that the video is captured at 60 fps and then played back at 30fps.
If you use the video with some more advanced video player like mpchc, you can set the playback ratio to 2x and it will result in normal 30fps playback.
I think you missed his point.
Supposedly when capturing slowmotion video, the moto G captures at 60fps. To achieve slowmotion (half speed) video from 60fps, you'd simply halve the framerate and end up with 30fps slowmo. However, the Moto G only saves slowmo at 15fps.
This means the camera or phone is throwing away half of the frames.
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I think you missed his point.
Supposedly when capturing slowmotion video, the moto G captures at 60fps. To achieve slowmotion (half speed) video from 60fps, you'd simply halve the framerate and end up with 30fps slowmo. However, the Moto G only saves slowmo at 15fps.
This means the camera or phone is throwing away half of the frames.
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I got the point very well...
I guess they are trying to get better slowmo by dividing the 60 fps captured to 4x15, which gives the result similar to shooting the video in 120fps.
That's a guess tho and best thing would be to ask moto themselves.
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What makes you think that its 15fps?
The slow motion effect is caused exactly by the fact that the video is captured at 60 fps and then played back at 30fps.
If you use the video with some more advanced video player like mpchc, you can set the playback ratio to 2x and it will result in normal 30fps playback.
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I understand that, but my Moto G converts those 60 fps to 15 fps to make the video 4 times slower. What I want is, if my Moto G can record at 60 fps, there must be a way to save that footage at 60 fps and not at 15 fps. As you said, I can play my video at 2x speed, but then I'm only playing it faster to get some smoothness, the video is still saved at 15 fps. And why I want my videos to be saved at 60 fps? Because then I can edit my video in After Effects to really get some smooth slow motion.
For easier explanation the Moto is only capable to record 60 fps. These frames are all saved, but played back at 15 fps, so the video appears in slow motion. If you wanted to have 60 fps in a slow motion effect, you'd have to record at an even higher framerate (e.g. 120/240 fps).
However, if you intend to work on the video in After Effects anyways, theres no point in saving it to 60 fps, which would only mean return the playback to 60 fps / normal time.
You can archive this easily by setting footage interpretation as 60 fps in After Effects.
After that you can slow it down again with AE's internal frame interpolation to get a smoother result :good:
I hate to dig this old thread up, but I also am wondering this same question. The Moto G seems to record at 60fps in slow motion mode before slowing it down to 25% speed, outputting 15fps video. I'm wondering if there's a way to get the phone to record in 720p/60fps straight out of camera.
Hey, guys I was wondering why the 720p 120fps slo mo option in the default camera gave only 30 fps output.
Could we have the raw 120 fps video instead and then manually post process it after wards ?
Because i dont think we will ever get a software like the sony timeshift :/
As you probably know google enabled 60 fps videos on youtube but all 60 fps videos only show a maximum of 480p for me.
From what I've read 60 fps playback is something google has enabled server side not due to a youtube update.
So I'm wondering if anyone knows what it's reading to tell if the device is 60 fps capable.
I know my device is capable so I was wondering if there is a way to force 60 fps youtube or some kind of root app or something.
Does anyone know if this is possible? I'd really like to know.
Download xposed installer, download an app called yourtube, and you will find the option you want, which is called, override device support.
At least my phone can play 1080p @ 60fps, and it does, but I am not sure whether that option has helped me or not
I will post a screenshot as well.
Hope that helps
Does anyone know how to change the FPS for slow motion in the camera app, or has found a camera app that will allow the FPS to change for slow motion? I understand that 1040p will shoot at 30, 60, & 240 and 720p will shoot at 30 and 480 fps. The issue is these super high frame rates take up a ton of memory. I am trying to get 120 or 240 fps at 720p, but none of the camera app I have tried work. It's a petty issue, but any advice would be greatly appreciated!