Does anyone know of a way for the camera to record video and use the Bluetooth via headset for audio? Or any other cheap wireless mic solution that will work with on an android phone and doesn't require recording audio and video separately? Thanks
TheEnternal said:
Does anyone know of a way for the camera to record video and use the Bluetooth via headset for audio? Or any other cheap wireless mic solution that will work with on an android phone and doesn't require recording audio and video separately? Thanks
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If you connect your BT headset it still records from it's normal mic?
laurensschu said:
If you connect your BT headset it still records from it's normal mic?
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It does, I just ended up using a wired mic with another camera
laurensschu said:
If you connect your BT headset it still records from it's normal mic?
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Yes. The camera app only records from the internal mic. I really need a wireless solution that allows me to have the microphone several meters away to record the sound. I could only find wired solutions and they were not even for android.
I think I've got it!
so, I've been trying to do this exact same thing for about a week now, and I think I've got it. with the help of some random people on the internet.
it seems this is actually a two part problem.
1) get the device to recognize the bluetooth microphone (from a headset or other bluetooth wireless device).
2) get the audio into a video recording.
it seems that android and an OS is not readily prepared to do either of these, and the built in video recorder cannot use audio from a source other than the devices built-in microphone.....so....we have to improvise a little.
First, we will need to get android to play nice with the bluetooth device. start by installing a free little app called "bt mono" you can find it on the google play store.
once installed you will need to run this any time you want to use your bluetooth device in a way other than as a phone.
on a side note, this works great for listening to music via a bluetooth headset.
second you will need a video recorder that can take the audio input that bt mono gives you. so, run back over to the google play store and get "lgCamera"
the only thing you have to do now is tell lgCamera that you want to use the "microphone" as the audio source.
thats it. you now have a video recorder on your phone/tablet that will use "almost" any bluetooth device as the audio input.
I have this exact set up on my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus with CM 10.1.0 rooted, and it works perfectly. I am not sure if this works with unrooted devices, though I don't see why it wouldn't. hope this helps anyone who's been dredging the depths of the interwebs!
very special thanks to david hadaller and to Warren Barton for the breakdown and links!
joeypent69 said:
so, I've been trying to do this exact same thing for about a week now, and I think I've got it. with the help of some random people on the internet.
it seems this is actually a two part problem.
1) get the device to recognize the bluetooth microphone (from a headset or other bluetooth wireless device).
2) get the audio into a video recording.
it seems that android and an OS is not readily prepared to do either of these, and the built in video recorder cannot use audio from a source other than the devices built-in microphone.....so....we have to improvise a little.
First, we will need to get android to play nice with the bluetooth device. start by installing a free little app called "bt mono" you can find it on the google play store.
once installed you will need to run this any time you want to use your bluetooth device in a way other than as a phone.
on a side note, this works great for listening to music via a bluetooth headset.
second you will need a video recorder that can take the audio input that bt mono gives you. so, run back over to the google play store and get "lgCamera"
the only thing you have to do now is tell lgCamera that you want to use the "microphone" as the audio source.
thats it. you now have a video recorder on your phone/tablet that will use "almost" any bluetooth device as the audio input.
I have this exact set up on my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus with CM 10.1.0 rooted, and it works perfectly. I am not sure if this works with unrooted devices, though I don't see why it wouldn't. hope this helps anyone who's been dredging the depths of the interwebs!
very special thanks to david hadaller and to Warren Barton for the breakdown and links!
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You are right! Tks!
Hi bud...
did you find any solution-for phone camera to record video and use the Bluetooth via headset for audio?
i looking for same too Sam.Note4 but no luck so far
Yes. lgCamera and BT Mono works on android. It properly records the video from the phone and the audio captured from my Nokia HS-3W Bluetooth Headset.
Tested with Sony Ericsson LT18i.
Cinema FV-5 has a setting for audio source, and BT works
The only problem - 'cinema fv-5' doesn't seem to utilize the front camera, only the main one.
(can't post the link, search on play store for 'cinema fv-5')
Hello. I kinda worked for 3 secs then it automatically switch back to internal mic.
I have level u headphone and note 5. Is is there anyway to make it stay?
is there any solution that we could hack the OS to make external Bluetooth Mic recognised by the native video camera app in the android phone? its so silly that if you try for example "Open Camera" app from play store the external mic works fine. But i am interested to use the native Camera app for video recordings
any thoughts or feedback will be much appreciated!!
Cinema FV-5 Front Camera
To utilize the front camera on Cinema FV-5 swipe from Left to Right.
If you swipe the left menu bar to the right it will switch to the front camera.
This is documented NO WHERE in the user manual. I found it when I purchased the Camera FV-5 app. On a pop-up instructional screen it said to swipe the left menu bar from left to right to engage the front camera. The photo camera version also has an icon on the right menu bar that switches the photo camera to the front camera but there is no icon nor instructions for the video camera.
It works. Cinema FV-5 works excellently with any bluetooth headset to record audio on video from the BT headset. Just make sure to have the BT headset connected before you open Cinema FV-5 or there may be connection issues to the app.
These are some of the videos that use audio from the BT headset around my neck.
The videos are on YouTube, just paste the ending part below at the end of YouTube.com i.e. /endingpart
u4MWMJaahQw
Kax1yrnQkws
K1SdKe-TAbo
oSD6wklTpQM
An in-ear headset is actually clearer and I've just switched to that type of BT headset but I don't have any of those uploaded at the time of this posting..
UPDATE: Although the swipe left to right will switch to the front camera, the BT audio does not work with the front camera, only the rear camera. Perhaps Cinema FV-5 will fix this with a future update.
Hi guys, we could manage this function through the btmono app, up to version 8. Today, we are at 11 and the situation has not changed .. They say for safety but I cannot give up this solution and I remain at 8.
Do you guys who got this to work with BT Mono and lgCamera have a link to the playstore lgCamera app? I searched it but could not find it. Thanks!
jhqt said:
Do you guys who got this to work with BT Mono and lgCamera have a link to the playstore lgCamera app? I searched it but could not find it. Thanks!
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I also do not find it on playstore. Probably it is outdated. I can only see it on apkpure https://m.apkpure.com/lgcamera/rubberbigpepper.lgCamera
Hello all... Hoping to get some help for my unlocked AU Oppo R7plus f handset with ColorOS 2.1.1. I have a new car with Android Auto, and my phone doesn't seem to function correctly.
I've enabled developer mode to enable USB debugging which allowed my handset to be detected by my car but the audio quality is distorted using Android Auto. It isn't streaming audio quality I am referring too - all google and navigation commands and music stored on my phone have the same issue.
Its not the car or the USB cable as I've tested my Samsung and Apple handsets and they work with my car.
What else can I try?
Can you safely uninstall ColorOS and install Android Marshmallow instead? I'd need guidance
Any idea on when ColorOS 3.X will be released?
Thanks in advance!
Lukey G said:
Hello all... Hoping to get some help for my unlocked AU Oppo R7plus f handset with ColorOS 2.1.1. I have a new car with Android Auto, and my phone doesn't seem to function correctly.
I've enabled developer mode to enable USB debugging which allowed my handset to be detected by my car but the audio quality is distorted using Android Auto. It isn't streaming audio quality I am referring too - all google and navigation commands and music stored on my phone have the same issue.
Its not the car or the USB cable as I've tested my Samsung and Apple handsets and they work with my car.
What else can I try?
Can you safely uninstall ColorOS and install Android Marshmallow instead? I'd need guidance
Any idea on when ColorOS 3.X will be released?
Thanks in advance!
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I have exactly the same issue.
I have come across this issue on updating my car radio to one that is Android Auto compatible (Hyundai i30 GD-03 radio). My phone is an Oppo R7sf ColorOS 2.1.0i, Android 5.1.1.
'All' music, voice directions, Google assistant, youtube audio come through with a horrible distortion with the original signal barely audible beneath. The distortion is a short transient produced every 43ms (approx 23Hz).
I initially thought it could be some sort of electrical interference issue (but surely the USB audio is digital?). In experimenting with audio played through Android Auto via Black Player, I came across some songs on my phone that would play perfectly!
Looking at the 'good' and 'bad' song files in detail, it became obvious that all of the distorted (bad) songs were 44.1kHz sample rate. Other files with sample rates of 96kHz and 48 kHz played perfectly.
Which now makes me think this is a software issue with my phone. I tested with my wife's Samsung Galaxy S5 and it worked perfectly.
thommo101 said:
I have come across this issue on updating my car radio to one that is Android Auto compatible (Hyundai i30 GD-03 radio). My phone is an Oppo R7sf ColorOS 2.1.0i, Android 5.1.1.
'All' music, voice directions, Google assistant, youtube audio come through with a horrible distortion with the original signal barely audible beneath. The distortion is a short transient produced every 43ms (approx 23Hz).
I initially thought it could be some sort of electrical interference issue (but surely the USB audio is digital?). In experimenting with audio played through Android Auto via Black Player, I came across some songs on my phone that would play perfectly!
Looking at the 'good' and 'bad' song files in detail, it became obvious that all of the distorted (bad) songs were 44.1kHz sample rate. Other files with sample rates of 96kHz and 48 kHz played perfectly.
Which now makes me think this is a software issue with my phone. I tested with my wife's Samsung Galaxy S5 and it worked perfectly.
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just curious. is this issue present on Official LineageOS 14.1 for the R7S?
celoxocis said:
just curious. is this issue present on Official LineageOS 14.1 for the R7S?
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Hi celoxocis, I am unsure. My R7S is currently stock (it is my day-today phone). I COULD try and install Lineage, although currently don't want to risk bricking anything (small chance I know). So I'm PROBABLY going to get a new phone at some stage. So then I'd be able to test out LineageOS
I'm looking into streaming and recording my games for Mixer and YouTube but having a lot of issues that I hope people on here might have some idea how to fix.
So firstly there is the video side of things, no matter what I try I can't get my Android screen to display on my PC (for OBS) without major lag, I've tried going through USB in combination with apps such as MirrorGO, Vysor Pro and AirDroid and also tried through WiFi using the cast screen option on Android but all have there lag issues, especially with resources heavy games like PUBG Mobile.
There is also the problem of audio, as far as I'm aware Android made it impossible to record internal system audio, so I can't get any of my ingame sounds when using a screen recorder, if I was to just do a recording straight from my phone...although I can get them to the PC through the casting option, the sounds are out of sync and somewhat stretched out at times, making it very unenjoyable to listen to.
Sadly and annoyingly, my Type-C port on my Xiaomi Mi5S Plus doesn't support Alt Display, so I can't just use a Type-C to HDMI cable into a capture card....so I'm at a bit of a loss.
If anyone has any suggestions, be it rooted options, apps, firmware, roms or even hardware that I might be able to try out then please let me know.
Phone Specs
- Xiaomi Mi5S Plus
- Snapdragon 821
- 4GB Ram
- MiUI 9.5.2.0
I find it crazy how hard it is to do something which should be so simple, if only I could use a Type-C to HDMI adapter I'd be sorted by now
Is this even possible with One Plus 7?
I see a lot of YouTube videos that claim it is possible on other devices. It involves use of an app called BT Mono (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bedoig.BTmono) and downloading the Open Camera app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.sourceforge.opencamera). Steps involved are :
1. Using the BTmono app select the on switch and adjust required volume
2. In open camera, select audio input as "external" and record
Clearly, it works in the videos. It doesn't on One Plus 7 probably because
1. BTmono is not updated to Android 10. I couldn't find any alternative to that.
2. I suspect One Plus doesn't support BT recording. I mailed them but no reply despite reminders.
In a separate mail, support said that you can do this by wired headphones or headsets but that doesn't suit me. I want to record videos of classroom as a teacher explaining things on the white board and be able to move around. This rules out other solutions like wired headphones /headsets/ wired lavalier mics. UHF wireless solutions are too expensive
Another reason I want to use BT is that I have an old sound cancelling Bose BT ear phone that is ideal since it minimise noise.
I have spent many many hours reading up, experimenting with different BT pieces /apps
I would love to have a working solution for this ASAP (it involves students learning and I am not charging them for all my efforts because of the Covid 19 situation)
So I have been a PC user for like 35 years. TRS 80 was my first computer. Fast forward. The past year I have pretty much gone Apple with everything. Homepods (selling) MacBook Air M1 (selling) too. I am going to stay on my Nuc gaming rig.
Anyway... I am a family of 5, everyone has iphones/ipads so imessage is used. I hit a wall with the mac (massive bluetooth issues with logitech mouse and keyboard) and it brought me back to my Nuc LTSC and it felt like home. The main thing that has kept me on iphone is imessage but today is the first day I am thinking about jumping ship. I have the new mini and like the the size. I use my airpods a TON. I record youtube videos using the airpods as my wireless mic. Now, here is a requirement. I use an ios app called moviepro, it lets me record the front camera and I can push a button and switch to the back camera all in 1 video. Just makes for an easier flow. I also use my airpods as the wireless mic. Is there an android app that allows for the flipping of cameras and bluetooth mic? I shoot in 1080, not 4k as its not needed for my videos. Suggestions?
Thank you