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HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\P2\MainCamSupportCapSize = dword:0x0A (10)
change to dword:0x3A (58) and you will have Large & CIF resolutions.
Dmitry
can u explain better how to do it because when i go in i cant change the dword value and its # is 10 for me
bwxd said:
can u explain better how to do it because when i go in i cant change the dword value and its # is 10 for me
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Use any registry editor (like Resco Registry Editor or PHM Registry editor) and going to the HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\P2\MainCamSupportCapSize . Default value is 10 decimal (0xA hex). Change value to 58 decimal (0x3A hex).
I modified the registry for these values and it does seem to increase the quality but not the image size of the pictures or video.
f00dl3 said:
I modified the registry for these values and it does seem to increase the quality but not the image size of the pictures or video.
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After registry patch the L & CIF resolutions will be available in video camera mode. Try to click on resolution icon on top bar or select it in options.
the new resolutions are
L = 320x240
CIF = 352x288
which are much better than
S = 128x96
M = 176x144
thanks for the info
i made the edit and it enabled the two resolutions in the options, but when i actually tried to take a video with those settings (either large or CIF) it came out as the same low resolution it normally does, but the video quality is even worse (very choppy). is there a way to get around this?
hamstarz said:
i made the edit and it enabled the two resolutions in the options, but when i actually tried to take a video with those settings (either large or CIF) it came out as the same low resolution it normally does, but the video quality is even worse (very choppy). is there a way to get around this?
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No problem. HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\Recparam\MP4Large\Bitrate
default value 128000. I chaged it to 1024000 and now video quality is better.
hey, thanks for the reply...did what you said, and picture quality is better, but video is still very choppy and still much below the framerate id get while recording in medium. id be happy if I can just get it up to 15 frames per sec at this quality.
MJPEG @ 15FPS seems to be the sweet spot with Dmitri's tweak
Thanks for this tweak Dmitry! After spending few hours testing various settings, I found that using MJPEG @ 15 FPS got me the best results in both visual quality and framerate consistency (FPS for MJPEG can be set under Recparam\AVILarge although 15FPS is the default, if I recall right). Anything higher than 15-20 FPS with high motion videos will result in erratic captures.
Note also that you'll want a fat MicroSD card to store MJPEG videos as these can become large fairly quickly.
This is an amazing reg tweak, i knew it was a matter of time before this leaked out. This camera is more powerful than whats let on and i know it
Now if only we can get some frame rate tweaks in here that work
Well I actually got the frame rate to not be so choppy by just changing HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\Recparam\MP4Large\FrameRate to 5 Hell you may even be able to go lower. Because that's all I kept doin an it just seemed to get better each time I lowered it.
Changing the framerate to 5FPS for Mpeg4 yields horrible playback results. It's not even worth taking videos with the setting at 5 because of the slow, jerky movements.
--James
xtreme929 said:
Well I actually got the frame rate to not be so choppy by just changing HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\Recparam\MP4Large\FrameRate to 5 Hell you may even be able to go lower. Because that's all I kept doin an it just seemed to get better each time I lowered it.
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5 frames per second? That is REALLY choppy, maybe you meant 15?
i've done some testing and it seems like mpg4 just uses too much processing power to do the compression and that motion jpeg (AVI) at 15fps yields pretty good results. will try and do some more testing and report back.
robbyroy;1548515 said:
i've done some testing and it seems like mpg4 just uses too much processing power to do the compression and that motion jpeg (AVI) at 15fps yields pretty good results. will try and do some more testing and report back.
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my only problem with using motion jpg is that audio stream format doesnt work with tcpmp, so all my beautiful movie automaticly become silent films out side pocket media player
help
I messup. I changed the maincamsupportcaptsize and dont remeber the org setting. the 2nd problem is that i could not add change to dword:0x3A (58) it would only let me change from 8 to 58 but not the 0X3a?
Not sure if changing this messed up my MMS but I haven't changed any other feature. Right now after doing this hack, my MMS won't send out, giving me an error that says my image size of 16k or whatever is over the 0k limit?
Reseting to default
thanks for the info but I have tried that reg hack and it will stay at 58 until i launch the camera/camcorder function then i go back in and it is back at 10. don't know if i need to soft reset before i launch cam? any help would be a appreciated.
phatstud said:
Not sure if changing this messed up my MMS but I haven't changed any other feature. Right now after doing this hack, my MMS won't send out, giving me an error that says my image size of 16k or whatever is over the 0k limit?
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Same thing happened to me. Just uninstall your mms and re install it. It will work.
Guys, my video recording does not work in 640x480 nor in 320x240. Sound is recorded, but no video... Only CIF works like expected (Video with sound).
Anyone else with that prob?
Thanks,
Marti
Hi,
i got the same problem.. there are only sound on the video recording..
The same after installing "ringtone-patch".
got the same problem. only works in CIF resolution with H.264
I do not have any problem recording video both on momory and SD card and with sound in 640x480 / MP4.
Could you explain how to reproduce this behaviour ?
I fixed it by deleting HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\recparam\MP4VGA registry key.
If you afraid of deleting, try to rename it.
darknos said:
I fixed it by deleting HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\recparam\MP4VGA registry key.
If you afraid of deleting, try to rename it.
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did anyone else try?
it works! just tried it.
darknos said:
I fixed it by deleting HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\recparam\MP4VGA registry key.
If you afraid of deleting, try to rename it.
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YESSSSSS!!!
It works fine after deleting of this reg key.
Best regards to all,
Marti
is it really working?
when I bought HD Mini the recording in VGA quality worked fine. I did some customizing (nothing unusual- just installed some apps and tweaked manila to my liking) and.... the VGA mode stopped working. It records audio only. I tried to delete the MP4VGA registry key and after this HD Mini records video in VGA but:
1) the video quality is very poor when compared to the recordings before problems. I checked the files- the resolution is the same (640x480) but the bitrate is drastically lower- it is 375 and used to be 1441. it looks awful
2) the funny thing is that when I opened the registry editor the deleted key is back again. I am a newbie to registry editing and have no idea if I deleted it the "wrong" way and how it restores itsef. I tried several times and after soft reset the key is back again
My most important question is: mrmartischmi and darknos- can you record a high quality files ( hi bitrate?) after the tweak?
thank you
@robertszydlo:
Sorry for the late answer.
You are right:videos have a very low bitrate and thus are of bad quality.
Its false to delete the folder MP4VGA.
I restored it from my backup and set the key "Bitrate" to 1500000.
This made my Videos look much better and the Bitrate returned to be about 151 kBps instead of only 40. Higher values did not work though.
Hope this helps, I am investigating more at the moment...
(maybe someone can post the complete "original" keys of the MP4VGA folder?)
Thanks so far,
Marti
yeah! this one really works (Thanks mrmartischmi!) but it gets me even more confused
after setting the value to 1500000 my phone records great looking videos but the files and the bitrate(well over 3000 now ) are huge! I don't have a problem with large files - it just makes me think:
-what was the original value ( can someone please check and post?)
-why in the world it stopped working? can I expect now to work continuosly and not fail while recording my masterpiece video ?
thank you
@robertszydlo:
I only got 151 kBps, how can yours be 3000?
Did you check on the PC with Quicktime or something else?
Could you post the size, duration and bitrate of a sample video so I can check with the parameters of one of mine?
I am pretty confident, we will understand it in the near future
reg keys
mrmartischmi said:
@robertszydlo:
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(maybe someone can post the complete "original" keys of the MP4VGA folder?)
Thanks so far,
Marti
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I'm using 1.32.479.2 WWE ROM with the last HTC hotfix installed. Bellow is MP4VGA key folder, exported from my registry and a screen with info about a short video i've just made.
I've checked the "bitrate" key and mine is 1500000 too.
Hope it helps.
EDIT: the keys have the original values and i don't have any problem with video recording.
mrmartischmi,
I am not any math expert so I can make mistakes- that's why I don't try to convert bits to bytes or do any math I just give you the numbers I see on my mac screen when I "get info" about the new file (value in registry set 1500000) it says it is 640x480, codecs MPEG-4 Video, AAC duration 00:16 audio channels 1 , Total bit rate 3,217. It is probably the bitrate of audio+video in bits? I am not sure how it compares to your 151kBps but your bitrate can be video only expressed in KB.... there are probably many guys on this forum that can enlighten us
ci6i,
thanks for help, the one thing that is strange to me is that before any tweaks my phone recorded files with much smaller total bitrate ( get info says 1486) so maybe in my rom the original registry value was lower?
anyway, yesterday I recorded really long files and everything works, so I am happy
@robertszydlo:
Sorry, it was not my intention to bother you with maths... I was just wondering, why the rates are so different although using the same keys in registry. Could you post the filesize of the small clip you mentioned before so I can compare these parameters to a clip of mine?
@ci6i:
Thanks a lot for your help. I compared the values of the reg key to the ones I have now and they are ecactly the same.
So the question is: why did robertszydlo recorded videos with a much smaller bitrate before the tweaking? Maybe there are other keys to change ...
I'v discovered days ago that this bug is generated by using BsB Tweaks with option "Video MPEG4 Bitrate" enabled or HD2 Tweak with corresponding option enabled..........don't use this tweaks utils if not certified with HD MINI....
hi mrmartischmi,
I uploaded 2 videos- nr 1 is recorded the first day I got the phone, no tweaks
nr 2 i after the last tweaks (value 1500000 in registry) ... bigger bitrate ant bigger file. Can I see difference in quality? well- I am not sure- see for yourself
@ SoftWord: you are probably right! I switched the bsb bitrate tweak on, and this could cause the whole problem, thanks for your input
The best quality I got when remove all keys from MP4VGA registry folder except one: BitRate = 1500000. but 15 seconds video is almost 6Mb on card
Notice: If you leave FrameRate = 20 or 30 in MP4VGA, video file size will be about twice less and quality will be worse.
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@ SoftWord: you are probably right! I switched the bsb bitrate tweak on, and this could cause the whole problem, thanks for your input
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def that's the problem why the video recording not working. without it my video recording's working fine.
watch out with this setting, guys!
EDIT: I would like to know if it is possible to increase video playback quality by adjust the framerate settings, similar to the way you can adjust the framerate of the recording quality settings.
see the second post of this thread: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-hacks/77154-original-droid-720p-recording.html
I searched here an on the net and I am having difficulty determining what the maximum FPS is for video playback on this device.
I see everywhere that it records at a max of 23 FPS.
The reason for my inquiry is I am using Super to convert some files to WMV format to play on the phone. I set it at 30 FPS and the movie played back almost flawlwssly but it looked as if it was struggling when fast movements were shown on screen (blocky areas, hazing).
Does anyone know the max video playback FPS of this device?
Zune converts videos for you. Not sure FPS but they always look good to me.
augie7107 said:
I searched here an on the net and I am having difficulty determining what the maximum FPS is for video playback on this device.
I see everywhere that it records at a max of 23 FPS.
The reason for my inquiry is I am using Super to convert some files to WMV format to play on the phone. I set it at 30 FPS and the movie played back almost flawlwssly but it looked as if it was struggling when fast movements were shown on screen (blocky areas, hazing).
Does anyone know the max video playback FPS of this device?
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If this is the same SAMOLED that is in the Captivate then the native refresh rate of the panel is 56 if I can remember correctly. Hit up the Captivate forums to double check. Just look in one of the benchmark threads.
Also in Zune Desktop software you can disable the 'automatically re-encode videos" settings if you want to do it your self.
I played back a 1.4 GB MKV (HD 720p) without any issues so the phone has the power to decode H.264 in hardware.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZExCw-DXuHE&context=C30d783dADOEgsToPDskLoehz8ZrXfucP3ozu-g4_i
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5KcX_RA3bU&context=C30e88e8ADOEgsToPDskL1gyWIJH71CU9HInTgxt4m
These 2 tests are from the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1314811.
The thread is about improving the X8's camera to record videos on mp4 format.
And so far it records on mp4 format and its laggy and choppy sometimes ill meybe improve it later.
Wasn't it m4v format or something? At least that's what the flashable zip says..
Yes,it is .m4v video format,really improve audio recording,but lags a lot!
In .m4v video format audio quality and Video quality both are best but Audio/Video synchronization is worst.
Video is slow while sound is Fast.
I tried all possible values for best sync but not successful.
I have got 1 sec lag in A/V sync in .m4v.
Try mine
Try this, its had been modified to best ratio by me, no lag when recording, playing, video-audio interleave(either is faster) on my class 4 sdcard. NOTE: Lower class sdcard maybe cannot use this tweak at all because of write speed of the card cannot catch up with the data is being write into it.
Anyway its around 2.8 mbps h264 640 x 480 30fps Vid, 128 kbps 48000 Hz 1 channel (mono) aac audio and in m4v format.
Low profile:
around 1.4 mbps h263 640 x 480 30fps Vid, 64 kbps 48000 Hz 1 channel aac audio and in 3gp format.
I have attached as Flashable CWM zip
P.S: IF you have higher class sdcard you would not be here report this problem feel free to go and modified the value that fit your sdcard speed perfectly. MAKE BACKUP BEFORE MODIFYING THE VALUE, AS GOT ONCE I MODDED "EXTRA" VALUE AND GET SCREW-UP ENDING AS BOOT LOGO STUCK. OR DELETE THE FILES USE ADB AND TRY AGAIN
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