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Hello 2 all!
As all of us know, if you try to record video with diamond using HTC Camera - audio will be crapy, and video in dark places too...
so the questions are:
1. How to record sound not with 8khz samples?
2. How to have smooth video even in dark rooms?
eg what software can work with diamond, and overcome those limitations?
It seems that HTC is about to launch HD2's successor.
http://www.htc.com/www/product/hd7/overview.html
I was expecting a more impressive spec sheet but it seems that the only difference is the internal memory and a new OS, Windows Phone 7.
What are your opinions guys?
Detailed specifications
CPU Processing Speed
1 GHz
Storage
Internal storage: 8 GB (Europe) 16 GB (Asia)
ROM: 512 MB
RAM: 576 MB
HTC Hub
• Weather, Stocks, Converter, Photo Enhancer, Sound Enhancer, and more
• Downloadable apps and games
Multimedia1
• See photos from your camera, Facebook® and Windows Live™ accounts in the Pictures hub
• Music and Videos Hub powered by Zune® lets you listen to radio, download music, and more
• Dolby Mobile and SRS surround sound
Audio supported formats:
• .m4a, .m4b, .mp3, .wma (Windows Media Audio 9)
Video supported formats:
• Playback:.3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .m4v, .mbr., .wmv (Windows Media Video 9 and VC-1)
• Recording:.mp4
Platform5
Windows® Phone OS 7
Camera
• 5 megapixel color camera
• Auto focus and dual LED flash
• 720p HD video recording
• Built-in scenes include candlelight, landscape, and portrait match the environment of your subject
Internet6
3G:
• Up to 7.2 Mbps download speed
• Up to 2 Mbps upload speed
GPRS:
• Up to 114 kbps downloading
EDGE:
• Up to 560 kbps downloading
Wi-Fi®:
• Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth®
• Bluetooth® 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate
• A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
• Other supported profiles: AVRCP, HFP, HSP, PBAP
Social Networking
• Facebook® and Windows Live™
• Share photos on Facebook® or Windows Live™ SkyDrive®
Location
• Internal GPS antenna
• Bing™ Maps
Special Features
• With kickstand
• Customize your phone with live tiles which dynamically update all key information right on the Start screen
• Choose from thousands of video titles and music tracks via integrated Zune® services
• Play console-quality video games with XBox LIVE® integration
I was expecting something a bit more wow over the HD2...seems like they have just removed the buttons from the HD2, improved a couple of things and re cased it?
Do i see a new sense ?
naaa .. must be optical ilusion
Some visual
guys i was wondering: will HTC HD7 rom be ported on HTC HD2?
I got 2 android devices right now, acer liquid and htc desire, would you advice me to give away the liquid and take the HD2 looking forward to flash HD7 rom on it in a few weeks?
endariel said:
guys i was wondering: will HTC HD7 rom be ported on HTC HD2?
I got 2 android devices right now, acer liquid and htc desire, would you advice me to give away the liquid and take the HD2 looking forward to flash HD7 rom on it in a few weeks?
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There will not be a official released of WP7 on the HTC HD2 Cooked maybe
BLEH , the HD7 UI is plain ugly
webjunky said:
BLEH , the HD7 UI is plain ugly
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seems a pretty big phone to me, and yeah, uuurrggghhhh......ugly
webjunky said:
BLEH , the HD7 UI is plain ugly
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Where did you see a UI ???
I saw a Interface; but User????
although wel all moan about sense, it does look better then that!
its practically the same phone with less buttons and more memory (an internal sd card probably as it has the same amount of nand).... looks like ill be keeping my hd2
edit: oh yeah and a kickstand.......cant forget the kickstand
Honestly think the original HD2 looks a lot better, though the build in kickstand is rather neat.
I think the HD7 is one big bag of fail
I mean, a year later, the successor to one of the greatest and most popular winmo handsets of all time...gets a measly memory bump???
Same processor? Same Screen Size? I mean, its prety much an inevitability that WP7 will be ported to the HD2...whats the incentive to upgrade to the HD7??
Now at least the Desire HD got a processor bump, is definitely more futire proof than the HD7.
Maybe that HTC's way of telling MS that HTC is now primariliy an Android supporting company?
I mean, the HD7 may be the WP7 flagship for HTC, but no way is it THE overall HTC flagship. Thats the Desire HD.
In the meantime, with almost identical specs to the HD2, thanks for making the WP7 HD2 port easier on the devs, HTC
Hi!
On iOS you can "pinch-to-zoom" embedded videos to full-screen (only the video-player goes full-screen - not the website itself)
Is it possible to do this with android too?
Hi Z1 Kitkat updaters, how is it fared to what I've posted way back when the Z2 dump files are shown? Can you enumerate below which of which are not included and so far, not been rumored to have but already had in the Z1 KK update? Thanks.
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Sony Xperia Z1 Android 4.4 Kitkat update shortlist (As of 2/28/2014)
Android 4.4 Kitkat Native Features
- Transparent navigation and status bars
- White status bar icons
- Immersive mode on selected Sony Multimedia Apps (Album and Movies)
- Better RAM optimization (Do not expect with this as Sony will be adding more features)
- Choice of default Messaging app
- Choice of default Android Launcher (Will be added with Xperia Simple Home Launcher on 4.4)
- Emoji on Google Keyboard (Will be added also on the new Xperia Keyboard for 4.4)
- Cloud printing
- Audio tunneling (low-power music streaming, in which Qualcomm should support with their SoC)
- Extension to Bluetooth AVRCP 1.3 (Notice that the volume on the Bluetooth device, for example, SBH-20, is not the same with the volume of the phone. WIth this feature, it will give absolute volume on the system to Bluetooth devices.)
- Native IR blaster support (good for Xperia ZL and Tablet Z)
- System-wide Closed captioning (subtitles)
- Choice of GPS Accuracy Mode
- Notification listener services (manage notifications to show)
- Scrubbing of music on lockscreen
- *Support for step counter and step detection sensors (built-in sensors inside Xperia Z2)
Xperia Camera Apps Update
- *4K Video app, Ultra-High Definition video recording (4K2K video, 4096 x 2160 resolution in cinematic 1.89:1 aspect ratio)
- *Timeshift Video app, lets you record 120 fps, 720p video, after which, you can edit multiple parts for slow motion or fast motion playback. It also saves two files, one with the edited video with 30fps parts and one with native 120fps playback.
- *Creative Effects app, (an update to Picture Effects app), where you can now utilize the effects not just only for photo, but also for video recording. You can also change effects in real-time.
- Background Defocus app, an app currently exclusive to Xperia Z1s where it captures 2 photos simultaneously and adds bokeh to the focused picture. You can also edit how much background defocus you want to simulate, as well as to choose from three blurring effects (2 motion blurs, vertical and horizontal, and a Gaussian blur)
- AR Effects app, adding video recording with augmented reality effects and soon update to new AR effects
- Superior Auto, adding aspect ratio option for 8 MP images (4:3 or 16:9)
- Manual camera app update adds HDR to 20.7 MP picture, addition of 15.5 megapixel photo resolution and 1080p 60 fps as well as VGA (640x480) 30fps video recording
- Vine camera app, directly records short videos for Vine social app
- *Portrait Retouch app, which you can see your face being retouched in real-time.
- Addition of new third-party Xperia Camera apps in Play Store (Perfectly Clear, Vintage 8mm camera, Camera 2, FlightRadar24 Pro) and more to come.
System Wide Xperia Update
- New Xperia boot animation patterned to Sony Playstation 4 UI
- Sony Multimedia Apps (Walkman, Album and Movies) now use native Google-style side menu
- Movies app updated with thinner information display on video playback and zoom function for video (especially in 4K video playback)
- Movie Creator app, letting you edit videos with trim and playback speed options
- Smart backlight control (keeping screen on while using the phone without touching)
- Smart call handling (answer and reject calls, as well as turn off ringer, using motion control)
- *Double tap to wake (similar to Xperia Tablet Z's feature)
- Answering Machine
- New Dialer options after end of call
- *Choice of Audio accessories for a wide range of input/output devices to be connected. This will enable external devices, for example, the Sony Stereo Mic STM10, to be used as default recording microphone instead of the built-in stereo mic.
- *Hi-Resolution Audio output to USB DAC or DAC amplifier
- *Digital Noise Cancelling (DNC). (Now only works with Xperia Z2 since its headphone jack adds another pin for DNC)
- Addition of themes to Xperia Themes, opening Xperia Themes SDK to public
- New notification and Quick Settings drop down. Holding a quick setting now will direct you to the advanced settings
- Power Management for Accessories (enable power management for Smartwatch and other devices)
- Sony's What's New app for Sony Select and Sony Multimedia updates (Music and Video Unlimited)
- "Close All" option in the Recent Apps section
- New widgets including TouchBlock for water resistant devices
- New Calendar App with weather forecast for the week
- New Xperia lockscreen layout with camera shortcut on the bottom and new lockscreen animation
*Note that all of the updates in asterisk is still not sure for Z1 if it will carry through with the upcoming Kitkat update
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so, does new .681 update has hamburger menu afterall?
Sony Xperia Z1 Android 4.4 Kitkat update list of Feature I can't find on current Z1 Kitkat (Quite disappointed about the performance of the phone after update though - not better but even worse in some cases)
Android 4.4 Kitkat Native Features
- Better RAM optimization (Do not expect with this as Sony will be adding more features) - Not better for me
- Choice of default Android Launcher (Will be added with Xperia Simple Home Launcher on 4.4) - Only Z Ultra have it
- Audio tunneling (low-power music streaming, in which Qualcomm should support with their SoC) - Don't know about this so not sure
- Extension to Bluetooth AVRCP 1.3 (Notice that the volume on the Bluetooth device, for example, SBH-20, is not the same with the volume of the phone. WIth this feature, it will give absolute volume on the system to Bluetooth devices.) - Don't know about this so not sure
- System-wide Closed captioning (subtitles) - Don't know about this so not sure
- *Support for step counter and step detection sensors (built-in sensors inside Xperia Z2)
Xperia Camera Apps Update
- *4K Video app, Ultra-High Definition video recording (4K2K video, 4096 x 2160 resolution in cinematic 1.89:1 aspect ratio)
- *Timeshift Video app, lets you record 120 fps, 720p video, after which, you can edit multiple parts for slow motion or fast motion playback. It also saves two files, one with the edited video with 30fps parts and one with native 120fps playback.
- Background Defocus app, an app currently exclusive to Xperia Z1s where it captures 2 photos simultaneously and adds bokeh to the focused picture. You can also edit how much background defocus you want to simulate, as well as to choose from three blurring effects (2 motion blurs, vertical and horizontal, and a Gaussian blur)
- 1080p 60 fps as well as VGA (640x480) 30fps video recording
- *Portrait Retouch app, which you can see your face being retouched in real-time.
System Wide Xperia Update
- Sony Multimedia Apps (Walkman, Album and Movies) now use native Google-style side menu
- Smart backlight control (keeping screen on while using the phone without touching)
- Smart call handling (answer and reject calls, as well as turn off ringer, using motion control)
- *Double tap to wake (similar to Xperia Tablet Z's feature)
- *Choice of Audio accessories for a wide range of input/output devices to be connected. This will enable external devices, for example, the Sony Stereo Mic STM10, to be used as default recording microphone instead of the built-in stereo mic.
- *Hi-Resolution Audio output to USB DAC or DAC amplifier
- *Digital Noise Cancelling (DNC). (Now only works with Xperia Z2 since its headphone jack adds another pin for DNC)
- Power Management for Accessories (enable power management for Smartwatch and other devices)
- Sony's What's New app for Sony Select and Sony Multimedia updates (Music and Video Unlimited)
- "Close All" option in the Recent Apps section
not been rumored to have but already had in the Z1 KK update: sluggish performance occationally and not so improved camera
jatinrungta said:
so, does new .681 update has hamburger menu afterall?
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Nope.
Regards,
acervenky,
XPT
- *Choice of Audio accessories for a wide range of input/output devices to be connected. This will enable external devices, for example, the Sony Stereo Mic STM10, to be used as default recording microphone instead of the built-in stereo mic.
I was told this would not work for z1... But is this real?
The built in mic is ridiculous...
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Hi. It is possible by Magisk or Kernel to activate HDR support. I think the processor and the display can run it.
Thanks
I don't know if the full HDR support can be forcibly activated on Tab S5e, but some things can be done even on stock firmware:
A hidden setting, called Video Enhancer, can be turned on (by QuickShortcutMaker or similar app). It's of great importance to play HDR video online or offline.
The native Samsung Video Player works just fine with downloaded HDR video content (see a HDR label on the video thumbnail/title) as well as MX Player, VLC player, etc.
YouTube Vanced Mod (both for Rooted & Non-Rooted devices) has no problem to play HDR video content in YouTube. (How To: download and install both MicroG & Vanced Apps, give MicroG all Permissions needed, start Yotube Vanced and go to Vanced Settings, tap several times on About to unhide Codec Override menu, and tap on Galaxy S8+ to enable hardware HDR support)
Well, playing HDR video on Tab S5e is just amazing!
I already have YouTube Vanced, but where do you find the Video Enhancer toggle on the tablet? I've looked all through the settings and can't find it (it's definitely not under the Advanced Settings tab).
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where do you find the Video Enhancer toggle on the tablet?
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I said above that the Video Enhancer option is hidden on Tab S5e by Samsung. We have to unhide it by apps capable to read Android activities, e.g. QuickShortcutMaker...
Just click on the QuickShortcutMaker hyperlink in my post above or here:
https://www.guidingtech.com/69325/samsung-galaxy-s8-video-enhancer/
and you can see how to start this option... (btw, QuickShortcutMaker is an old gold app and already can not create shortcuts on the latest Android versions, but you can launch Video Enhancer option tapping on Try)
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i don't know if the full hdr support can be forcibly activated on tab s5e, but some things can be done even on stock firmware:
A hidden setting, called video enhancer, can be turned on (by quickshortcutmaker or similar app). It's of great importance to play hdr video online or offline.
The native samsung video player works just fine with downloaded hdr video content (see a hdr label on the video thumbnail/title) as well as mx player, vlc player, etc.
youtube vanced mod (both for rooted & non-rooted devices) has no problem to play hdr video content in youtube. (how to: Download and install both microg & vanced apps, give microg all permissions needed, start yotube vanced and go to vanced settings, tap several times on about to unhide codec override menu, and tap on galaxy s8+ to enable hardware hdr support)
well, playing hdr video on tab s5e is just amazing!
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thanks for help you are a lifesavesr!
LeGi0NeeR said:
I said above that the Video Enhancer option is hidden on Tab S5e by Samsung. We have to unhide it by apps capable to read Android activities, e.g. QuickShortcutMaker...
Just click on the QuickShortcutMaker hyperlink in my post above or here:
https://www.guidingtech.com/69325/samsung-galaxy-s8-video-enhancer/
and you can see how to start this option... (btw, QuickShortcutMaker is an old gold app and already can not create shortcuts on the latest Android versions, but you can launch Video Enhancer option tapping on Try)
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Thanks, went ahead and downloaded the app and turned on the Video Enhancer feature.
By the way, something I noticed in YouTube Vanced is that I can have 4k resolution, or HDR, but not both. Looks like HDR tops out at 1080p, but if I use the VP9 code I can go up to 2160p. Is this correct, or is there a workaround for this as well?
Yes, all 4 codecs in Vanced Override Menu support max resolution of 4K (2160p) 60FPS. 2 of them support (hardware/software) HDR video playing - up to FHD (1080p) 60FPS HDR. It seems that 1080p60 HDR is a Google limitation for mobile devices.
The good news is that Tab S5e handles YouTube streaming video perfectly in all resolutions, FPS and codecs, and the picture quality is just amazing!
Thanks for the info.
But when I am running LineageOS I do not have Samsung Video Enhancer.
On Youtube Vanced active the HDR but the colors are washed.
If the Samsung Video Enhancer option is not implemented in custom ROMs, you may try Video Enhancer app from Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.snowlife01.android.free_videoenhancer
Doesn't the SGTS5e support HDR right out the box?
Aht stock rom are you using
Video enhancer does not work
Hdr
LeGi0NeeR said:
I don't know if the full HDR support can be forcibly activated on Tab S5e, but some things can be done even on stock firmware:
A hidden setting, called Video Enhancer, can be turned on (by QuickShortcutMaker or similar app). It's of great importance to play HDR video online or offline.
The native Samsung Video Player works just fine with downloaded HDR video content (see a HDR label on the video thumbnail/title) as well as MX Player, VLC player, etc.
YouTube Vanced Mod (both for Rooted & Non-Rooted devices) has no problem to play HDR video content in YouTube. (How To: download and install both MicroG & Vanced Apps, give MicroG all Permissions needed, start Yotube Vanced and go to Vanced Settings, tap several times on About to unhide Codec Override menu, and tap on Galaxy S8+ to enable hardware HDR support)
Well, playing HDR video on Tab S5e is just amazing!
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Vanced mod hdr working
Very pleased
Thank you
Video enhancer has no effect for me
I'm using stock running vanced 1440 resolution is maximum it allows me and that's fine I guess, but annoying it always defaults as 720.
Some notes from my recent observations on the HDR video playback in Tab S5e (Stock Firmware):
1. Tab S5e has a good hardware (SOC - SD670; GPU - Adreno 615; Super AMOLED Display) capable to play HDR video without problems. Playing the 1080p 60FPS HDR or 2160p 60FPS streaming videos by Modded YouTube Vanced just proves that.
2. But, there is a real problem for local HDR video playback with hardware support - the colors are slightly pale and washed as regards the same video played by YouTube Vanced or in other premium SAMSUNG devices. No matter which video player is used, no matter if Video Enhancer is on or off, the colors are washed... I tested almost all known video players for Android and all they show washed colors because all they rely on the native hardware support in the related devices.
- So, it seems that SAMSUNG has stripped the hardware support of 10-bit pipelines in the Tab S5e video codecs. Obviously, this is intentionally done by SAMSUNG (to sell much more expensive Tab S6?!) and can be easily corrected with a software update... But, at the moment, we can not play locally hardware accelerated video with rich HDR colors!
3. But, we have a little surprise: the SAMSUNG's competitive HDR format - Dolby Vision, plays on Tab S5e just fine in all glorious colors and hardware support even by the native SAMSUNG video player!
4. I tested on Tab S5e several dozens of 4K HDR & Dolby Vision videos/movies flying in the Net... The only video player that played all of them in their native resolution without lags, freezing, black screen, audio only, etc. (i.e. with good hardware acceleration), was nPlayer! All others couldn't handle with various video formats/codecs and especially with most of the Dolby Vision videos. nPlayer is amazing but... the colors of HDR videos on Tab S5e are still washed...
5. So, how to play offline HDR videos on Tab S5e with native rich colors?
It seems that only VLC player for Android can do that at the moment with the following limitations:
- Video Quality: up to 1080p 60FPS HDR (yes, the same limitations as in YouTube for mobile devices!)
- Hardware Acceleration: Disabled (i.e. without hardware GPU acceleration giving washed colors on Tab S5e)
- Recommended: Force video chroma - RGB 16-bit; Deblocking Filter Settings - No Deblocking; Frame Skip - Checked; Optimize Battery Usage for VLC - Not Optimized
(VLC can play videos with upper resolutions, e.g. 1440p 60 FPS HDR and up, but don't cry if video lags...)
6. Most of the videos/movies in the Net are 4k 60FPS HDR, so we have to downscale them to 1080p 60FPS HDR to watch normal rich colors on Tab S5e.
I personally use VidCoder to downscale the originals to 1080p 60FPS HDR. A good preset, for example, is [Vimeo YouTube HQ 1080p60] with video codec - H.265 10-bit (x265). It's important to use 10-bit codecs otherwise, the video output will not be of HDR quality! You will be really surprised to see the file size difference between the input and output video...
See the difference between the colors of one and the same hardware accelerated (washed) and software decoded (rich) HDR video by VLC on the attached shots below:
Software hdr better than no hdr
Thankyou for showing us vlc hdr on s5e
LeGi0NeeR said:
Some notes from my recent observations on the HDR video playback in Tab S5e (Stock Firmware):
See the difference between the colors of one and the same hardware accelerated (washed) and software decoded (rich) HDR video by VLC on the attached shots below:
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The only difference I see is in the color saturation, which has nothing what so ever to do with resolution.
edit: And in reality, the first picture is MUCH more natural. The only time you'd see the vivid colors of the second picture, on a woman's face, would be if she worked on the streets.
lewmur said:
The only difference I see is in the color saturation, which has nothing what so ever to do with resolution.
edit: And in reality, the first picture is MUCH more natural...
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Yes, SAMSUNG know very well that many customers always like whatever they are offered, no matter what was stripped or disabled without any reason at all...
But I don't want SAMSUNG (or you!) to tell me which color saturation is better or worse for me. I just want to watch the movies/videos in the color palette, brightness & resolution in which their creators made them! That's all! So, a multimedia tablet (as Tab S5e was advertised) without HDR hardware support (intentionally disabled by the manufacturer) is a full nonsense in 2020!
BTW, not only HDR video playback was stripped in Tab S5e, but also 10-bit HDR video capture by the back camera...
LeGi0NeeR said:
Yes, SAMSUNG know very well that many customers always like whatever they are offered, no matter what was stripped or disabled without any reason at all...
But I don't want SAMSUNG (or you!) to tell me which color saturation is better or worse for me. I just want to watch the movies/videos in the color palette, brightness & resolution in which their creators made them! That's all! So, a multimedia tablet (as Tab S5e was advertised) without HDR hardware support (intentionally disabled by the manufacturer) is a full nonsense in 2020!
BTW, not only HDR video playback was stripped in Tab S5e, but also 10-bit HDR video capture by the back camera...
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I don't give a hardy what you like or dislike. I just pointed out the the pictures you use to make a point about lack of hi def resolution had nothing to do with the resolution.
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I just pointed out the the pictures you use to make a point about lack of hi def resolution had nothing to do with the resolution.
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What resolution? It's one and the same resolution on both pictures. The problem is in the color saturation... OMG, do you really think that HDR = "hi def resolution"? No words...
Enabled video enhancer but on vanced I have VP9 in override codecs section! HDR option still not visible on vanced youtube!