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Topic says it all, when shooting video in dark situations framerate drops to 10 - 12 -17 so it's frustrating! Since the specification of the video says that the variable frame rate if there is a chance to somehow locked at 30fps!
Great magicians of hacking help please!!!
Nope, wait for a update from HTC and hope for the best... (for now anyway)
Even if we set Exposure to -2 and ISO to 800 we can't achive 30 fps, so, if we lock frame rate to 30, in low light, it is possible that the video is to dark for us to do anything with it.
IMHO DHD have a poor camera sensor for low light.
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Even if we set Exposure to -2 and ISO to 800 we can't achive 30 fps, so, if we lock frame rate to 30, in low light, it is possible that the video is to dark for us to do anything with it.
IMHO DHD have a poor camera sensor for low light.
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Yes or not enough processing power to handle the low light data in real time, or enough power but the processor is busy getting US stocks data for people who never trade in US stocks and running Facebook for people who dont have a facebook account and.....(long list of featutes that burn my cpu and battery but never use or want)
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Yes or not enough processing power to handle the low light data in real time, or enough power but the processor is busy getting US stocks data for people who never trade in US stocks and running Facebook for people who dont have a facebook account and.....(long list of featutes that burn my cpu and battery but never use or want)
Sent from my HTC HD so may contain typos, bugs and, if the battery lasts, pearls of....(battery 0%)
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Haha, love the sarcasm
You do know you can remove all the crap you don't want like Stocks etc? One of the many joys of rooting your phone
I really wish there was a way to get the camera to shoot 30 fps in low light too
I really dont care how much noise will be introduced. 30 fps is most important. Is this even possible for a developer here to work on since this is HTC's own app and i think HTC dont release their source?
Have you tried shooting with flashlight on? Or setting the white balance manually, I'm sure I read somewhere that helps, turning off automatic white balance removes the annoying changes in brightness and helps improve framers alongside setting exposure to manual.
Be nice if it just shot un 30fps all the time like iPhone, I'm sure it will be sorted.
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gamesmachine said:
Have you tried shooting with flashlight on? Or setting the white balance manually, I'm sure I read somewhere that helps, turning off automatic white balance removes the annoying changes in brightness and helps improve framers alongside setting exposure to manual.
Be nice if it just shot un 30fps all the time like iPhone, I'm sure it will be sorted.
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I have a gut feeling it wont be sorted. Take a look at the old Desire. It's camcorder is still shooting at 22 fps in optimal light! Probably less than 10 in low light. HTC just doesnt seem to care
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I have a gut feeling it wont be sorted. Take a look at the old Desire. It's camcorder is still shooting at 22 fps in optimal light! Probably less than 10 in low light. HTC just doesnt seem to care
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Do you own a Desire(old one)?From what you say I guess you don't.With the Desire,if you set the ISO to 800 you can record anything between 25 and 30 fps,even in low light.It introduces some more noise,but not that much more that what the iPhone does in low light.Dunno why the DHD doesn't change much with the iso...
So, is there a way to record at 30fps at night?I searched all over the forum and didn't find a way.(besides reducing the exposure which makes videos very dark)
I noticed a thing that when I focus the objects aren't so shadowy because of low fps but only just for a moment like half of second and then it returnes to the normal 10-15 fps.
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So, is there a way to record at 30fps at night?I searched all over the forum and didn't find a way.(besides reducing the exposure which makes videos very dark)
I noticed a thing that when I focus the objects aren't so shadowy because of low fps but only just for a moment like half of second and then it returnes to the normal 10-15 fps.
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Nah dude there probably is no way. It's the hardware here that's the problem here.
The problem is that the sensors in your camera need a certain minimum amount of time to get the picture to look correct.
I could tell you how to get it locked at 30, but then you would hate me because your video would turn out extremely blurry, and to that extent, so dark that you might as well have just recorded a black sheet of paper.
(This would of course come with rooting your phone, which I wouldn't think is a problem)
The thing is, its been coded into your device to reduce the frame-rate, so that you at least get a scene in a video at a bad frame rate, instead of black in a video with good frame rate
Yeah, but as I said before, there is a thing that when I focus the video there is a small interval of time(about 1/2 sec) when the frames seem to be normal(25-30).I don't know if this happens only on my device but before the gingerbread update I didn't notice this.You could try it or I can even send you a recording.And why does the camera sensor state that it can record @60 fps in light and 30 fps in dark?(according to this thread p=13510330)
I don't know very much about its camera and I don't say that I am right about this, but I want to improve the recording as much as possible.Even my friends MOTO Defy is better in low light.
Also will a custom rom improve the performance of recording?
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Yeah, but as I said before, there is a thing that when I focus the video there is a small interval of time(about 1/2 sec) when the frames seem to be normal(25-30).I don't know if this happens only on my device but before the gingerbread update I didn't notice this.You could try it or I can even send you a recording.And why does the camera sensor state that it can record @60 fps in light and 30 fps in dark?(according to this thread p=13510330)
I don't know very much about its camera and I don't say that I am right about this, but I want to improve the recording as much as possible.Even my friends MOTO Defy is better in low light.
Also will a custom rom improve the performance of recording?
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Custom roms dont improve the low light recording unfortunately.
sergiu_07_07 said:
Yeah, but as I said before, there is a thing that when I focus the video there is a small interval of time(about 1/2 sec) when the frames seem to be normal(25-30).I don't know if this happens only on my device but before the gingerbread update I didn't notice this.You could try it or I can even send you a recording.And why does the camera sensor state that it can record @60 fps in light and 30 fps in dark?(according to this thread p=13510330)
I don't know very much about its camera and I don't say that I am right about this, but I want to improve the recording as much as possible.Even my friends MOTO Defy is better in low light.
Also will a custom rom improve the performance of recording?
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I don't think any sensor manufacturer can specify framerate in "dark" because how do you define "dark"? What your eyes percieve as "dark" is more like "pitch black" for a camera sensor. Especially a small crappy one that sits behind a small crappy lens. Remember that to have 30 fps, you should be able to "gather" enough light to make a properly exposed image for a 1/30 of a second. Take your point-and-shoot camera, or even a DSLR, set it to manual mode, set the ISO to 800, set the shutter speed to 1/30, set the aperture to f/8 for a 28mm equvalent focal length (if you are using DSLR, for a point-and-shoot with a smaller than DX sensor, you have to dial it even higher) and see what picture you can get with those settings. This is how much light hits the sensor for 1/30 of a second. This is how your videos will look like.
EDIT: You should not compare video recording framerate on phones that record in different resolution. DEFY can record up to 640x480 (if I'm not mistaken) which is 1/3 of the frame recorded with the DHD (1280x720). With a good recording algorithm this means three times more light per pixel (if the sensor is the same).
have anyone when use the video record the screen will hang there for 1s n going on smooth later n hang again? i had try to reformat use the sony update, but the problem didnt slove, any solution:-S
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No solution for you just letting you know I have had the same problem it stutters for a second then continued :-/
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Same here. It stops for a second or two. Then it continue recording.
But not all the time.
i have the same problem here
I was recording a clip about 3-4 mins into recording it hanged and continued then hanged again this time fatally as I had to force close the camera app. however i did not lose the footage ....
Same here but with no freeze. I have ever record for 12 minutes.
GN Multimedia-Xperia Arc
Is this unsolved promblem??
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Could it be sdcard related maybe??
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I had this issue to but it solved it by itself. what i think is ram related not SD i have a class6 SD card. now i kill often all apps and have no lag anymore. i think this is why HC put more ram in the phones and why nexus s doesn't record 720p.
ps: when it lagged the sound was off on the playback.
when i record, it has a momentary glitch after about 5 seconds, for about half a second then carries on recording, happens every time.
Yes I can also confirm that after recording a 720p film I get 2-3 short stutters on playback. Going to try again with auto focus and sound turned off.
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I have similar problem too. 38s video recording seems fine, but I couldn't do playback. Then when I try to force-playback the video, it went silent after 10 seconds mark.
I have the same video recording glitch problem too..
Only got a slight pause when there was a lot of motion in the clip. If the subjects were stationary without much background movement, there's no stuttering while recording.
hi.. I am part of a uk test lab that SE have set up.. I have raised this issue with them and I'm awaiting a response.. might be a week or two though as it goes via their products director. commodoor - your point about memory makes sense..the app probably needs tweaking to reserve more memory when it starts, or when HD video recording is activated.
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Guys, try to switch off image stabilizer in video mode
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Guys, try to switch off image stabilizer in video mode
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Woww it seems to work.. with image stablizer off in video mode, no glitch or any problem with video recording Thanks General Grant
Nope... even after turning off image stabilizer, still doesn't work.. What works is if I restart the phone. After using it for about half hour with some applications running, the problem comes on again. It's pretty consistent.
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Guys, try to switch off image stabilizer in video mode
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Tried to do 50s video with IS off. The problem gone
Tried it with 5min+ recording. No problem either.
I guess the problem is really the IS feature.
Yep still getting stutters in recording with IS off. Have tried changing focus settings but nothing seems to work. Have also updated to the latest. 184 build.
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Are there any apps which can record video at more than 30 FPS? Or is it a hardware limitation? Basically what I'm looking to do is be able to shoot video, then slow it down with good results. I use the Coaches Eye app, and really miss a lot due to the slow FPS. I coach baseball and am looking to be able to show problems in the kid's form.
Somewhat related, is there a built-in slow motion video setting?
Thanks!
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Yes, there is a built-in slow motion setting.
1/2, 1/4, and 1/8 speed.
Also a 2X, 4X, and 8X time lapse mode.
Works great.
I'm guessing probably hardware limitation.
I don't know the specs or details but I'd imagine you'd have to be able to write to storage at least twice as fast at 60fps than it currently is. At HD resolution, that's a LOT of data that has to be written to the storage device per second and would fill the available space at least twice as fast. This device is meant to have a camera as a feature, not as it's main strong point. The camera in this device is just good enough, but a dedicated camera would make this phone look like crap. It's a compromise, pure and simple.
Under the camera settings, look for an icon that looks like a camera with a film reel.
Slow and fast motion settings are there.
Don't listen to the grouch.
Excellent. Thanks a lot, man. I was looking in the settings menu, not on the quick settings menu.
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Hello all,
Feel like im having no luck with my phones. had a load of HTC One M8 all with problems.
Now im on my second Z2, first with that gap issue but this second one can only record full HD video for 7 mins on my test
So should I send it back? I tested this out by using google camera from play store and noticed the camera still running at 17 mins so would this mean softeware??
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Really use should test with the stock camera app to rule out software.
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ILS_SuperNova said:
Hello all,
Feel like im having no luck with my phones. had a load of HTC One M8 all with problems.
Now im on my second Z2, first with that gap issue but this second one can only record full HD video for 7 mins on my test
So should I send it back? I tested this out by using google camera from play store and noticed the camera still running at 17 mins so would this mean softeware??
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That doesn't seem right. Have you tried 4K recording? Just curious to know how long your 4K videos would be before the overheat warning.
I just tested 4K recording just now, I got to 14:45 then got an overheat warning but the video saved. The phone wasn't even hot, it was just warm.
I think you should replace your phone, hope you have better luck with your new phone.
I think it may be a software issue also. I just tried recording a 4k video and my camera shut off at 4 minutes, the temperature right after the shutdown was 40 degrees C according to GSM battery monitor. I let the phone cool down to ambient temperatures and did some regular recording. I reached 17 minutes before manually shutting it down myself and the temperature was 40 degrees as well. My phone has gotten hotter than that while doing other things and it seemed fine. My guess is that the software is being too aggressive in trying to keep the phone cool during 4k recordings
I only got 4mins 30 seconds recording 4k then it shut down this is the reply from sony.
Dear Brian,
Thank you for contacting the Sony Xperia support centre.
We are sorry to hear of the issues you have been experiencing with recording using 4K video on your Sony Xperia Z2.
Sony Mobile is aware of some users encountering issues when shooting 4K video for extended periods.
4K capture is an advanced and professional video recording experience and shooting movies at this resolution can make significant demands on your phone's processor, memory and battery life.
Therefore for the best experience, we recommend you install a high capacity SD card (Xperia Z2 can take a card up to 64GB) and shoot 4K video in short bursts of no longer than a few minutes at a time.
We hope this information is of some assistance.
For the latest news, information and product support please visit www.sonymobile.com.
If you require any further assistance then please do not hesitate to contact us again. Please use the below link for all our contact information.
http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/support/contact-us/
Please be aware that should you not respond within 5 days of this email your query will be automatically closed. Any further communications will not reach our support and a new query will need to be raised.
Kind Regards,
Amy Garard
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Wonder what they say if I would say to them that mine overheats on 1.14 min at 4k, is this also long period for recording ?
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Wonder what they say if I would say to them that mine overheats on 1.14 min at 4k, is this also long period for recording ?
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The key point is they say "Sony Mobile is aware of some users encountering issues when shooting 4K video for extended periods."
so if its only some users does that mean us that are suffering the problem have a faulty phone
1.14 minutes in my view isn't an extended period, recording my children for just over a minute then the phone shuts off in my opinion isn't acceptable.
Going back tomorrow but sounds to me this is happening on nearly every Z2 i havent tried 4K but will now.. But the fact that im getting only 7 mins on 1080p recording doesnt sound good...
This must be Sony software triggering a safety measure but its not needed as other camera apps work fine
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I think it may be a software issue also. I just tried recording a 4k video and my camera shut off at 4 minutes, the temperature right after the shutdown was 40 degrees C according to GSM battery monitor. I let the phone cool down to ambient temperatures and did some regular recording. I reached 17 minutes before manually shutting it down myself and the temperature was 40 degrees as well. My phone has gotten hotter than that while doing other things and it seemed fine. My guess is that the software is being too aggressive in trying to keep the phone cool during 4k recordings
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I understand what your trying to say, but why are the times so inconsistent, like some users only getting 5 mins and other users like myself getting 15 mins?
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I understand what your trying to say, but why are the times so inconsistent, like some users only getting 5 mins and other users like myself getting 15 mins?
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This is a good point... Just tried 4K now and got 5 mins then camera shut off without a message.. Then tried another full HD and was up to 12 mins before i stopped then got the temp message...
Its a tricky one this.. After using google camera and getting longer it looked software but now with the different lengths of video it could actually be hardware....
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just did another 4k video this time saved it to SD card got 5 mins then shut down with no warning and video is corrupt said 42 C on battery monitor so looks like 40 c is the cut off temp.
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This is a good point... Just tried 4K now and got 5 mins then camera shut off without a message.. Then tried another full HD and was up to 12 mins before i stopped then got the temp message...
Its a tricky one this.. After using google camera and getting longer it looked software but now with the different lengths of video it could actually be hardware....
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Could be a combination of both, I will do more 4k recordings when my screen protector arrives and see if the videos will last close to the same time as my first try.
Another test on 1080p 60fps gave me a camera shut down at 2 half mins :0 this is simpley shocking stuff on Sonys behalf..
Theres another thread on here regarding when users Z2 were made and some say theirs has overheating problem and others with same build time havent.. Not even any gaps to speak of..
Im hoping tomorrow i will recieve a better unit or Im gonna have to go back Samsungs way
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So the way I look at this, is under the Sales of Goods act in the UK, as Sony are advertising this as a 4k camcorder phone, given the current issue, its not of merchantable quality. I will stick with the Z2 for another 4 months (I love the phone in all other respects), in the hope they can rectify the issue by firmware and/or by a hardware revision and a unit swap. If neither of these materialise, I request a full refund and move to whatever is the best phone on the market at that time. I'm in a similar position with the Z2 tablet and its touchscreen response problem.
u guys are lucky. i get the over heating notice when recording 4K for 53 sec.
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u guys are lucky. i get the over heating notice when recording 4K for 53 sec.
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Lucky.. I get it on standard full hd recording... I wont use 4K but full hd i.will
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If recording 1080p and it shuts down after a min etc take it back i tried 1080p last night got over 30 minutes no warnings etc i closed it down myself battery temp was showing about 35 oC
To be honest guys. These are the first generation of 4k video recording devices. It'll take some time to make this feature solid
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To be honest guys. These are the first generation of 4k video recording devices. It'll take some time to make this feature solid
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If the hardware isn't up to the job yet, the feature should probably be disabled. A bit late now of course, but Sony must have done sufficient testing and been aware of the overheating issue before it was unveiled at MWC?
I do think that Sony will be working hard to fix the problem in software, so there's perhaps still hope (does the Note 3 get that hot when recording 4K for example?) but otherwise I think this problem isn't going to go away and sooner or later some of the big websites, Watchdog (a consumer programme in the UK for those that aren't from here) and so on will go to town on them.
This will not include any type of experience, just follow the instructions......
Open the screen recorder app or if you are not able to make it, head over Play Store and find any screen recorder app and start screen recording.
One more thing download and install Open camera from play store and do the following
1. Open the settings
2. Head over 2 Video settings
3. Go to Video frame rate (approx)
4. Select it all the way to 120 fps for extra smooth video but note that it will light and as you decrease the frame rate the light absorption would increase but making it more laggy.
5. To deal with less light turn on the flashlight from the quick toggles on the face of the app.
6. The most important don't forget to crop the starting portion of the video recorded as you will be recording the screen not the actual video.
7. Don't forget to head over 2 the video recording section to get smooth frame rate but don't start video recording from the app but record the screen.
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This will not include any type of experience, just follow the instructions......
Open the screen recorder app or if you are not able to make it, head over Play Store and find any screen recorder app and start screen recording.
One more thing download and install Open camera from play store and do the following
1. Open the settings
2. Head over 2 Video settings
3. Go to Video frame rate (approx)
4. Select it all the way to 120 fps for extra smooth video but note that it will light and as you decrease the frame rate the light absorption would increase but making it more laggy.
5. To deal with less light turn on the flashlight from the quick toggles on the face of the app.
6. The most important don't forget to crop the starting portion of the video recorded as you will be recording the screen not the actual video.
7. Don't forget to head over 2 the video recording section to get smooth frame rate but don't start video recording from the app but record the screen.
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THANKS IF U LIKED IT...:victory:
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Try but doesn't work ! Maybe if you could explained better. Recorded the screen ? Better explain will be nice.
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U you know that any camera app shows what is in front of you and the screen recorder app record the screen of your device. So in my thrread I meant to say that open the camera app and start recording the screen not the video from the app.
The way it's written will confuse people. You should instead use the term 'screen recording'.
Edit : Did you mean that you open a camera app and then record the screen, hence video record indirectly? What's the point here?
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The way it's written will confuse people. You should instead use the term 'screen recording'.
Edit : Did you mean that you open a camera app and then record the screen, hence video record indirectly? What's the point here?
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Yeah it is
Gravemind2015 said:
The way it's written will confuse people. You should instead use the term 'screen recording'.
Edit : Did you mean that you open a camera app and then record the screen, hence video record indirectly? What's the point here?
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There no point ! Alberto97 release a working camecoder build. Check it.
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There no point ! Alberto97 release a working camecoder build. Check it.
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OP : Now I get the whole thing! I totally forgot to about 1080p case. So we set the camera preview fps and then screen record . But this would only work if the screenrecord would also record at the same fps as camera preview. Further, the resolution would be equal to the size of the screen i.e 720X1280 px (720p again) instead of 1920x1080 px (1080p). Nevertheless, innovative idea!
@Vink67 : I know that 1080p is working for now. It was introduced in another rom before current CM 14 build was released. But Mr. Alberto also said that it needs to be reworked as it still breaks on November Security Patch.
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OP : Now I get the whole thing! I totally forgot to about 1080p case. So we set the camera preview fps and then screen record . But this would only work if the screenrecord would also record at the same fps as camera preview. Further, the resolution would be equal to the size of the screen i.e 720X1280 px (720p again) instead of 1920x1080 px (1080p). Nevertheless, innovative idea!
@Vink67 : I know that 1080p is working for now. It was introduced in another rom before current CM 14 build was released. But Mr. Alberto also said that it needs to be reworked as it still breaks on November Security Patch.
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Thanks u appreciated it