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Video quality worse than in winmo?

So I recorded some videos last night for the first time with hd2 android and i noticed that the sound quality is poorer. Maybe because the format is 3gp instead of mp4 like in winmo. Is this the way with all android builds or is there any build with a good video recording? Thanks

dan138zig said:
So I recorded some videos last night for the first time with hd2 android and i noticed that the sound quality is poorer. Maybe because the format is 3gp instead of mp4 like in winmo. Is this the way with all android builds or is there any build with a good video recording? Thanks
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I don't really know, but 720p recording is almost ready for Android so just hang on, I suppose the audio quality will be higher too.
You might wanna check your camera settings though, with some builds you can change the recording quality..

I'm using MDJ's CyanogenMod 7 nand and I've notice the same. Can I change format in any other android rom? because in my I can't. If not I suppose I have to wait on 720p recording.

720p recording on the HD2 with the DFT WP7 ROM

I haven't actually installed the ROM myself yet on my HD2 (kinda happy at the moment with MDJ's 2.3 Gingerbread NAND ROM for now), and I know that the DFT WP7 ROM now finally enables true 720p (1280x720) video recording.
Can someone do a test recording of that functionality and post the video sample someplace so I can see what kind of quality it offers? Just a 30 second clip would be great, perhaps something shot out of a window in daylight, whatever, doesn't matter. Just want to see how the quality and performance of the video appears.
Drop a link here from wherever, maybe post the clip to MegaUpload or something (not YouTube, please, as they might re-encode it to another format/settings). I'm looking for a native recorded clip on the HD2 using the DFT WP7 ROM at 720p settings, that's all.
Thanks...

I know you mentioned no youtube.. but i don't know other way.. and megaupload has an error when I tried it.. but just to give you an idea. here is youtube link for 720p with HD2..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5cv6bQ9FgA

Is it just me or is there a lot of noise interference in the background?

If you Zip or RAR the clip, MegaUpload or even MediaFire (faster) would accept it, but anything with the native .mp4 extension can be problematic as those sites try to treat the file as a streaming video.
I downloaded the YouTube one you posted, myowin, thanks. If anyone else has samples, go for it, I'm just trying to see what the HD2 is truly capable of so a variety of samples would be awesome to check out. This one posted above looks as expected - not "professional" level quality but then again we are talkin' about a smartphone with a tiny optical sensor in it.
It ain't perfect but at least finally we can do true 720p video recording on our HD2.
Always knew the hardware was capable...
As far as noise, the video itself looks as expected as I mentioned, and for audio noise, the mic is simply picking up whatever it can. It's pretty amazing when you do a recording in a room that you think is absolutely quiet and realize when you play the video back that there's a ton of background noise in it. Our subconscious minds filter out a lot of that background noise because it's always there, but when you listen to a recording, the brain knows it's not listening to the background noise anymore - instead, it's a recording of it and all that background crap just comes through loud and clear.

bbz_Ghost said:
Drop a link here from wherever, maybe post the clip to MegaUpload or something (not YouTube, please, as they might re-encode it to another format/settings).
Thanks...
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you can download original file from youtube by using service savefrom.net.

tweakos said:
you can download original file from youtube by using service savefrom.net.
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bbz_Ghost said:
I downloaded the YouTube one you posted, myowin, thanks.
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Guess you missed where I stated that, I can download direct from YouTube.

I tried mediafire and uploaded now.. here is the link..
http://www.mediafire.com/?6w4k4z6ts68a5s2
I hope this help..
for the noises in background.. I am surprised how much HD2 can pick up.. I mean not only playback volume is loud... recording volume is also very sensitive and loud.. maybe it's a good thing..
bbz_Ghost said:
If you Zip or RAR the clip, MegaUpload or even MediaFire (faster) would accept it, but anything with the native .mp4 extension can be problematic as those sites try to treat the file as a streaming video.
I downloaded the YouTube one you posted, myowin, thanks. If anyone else has samples, go for it, I'm just trying to see what the HD2 is truly capable of so a variety of samples would be awesome to check out. This one posted above looks as expected - not "professional" level quality but then again we are talkin' about a smartphone with a tiny optical sensor in it.
It ain't perfect but at least finally we can do true 720p video recording on our HD2.
Always knew the hardware was capable...
As far as noise, the video itself looks as expected as I mentioned, and for audio noise, the mic is simply picking up whatever it can. It's pretty amazing when you do a recording in a room that you think is absolutely quiet and realize when you play the video back that there's a ton of background noise in it. Our subconscious minds filter out a lot of that background noise because it's always there, but when you listen to a recording, the brain knows it's not listening to the background noise anymore - instead, it's a recording of it and all that background crap just comes through loud and clear.
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myowin said:
I tried mediafire and uploaded now.. here is the link..
http://www.mediafire.com/?6w4k4z6ts68a5s2
I hope this help..
for the noises in background.. I am surprised how much HD2 can pick up.. I mean not only playback volume is loud... recording volume is also very sensitive and loud.. maybe it's a good thing..
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Yah, it is, and thanks for the proper upload. The YouTube version was re-encoded as I suspected and chopped - it's only 6.32MB and they cut the average bitrate down to only 2795 Kbps whereas the original video you just uploaded to MediaFire is 7911 Kbps for the average bitrate and it looks better because of it (while remaining the original 17.7MB in size also).
So I'm guessing the "average" bitrate done on the HD2 with WP7 is about 8 Mbps 720p and that's more than acceptable.

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brolynchhung said:
Is it just me or is there a lot of noise interference in the background?
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I think he's just a heavy breather lol

at first, I was gonna say there's no 720p when I noticed my vids are all 480p
and after reading more topics, I found out that I must use English (US) not UK to enable 720p =.=
I thought WP7 camera is no better than iphone camera at first, but the features are actually hidden in US English versions...
I don't get it why they hide it there....
Btw, 720p is now 100% working and quality is brilliant!!!
Any hackers gonna port it to Android??

But 480p got a faster framerate than 720p

bountygiver said:
at first, I was gonna say there's no 720p when I noticed my vids are all 480p
and after reading more topics, I found out that I must use English (US) not UK to enable 720p =.=
I thought WP7 camera is no better than iphone camera at first, but the features are actually hidden in US English versions...
I don't get it why they hide it there....
Btw, 720p is now 100% working and quality is brilliant!!!
Any hackers gonna port it to Android??
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Interesting, still, pressing settings only seems to bring me flash options, photo or video, am I missing something??

How can i enable the 720p on Wp7? I just press "green" button on the phone and it beigns to record at 640x480... in the options not found anynthing about the resolution.
Thanks!!!

Ventu89 said:
How can i enable the 720p on Wp7? I just press "green" button on the phone and it beigns to record at 640x480... in the options not found anynthing about the resolution.
Thanks!!!
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go to the phone settings, under language, choose english us, then restart

Hi, i have a questin about 720p playback right on the phone.
i cant playback the recorded files in 720p on the phone.
it will only play files in lower resolution.
is this normal ?

I wondered why it only records with low settings xD It's a little bit tricky but ok ^^

No, that isn't beacuse of him. A couple of days ago I tried capturing a 720p video at work...After that I noticed that there was a much more louder than this guy's noise in the background and figured it out why...I was about 1meter from a PC and the noise was coming from it's fans. I don't know if this is good or bad but 720p for real ! )

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aaam is it possible to play the recorded 720p files on the phone ?
i have a black screen and only here sound when i try to playback 720p recorded video.

I just made a video, though I don't have that noise in the background.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzAckfa8eww
EDIT :
@schlei
720p videos play fine here

rafalense's Hacked high quality audio camera.apk video record sync test.

Due to i do not have more then 10 post so i can't post in the original thread in the development forum, so i can only post here in reply to the original thread.
anyway I just tried the 720p 44khz hacked camera on Serendipity's 6.2 (JS7) with lagfix and the video/audio recording seems to be in sync.. and note that i did not use avidemux to re-encode the video.
for those who are curious how much diff and how it effects, i just uploaded a video onto youtube for proof/reference.
and sets of 2 video for comparison at 2nd post.

Just uploaded at set of samples to youtube to compare the diff:
View at 720p for the difference
NOTED that both video are not edited or used by avidemux
original
modded

thats quite impressive

Very nice hope other chefs implement this in their roms
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk

debusROM has implemented it.

[30.JUN]720p Recording on HD2 WORKING! [PROOF]

found this video on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf5v...r5nuK3Z0B_fSvp7IAvvkwGs3Hl91Ypg&feature=inbox
We all know that 720p recording is working on this sd build:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1038694
But I asked in the questions, and the person that uploaded the video said that it was a 2.2 froyo build.
the question is, is that a sd build, or a nand build?
The max resolution is 480p on Youtube. The vid is fake ?
edit [30.JUN] New video uploaded, showing 720p settings in camcorder app
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xursSwDRUyo&feature=channel_video_title

Why do I only see a 480p max in the resolution selection?

yz.hd said:
found this video on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf5v...r5nuK3Z0B_fSvp7IAvvkwGs3Hl91Ypg&feature=inbox
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Go back to the video, you cannot change to 720p hd quality, i.e. the video is NOT HD.

Nigeldg said:
Go back to the video, you cannot change to 720p hd quality, i.e. the video is NOT HD.
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indeed, but the quality looks a bit better that normal android recording.. Have no idea.

WP7 is the single software on hd2 which records 720p so it seems to be wp7

popab said:
WP7 is the single software on hd2 which records 720p so it seems to be wp7
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check the sd build link in my thread. It's working on android too

many people suffer from retardation...no reason you should mimick them..

beston94 said:
many people suffer from retardation...no reason you should mimick them..
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you are one of them I guess ?

yz.hd said:
you are one of them I guess ?
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Sorry you guessed wrong because i'm simply not the one who thought the video was 720p...I mean come on this is simple stuff..

beston94 said:
Sorry you guessed wrong because i'm simply not the one who thought the video was 720p...I mean come on this is simple stuff..
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go wash your eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xursSwDRUyo&feature=channel_video_title

I don't really understand you guys.. I've tried recently that Gingerbread ROM that claims to record 720p (just an older version), you could easily select 720p record mode, and the preview was ok, and even it would record, but the output was awfull, it was definitelly less than 720p, and 1-3FPS!!! Now i've been trying to watch an eye on that thread, people are claiming that it sort of records in 720p but with 1fps only, which, of course, sucks hard. (but it might be a progress somehow)
Secondly, the first video from this post is 16:9 and it looks good, though it's for sure not an HD video (and never was). The tricks is that you just need to install MIUI (or at least MIUI camera) and you're gonna get the best camcorder yet available for Android (imho), which also records 800x480 in very good quality (though sound quality is quite bad), and makes stills in 16:9 aspect.
Thirdly, it's definitely not a WP7 video, as i'm using WP7 in dual boot with Android for some time now, and WP7 is even my main OS on the phone, the video quality is great, it's sharp, (once in a while skips some frames, but definitely better than others), but has a bad hue, it's violet-greenish, as can be seen on youtube if you'll search HD2 720p recording...
And these are my fifty cents to the topic.. And as a wrap-up i can easily claim that i still don't believe in miracles, untill i'll get clear proofs or i'll just try it by myself..

yz.hd said:
go wash your eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xursSwDRUyo&feature=channel_video_title
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you just put up the link to the other one....if you would show me the right one from the beggining then iw ould have no problem.....

beston94 said:
you just put up the link to the other one....if you would show me the right one from the beggining then iw ould have no problem.....
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That video was uploaded after you made that newbish comment.

yz.hd said:
That video was uploaded after you made that newbish comment.
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Have you even read nickriley's post? That video proves nothing. 720p recording is useless at an FPS of 1-3, and so is a topic once more showing it is doing just that, which has been known for days already.

U8800 IDEOS X5 Video Sample After Official 2.3 Update

Here it is link
Big improvement.

That really is big change. Hopefully developers get that to custom roms!

how about flash video in browser, 720p youtube for example?

stan40 said:
how about flash video in browser, 720p youtube for example?
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just tested it. not a single lag at 720p on youtube with flash on opera. With cm7 it lagged like hell.

Also, the GPU has been fixed so you can forward the video and it will not give you "This video is not available." when watching videos from the internet.

Blefish said:
Also, the GPU has been fixed so you can forward the video and it will not give you "This video is not available." when watching videos from the internet.
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Υeah thats right big 3d graphics improvement, nenamark2 i get 31fps (thats even higher than dual core htc sensation) I updated first post with a new link taken with lgcamera (720p 30fps , acc stereo sound 128 kbps 48khz). The quality of sound and video is better on the file i got on my pc. thats because youtube compressed the file and made it from 8200kbps to 3000kbps

Now we have real 720p recording. for me this was the major improvement of 2.3.5

Could someone also post some photos?
Along with some info (native camera app, lgcamera)