Hello. I've noticed that, unlike my other droid based on the same SoC, the Sony Ericsson Live With Walkman, this X5 has a couple of problems when recording video, regardless of the ROM.
First, when recording in low-light conditions, the framerate drops to an unusable level. Even in the photo camera, when moving around, I can see some "ghosting". The other issue concerns the very low bitrate of the audio recording, but it seems that it's improved in the ICS ROM's using the AAC codec. At least the bitrate is higher, but I haven't tried yet if that translates to a better sound recording quality, or if the bottleneck in the video's sound quality is the quality of the microphone itself.
Has anyone experienced any of these problems and know any workaround? The framerate drop in low light happens even if the phone is overclocked.
Dual Mic Setting
Hello paraiso-san,
my wife phone had the "low-level" mic recording issue, and I fixed it following this procedure.
Since I did it some time ago I hope to write it correctly:
1. Launch the numeric pad, and compose this code: *#*#2846579#*#*
2. Phone will open a tech menu (pay attention!), click on ProjectMenu
3. Click on 1.Background setting
4. Click on 6.Dual Mic Setting
5. Set it to On
6. Go to home, and restart phone
NB
In case of no Dual Mic Setting line on tech menu:
1. Edit build.prop file, in system folder by Root Explorer, Root Browser Lite or similar
2. Add ro.config.dualmic=true on bottom of file and save the file
3. Restart the phone
In case of no changes on audio level when Dual Mic Setting has been set to On:
1. Set it to Off
2. Restart the phone
3. Take a video (just to try...)
4. Set it to On
5. Restart the phone
6. Take a video again (keep fingers crossed)
GOOD LUCK!
FeW
Thank you! Can't try the secret menu method because I'm not running the official 2.3.5 anymore, I'm using Aurora now and changing the audio recording codec from AMR to AAC made a huge difference. The mediainfo program for Windows tells me that the audio bitrate is now 96kbps instead of the previous 8000bps, and the audio is recorded in 2 channels (stereo) instead of 1. Does this mean the problem is solved, or should I edit the .prop file anyway? About the lag in photos and dropped frames in video recording under poor light, I can't find a solution. Could it be a limitation of the lens/sensor itself? My Sony WT19i has the same SoC, at the same 1.4GHz clockspeed, and it doesn't get lower than 29fps at 720p, even in total darkness. Not even if I underclock it to 800MHz. I don't understand why the X5 behaves this way!
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Does the new FW improve the quality of sound when recording video?
As I posted long time ago and never get any solution - the sound of the video is always strangely deformed,
WHILE when recording a sound note - it's fine!!!
Is it dependend on any setting OR the fact of storing video on memory card directly?
I actually never had this problem. What ROM are you using? I don't think it's caused by storing it on the storage card.. I mean, how the hell would that alter sound quality?
Try messing about with the settings a bit and also check what apps you installed, perhaps some codec got messed up a bit?
Haven't tested it, but, I would imagine that the bitrate used when recording video (128 kbps ?) is far inferior to the bitrate used while just recording audio only (>1000 kbps ?). Bitrate alone makes a big difference in sound quality.
Hmm
I havn't used it on older ROMs but hae taken quite a few vids of a robot I have been building over hte last few days and it has been fine, although the sound was mostly of myself and my team laughing and shouting, even the very loud sounds didn't clip or anything.
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Thanks for reply.
Is there any way to turn the transformer up? Volume is up all the way but it's probably about 1/3 the volume of my iPad 2. Might this be a build issue specific to my device (not talking about balance, though maybe the output isn't balanced well and so one side is underworking)
Is there any way to increase the quality of the video on the YouTube app? Is set to hq in the video, and I enabled the high quality on mobile devices on the preferences...but it's still poor quality. Which format is being used to provide video from YouTube?
Thanks for the help...really trying to give this a solid chance before giving up.
Didn't mean to edit this.
BTW, in case anyone was interested. Open Camera has no video limitation and every function seems to work. There's still a 4GB limit, so depending on resolution that will produce shorter or longer videos. There is an option to restart video automatically. The hardware zoom is a little funky, but there's a touchscreen (-) and (+) to zoom which works fine for relatively stationary video.
This solved my issue with recording college lectures. I record in 720p so the video reaches just about an hour and restarts automatically. I upload the lectures to YouTube right after class. People are thankful if they miss class, and I get return favors, so life is good.
New U8 based watch
Model: U-Pro P3
Bluetooth Version: 3.0
Resolution: IPS HD display 240*240
Storage: Support 32GB card Tested with a 2 GB card, screen flash shooting function
Frequency: 2.4GHz
Charing time: 2 hours
Standby time: 60 hours first day using it a lot the battery lasts 28 hours.
Screen: 1.55" HD Screen
In black my comments
These are the main features:
Phone call: You can dial the number on this device, or dial the number with Bluetooth connected with your big Smartphone. Support Micro sim. Not tested. Tried a call to 112
SMS: you can receive or send text messages.
Clock: different clock interfaces can be selected. 4 models available. Some of them are very uggly at my opinion
Camcorder: Use the watch to take photos and record video. Records video in AVI. The pictures are captured at 640x480 (0,3 Mpx)
Image viewer: Use the watch to browse photos. Tested jpeg images.
Video player: Play your recorded video files. Tested with divx 3.1.1 video
Audio player: Play music in SD card, or the music on your Smartphone by bluetooth. Tested with mp3 files
Sound recorder: Record sound clarity that you want. Records in AMR format. It sounds good
FM radio: You can listen to the radio after plugging in the earphone. It can tune almost all FM radios
Alarm: You can set multiple alarms, let your work and life easier. You can choose your own sound file, like an mp3 one
Stopwatch: Convenient timing, you can choose lap timing or split timing. It records 20 lap times
Pedometer: It can be adopted as a tool to avoid insufficient or excessive exercise by measuring calories or calories consumption based on collected data, such as number of steps, distance, speed, time, etc., to control exercise. If I move the watch it counts steps. I really don't rely on this
Sleep monitor: When you sleep, the watch will perceive your tiny movement, record and analyze your sleep quality. Not tested. This option seems to do something
Personal settings: Set your gender, height, weight, birthday, the system will according to your personal information to monitor your health. Not tested
Remote remind: When there is incoming messages from QQ and other applications on the connected phone, the watch phone will remind you to read them. Seems to need a micro sim. Not tested
Anti lost: After opening the anti lost, if the watch is connected to your phone from more than 10 meters range, it will automatically disconnect and alarm. Not tested
Car theft: After opening the anti lost, you can monitor your car by watch, let it get the best protection. Not tested
Find phone: Click to enter, your phone will alarm and bright screen, let you easy to find. It works. The alarm sound is very uggly
Remote capture: Use the watch to control your phone camera. You can see in the watch the image provided by the phone camera
Flash shot function: Set inside the opening shot in a flash function, the next screen state put out quickly tap the screen to take a picture.
LanguageSupport: English,French, German,Russian, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese.
Note:
Remote remind, Anti lost, Car theft, Find phone, Remote capture, these functions need to install “Bluetooth notice” applications on your. I have tested the BTNotification 1.3.21 downloaded form where the QR displayed at the watch says which is the same that appears form another source in the manual
A reviews with picture of the watch:
http://www.kicksmarters.com/2014/12/23/upro3-bluetooth-watch-with-multi-function/
Does anyone know where to find some firmware and additional technical information related with this watch (like firmware, battery replacement, etc)?
The firmware that I have doesn't show "UPRO" when loading.
Besides the about option at settings menu is missing so I think that maybe It's a fake. All the options I have tried works so who knows.
I have the opportunity to really put the video and audio recording abilities of this phone to the test tonight at a couple of music venues. I've got to admit that the audio settings of the manual video camera and the HD audio recorder confuse me a bit. I understand that this phone has a raised level at which it'll clip (130db) but I don't even really know how to go about making sure I'm not clipping audio. (Video, sure, but not audio.) Any advice, instruction and/or input is appreciated with audio stuff. I want to give this thing a fair shake.
Second question... I know where two of the three mics are, one top and one bottom, but I've not yet seen anyone point out where the third one is, ideas?
CHH2 said:
I have the opportunity to really put the video and audio recording abilities of this phone to the test tonight at a couple of music venues. I've got to admit that the audio settings of the manual video camera and the HD audio recorder confuse me a bit. I understand that this phone has a raised level at which it'll clip (130db) but I don't even really know how to go about making sure I'm not clipping audio. (Video, sure, but not audio.) Any advice, instruction and/or input is appreciated with audio stuff. I want to give this thing a fair shake.
Second question... I know where two of the three mics are, one top and one bottom, but I've not yet seen anyone point out where the third one is, ideas?
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If I'm not mistaken the 3rd Microphone is internal, I recall seeing this on one of many youtube reviews I watched..
A weird place to keep a mic.
Ok, didn't get any input so I went in flying blind last night. For audio settings, I went into the HD audio recorder and looked at its concert settings and used those. I think I still need to figure out the settings better but I can actually hear more separation to the parts of the band than I could when I was there. (It was loud and just about a wall of noise!) So I have two links attached below. One was recorded just with the main lens. The other one I switched between the two. As you will see, there's a couple of things to point out, all which were obvious and to be expected. 1) My hands are shaky, especially standing there holding a phone up at various points of the set and through entire songs. 2) The wide angle lens obviously doesn't do as well being f2.4 at 8mp vs f1.8 and 16mp for the main but it did allow me to take in the whole band despite standing up front. 3) I'm not sure if the stabilization was active or not. I think it might have been and there's just only so much one should expect from it. Any way, the settings I used for the visual portion were FHD, bit rate high (24), ISO 3200 at 1/60 with video set to 30fps. (Oh! And I need to add a note, the refocusing is my fault for touching the screen during recording.)
https://youtu.be/ZobXudjVghM
https://youtu.be/zb_ncY5lbB0