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Recording MPEG-4 Video with SD Memory Card

Did anyone try to record MPEG-4 video with XDA II on your SD memory card?
I've tried Toshiba 256MB/128MB and Sandisk 128MB SD memory, and the frame skip rate is quite high. The video seems like being recorded at only 2~5 FPS. If you record the video for more than 2 mintues, you will find that the voice doesn't sync with the motion.
The maximum data transfer rate of Toshiba 256 SD memory is about 2MB/s. Thus I think this problem isn't due to the "relatively" slow transfer rate of my SD card(compared to the "fast" sd card of transfer rate up to 10MB/s). :roll:
Is there anyone who has the experience of recording MPEG-4 video on the SD card and suffers the same problem with me?

2 Questions and I will test this for you:
1. How do you record directly to the storage card?
2. How do you get sound with your movie?
Thanks,
arebelspy

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Can anyone answer these questions?
-arebelspy

arebelspy said:
2 Questions and I will test this for you:
1. How do you record directly to the storage card?
2. How do you get sound with your movie?
Thanks,
arebelspy
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Hi,
To record a video directly to a storage card, in Camera mode, click the settings icon (the first from left to right icons at the buttom), then select Tools > Options... > Video. In there, at the buttom of the page, you'll see Folder and Change..., click it to choose the destination folder on Storage Card, and then click ok to save the settings.
To enable sound, above the Folder, there's a checkbox to chose "Recording with audio." Check this box to include sound in your video recording.
HTH.

Guh, I'm an idiot, only saw the options icons on the lower right.
Thanks so much for the reply, I appreciate it.
As far as the voice recording, anyone know if the system volume (device, not phone) has to be turned on? Will it work if it's on mute (or vibrate)? If not, does it make a difference if it's on the lowest volume notch vs. the highest?
I would run some tests myself, but I can't right now (XDA II isn't accessible atm).
Thanks for the reply.
-arebelspy

Sorry, arebelspy.
I was late to see your post.
Thank you for the reply, joparp.
Can anyone else help me with this issue?
Your assistance is highly appreciated.

arebelspy said:
Thanks so much for the reply, I appreciate it.
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dilta said:
Sorry, arebelspy.
I was late to see your post.
Thank you for the reply, joparp.
Can anyone else help me with this issue?
Your assistance is highly appreciated.
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And no problem here too, will find some time to test recording long video on SD.
Cheers. :lol:

I just got my 512MB Panasonic SD memory card(10MB/sec) tonight, and got it to test with the XDA II video recording function.
I found that the difference really existed when I recorded MPEG-4 video with a 2MB/s SD memory card compared to a 10MB/s SD memory card.
The video recording process is much smoother if you use the 10MB/s SD card to record the video, but once the video is recorded, there is no difference whether you are playing the video file on a 2MB/s SD card or on a 10MB/s SD card.
The conclusion is: the recording process is the key. You should get a faster card when recording a MPEG-4 video file.

arebelspy said:
As far as the voice recording, anyone know if the system volume (device, not phone) has to be turned on? Will it work if it's on mute (or vibrate)? If not, does it make a difference if it's on the lowest volume notch vs. the highest?
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Can you test this for me?
Thanks,
arebelspy

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omg I have only just realised this thanks to this thread. I have been recording vid on my xda 2 stored on my SD card, and the framerate and sound quality has been poor, but never had video on a PDA before so didn't really think too much of it.
Just completed some tests recording to the My Documents/pictures file which was the default location I think and video is superb in comparison, DOH.
In future all my vids will be recorded in phone memory, I'll just have to move them to storage card afterwards to avoid space problems.
N1, I offer no help or suugestions just confirmation of your own findings,
Cheers, Shire

Is there a video recording program..

Other then coolcamera?
something that can record in full screen (320x240) and have pretty high fps.
coolcamera seems to not like recording video to my storage card all the sudden and its making me mad, cuz now i have to save it to my phone and it eats up memory. video recording is crisp and not laggy when i record it to my phone, but its really choppy and laggy when i record while the settings are set to save in my storage card.

Maybe you can try DemoCreator.
Learn more from: http://www.sameshow.com/demo-creator.html
View samples from: http://www.sameshow.com/democreator/create-software-demo-samples.html

sabrina07080236 said:
Maybe you can try DemoCreator.
Learn more from: http://www.sameshow.com/demo-creator.html
View samples from: http://www.sameshow.com/democreator/create-software-demo-samples.html
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what kind of drugs are you on?
i see you getting banned in like 3 seconds lol spammer

Htc camera quality

is there an app or REG. TWEAk i can do to make the QUALITY of my pic and video better?

hy
i use coolcamera and i am satisfied with the quality of pictures and video ( cif resolution , 12 fps). the pictures are good too. and there is smth called signed_CameraPatch which i heard it improoves picture quality .
ps. i removed the plastic part above the camera because it was scratched.
hope this is usefull to you.

nesincodrut said:
i use coolcamera and i am satisfied with the quality of pictures and video ( cif resolution , 12 fps). the pictures are good too. and there is smth called signed_CameraPatch which i heard it improoves picture quality .
ps. i removed the plastic part above the camera because it was scratched.
hope this is usefull to you.
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i use coolcamera
is ur pictures stored to the main memory or STORAGE CARD?
i relaized switching where it is stored can decrease or increase the FPS
MAIN MEMORY=MORE
STORAGE CARD=LESS
anyone know how to make it more in the STORAGE CARD?

bstylz911 said:
i use coolcamera
is ur pictures stored to the main memory or STORAGE CARD?
i relaized switching where it is stored can decrease or increase the FPS
MAIN MEMORY=MORE
STORAGE CARD=LESS
anyone know how to make it more in the STORAGE CARD?
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my pics and video are stored in the storage card. i get 12 fps and my wizard is overclocked at 260 mhz. i also have a htc prophet overclocked at 286 mhz and still 12 fps. now i changed to save it in the phone memory and still 12 fps ( htc prophet) but if i change the quality , it goes to 15-16 fps at 25% quality ( video is saved on the storage card)
i you want more fps you need more mhz or maybe a better application, if you find smth pls let me know.

nesincodrut said:
my pics and video are stored in the storage card. i get 12 fps and my wizard is overclocked at 260 mhz. i also have a htc prophet overclocked at 286 mhz and still 12 fps. now i changed to save it in the phone memory and still 12 fps ( htc prophet) but if i change the quality , it goes to 15-16 fps at 25% quality ( video is saved on the storage card)
i you want more fps you need more mhz or maybe a better application, if you find smth pls let me know.
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o.0
when mine is stored on the CARD i get about 9-12 fps OVERCLOCKD at 240
im using Cingular 8125
but when i store it at MAIN MEMOREY, i get about 20-25 fps

Best way to convert long recorded lecture(wav) to mp3

Best way to convert long recorded lecture(wav) to mp3
Finally, found a good recorder which flawlessly records my long lectures and easy transfer to pc. App name : yovisoft recorder.
But size of the recording is huge, 300mb for 2.30 hours lectures. And it gets too heavy on my sd card.
I tried audicity software to convert the wav to mp3 which gave me 200 mb mp3 file. Still huge, isn't it.
Than I directly copied wav to my lumia via mtp. As soon as i copied it prompted to convert. I selected yes, it gave 14mb file but it very dull quality.
I don't have deep knowledge of sounds/frequency/bitrates, please gave me best way of good quality and low in size (up to 25~50mb) way to convert. I have 16gb sd card.
Quick questions
1. Which is best audio format for hearing recorded lectures.
2. Which bitrates-frequency will be ideal for recorded lectures.
3. Any direct software on pc, dedicated for such jobs?
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Try audacity. It is a good converter between various formats.

He tried (and misspelled) Audacity, but he clearly didn't know how to use it because he got a huge file. Set the quality of the created file to something like 64kbps (if you use constant bitrate MP3 for voice, that's probably good enough, although MP3 isn't great for voice) and probably mono instead of stereo (halves the size, at the cost of losing the difference between right and left channels if those are present to begin with).
Actually, the fact that over two hours of uncompressed audio was only 300MB is *very* suspicious. For perspective, an audio CD (which is uncompressed, much like WAV) is only 72 minutes of audio (half of what you're trying to store) for roughly 700MB of data. Storing the amount of audio you're talking about at the quality of a CD would take about 1.5GB, not 300MB. Making it mono instead of stereo would halve that, but you're still talking a factor of 2.5x compression that isn't accounted for. Either the recording quality is very poor, or it's already compressed.

Well, the default lame encoding properties offer pretty good compression rate.
He either:
a) didn't have WAV as the original file format
b) Didn't convert to mp3 but to some lossless format.
c)messed up with the lame encoder properties.
hint: usually, bigger numbers tend to generate bigger files. The only exception is the compression rate, which only appears for lossless codecs.

Both of you guys (#2 #3) are genius.
Than thanks for understanding my typo @GoodDayToDie.
I use yovisoft recorder as i said, it gives me wav file, i dint knew all what you detected and conveyed me.
I need time to understand as my background is Accountancy Finance and Taxation.
I will do R&D and revert asap.
Thank you, i found exactly what i was looking for. Stay connected please.
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I use audiorecorder pro it records to compressed format aac.
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rumpelst said:
I use audiorecorder pro it records to compressed format aac.
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is it stable to record long lectures? About 3 hours.
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DBZo07 said:
is it stable to record long lectures? About 3 hours.
Send via Lumia 625 GDR3, Developers Unlocked.
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I'm not shure about 3 hours, but it recorded without problem 1,5 hour which was something about 60 Mb. Than you have three options to share:
By creating a file server, uploading to skydrive or saving it to a phone music library and than usual way of sharing files with pc. You can try this app without paying. I'm not shure if it is stable on gdr3 as I'm waiting on my official update for Lumia 920.

Free version fails in long recording, it doesn't even show last recording.
Yovisoft is only the working one. But strange format and size.
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Try Wavepad Sound Editor. You would be able to trim any unnecessary parts and when you save it, you can set the bitrate that you want it to be.

DBZo07 said:
Free version fails in long recording, it doesn't even show last recording.
Yovisoft is only the working one. But strange format and size.
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There was an update to Instant Incognito Recorder that adressed some bugs (crashes, etc), you can try it again and see if it works, also the dev. added an option to save to music collection so you can copy recordings via USB cable.

4GB Limit on Recording Video?

Hi, when I record a long FHD video, it will automatically split the file after the file reached 4GB. Is there any way to record continuessly?
My SDcard is formatted with exfat FS, so i don't think the problem is with the sd card. In fact I have many movies that around 8GB in size.
Sorry for my english.

Use a different camera app maybe. I hate this limit.

Up.

I don't understand this totally arbitrary limit. My Sony Xperia records continuously which is great for one-hit videos of 30 - 40 minutes that DO NOT need to be manually stitched back together to upload to Youtube (for example).
It's the single most frustrating thing my 'new' S8 presents to me and the one single thing that may have me headed back to my Xperia

I assume you are using the stock camera app. I don't know if it is, but the Samsung camera APK might only be 32-bit and this is a common limitation as 4GB is 2^32 and the integer limit on 32-bit is (2^31)-1.
It's basically a case of if it ain't broke don't fix it, because most people don't run into this issue.