App for constantly recording audio. - Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Does anyone know of an app that runs on an Android Wear device that can record audio constantly?
Maybe it could record in 30 minute chunks.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rimidalv.dictaphone
Im hoping this can do what I ask. I'm in talks with the dev now.

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Hissing Sound Recording Video

when recording video i get the awful hissing sound
steps i tried
reflashing
turning off sound zoom
turning on airplane mode to disable radio
anyone else?
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I wouldn't even try to guess until you provide a reasonable amount of information about your situation. How do you expect us to narrow anything down without any clues?
Where is a sample video clip or even a decent description of the hiss? Tell us under what conditions this occurs, e.g. only on quiet environments, randomly, always, etc. Does it change when you change video quality settings, internal, external mike? What model phone, firmware version and anything else that appears even remotely relevant.
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oki. ill upload a sample. it occurs under all circumstances, phone is pure stock so camera app and all is out of the box
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the video and hissing (turn volume up)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/brxys1ka3u86l56/20140819_095825.mp4
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That seems to be a musical selection.. so how to tell what is part of the unknown music track and what is hiss? Better would have been recording the quietest environment you could find. Or if the hiss only shows up when recording something, then play a recorded music track. And provide both the phone recording and the original music track so that it can be, more or less, subtracted or distinguished from the hiss.
It would help if the track didn't have interfering music or if you tried recording in quiet, moderate, loud environments, impulse sounds, etc with comments on whether the hiss varies under various conditions. At a guess it's the aggressive ALC (auto level control) when you record with the internal (?) mike. So when there is a quiet part in the music, the ALC cranks up the gain and the noise from the phone circuit becomes more apparent. On that theory it would be good to know if using an external mike alleviates the problem or not.
If it is an ALC problem.. there isn't much that you can do about it.. other than consider using an external mike.. not recording in quiet locations, which could be difficult.. or hope that someone disassembles and tames the ALC.
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I have the same problem. Even returned my phone to the service and they did smth to the mic, maybe even replaced it. But my problem is still there. Search for check out 'hissing 001' video on youtube, i have uploaded a sampleml. they said they tried recording videos with two other samsung fives, and they all had hissing problems. But i just cant accept that a quality phone like thos has an amateur error like this... for others, sound recording sounds just fine. What can I do?
I'm having the same problem. Not sure when it started but now the hissing sound happens most of the time when I recorded videos. Recording voice through an app doesn't create any hissing sound. Anyone can provide anything we can try? TIA.
kan555 said:
I'm having the same problem. Not sure when it started but now the hissing sound happens most of the time when I recorded videos. Recording voice through an app doesn't create any hissing sound. Anyone can provide anything we can try? TIA.
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I just got my device back from service, and I have to say they did something to it, because now the mic works PERFECT, without hissing whatsoever.
IT could be sw related problem, but i strongly believe they gave me a brand new mic.
good luck!
darkerr9 said:
I just got my device back from service, and I have to say they did something to it, because now the mic works PERFECT, without hissing whatsoever.
IT could be sw related problem, but i strongly believe they gave me a brand new mic.
good luck!
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Thanks for the update Darkerr9. I'm tempted to replace the mic by myself but not so confident I can handle it. Watched how to do it on youtube and will cost me around $25 for the parts. I still think it's software related issue since when recording just voice, it works perfectly. No white noise or anything. ... hmmm.. what to do..?
kan555 said:
Thanks for the update Darkerr9. I'm tempted to replace the mic by myself but not so confident I can handle it. Watched how to do it on youtube and will cost me around $25 for the parts. I still think it's software related issue since when recording just voice, it works perfectly. No white noise or anything. ... hmmm.. what to do..?
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Ah, I see. Well I still had my warranty so they did it for free. And remember, the 1st time they (another service) tried to fix this, they failed to do so. I guess I got lucky now... voice recording quality is poorer, so that doesnt count imo btw if you use your headset mic, you will see (hear) that the problem is fixed..
Hi everyone. I have the same problem and it's very frustrating. I don't have a solution BUT I know the reason why it's hissing . It's not the microphone! When I record only audio with both microphones it's all OK. The problem occurs when front cam is on! When my girlfriend close up the phone to her ear she heard that awful sound (hissing). So the camera make that noise. Top mic is very close to the cam so mic gets that noise. Try to hear very closely to the cam and check if you have the same noise from cam.

Mic randomly stops and drops quality when recording

When ever i record a video from any app (Snapchat, Instagram, etc) just when i record in general, what will happen is everything will be nice and crystal clear then it suddenly the mic stop and mutes for a second and drops the quality of the sound drastically everything looks good in video but it sounds terrible and stays like that until i end the video, and if i make a new video the same process happen again anyone ever have this problem or know a way around it? maybe its a noise cancelling feature? i dont know

Distorted audio on video capture

I have my Verizon S5 currently sitting on 4.4.4 NK7. I've noticed no matter what video recording app I use, whether it be Snapchat or the native camera app, that audio on video playback always seems a bit distorted if the video was captured in a loud environment. Yet I see friends with other newer android phones and iPhones that have recorded footage the same venues (concerts) where their audio is much more tolerable. Has anyone else experienced this? I've been holding off on updating to lollipop, but if that is a known fix I might go that route.
For example, even recording a video on my car with the audio at a normal volume results in distorted audio quality.
Lollipop won't change anything, cause that's a big problem to not fix immediately. Are you possibly covering a mic when recording? Are phone calls clear? I'm not sure how to fix your problem, I'm just throwing out ideas. A search didn't bring up anything.
Apparently it's a common problem within the Samsung phones:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711008
http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s5/395746-awful-concert-audio.html
Was hoping there was a software option to adjust the gain level it records at.
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Apparently it's a common problem within the Samsung phones:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711008
http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s5/395746-awful-concert-audio.html
Was hoping there was a software option to adjust the gain level it records at.
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I saw the xda thread but wasn't sure if it was the same. Someone said disable the noise reduction option, and that should fix it.

Sound out of sync with video.

Anyone experience the audio/video being out of sync WITH THE BUILT IN SPEAKER? I understand that on some bluetooth there could be a slight delay but I am talking about the phone's built in speaker here. I use BT speakers as well but I haven't noticed any delay with bluetooth speakers.
My phone is all stock with the latest update. This happens when I am watching a video form Youtube or facebook. The delay can range from half sec to 3 sec delay. Even if I close the app and re-launch it, the delay will still be there. The only way to fix this is if I reboot the phone. I watch video almost every day on this phone and half of the time I am using just the stock speaker. This would happen once every week or two.
Anyone experienced this?
If you have Viper4Android. Try turning it off. Worked for me.
Same here, in Facebook and YouTube.
Yeah I have the same issue here. If I restart the video, it plays in sync for a couple of seconds after which the video pauses for a second making the audio lead.
saad780 said:
If you have Viper4Android. Try turning it off. Worked for me.
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I never downloaded that app.

Audio when recording videos is extremely quiet since swapping to Oreo

since swapping to oreo, I am getting very very muted audio when recording video. zero issues before the switch. Videos for example
Recorded this past weekend. open field, kids cheering loudly Ole' Ole'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HReTGFIyvSU
Up close, live music. no earplugs needed but definately not quiet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz-QzuS3cC0
Normal audio. you can here me fiddle with buttons and then speak at the end of the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7U1sL-lOP8
anyone else experience this
Update.
went digging. on this thread HERE I downloaded this camera app and am able to capture good clear audio as specified. However, going back to the camera app, very muffled Audio.
Bump, anyone test this out on video recording? does your camera record properly?

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