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[Q] Recording Video Call

Hi Guys,
Have been doing some gooling on this.... but didnt find any solutions so far.
Anyways, is there any way to record a video call (not skype or anything, but a standard 3G video call) on the Galaxy S, maybe using some app perhaps?
Cheers guys n thanks in advance,
Gehan

Since there doesn't seem to be a decent working call recording app you might be out of luck
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I really doubt it. There's an app in the development section that records voice call, but I think it will be difficult to do the same with a video call. The processing strain will be large.

WhatsApp audio recording

When I record audio in WhatsApp, the sound is very compressed and noisy.
Recording using the phone's default Voice Recording app records fine and sounds great. This only happens inside WhatsApp. When my friend records something on his iphone to send over WhatsApp, it sounds great... crystal clear.
I can record using the Voice Recorder app, and then share it via WhatsApp, but the person receiving it cannot play it.
Could someone else download WhatsApp and try recording an attachment?
The compression/distortion is much more noticeable when recording something other than a voice, like a guitar.
edit: I emailed their support and they said they have no such issue

Well your still a step ahead of me, I can't get Whatsapp to record what so ever, even when I record a video with it it comes out with no audio at all. As far as I know this only happens in Whatsapp, all my other apps can use the mic.
So yes there is an issue with it.
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Are you using a custom ROM?
Maybe that affects it for some reason. Like I said their support tested it with a GS2 when I emailed them and they said it recorded and sent fine in normal quality.
I'm using Congnition 1.15
Can someone else please try?
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Mines all stock, not even rooted. So I couldn't have crippled it.
Honestly I don't have any use for it so I didn't really try and find what's wrong.
Like you I was testing Whatsapp with an iPhone and the audio I received from it was crystal clear but what ever I send comes out blank with nothing to hear. It's like it can't use the mic.
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I feel like their support might not even be able to notice the difference in compression lol.
It makes no sense that it would compress it on my phone but not on theirs
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Lol well maybe to them it sounds normal when it's compressed.
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hank00k said:
Lol well maybe to them it sounds normal when it's compressed.
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Yeah, I even told them to record the same thing in WhatsApp and in Voice Recorder and they claimed it sounded the same
That's why I'm asking you fine gents to test for me

Well I just reinstalled whatsapp and surprisingly enough the audio works now and I can confirm that whatsapp seems to compress the file cuz the quality isn't as good as the stock voice recorder, but it's not that bad imo.
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if you're just recording your voice its not that bad. But anything else sounds awful
I tried recording my guitar and it sounded abysmal
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Yea probably. Well I guess the best thing to do is just use some other service in the mean time. Doesn't look like they'll fix it anytime soon.
Cheers bud.
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I realized that it sounds just as compressed if I use a 3rd party voice recording app
I wonder why the stock recorder app has perfect quality audio while 3rd party apps sound like crap
is it like an API/driver thing?
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Hmm it might be an Api or driver but I think they're all compressing it to decrease file size and thus traffic on their servers. Cuz for instance if you send a photo it doesn't send it with the full resolution but lowers it to maintain file size. So i'm guessing they do the same to audio files.
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Nah it happens with any App that isn't the stock Voice Recorder app
I guess it's special
I flashed MIUI and nothing records with the same quality as Samsung's app
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Voice Recording App

Hi,
Can any suggest me a voice recorder software, that gives clear and high volume output?
Thanks

hiq mp3 recorder. its a great app for near studio voice recording ,under suitable environment .but its a paid app I suppose. jst play with the bitrate and gain for best settings.
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p.hemasundar said:
Hi,
Can any suggest me a voice recorder software, that gives clear and high volume output?
Thanks
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Try lg camera the audio output is acc and sample rate is 48000 and bit rate is 128.

sorry you want voice recorder not video recorder.

Try Tape-a-Talk available in the Play Store. The free version has adds but you don't have time limits while recording, as others apps do.

Try Hertz, it's simple. But it records only to PCM WAV.

PCM Recorder is the best

Hi-Q MP3 Recorder, I was looking for a nice V. Recorder and I think this one is the best.

111kaustav111 said:
hiq mp3 recorder. its a great app for near studio voice recording ,under suitable environment .but its a paid app I suppose. jst play with the bitrate and gain for best settings.
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Hi,
I installed hi_a mp3 recorder full. But the problem is it checks for license through internet every time I opened the app. How can I overcome that?
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u mean hiQ mp3 recorder, rite?
ping me.maybe I can help u with d app.
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Voice PRO
The best is Voice PRO

Philips DictationRecorder
I can recommend Philips Dictation Recorder:

What about that audio related promisses?

So we have low latency audio and USB audio as well, but what about real uses for this? I just sent an email to IK Multimedia, that makes the cool music iOS apps, and they replied saying that they still have no plans for Android apps or hardware. Any one knows something thats really happening in this audio related stuff, apps for musicians, etc?
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take pictures with headphone buttons?

any way to take pictures with the headphone buttons? is that any camera app that has this built in?
also, for the default camera app, is there any way to keep the flash on constantly WITHOUT having to be in record mode?

Best way without rooting would be to get a 3rd party camera app like camera360... and as for the flashlight probably need a 3rd party app for that too
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