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I have been looking for hours on either software or a hack to make the camera(video) stay on when I am on the main screen. In essence have the video record in the background. I have a lot of memory and like to use the video camera for recording conversions and classes, but I would like to be able to have the camera stay on while in other areas of the phone. The camera program will run in the background but it shuts off the record ing once I leave it. Is there software or better yet a registry hack to make it continue recording? I have been searching with no luck. There has to be others out there that want to record without somebody picking up the phone and knowing you are, or simply use other features of the phone while recording.
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anyone?
would just like to toss in my +1 for this, i've often wanted to record a lecture, then want to access some information from the Notes on my device.
Me too.. I wanna take videos and make it look like Im just reading a Word file or something.
What about 3rd party software like coolcam?
http://www.ateksoft.com/features.html
Surur
surur said:
What about 3rd party software like coolcam?
http://www.ateksoft.com/features.html
Surur
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also find it here
http://www.c4pda.com/showthread.php?t=25688&highlight=coolcamera
I know this is a prehistoric thread that I am bumping (almost three years worth) yet this problem is very irritatingly present on my HD2.
THe builtin camera app won't record in background, settings hkcu\software\htc\camera\deactivate to 0 won't change anything, and same doies changing all the relevant values in the registry altogether.
I tried coolcamera, it has a very spartan interface unusable with a purely touchscreen device, I had to popup LMT's controller to navigate and start recording, but when I did the app didn't work anymore.
So my question is the same, is there currently a background video recording app out there? Seems to absurd to me there isn't, and I can't keep my screen always on while recording video from my car windshield; either that or I'd prefer having recording in background while I navigate with GPS...
ephestione said:
I know this is a prehistoric thread that I am bumping (almost three years worth) yet this problem is very irritatingly present on my HD2.
THe builtin camera app won't record in background, settings hkcu\software\htc\camera\deactivate to 0 won't change anything, and same doies changing all the relevant values in the registry altogether.
I tried coolcamera, it has a very spartan interface unusable with a purely touchscreen device, I had to popup LMT's controller to navigate and start recording, but when I did the app didn't work anymore.
So my question is the same, is there currently a background video recording app out there? Seems to absurd to me there isn't, and I can't keep my screen always on while recording video from my car windshield; either that or I'd prefer having recording in background while I navigate with GPS...
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Hi, i too was searching for an app as you mentioned...and i finally found what i wanted.
check this link http://www.pocketdvr.cvt-software.com/index.html
Here are the features:
Key Features
* High quality frame-by-frame MJPEG video compression
* Loop record
* Time/date and GPS-speed stamping
* Usable built-in video player
* Record in hidden mode
* High resolution of video (up to 640x480 for some devices)
* Export video as MJPEG AVI-files (without loss of quality), which can be viewed on PC
* Built-in Trip Computer
Not working with HD2.
there's a thread of someone who was able to do it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=435131
i dont know how he did it, just ask him ...
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there's a thread of someone who was able to do it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=435131
i dont know how he did it, just ask him ...
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that's about another "camera in background" issue
Anyway, that regards the diamond, another user said he could use camera in background on his tp2, while there is not current solution for the hd2
Someone with solution for hd2 ?
Hi all,
I used to be really enthused by the small video editing app included in my Sony Ericsson fans. It was very useful to edit video, make personal editing etc... to send via MMS. Assembling clips was made easy and intuitive.
I can't find such an app for pocket PC. I stumbled onto http://www.trakax.com/software/mobile. It's a useful editing software with cutting edge graphix, but not free and quite cumbersome to use...
Do you happen to know a complete video editing software for our beloved pocket pc? It SHOULD exist but I could'nt find anything out there...
THX a lot !
I found nothing.. I hope there will be some video editing software some day, i had a sony ericsson phone, and they have this simple video editing software called VideoDJ. So maybe there will be one to ppc too...
I don't know about video editing for PPC (maybe there r some) , but I think You don't need such a program, you can
edit it by using PC (with many video editing programs) and export the file..
arix said:
I don't know about video editing for PPC (maybe there r some) , but I think You don't need such a program, you can
edit it by using PC (with many video editing programs) and export the file..
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I like those simple video editing software. Video editing wherever you go..
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I like those simple video editing software. Video editing wherever you go..
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I just hope you have electricity socket ready wherever u go
i used to use trackax mobile on my atom exec:
http://www.trakax.com/software/mobile/
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missed that you found it already...reccomenned though
New Version of TrakAxPC for VGA devices
Hi Cormac here from TrakAxMobile.
Just a quick note to say we have released a new version of trakAxmobile for VGA devices.
Here is quick list of the improvements we have made.
1) We have improved the search function, allowing you to search your content by day/month/year. You can also highlight a number of days/months or years. This will allow you find the media on your device much quicker.
2) We have also improved the editing. We now decompress the file when you click on the edit button allowing you to access time positions in the file quicker and easier. When editing audio you can just highlight the area you wish to cut on the waveform with your stylus.
3) We now allow you to crop photos and you can add a ken burns effect to photos allowing you to Pan and Zoom into particular areas of the photo.
4) We have added a whole range of new transitions.
5) In the mixing screen, you can now control the tempo of the media by switching the slider function from volume to tempo. The slider now allows to slow down or speed up the clip. This is cool if you want a video clip to play in slow motion or wish to speed it up. The same applies to audio, you can speed it up or slow it down by adjusting the slider.
6) We now also allow you add themes and effects to videos or photos. You can also change the color of the text and add background colors to your credits.
You can check out the new features at our website -
http://www.trakax.com/software/mobile/trakaxmobile_vga_devices/
and there is a 7 day free trial available from the following link.
http://www.trakax.com/software/mobile/trial_version/
Check it out and if you have any question, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Best regards
Cormac
Been using trakAx for a while now - awesome app!!!
Just be patient when its rendering your clips as it can take a while - its got a lot of processing to do.
Output is only 640x480 though I think
A few weeks ago I started skining the 5.04 Camera to look like 6.08. That was fairly successful, however the main issue, lag time, was of course not affected. I then started trying to hack AF into the 6.08 Camera version & had issues getting it to function as it relies on some different resources that I could not get functioning concurrently.
So, last night I started playing with a new idea. Renaming & resources from one of the two camera versions allowing for both cameras to be installed, having one called to initialization by a long camera keypress.
Anyone familar with widows mobile (Arm) executables & resource hacking willing to help out on this idea & test it?
Is this something people would like to see in a cooked rom? Would the ability to toggle the camera depending on what you need, Auto-Focus or Speed, be appealing?
It really wouldn't add too much weight to the ROM, as both Camera use primarily the same resources/DLL's. Would having a choice of a macro/micro (AF) mode bee something you'd like to see?
Hi man,
Realy great what you want to do but to be honest I don't like the camera atm cause the front camera isn't working with the 6.8 build (correct me if I'm wrong).
I would rather have both camera's supported on my Kaiser to use this build.
Together with the Opal dialer with videocall enabled that would be a awsom job!
Grtz,
Leo
Great Suggestion!
I have not looked into that at all, My last TYTNII is dead, so I am on a Tilt. If you are willing to give it a test since you have both cameras, I will look into implementing that as well.
BTW, I will be moving this into the Development & Hacking thread soon. I just wanted to start it here to see if any Kaiser users had any camera hacking experience or suggestions.
I would be glad to help you my friend.
Please let me know when you have something!
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Great Suggestion!
I have not looked into that at all, My last TYTNII is dead, so I am on a Tilt. If you are willing to give it a test since you have both cameras, I will look into implementing that as well.
BTW, I will be moving this into the Development & Hacking thread soon. I just wanted to start it here to see if any Kaiser users had any camera hacking experience or suggestions.
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I have been able to specifically locate the function handling the camera AF uysing IDA Pro, I also see that there appears to be some hard coding of FPS information/limits in the camera executable for the 5.04 Kaiser Camera.
This info is not present within the newer (Opal) camera as far as I can tell & may be a reason why it seems to outperform the Kaiser Stock Camera. There is also no information or AF calls within the Opal Camera executable. Hence, without a complete rewrite of the program I cannot simply integrate AF into the newer camera.
Lost...
Anyone???
I have tried renaming the resources & creating a new registry tree all to no Avail.
I seem to have enough resources available to operate trhe second camera, however I cannot get it to initialize. Anyone have any suggestions?
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I have been able to specifically locate the function handling the camera AF uysing IDA Pro, I also see that there appears to be some hard coding of FPS information/limits in the camera executable for the 5.04 Kaiser Camera.
This info is not present within the newer (Opal) camera as far as I can tell & may be a reason why it seems to outperform the Kaiser Stock Camera. There is also no information or AF calls within the Opal Camera executable. Hence, without a complete rewrite of the program I cannot simply integrate AF into the newer camera.
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Have you found many functions involved in the AF management, in the old version ? I'm a bit busy with the Dialer, but since we're both using IDA Pro, I may take a look to what you've documented so far in the IDA database... I'm not a big expert in camera apps, but who knows...
BJK
There are about 6 or so references. Both cameras use primarily the same resource files, so it appears to me that the AF function is coded into the executable.
I had pretty much given up on the addition of AF to the new 6.8 camera & had decided it would be easier for a novice like me to just add support for a second camera program.
However, that task is also throwing me at the moment. I have built a new cab, with renamed files & some hacks to point to the renamed files, I have also created a moddified registry tree to co-exist with the one for the OEM camera, yet when I select the newly moddified camera it tries to launch, but won't initialize.
Missing something somewhere...
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There are about 6 or so references. Both cameras use primarily the same resource files, so it appears to me that the AF function is coded into the executable.
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No external reference to a shared .dll ?
I had pretty much given up on the addition of AF to the new 6.8 camera & had decided it would be easier for a novice like me to just add support for a second camera program.
However, that task is also throwing me at the moment. I have built a new cab, with renamed files & some hacks to point to the renamed files, I have also created a moddified registry tree to co-exist with the one for the OEM camera, yet when I select the newly moddified camera it tries to launch, but won't initialize.
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That's why I asked. It seems a single-threaded apartment issue. If it is an external .dll, maybe it could not be designed for multiple concurrency...
BJK
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No external reference to a shared .dll ?
That's why I asked. It seems a single-threaded apartment issue. If it is an external .dll, maybe it could not be designed for multiple concurrency...
BJK
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When I get a moment I will post what I have found, the differences in the executables & the AF refernces & coding.
It may all be moot however, as I take a look at the Raphael camera, which allegedly has AF as well as a newer camera. We shall see.
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When I get a moment I will post what I have found, the differences in the executables & the AF refernces & coding.
It may all be moot however, as I take a look at the Raphael camera, which allegedly has AF as well as a newer camera. We shall see.
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Good, thanks !
Again, need to reiterate that arm executables are not my thing, however, I have hacked the Ralph Camera & it uses the same icons & resource (Mostly) as the Kaiser & Opal.
However when I build a new cab just to see if the AF is working already on the new Fuze ROM Camera I get an unsigned error message.
Can one of you ARM pros give me some insight?
Fuze Camera is new version & definitely has AutoFocus support!
Works with the existing hacked QVGA .mui & icon files, but when trying to create the cab I still get unsigned error.
Anyone???
Here is the start of an OEM QVGA package. Exe still won't launch.
Anyone want to take a look? Do I need to resign the app, the exe?
It includes all files & images resized & hacked for QVGA including the .mui files. The exe is throwing me badly though.
The OEM can be found here: http://rapidshare.com/files/159104147/HTC_Camera_6_Fuze_OEM_QVGA.rar
However, it seems the sensorSDK references are giving me the issues. Maybe need to find a way to null them out or default landscape.
If I'm understanding correctly, you'd like a switch to use the camera version with AF and the camera version without AF. Correct or am I completely missing something here? If I AM understanding correctly, then I would be all for this, as this would really make the camera on the Kaiser at least sort of useful, as opposed to only usable in certain conditions.
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Here is the start of an OEM QVGA package. Exe still won't launch.
Anyone want to take a look? Do I need to resign the app, the exe?
It includes all files & images resized & hacked for QVGA including the .mui files. The exe is throwing me badly though.
The OEM can be found here: http://rapidshare.com/files/159104147/HTC_Camera_6_Fuze_OEM_QVGA.rar
However, it seems the sensorSDK references are giving me the issues. Maybe need to find a way to null them out or default landscape.
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Sorry for being late...
Have you removed the signature before patching the files ? You have to remove it from each signed file you're going to patch, to be able to use it. I can do it for you, if you wish...
BJK
met3ora said:
If I'm understanding correctly, you'd like a switch to use the camera version with AF and the camera version without AF. Correct or am I completely missing something here? If I AM understanding correctly, then I would be all for this, as this would really make the camera on the Kaiser at least sort of useful, as opposed to only usable in certain conditions.
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YES. That was the original intention of this thread.
DupinBJK said:
Sorry for being late...
Have you removed the signature before patching the files ? You have to remove it from each signed file you're going to patch, to be able to use it. I can do it for you, if you wish...
BJK
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BJK, I would be eternally gratefull if you'd do that for me, then I can see if I can find a way to null out or hack a SensorSDK.DLL to aways import the landscape value as a return & maybe see if the results are succesful.
OT: gsleon03...dude im your neighbor lol...i live in Torrance and im up in PV once in a while.
id like to see this project come true
Hi
first, sorry that I interrupt this thread and asking about improvement of frame rate for shooting video throw HTC camera, am have Cruise and has low frame rate in video recording and I think that Kaiser has the same issue, am using the famous camera trick " run camera program, hiding the lens, power off devise and waiting for Sec's, then power on again" which rising the frame rate from 4 to 19 frame/sec in video shooting but with darkens pic, did any one analysis this trick and try to get solution for camera low rate problem or found why 6.08 camera is faster than 5.04
finaly i hope that see this project come true
secoseco said:
Hi
first, sorry that I interrupt this thread and asking about improvement of frame rate for shooting video throw HTC camera, am have Cruise and has low frame rate in video recording and I think that Kaiser has the same issue, am using the famous camera trick " run camera program, hiding the lens, power off devise and waiting for Sec's, then power on again" which rising the frame rate from 4 to 19 frame/sec in video shooting but with darkens pic, did any one analysis this trick and try to get solution for camera low rate problem or found why 6.08 camera is faster than 5.04
finaly i hope that see this project come true
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I second that. ist there still any development?
Is there any registry tweak that will allow you to zoom in closer with the album viewer software. It works great for the files I view but I need to be able to zoom in much more than it allows
Thanks
Mike
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you can zoom in as far as the resolution of each image allows. I have some pretty high-res photo's (taken on a digital SLR) and I can zoom in on them until I start to see pixels. If you have low-res pics, you'll start seeing pixels much sooner.
Zooming in any further would be useless since it can't add any detail, you'll just see pixels the size of Lego blocks.
Edit: I realize you may want to examine an image pixel-per-pixel for some reason. In that case, sorry, I can't help.
Thanks for your response, If I could zoom in that close it would be great. I have some hi resolution files anywhere from 6-10 MB which open fine but I can only zoom in about 3 levels. If I could go to the level you describe, it would more than meet my needs.
Hm... Maybe there is a limit after all. I must admit I haven't tried any files in the 10mb region.
I've taken a quick look in the registry but I haven't come across anything that looks like it might solve this. Sorry.
I looked in the registry too but couldn't find any reference to HTCalbum at all. Guess I'll just have to start trying all the demos of the photo apps again...
There's a bunch of stuff under 'HKLM/Software/HTC/HTCAlbum'. Maybe you can find something I overlooked there.
Thanks, don't know why Resco didn't find that ref, I thought it scanned all directories. I couldn't find anything there either. I did change a dword from 2 to 3 in wheelzoomin frames but that didn't do anything obvious so I changed it back. Wonder if HTC support might be able to help, I've read that they're quick to respond to customer software issues but since this is more of a preference issue vs buggy software they may not offer up much.
Yeah, today I copied a 78 mega pixel image (actually a map) to my Leo and to my surprise, I can't zoom more than a certain amount in HTC Album. Anyone know a fix for this?
use resco photo manager, that one allows you to zoom in much more than the htc album. The newest version also supports multi-touch!
thanx! Tried resco; I'm flattered how they implemented multi touch this soon! only a month and a half after Leo's release.
It's really nice and fast (even faster refresh time than htc album) but I wish u could disable multi touch rotation. It's constantly confusing pinch with rotation.
hi,
is ti possible to capture photo without the jpeg compression?
If you're looking for RAW files, I don't think that will be possible. However, if you want to play around with reg files, I think a good place to start would be HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\P1 and then value "EncodeFormat"
Good luck
No phone camera's can't make RAW pictures.
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If you're looking for RAW files, I don't think that will be possible. However, if you want to play around with reg files, I think a good place to start would be HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\P1 and then value "EncodeFormat"
Good luck
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No phone camera's can't make RAW pictures.
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ok, it's not possible.....thank you both
Any third party camera application to capture raw file?
Why would you want RAW on a phone?
Basides, the camera on the phone doesnt capture enough info to make a complete raw file.
TIFF might be an idea, but i still see little point....
The image quality still can't beat my old Nokia 3M pixel camera which has Carl Zeiss lense. Just wondering HD2's compression rate is too much, with RAW file I am free to use any PC software.
Camera cannot be changed from jpeg.
No software or other program will change this.
It is hard coded in the camera firmware and also in the phones ROM.
It is unlikely that someone will ever bother with a hack for this, as it is not just a question of cooking a new ROM, but a fresh design of firmware for camera and phone, and then no guarantee that the camera will work with other file formats.
Thanks for the explanation...look like have to bear with it.