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Camera <-> Camcorder Zoom Weirdness

Going to try to explain this... When I'm using the stock Camera app, the picture is normal. But when I switch to Camcorder, it seems to be automatically zoomed in quite a bit. And when I try to zoom out, it says that since I'm recording in HD, zoom functions are not available.
This is kind of annoying because now I have to step back probably 5 feet to fill the same frame of when I was taking photos.
Is this normal for everyone else too? Or do I have some weird glitch on my unrooted and pure stock ROM?

Yep, mine does it too (stock rom). It only does that in FullHD resolution. I guess the only use middle part of the sensor to read the data to achieve greater speeds, and thus it's gonna be a hardware limitation.
Who need HD anyway ? The lens hardly catch with it. I record 720x480 and I'm very pleased with teh quality.

Change the video recording resolution in the settings pane to 1280x720 and that should fix your problem.

hank00k said:
Change the video recording resolution in the settings pane to 1280x720 and that should fix your problem.
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Yeah I noticed that.
But that doesn't make sense. In photo mode, same resolution as video mode but in video mode it's zoomed in. Like Dr. Sid said, it seems that it uses a smaller section of the image sensor to capture video. Which again doesn't make sense. Weird.

This is definetly a speed optimization - scaling down the whole resolution of camera sensor from 3264*2448 -> 1080p is much more expensive operation than just cropping the central pixels, i assume someone at samsung was VERY lazy to have done the camcorder mode in such a lame way, it's still ok for recording outside scenes but useless for in-room recording.

I find this quite annoying also. At first I was wondering if it is a ROM glitch or something, since some of the people here stated that even in stock ROM it is present also.
I hope there is some kind of patch to this, full HD recording is really awesome and I hate to see the 'zoomed' effect.

Yeah noticed the same thing just last night.. Seems to also affect the camera's ability to focus properly in video capture mode as well... Shame on them, I wish I had noticed this sooner.

Q: is no gyroscope makes big difference?

• Can you take panoramic photos without gyroscope with 3rd party apps? Like uCam or A Better Camera?
• Can you play Need for speed Most Wanted and racing games?
• Is fm radio present in european version? How long it can play till battery runs out? Does it works only with original headphones ??
• is there really slow motion and hdr video? Is 30 fps recorded video smooth enough for pleasant viewing? Is image stabilisation works good when referring and would it be better with gyroscope?
• I have read that inside is gyroscope but its not active, true or false?
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- Panorama photos should be OK... Photosphere would be a no.
- Racing games use the accelerometer; not the gyroscope
- I can't see why FM Radio wouldn't be present in the European one - if for some reason it is, I'm sure the APK from a Canadian one would work.
- Not sure on FM battery life, but any headphones will work (phone doesn't come with headphones anyways).
- No HDR video, and slow-motion video is capped at 540p
- If there's a gyro, no utility has confirmed it. I'd lean towards "No" as even the disabled "chop chop" flashlight gesture is seen in utilities that show available sensors.

Camera Bug - Photo/Slowmo/Snapchat works, normal Video doesn't

Hey, somehow I can't use Video function in camera, WhatsApp or other cameras like Google Camera, but slowmo video does work and in Snapchat videos also works. Any idea?
In camera app the option button and so on are greyed out when I'm in video mode. In WhatsApp i.e. I get the error that it can't connect to the cam.
I'm on grossoshop's 20s.

idragonx said:
Hey, somehow I can't use Video function in camera, WhatsApp or other cameras like Google Camera, but slowmo video does work and in Snapchat videos also works. Any idea?
In camera app the option button and so on are greyed out when I'm in video mode. In WhatsApp i.e. I get the error that it can't connect to the cam.
I'm on grossoshop's 20s.
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Clear cache from recovery. Then go to app manager and clear data of Camera app.
Did this problem happen suddenly or right from the start when u were using grossoshop's rom. It maybe the rom-related issue.

Didnt help, some camera apps work and some not, really strange. I don't know since when I have this bug as I'm not using the video mode in camera app usually

Now I acknowledged that the microphone also is blocked. Something is blocking video and audio recording. I tried removing all permissions from apps of microphone and just kept Recorder permission on - still says "used by another app". But just saying something works like Ok Google (with permission for sure). Online recording isn't working.

Motion Graphics Smoothing problem using Netflix in oneplus 8 pro

The motion graphics smoothing works in every other available app but not Netflix. Anyone else have this issue? and if u got solution please share
Thanks

Is there a way to tell if it's even on or working?

Ok so it works for me everywhere it's supposed to.

while playing the video u should see note in the screen motion smoothing is active ..
if you play a video in MX player its working...motion smoothing is active
in you tube is working ...motion smoothing is active
unfortunately in Netflix ... nothing appear in screen and u can see no ..motion smoothing

abunhyan said:
The motion graphics smoothing works in every other available app but not Netflix. Anyone else have this issue? and if u got solution please share
Thanks
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If you use Netflix through browser?

cultofluna said:
If you use Netflix through browser?
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its same no motion smoothing effect
actually if u use ur browser it will automatically will switch to Netflix app while playing

abunhyan said:
its same no motion smoothing effect
actually if u use ur browser it will automatically will switch to Netflix app while playing
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You have bootloader unlocked?

No
Do u mean is this working with u ?
Can anyone confirm that?

Not for me either have 10.5.6 update

abunhyan said:
while playing the video u should see note in the screen motion smoothing is active ..
if you play a video in MX player its working...motion smoothing is active
in you tube is working ...motion smoothing is active
unfortunately in Netflix ... nothing appear in screen and u can see no ..motion smoothing
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In motion graphics settings, I see only Gallery, Prime Video, YouTube & Netflix, I have downloaded MX Player & VLC, but no sign of it in the settings. How to enable motion smoothing in this supported apps?

Working fine for me in Netflix. 10.5.12

Use 4K recording mode with other apps like Open Camera

I am trying to figure out if there is a way to use the 4k video recording mode with other apps like for example Open Camera.
I like this app because it has some nice features like manual focusing or locking the focus, changing some other things.
The app does have the option to enable 4k by enabling
"Force 4k UHD video(only works on some devices)" - Enable 3840x2160 resolution for video recording on back camera - this options is a hack that may allow 4K devices on 4K cameras that don't expose the option to 3rd party camera apps. This isn't guaranteed to work, please test before working
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But sadly when I press record I get a message
Sorry, 4k UHD not supported on your device
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Hopefully theres a workaround to use the 4K with 3rd party apps.
If anyone knows how, please let us all know.

So far I learned that many manufactures make their phones so if you use the stock app you get the best quality and everything.
But if you use third party apps, you get basic features and quality is always worse.
I was wondering if maybe rooting the phone would unlock the full capability of the camera to be used with third party apps.

So I rooted the phone finally with locked bootloader.
Sadly, still Open Camera is unable to use 4K UHD video recording.
I think for this to work you need Camera2 Api which Xperia Z2 does not have.
But there's another thing.
Cyberian camera mod 8.0 for Xperia Z2.
I installed it after rooting the phone and now I can open regular camera app and I have 4K option, and I don't even have to choose the 4K app.
Awesome.
Also, Cyberian comes with few other focusing features, maybe I can use those with 4K recordings because normal focus on 4K app is awful, constantly looks to refocus itself.
Sadly Cyberian can't lock focus but it does have single and multi auto focus, face detection, object tracking and infinity.
Will report back how those work now.