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Hi XDA,
I've received my DHD yesterday and not impressed at all by now.
The camcorder records @ only 21 frames per second on 720p.
Is that quite the common for the DHD? I thought 30fps were usual!?!
Is there any fix for that low FPS? AND also some regular camera improvements?
fat32 and 32kb formated! both sd class2 and class6.
Best Regards
Wowa Trader
In the settings, try to set the Brightness to -2 to get few more fps
Although there is probably something wrong in your case,cause every video I've seen from the DHD is very fluid,you could try to set ISO to the maximum value(I think 800) when in photo mode(option does not appear in video mode).Else,you could lower the resolution(800x480 is juuuuust fine,believe me).
Bear in mind that there could be something wrong with your phone.I certainly hope that's not the case though!
With kind regards
Apostolis
hi
I just was testing desire the hd camcorder. I recorded a video for approx 3 mins.
Whilst playing the video, it has lags and stutters which i know is not normal. Previous hd2 ran smoothly and it never had this problem. HD2 was 5MP and desire HD has 8MP, but I dont think the camera quality is as good as the hd2.
Is there a way to fix this frame skipping/lagging issue?
Has anyone else had this problem, can any1 shed any light on this?
Thanks in advance.
Fame123 said:
hi
I just was testing desire the hd camcorder. I recorded a video for approx 3 mins.
Whilst playing the video, it has lags and stutters which i know is not normal. Previous hd2 ran smoothly and it never had this problem. HD2 was 5MP and desire HD has 8MP, but I dont think the camera quality is as good as the hd2.
Is there a way to fix this frame skipping/lagging issue?
Has anyone else had this problem, can any1 shed any light on this?
Thanks in advance.
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The HD2 records video at 800x480,while the Desire HD at 1280x720.If you do the math it's 384000 vs 921600 pixels,which is 2.4 times as many pixels.Try recording at 800x480.Its quality is as good on the phone's screen.
tolis626 said:
The HD2 records video at 800x480,while the Desire HD at 1280x720.If you do the math it's 384000 vs 921600 pixels,which is 2.4 times as many pixels.Try recording at 800x480.Its quality is as good on the phone's screen.
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Hi tolis626
Thanks for the reply. Yes I did the maths, hence was concerned about the rec quality. Now I will try 800x480 and see how the quality is now.
What about the video stuttering/lagging when played?
Many Thank again
Fame123 said:
Hi tolis626
Thanks for the reply. Yes I did the maths, hence was concerned about the rec quality. Now I will try 800x480 and see how the quality is now.
What about the video stuttering/lagging when played?
Many Thank again
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You're welcome.And btw sorry,but I didn't try to make myself look smarter!I just noticed that it just looks that way,like sarcasm or something!Again I'm sorry!
Anyway,I don't have my DHD yet(damn...),but I stumbled across these things with my Desire.Stuttering\lag has to do with the SD card you use.The provided class 2 card will most probably have trouble recording video at these bitrates.That's what happened with the Desire;Once I bought a Kingston 16Gb class 10 card(kinda expensive though...) all the stuttering was gone(or up to a large degree).Try that along with the maximum ISO(although if possible don't use the latter as it produces much noise) and I think that video is gonna be butter smooth!
How often do you experience that lagging? My did plays its recorded 720p videos quite well. Yes there is some shuttering occasionally, but its not that bad.
Why don't you try formating your sd card with 32kb clusters?
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I just did a small test.
When you film something that is dark, and requires the phone to change the ISO, the FPS will drop dramatically. Only in bright light it films @ 30 FPS.
I guess it could be bad coding, so I really hope they can fix it through an update.
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I just did a small test.
When you film something that is dark, and requires the phone to change the ISO, the FPS will drop dramatically. Only in bright light it films @ 30 FPS.
I guess it could be bad coding, so I really hope they can fix it through an update.
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i think it's normal that when you film something darker, the FPS drops, all things being equal..the phone does need to slow down the FPS to gather more light to the sensor. I think the phone will also up the ISO but there is a limit to how much the ISO can increase without the video looking too grainy.
The sensor that HTC used for the camera could be a lower end type so that's why it has to compensate by dropping frames. If they used a better sensor with higher ISO capability, it could up the ISO a lot more and yet maintain the brightness of the video and also the FPS.
I have switched my SGS for DHD , such a bad move! On sgs video recording at 720p is 20X better than 480p on DHD in terms of fps, ghosting, colors, image stabilization and fluidity... Just one of my many bad choices lately...
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How often do you experience that lagging? My did plays its recorded 720p videos quite well. Yes there is some shuttering occasionally, but its not that bad.
Why don't you try formating your sd card with 32kb clusters?
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Hi XmUrF
Thanks for reply. That lagging happens approx after 30 secs when playing. 1. Does the class of the microsd matter? 2. Also does the space left on the microsd matter? 3. Can you tweak camera settings to make better?
On the htc hd2 the was no occassional stuttering. that was fluent, even tweaked it to be 8mp and pics were perfect no probz.
4. What does 32kb clusters formatting method mean and do?
Wow 20fps????!
So far i've never got more than 12fps, mostly less.
I also get the stutter approx every 2 mins.
Lastly has anyone made a 720p recording longer than 15 minutes? If i do, when i stop the recording the screen goes grey and the cam wont work until i restart the phone. Any recording saved will then not play. Sigh.
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it records 29fps in daylight drops down with indoor lowlight and down to 10fps in darkness, stutter issue is random sometimes it happens sometimes it never happens most likely related to multitasking or auto white balance
most of my outdoor recored vids are 29fps even at sunset it managed 29fps
as always if u want beautiful quality for both videos and shots, drop sharpness to -2 to kill the digital treatment
Hi all,
I've had my Xiaomi RedMi Note 2 for a while now and thought I would share my video review and hands on unboxing videos:
Unboxing:
Hands-on gaming, benchmarks, thoughts, opinions.
Overall this is definitely one of the best bang for you buck mobile phones around. The Mediatek 6795 Helio X10 runs great and the GPU is fastest enough for even the most demanding games. LTE/4G is crazy fast for me, I had never got 75mbps speeds before, not even on my LG G4. which caps at around 50mbps for me. The screen looks great and there isn't much to not like on this mobile. The 13MP camera is good in anything but low light and macros come out amazing (see my samples). What I find disappointing is the sound on video and in lower light the video frame rate drops below 30fps. Indoor low light shots are very average.
The phone has now been passed on to my wife and she loves it, complete overkill for her needs. MIUI also might not be for everyone. And the build is very plastic and cheap feeling compared to metal framed phones. I got it from GearBest here: http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_229217.html
Day video sample (1080p):
Sunset (1080p):
Night video (1080p)
Camera samples:
Like on my Note 4 I get over 120 Mbit/s over LTE but Wifi, GPS and 2G/3G/4G is 2-3 times better than on my Note 4. Sometimes I can't belive this.
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The foliage looks really washed out on those samples, was it windy or does it really do such a poor job? The rest of the samples seem really decent for the price.
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The foliage looks really washed out on those samples, was it windy or does it really do such a poor job? The rest of the samples seem really decent for the price.
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It was windy and low light in some of the later shots. Low light pictures are not good at all.
I think that lack of optical stabilization makes video recording really bad. I think that the quality is descent, but the everything is kind of up and down all the time, a little cranky.....
MIUI 7 Slow motion samples:
MIUI 7 Time lapse samples:
Thanks mate. Can it does slower than this?
Nope. There's no other settings for slow mo.
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I think that lack of optical stabilization makes video recording really bad. I think that the quality is descent, but the everything is kind of up and down all the time, a little cranky.....
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Definitely I have a G4 and now a Note 5, I miss OIS, even DIS would help out here. The quality is good, but the audio is a bit washed out. But still for a $165 dollar mobile it's decent.
Hi,
could you test HEVC encoding capabilities for us, it's a little tricky, only "CINEMA FV5" app could support HEVC encoding for the moment, and if you can test [email protected] and [email protected] and Manual Focus as well it will be great, thanks in adavance
Very nice review and some of the only slow motion footage on youtube, thanks! :good:
I've noticed that 4K video recording seems to be capped at approximately 8 minutes. I've had 2 separate videos stop recording at this time. Has anyone else had this issue and is there a way to bypass it? I have plenty of space on my 64GB 6P, so it'd be great to take advantage of all that space. Is is a processor or heat related issue?
I believe recording is always capped after 4gb (I think that's the limit might be 2). That's happened to me on previous devices when I try to record 1 hour at 1080p would have to remember to change it to 720p or lower. Not sure how to change that, especially without rooting.
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I have the same problem recording in 1080p I can only record for 5 to 7 minutes. I also am rooted, what can I do to record longer?
This just happened to me tonight at my daughter's Christmas concert. Quit after 8 min 50 secs. I am test driving a Note 5 and a Nexus 6p. Between this and the mic problems, there's a good chance I'll send the 6p back. I never had this issue with my iPhones, and can't speak to whether the Note would have done it. It's frustrating because I really would have liked to have it all on video.
Likely both devices would have done something similar.. Iphones have in the past.
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I decided to do a test. I set it to record and left it alone. It recorded about 31 minutes of video before shutting off. I'm wondering if the camera app quit or if I hit something accidentally during the recording. This may be a case of user error instead of an issue with the device.
At 4k?
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Yesterday I also came across this limitation (8 minutoes in 4k video) with Nexus 6P camera but tried the Opencamera app (free) and it got past the 12minutes without problems (and it has more manual control for exposure, focus, bitrate) and after some testing with phone on a tripod I think I'm going to record my kid's X-mas party with bitrate of 20mbps because it uses half the space (I think default is 42mbps) and on a tripod it looks as good as default bitrate.
I've done another test with 20mbps and it stopped at 27mins and 4 seconds, I think file was already 4GB at this point, so maybe I could still get a longer recording time with 15mbps if needed (it is still pretty good quality for a tripod mounted camera)..
I'm not as happy with audio, I thought it was stereo but it's mono and I have the feeling that it is captured with MIC's facing wrong side of the phone... and at this point I have no time left for ordering external MIC's to test (but it should be mono as well, maybe better direction would give better quality in high frequencies - but that has to be next time). For now best option I think is selecting audio source to camcorder (I think it's the one that comes selected as default, but not the option called "default" and I did try to force stereo but file still gets mono audio but I hear high frequencies coming from rear MIC - not as bad as I thought) - I'd love to see an option to capture the audio from the 3 MIC's givving 3 channels audio (good to play on 5.1 systems using center, left and right speakers
mikexilva said:
Yesterday I also came across this limitation (8 minutoes in 4k video) with Nexus 6P camera but tried the Opencamera app (free) and it got past the 12minutes without problems (and it has more manual control for exposure, focus, bitrate) and after some testing with phone on a tripod I think I'm going to record my kid's X-mas party with bitrate of 20mbps because it uses half the space (I think default is 42mbps) and on a tripod it looks as good as default bitrate.
I've done another test with 20mbps and it stopped at 27mins and 4 seconds, I think file was already 4GB at this point, so maybe I could still get a longer recording time with 15mbps if needed (it is still pretty good quality for a tripod mounted camera)..
I'm not as happy with audio, I thought it was stereo but it's mono and I have the feeling that it is captured with MIC's facing wrong side of the phone... and at this point I have no time left for ordering external MIC's to test (but it should be mono as well, maybe better direction would give better quality in high frequencies - but that has to be next time). For now best option I think is selecting audio source to camcorder (I think it's the one that comes selected as default, but not the option called "default" and I did try to force stereo but file still gets mono audio but I hear high frequencies coming from rear MIC - not as bad as I thought) - I'd love to see an option to capture the audio from the 3 MIC's givving 3 channels audio (good to play on 5.1 systems using center, left and right speakers
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Perhaps the flashable zip in the Nexus 6 forums to activate stereo recording would work on the 6P also?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/mod-stereo-audio-recording-t3001680
I just recorded a Christmas ugly sweater party video at work in 720p on my 6P, and it stopped after 8m30s
Still experiencing this problem. Anyone else? Has anyone stumbled upon a fix? Thanks!
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I've noticed that 4K video recording seems to be capped at approximately 8 minutes. I've had 2 separate videos stop recording at this time. Has anyone else had this issue and is there a way to bypass it? I have plenty of space on my 64GB 6P, so it'd be great to take advantage of all that space. Is is a processor or heat related issue?
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I was looking into the 6p specifically for 4k video so it's good to know about this problem. Sorry I can't offer help though.
When I first picked up my Galaxy s7 Edge on Sprint, I wrote a post about poor quality, lack of stability, and a lot of people told me I was imagining it, or put it down to YouTube. Now watch this...
https://youtu.be/gF_PRYBFS84
That is a video I took in FHD60 (i.e. 1080p and 60 frames per second) - skip forward to 8 seconds. Unacceptable isn't the word. I should add, most of the time it's not as bad as this - usually just a really jarring stutter, but it's done this a few times,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnRAHEE-nB4
This one is 4K. Not as bad on the face of it, but the weird motion blurring and blockiness present is ...well, it doesn't feel very 4K. I also experience some skips/frame drops when filming in this mode.
I took approx 130 10-30 second videos over the weekend and skipping is present in most of them. I've even got to the point where I try and film everything twice (panning across a landscape) so i can hopefully minimize the likelihood of skipping.
This is my second S7 edge, after the first one developed a dead pixel within the first 2 weeks. I've updated the firmware to G935PVPU2APD3.
From what I've read online in forums, one user claimed that on a live chat , Samsung are refusing to admit it publicly, but there is nothing they can do to improve it. I believe this is a problem mainly with the US Snapdragon 820 chip - but I dunno, it could be an issue with the International version too - either way, I'm not happy but it looks like we have to put up with it.
CTIGUK said:
When I first picked up my Galaxy s7 Edge on Sprint, I wrote a post about poor quality, lack of stability, and a lot of people told me I was imagining it, or put it down to YouTube. Now watch this...
https://youtu.be/gF_PRYBFS84
That is a video I took in FHD60 (i.e. 1080p and 60 frames per second) - skip forward to 8 seconds. Unacceptable isn't the word. I should add, most of the time it's not as bad as this - usually just a really jarring stutter, but it's done this a few times,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnRAHEE-nB4
This one is 4K. Not as bad on the face of it, but the weird motion blurring and blockiness present is ...well, it doesn't feel very 4K. I also experience some skips/frame drops when filming in this mode.
I took approx 130 10-30 second videos over the weekend and skipping is present in most of them. I've even got to the point where I try and film everything twice (panning across a landscape) so i can hopefully minimize the likelihood of skipping.
This is my second S7 edge, after the first one developed a dead pixel within the first 2 weeks. I've updated the firmware to G935PVPU2APD3.
From what I've read online in forums, one user claimed that on a live chat , Samsung are refusing to admit it publicly, but there is nothing they can do to improve it. I believe this is a problem mainly with the US Snapdragon 820 chip - but I dunno, it could be an issue with the International version too - either way, I'm not happy but it looks like we have to put up with it.
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What is your Camera Chip?
Mine is: SLSI_S5K2L1_FIMC_IS
Exynos Version
To find out, download Aida64, go to Devices and see Rear-Facing Camera Section
dave7802 said:
What is your Camera Chip?
Mine is: SLSI_S5K2L1_FIMC_IS
Exynos Version
To find out, download Aida64, go to Devices and see Rear-Facing Camera Section
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Hi Dave,
I have the Snapdragon 820 processor and camera is SONY_IMX260
I've seen pieces online that say the Snapdragon fares worse than the Exynos in terms of performance, so it could be only really noticeable on those phones
Indeed, am no pro snapper so I cannot comment.
But the picture quality has been perfect on my device.
Am going to try this recording on the way home in the car now though (something i have yet to do)
I'll upload to YouTube for you to view if you like.
Any specific settings you used?
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dave7802 said:
Indeed, am no pro snapper so I cannot comment.
But the picture quality has been perfect on my device.
Am going to try this recording on the way home in the car now though (something i have yet to do)
I'll upload to YouTube for you to view if you like.
Any specific settings you used?
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It happens with FHD60 most commonly. Panning the camera makes it most notable... that's pretty much it!
Just a question.. you are recording internally or on sdcard?
I don't think there's any way that is a hardware issue. Seems like something is going way wrong with the video recording on the software level - I'd be money it is digital stabilization going haywire. Was that turned off? If so, maybe it's broken.
I saw one review in YouTube which concluded that the v20 video ois wasn't as good as...(I can't remember which phone it was comparing it to)...But I just remembered it now....I took a video of my daughter's performance and I noticed it was...shaking or vibrating in some parts because my hand wasn't steady.
Vibrating seems the better description.
Anyways...I did some testing by taking videos and walking around..and from what I can conclude, taking videos as fhd produces that vibrating effect while taking aa video at fhd 60 was prefect.
Wish I knew that before I recorded my daughter's performance....
It was a video comparing to a Pixel. Pretty sad the OIS is worthless.
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Noticed the poor IS. Wasn't happy about it. Hoping the fix it. I usually shoot 24-30fps which is supposed to be the sweet spot. No IS at full 4K which is expected. Tells me they're using EIS or basically just frame cropping in other words. It's what YouTube will apply to a video if you ask it. Wish they gave us an option to turn off all IS though so we can see just how well it really is working. I know I have shaky hands so maybe the little shaking I see is a massive improvement. Although, I guess I should try shooting 1080 with it on and 4K which has it off and see how different it is. Also, loud noise like video of certain bands seems to rattle the IS.
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It was a video comparing to a Pixel. Pretty sad the OIS is worthless.
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Yes the exact same jittery video hastened to me. But changing the video resolution one up gave me a prefect video. Maybe that's why the other video tests show the v20 as best.
I tried to use the V20 for a semi-professional video but it was no good. I had it on a gimbal to ensure it was very smooth, but the shots were "warbly". It was subtle, but made the footage unusable. I played back frame by frame in Premiere Pro and had a hard time pin pointing just what it was. It was like a jitter of some kind. I was shooting FHD 1080p 60 fps. I had to shoot at 60 fps to make it slow motion when I edited it.