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[Q] Best video recording app?

Hey all,
Sorry if this has came up before - given what the question is it wouldn't surprise me if it had!
Does anyone know what the, generally accepted as, best video recording app for our phones are? After coming from iOS, the camera functions are the only part of the phone that I'm finding it hard to match the iPhone.
I generally take a lot of videos and edit them. Mini-movies aren't aren't at all uncommon for me to film.
Whilst I'm still using my iPad for editing the films (iMovie and so on), I'm anxious to continue to use (and enjoy doing so) my S4 for video recording. My old 5S shot incredible video and even at lower resolution settings the output was generally smoother than the S4 shoots at the same settings.
If I'm stuck with the quality of the video recordings, that's fine and I'll make do. I would just prefer to find an app that can shoot at higher than stock bit rate etc and give me as many options (or close to) that the apps on iOS offers. I came to android as I absolutely LOVE using lollipop and the way it works is brilliant, so as said if I need to continue as I am that's fine. If it helps I'm using GPE 5.0.1 at the moment. Please not I'm not looking to start an iOS vs android discussion, just looking to find out what options I may or may not have and what I might be missing in the Play Store.
Thanks guys,
Pete

yetep said:
Hey all,
Sorry if this has came up before - given what the question is it wouldn't surprise me if it had!
Does anyone know what the, generally accepted as, best video recording app for our phones are? After coming from iOS, the camera functions are the only part of the phone that I'm finding it hard to match the iPhone.
I generally take a lot of videos and edit them. Mini-movies aren't aren't at all uncommon for me to film.
Whilst I'm still using my iPad for editing the films (iMovie and so on), I'm anxious to continue to use (and enjoy doing so) my S4 for video recording. My old 5S shot incredible video and even at lower resolution settings the output was generally smoother than the S4 shoots at the same settings.
If I'm stuck with the quality of the video recordings, that's fine and I'll make do. I would just prefer to find an app that can shoot at higher than stock bit rate etc and give me as many options (or close to) that the apps on iOS offers. I came to android as I absolutely LOVE using lollipop and the way it works is brilliant, so as said if I need to continue as I am that's fine. If it helps I'm using GPE 5.0.1 at the moment. Please not I'm not looking to start an iOS vs android discussion, just looking to find out what options I may or may not have and what I might be missing in the Play Store.
Thanks guys,
Pete
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try Cinema FV 5. dont know if it works for 5.0.1 GpE versions..... but i used it on my Xperia S 5.0.2 and it's great! :laugh: (DSLR Like Features)

Awesome thanks man I'll give it a shot. Just jumped back to TW 4.4.2 for the TW camera so I'll give this a shot. Thanks!!

yetep said:
Awesome thanks man I'll give it a shot. Just jumped back to TW 4.4.2 for the TW camera so I'll give this a shot. Thanks!!
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that's far the best video camera app i used. didn't find any better one. hope it works for you ! :good: but there is no pause button while recording or capturing doe....

xDroidZz said:
try Cinema FV 5. dont know if it works for 5.0.1 GpE versions..... but i used it on my Xperia S 5.0.2 and it's great! :laugh: (DSLR Like Features)
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Just using this camera app and defo seems to give a better result than TW or other apps I've used in the past, quick question though cause I can't seem to find it anywhere .. Does it allow use of the front facing camera?

yetep said:
Just using this camera app and defo seems to give a better result than TW or other apps I've used in the past, quick question though cause I can't seem to find it anywhere .. Does it allow use of the front facing camera?
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that's the only downside. it doesn't have front camera support. just use the stock camera for front camera video capturing. :fingers-crossed: :good:

Google camera veraion 3.1 for marshmallow devices

like the name of the thread says, this is google camera version 3.1 for all nexus running marshmallow. and it works fine http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...8808-30-arm-android-6-0-android-apk-download/

Does it have slow motion video recording for our nexus 6?

blitzerking1 said:
Does it have slow motion video recording for our nexus 6?
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no, as thats not a n6 feature. its a n6p feature, so will be there.

simms22 said:
no, as thats not a n6 feature. its a n6p feature, so will be there.
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The hydrogen os camera I use has working slow motion so I thought it might work. I'll just keep using what I have then. Thanks

blitzerking1 said:
The hydrogen os camera I use has working slow motion so I thought it might work. I'll just keep using what I have then. Thanks
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yea, i have it installed as well. it works but not in the quality that a phone with that feature has.

simms22 said:
no, as thats not a n6 feature. its a n6p feature, so will be there.
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how can u keep saying that when other phones with the same hardware (their camera), can do slow mo recording at 120fps?
it's definitely not a "feature" problem, it's a choice from google not to add the function just to sell their new phone.

Floken said:
how can u keep saying that when other phones with the same hardware (their camera), can do slow mo recording at 120fps?
it's definitely not a "feature" problem, it's a choice from google not to add the function just to sell their new phone.
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we arent talking about other phones, who are also made by different companies. as to why, you might be right, or wrong. im clueless, as are you.

such BS that it doesnt have slow mo video. the moto x 2014 has it using the moto camera..
the hardware is more than capable of supporting it

polar775 said:
such BS that it doesnt have slow mo video. the moto x 2014 has it using the moto camera..
the hardware is more than capable of supporting it
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hardware, yea. maybe theres something that google did/added that doesnt support it. i mean it does do it, from what ive seen. just the quslity is fsirly low.

maybe they cant, the camera does suck and keeps refocusing half of the time, i cant take a snapchat video without it jumping back and forth

Is it just me or do low-light photos and video look a WHOLE LOT BETTER on the new Google Camera?

MrBrady said:
Is it just me or do low-light photos and video look a WHOLE LOT BETTER on the new Google Camera?
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I second that

MrBrady said:
Is it just me or do low-light photos and video look a WHOLE LOT BETTER on the new Google Camera?
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I second that
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they do

Can anyone post a link to the hydrogen os camera?

polar775 said:
such BS that it doesnt have slow mo video. the moto x 2014 has it using the moto camera..
the hardware is more than capable of supporting it
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The hardware is also capable of fast hardware crypto, yet it also isn't available.
Most of these "features" end up being some kind of trade-off. I.e., too much more blobs not worth the minimal benefit from the feature, or possibly the blob may add that feature, but does something else so poorly that it isn't worth it.

vxkillswitchxv37 said:
Can anyone post a link to the hydrogen os camera?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/themes-apps/hydrogen-os-camera-oneplus-1-op2-t3241423

in your opinion, the google camera 3.1 is better than the oneplus camera?

Android 6 just got the Z5 Camera for Z3C!

I know a lot of you have been waiting for a better Camera UI.
Finally in the latest Android 6 Beta, there is a new camera UI, which they will be improving on!
Superior Auto still only has an 8MP option Hopefully they will improve upon that.
The UI is the same as the Z5 Camera, with a few improvements to suit the Z3C (Improvements / downgrades )

nzzane said:
Finally in the latest Android 6 Beta, there is a new camera UI, which they will be improving on!
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Are you talking about the MM beta that came out in early March and made its way to XDA around March 13th?

varxx said:
Are you talking about the MM beta that came out in early March and made its way to XDA around March 13th?
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Yes, sorry forgot to mention this is the Marshmallow Sony Concept ^^

Just new UI, no API2

can someone port it to stock lollipop?

So it's just a change of interface, or there is also a performance upgrade to the camera?

searchworlds said:
So it's just a change of interface, or there is also a performance upgrade to the camera?
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They said that they will focus on improving the Camera from now on. Hopefully they are fixing the bad Image Processing

BloodEdge said:
Just new UI, no API2
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What is the API2 ? and what are the improvements on the current API on z3c?

arakhan said:
What is the API2 ? and what are the improvements on the current API on z3c?
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the most important thing... manual controls, ALL OF THEM

nzzane said:
I know a lot of you have been waiting for a better Camera UI.
Finally in the latest Android 6 Beta, there is a new camera UI, which they will be improving on!
Superior Auto still only has an 8MP option Hopefully they will improve upon that.
The UI is the same as the Z5 Camera, with a few improvements to suit the Z3C (Improvements / downgrades )
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I seriously doubt they will change that, but there are mods, which does what you want:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/cro...z1-z4-z5-camera-1-0-unlocked-20-23mp-t3335412
http://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony-themes-apps/mod-xperia-camera-unlocked-t3071161
Crazy Guy said:
They said that they will focus on improving the Camera from now on. Hopefully they are fixing the bad Image Processing
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Well from what I have seen Sonys image processing is not that bad at all, it is quite the opposite, check this thread and you will see what I mean:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-compact/general/camera-picture-samples-unlock-t2898606
With that being said, there are camera mods available which will use the camera processing libraries from the Z5 on Z3 Compact as well, but I wouldn't expect Sony to improve the camera quality on a phone which is over 1 years old, that seems very unlikely in my opinon....
But you can flash these camera-mods by yourself, I haven't tried these myself, so I can't tell if it's how it's working (not sure about if works with Marsmallow either);
http://forum.xda-developers.com/cro...-xperia-z5-premium-camera-libs-files-t3260819

not so good
after this update (MMB29M.Z1.3555) i cannot record video. it says:
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Cannot record video. Recording or function connected with recording could be used by another app.
Any idea how to solve this issue?

greebo6 said:
after this update (MMB29M.Z1.3555) i cannot record video. it says:
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Cannot record video. Recording or function connected with recording could be used by another app.
Any idea how to solve this issue?
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I have the same issue. A workaround that will allow you to record video is to disable Google Now 'Ok Google' detection on any screen.

alibabzo said:
I have the same issue. A workaround that will allow you to record video is to disable Google Now 'Ok Google' detection on any screen.
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thank you! it works

Why custom ROM camera cannot defeat stock ROM camera quality?

Why custom ROM camera cannot defeat stock ROM camera quality?

Because it can and does? Stock rom has awful side effects like aggressive sharpening and noise reduction. I hated it and had to mod my system files to get decent photos. Unless the custom Rom you are using has bad camera library files or something, I don't see why it wouldn't be a major improvement over stock.
I know some custom roms, like the pixel experience one, are supposed to have camera2 and HDR+ out of the box. Maybe it depends on the rom?

Dishe said:
Because it can and does? Stock rom has awful side effects like aggressive sharpening and noise reduction. I hated it and had to mod my system files to get decent photos. Unless the custom Rom you are using has bad camera library files or something, I don't see why it wouldn't be a major improvement over stock.
I know some custom roms, like the pixel experience one, are supposed to have camera2 and HDR+ out of the box. Maybe it depends on the rom?
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I have used pixel experience too, but i see almost all custom ROMs fails miserably at low light compare to stock ROM, may be some custom ROMs are using bad libraries..agreed!

because stock uses Motorola algorithm magic tricks at their finest...

iBART said:
because stock uses Motorola algorithm magic tricks at their finest...
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Well , the motorola magic tricks aren't good at all .
Just look at the agressive noise reduction and oversharpening.
I think side loading the google camera app on the custom roms might help.

firefreeze234 said:
Well , the motorola magic tricks aren't good at all .
Just look at the agressive noise reduction and oversharpening.
I think side loading the google camera app on the custom roms might help.
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IMHO, stock and Google camera manual mode gives you very good pics.

lathif106 said:
I have used pixel experience too, but i see almost all custom ROMs fails miserably at low light compare to stock ROM, may be some custom ROMs are using bad libraries..agreed!
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I use PE. Use gcam mods by Savitar and be happy

Thalles Cazaroto said:
I use PE. Use gcam mods by Savitar and be happy
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where is that mods? thanks for your reply

firefreeze234 said:
Well , the motorola magic tricks aren't good at all .
Just look at the agressive noise reduction and oversharpening.
I think side loading the google camera app on the custom roms might help.
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Thanks! Any link that helps me to do this!

zenez said:
where is that mods? thanks for your reply
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They aren't on XDA... yet. I wanted to add them to my camera mod guide here but haven't gotten around to it yet. Savitar is defcomg here on XDA. He's a pretty awesome source of information on this topic.

Thalles Cazaroto said:
I use PE. Use gcam mods by Savitar and be happy
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Can you post these mods here and also if you can ask savitar to mod camera lib callibration as pixel2, cause both got the same sensor and having pixel2 callibration will surely improve camera quality.

shanks125 said:
Can you post these mods here and also if you can ask savitar to mod camera lib callibration as pixel2, cause both got the same sensor and having pixel2 callibration will surely improve camera quality.
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Actually, Savitar said the Pixel 2 calibration was worse than the one he's been using, aside from adc noise profiling and color calibration. The rest was unusable/ didn't enhance.
There's a thread where I've tried to gather relevant links and information about the camera here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-plus/how-to/how-to-fix-g5-plus-camera-mods-tools-t3722844

No need for custom Rom. Use Bacon camera from the play store.
Original post on the Lenovo forums.
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Moto-G...MAGE-PROCESSING-CAMERA-APP/m-p/3880701#M14669

Ways to improve camera quality

Hi there,
Was wondering if there is any known way to improve the camera quality a little.
Like for example do you use a 3rd party app or some mod for stock app,
or is the stock camera the best you can get ?

r33fd said:
Hi there,
Was wondering if there is any known way to improve the camera quality a little.
Like for example do you use a 3rd party app or some mod for stock app,
or is the stock camera the best you can get ?
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I'm not sure if gcam works on note 4 but worth looking into mate

callumbr1 said:
I'm not sure if gcam works on note 4 but worth looking into mate
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I already tried but sadly the newer versions, who actually improve image quality require newer android version and camera api2. Not sure if anyone managed to get it working yet, but on stock rom it surely doesn't work.
The only gcams that are working are really old and the picture quality is significantly worse than the stock camera.

callumbr1 said:
I'm not sure if gcam works on note 4 but worth looking into mate
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It's not possible i tried

The very best way is to replace the camera lens cover!
It's a small part, it's cheap and you'll be astonished

kolembo said:
The very best way is to replace the camera lens cover!
It's a small part, it's cheap and you'll be astonished
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