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[TIP] Good video/sound quality mp4 recording

Because i'm using CM7 and it's recording quality is very ****ty, now looking at the source i found one file in system/etc/media_profiles.xml
here you can set YOUR values of quality! I've attached file with in my opinion very optimal configuration of good quality video/audio recording settings.
If you want to also change low quality settings - you're welcome.
So just overwrite old file with new one You can use my settings or change to yours.
This also reduces your file size to half of 3gp (current profile) size! Cool.
NOTE: MIUI users also maybe oxygen already have mp4 recording config.
PS: unzip file

Just tried, didn't see any big diference except the output to m4v.
Is there a way to change the fps from 7-8 ( mine at least) to something like 25 ??
EDIT: But is has much better sound quality (5Kbps @3gp vs [email protected])

RaNd.gr said:
Just tried, didn't see any big diference except the output to m4v.
Is there a way to change the fps from 7-8 ( mine at least) to something like 25 ??
EDIT: But is has much better sound quality (5Kbps @3gp vs [email protected])
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Cause video quality is most depending on sensor and lenses, then bitrate...because this phone has cheapest sensor and no lenses so the quality can not be improved very major.. but the main purpose of this is to allow people to change parameters, i don't need 6Mb/s bitrate, it's stupid, 3mb/s is the best. Also i dropped frames to 23/s and do not use full hd.
And audio is superb 96kbs and 32 Khz, you can change this to even 320Kbs and 96Khz but there is no need

try to increase the photo encoding atleast by 10%
default
<ImageEncoding quality="90" />
<ImageEncoding quality="80" />
<ImageEncoding quality="70" />
improved
<ImageEncoding quality="100" />
<ImageEncoding quality="90" />
<ImageEncoding quality="80" />
it'l improve quality

well done can u upload a movie recorded with that to people see the diference?

anjo88 said:
well done can u upload a movie recorded with that to people see the diference?
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all included recorders in rom supports this.
The quality will not be better because sensor is ****, what i meant by saying quality -is that you can adjust it by your needs. I don't use 720x1280 resolution i don't need it, it's stupid because phone do not support it anyway, i use 720x480. Cause then it will record better fps and less size. Also you can adjust audio to be near perfect. That's what i mean by quality. You cant make **** to be and pie just because you put some sugar on it

Just flashed the newest CM7 with latest Franco kernel (24 Sept) and looks much better.
Resolution 1280x720, 30FPS, audio 8000Hz with 96Kbps with stock app.

RaNd.gr said:
Just flashed the newest CM7 with latest Franco kernel (24 Sept) and looks much better.
Resolution 1280x720, 30FPS, audio 8000Hz with 96Kbps with stock app.
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could you do a movie and put it here to see
thanks

RaNd.gr said:
Just flashed the newest CM7 with latest Franco kernel (24 Sept) and looks much better.
Resolution 1280x720, 30FPS, audio 8000Hz with 96Kbps with stock app.
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Ι m curious too.. I want to see the result.
Greek: Για ανεβασε ενα βιντεακι φιλε, να δουμε κ εμεις αποτελεσμα.

It's just what i could record with some movement outside my workplace
It's some points that the video freezes and i assume its cause of the sync it was doing at that time.
https://rapidshare.com/files/3065924380/VID_20110928_145804.m4v

RaNd.gr said:
It's just what i could record with some movement outside my workplace
It's some points that the video freezes and i assume its cause of the sync it was doing at that time.
https://rapidshare.com/files/3065924380/VID_20110928_145804.m4v
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Looks nice & smooth.Will try ASAP.
But seems to be @20fps on media properties.

RaNd.gr said:
It's just what i could record with some movement outside my workplace
It's some points that the video freezes and i assume its cause of the sync it was doing at that time.
https://rapidshare.com/files/3065924380/VID_20110928_145804.m4v
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the problem is in video encoding - it's encoding video in VARIABLE bframerate, so it means some seconds it could be 30fps and at some points onli 1fps so at place where it's only 1fps - you see one frame 1 second and it looks like it frozen. To avoid that i use lower resolution [720x480], lower bitrate [3200], and lower framerate [23] and phone handles it good min fps i get is 11.
your file info is:
Minimum frame rate : 0.628 fps
Maximum frame rate : 30.191 fps
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so not even 1 frame per socond..so it causes 1.5 second delay. And your sound is ****. 8Khz is way too low. Use 32 000

So, how do i change the sound quality ??
I don't think there is a way to record to stable framerate instead of variable, right ?

RaNd.gr said:
So, how do i change the sound quality ??
I don't think there is a way to record to stable framerate instead of variable, right ?
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My given/attached XML already with good [better than yours] sound.
2. don't know i don't see option in XML to change to constant framerate [i changed in xml min framerate from 1 to 23 - but this doesn't helped], i think it's somewhere in codec source but i do not have time so don't know 100% where exacly.

Is there a way to change the path that the video are saved. i have a slow memory card which causes freeze in videos so i want them to be saved directly somewhere at HWUserData. Is there a way to do that (not by removing sd)?

I think no with default cammera app. You can use lg camera that have an option for this though.
Also you can try an app as SD Booster which incaze cache size and lead to faster read speed

genti7 said:
Is there a way to change the path that the video are saved. i have a slow memory card which causes freeze in videos so i want them to be saved directly somewhere at HWUserData. Is there a way to do that (not by removing sd)?
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your card is good. Videos are in 6 mbps [which is btw way to hi, change to 3200] so this is like 0.75MB/s so if your card can write at 1MB/s your card is not making difference. Freezes is because of variable framerate. Also i don't think that it's writing directly to card, there should be some buffer first then only writes to card..so problem is somewhere else i think.

How do you fix this? When i try to copy and paste it just deny it... can you make a quick guide? Got MIUI rom with franco kernel but its not the newest version.
Sent from my u8800 using Tapatalk

Isakk1 said:
How do you fix this? When i try to copy and paste it just deny it... can you make a quick guide? Got MIUI rom with franco kernel but its not the newest version.
Sent from my u8800 using Tapatalk
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use root explorer ant make sure etc dir is writable.

I already tried Root explorer but it just says "This file is a system read only file" or something like that

Awesome XBMC Setup on Fire TV

Here is a demo of my Fire TV setup. This setup has live TV, ROM Collection Browser for game emulation (NES, SNES, N64) with Xbox 360 Wireless Controllers, NFL Game Pass, and everything else Fire TV and XBMC have to offer. We use the Fire TV as our only media device in our main living area. The goal of this setup was to have a single device to replace all the other devices used for various media functions. Let me know what you think! This particular setup is running SPMC.

looks pretty dam good.......

WOW that looks amazing! Which theme are you using for SPMC? Could you list the addons you have enabled?

I envy your spmc, and I tried run spmc 13.3 version gave me a random crashed (completely stock except subtitles add-ons).

Which skin is that one? And.. what are you using as controller to get that pointer on the screen?
Looks amazing! Enjoy it!

For those like me who didn't notice the title of the YouTube clip - the skin is Eminence. Don't know how I missed it the first time...

Is the netflix app shown in your video the android netflix app? The NFL Gamepass too?
How can I add an installed app like netflix, chrome or amazon prime video to the bottom line?

Martian was right, the skin is called eminence.

Shinyhead said:
WOW that looks amazing! Which theme are you using for SPMC? Could you list the addons you have enabled?
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Enabled addons:
NFL Game Pass
MLBMC (mlb.tv)
ROM Collection Browser (game emulation)
XBMC Library Auto Update
The rest are just standard xbmc functions or Android apps like:
Netflix
WatchESPN
TWC TV
HBO Go
Fire TV Launcher
Google Play Music
Google Play Store

doblecero said:
Which skin is that one? And.. what are you using as controller to get that pointer on the screen?
Looks amazing! Enjoy it!
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Eminence is the skin. F10 Mele Pro is the remote used for the air mouse.
Thanks for the compliment!

bradwatson said:
Enabled addons:
NFL Game Pass
MLBMC (mlb.tv)
ROM Collection Browser (game emulation)
XBMC Library Auto Update
The rest are just standard xbmc functions or Android apps like:
Netflix
WatchESPN
TWC TV
HBO Go
Fire TV Launcher
Google Play Music
Google Play Store
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How can I start the android apps? How do I add the android apps to the bottom icons? Like netflix.

MrUnknow said:
Is the netflix app shown in your video the android netflix app? The NFL Gamepass too?
How can I add an installed app like netflix, chrome or amazon prime video to the bottom line?
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The Netflix app is the one that is available on the Fire TV amazon app store.
The NFL game pass is an xbmc add on that can be found here https://github.com/Alexqw/xbmc-gamepass

MrUnknow said:
How can I start the android apps? How do I add the android apps to the bottom icons? Like netflix.
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Add the android apps to your xbmc favorite list then in the eminence skin go to settings and you can modify the bottom row of icons. Can't remember step by step, but it's pretty simple.

Awesome set-up. How do you set-up the Xbox 360 wireless controller to use with the emulators and which emulators do you recommend?

bradwatson said:
Here is a demo of my Fire TV setup. This setup has live TV, ROM Collection Browser for game emulation (NES, SNES, N64) with Xbox 360 Wireless Controllers, NFL Game Pass, and everything else Fire TV and XBMC have to offer. We use the Fire TV as our only media device in our main living area. The goal of this setup was to have a single device to replace all the other devices used for various media functions. Let me know what you think! This particular setup is running SPMC.
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Nice video... And really like you recommend my favorite app AFTV Utility...
I was wondering if you ever found a solution for the XBMC Amazon Fire TV Issue with Xbox 360 Controller ???

Very impressive! Is your AFTV rooted as it seems to boot directly into SPMC? Also, have you tried PSX emulation with rom collection browser? Epsxe runs perfectly on my AFTV but i couldn't get it to run using RCB. Also, as space is an issue for PSX roms due to their size is this why you are only using Nes/SNES/N64 roms or have you external storage/NAS hooked up?
Finally, are you using the live tv addon/simple PVR client for XBMC for live channels? OR have you hooked your AFTV up to some sort of digibox/receiver?
Sorry for all the questions but if you don't ask you'll never know..

Y314K said:
Nice video... And really like you recommend my favorite app AFTV Utility...
I was wondering if you ever found a solution for the XBMC Amazon Fire TV Issue with Xbox 360 Controller ???
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I haven't found a solution. It's annoying but isn't that big of a deal for me...
D33H said:
Very impressive! Is your AFTV rooted as it seems to boot directly into SPMC? Also, have you tried PSX emulation with rom collection browser? Epsxe runs perfectly on my AFTV but i couldn't get it to run using RCB. Also, as space is an issue for PSX roms due to their size is this why you are only using Nes/SNES/N64 roms or have you external storage/NAS hooked up?
Finally, are you using the live tv addon/simple PVR client for XBMC for live channels? OR have you hooked your AFTV up to some sort of digibox/receiver?
Sorry for all the questions but if you don't ask you'll never know..
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My Fire TV is rooted. I haven't tried PSX yet. I'm only doing NES/SNES/N64 because those are the only old games I play currently. I have the ROMs loaded on a thumb drive that is connected to the AFTV.
I'm using the XBMC client for live TV. It was simple to setup using my NextPVR backend.

rotor00ter said:
Awesome set-up. How do you set-up the Xbox 360 wireless controller to use with the emulators and which emulators do you recommend?
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Once you get the 360 controllers connected via the dongle receiver, the emulators should all have menus for configuring user input. I recommend using the .emu emulators. They work great for me. And mupen64 for N64. These all work well for me. Here is a link for RCB on android: http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=183527&page=4
Below is my RCB setup for anyone interested.
Code:
<config version="2.0.8">
<RomCollections>
<RomCollection id="1" name="Nintendo 64">
<useBuiltinEmulator>False</useBuiltinEmulator>
<gameclient />
<emulatorCmd>/system/xbin/su</emulatorCmd>
<emulatorParams>-c 'am start --user 0 -n paulscode.android.mupen64plus.free/paulscode.android.mupen64plusae.MainActivity -a android.intent.action.VIEW -eu Uri "file://%rom%" && am start --user 0 -S -n paulscode.android.mupen64plus.free/paulscode.android.mupen64plusae.PlayMenuActivity'</emulatorParams>
<romPath>/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage/sda1/emulation/N64/ROMs//*.n64</romPath>
<romPath>/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage/sda1/emulation/N64/ROMs//*.z64</romPath>
<romPath>/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage/sda1/emulation/N64/ROMs//*.v64</romPath>
<saveStatePath />
<saveStateParams />
<mediaPath type="boxback">/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage/sda1/emulation/N64/ROMs/boxback//%GAME%.*</mediaPath>
<mediaPath type="boxfront">/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage/sda1/emulation/N64/ROMs/boxfront//%GAME%.*</mediaPath>
<mediaPath type="cartridge">/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage/sda1/emulation/N64/ROMs/cartridge//%GAME%.*</mediaPath>
<mediaPath type="screenshot">/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage/sda1/emulation/N64/ROMs/screenshot//%GAME%.*</mediaPath>
<mediaPath type="fanart">/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage/sda1/emulation/N64/ROMs/fanart//%GAME%.*</mediaPath>
<preCmd />
<postCmd />
<useEmuSolo>False</useEmuSolo>
<usePopen>False</usePopen>
<ignoreOnScan>False</ignoreOnScan>
<allowUpdate>True</allowUpdate>
<autoplayVideoMain>True</autoplayVideoMain>
<autoplayVideoInfo>True</autoplayVideoInfo>
<useFoldernameAsGamename>False</useFoldernameAsGamename>
<maxFolderDepth>99</maxFolderDepth>
<doNotExtractZipFiles>False</doNotExtractZipFiles>
<diskPrefix>_Disk</diskPrefix>
<imagePlacingMain>gameinfobig</imagePlacingMain>
<imagePlacingInfo>gameinfosmall</imagePlacingInfo>
<scraper name="thegamesdb.net" replaceKeyString="" replaceValueString="" />
<scraper name="archive.vg" replaceKeyString="" replaceValueString="" />
<scraper name="mobygames.com" replaceKeyString="" replaceValueString="" />
</RomCollection>
<RomCollection id="2" name="NES">
<useBuiltinEmulator>False</useBuiltinEmulator>
<gameclient />
<emulatorCmd>/system/bin/am</emulatorCmd>
<emulatorParams>start --user 0 -n com.explusalpha.NesEmu/com.imagine.BaseActivity -a android.intent.action.VIEW -eu Uri "file://%rom%"</emulatorParams>
<romPath>/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage/sda1/emulation/Nintendo/ROMs//*.zip</romPath>
<saveStatePath />
<saveStateParams />
<mediaPath type="boxfront">/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage/sda1/emulation/Nintendo/ROMs/boxfront//%GAME%.*</mediaPath>
<mediaPath type="boxback">/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage/sda1/emulation/Nintendo/ROMs/boxback//%GAME%.*</mediaPath>
<mediaPath type="cartridge">/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage/sda1/emulation/Nintendo/ROMs/cartridge//%GAME%.*</mediaPath>
<mediaPath type="screenshot">/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage/sda1/emulation/Nintendo/ROMs/screenshot//%GAME%.*</mediaPath>
<mediaPath type="fanart">/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage/sda1/emulation/Nintendo/ROMs/fanart//%GAME%.*</mediaPath>
<preCmd />
<postCmd />
<useEmuSolo>False</useEmuSolo>
<usePopen>False</usePopen>
<ignoreOnScan>False</ignoreOnScan>
<allowUpdate>True</allowUpdate>
<autoplayVideoMain>True</autoplayVideoMain>
<autoplayVideoInfo>True</autoplayVideoInfo>
<useFoldernameAsGamename>False</useFoldernameAsGamename>
<maxFolderDepth>99</maxFolderDepth>
<doNotExtractZipFiles>False</doNotExtractZipFiles>
<diskPrefix>_Disk</diskPrefix>
<imagePlacingMain>gameinfobig</imagePlacingMain>
<imagePlacingInfo>gameinfosmall</imagePlacingInfo>
<scraper name="thegamesdb.net" replaceKeyString="" replaceValueString="" />
<scraper name="archive.vg" replaceKeyString="" replaceValueString="" />
<scraper name="mobygames.com" replaceKeyString="" replaceValueString="" />
</RomCollection>
<RomCollection id="3" name="SNES">
<useBuiltinEmulator>False</useBuiltinEmulator>
<gameclient />
<emulatorCmd>/system/bin/am</emulatorCmd>
<emulatorParams>start --user 0 -n com.explusalpha.Snes9xPlus/com.imagine.BaseActivity -a android.intent.action.VIEW -eu Uri "file://%rom%"</emulatorParams>
<romPath>/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage/sda1/emulation/SNES/ROMs//*.zip</romPath>
<saveStatePath />
<saveStateParams />
<mediaPath type="boxfront">/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage/sda1/emulation/SNES/ROMs/boxfront//%GAME%.*</mediaPath>
<mediaPath type="boxback">/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage/sda1/emulation/SNES/ROMs/boxback//%GAME%.*</mediaPath>
<mediaPath type="cartridge">/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage/sda1/emulation/SNES/ROMs/cartridge//%GAME%.*</mediaPath>
<mediaPath type="screenshot">/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage/sda1/emulation/SNES/ROMs/screenshot//%GAME%.*</mediaPath>
<mediaPath type="fanart">/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage/sda1/emulation/SNES/ROMs/fanart//%GAME%.*</mediaPath>
<preCmd />
<postCmd />
<useEmuSolo>False</useEmuSolo>
<usePopen>False</usePopen>
<ignoreOnScan>False</ignoreOnScan>
<allowUpdate>True</allowUpdate>
<autoplayVideoMain>True</autoplayVideoMain>
<autoplayVideoInfo>True</autoplayVideoInfo>
<useFoldernameAsGamename>False</useFoldernameAsGamename>
<maxFolderDepth>99</maxFolderDepth>
<doNotExtractZipFiles>False</doNotExtractZipFiles>
<diskPrefix>_Disk</diskPrefix>
<imagePlacingMain>gameinfobig</imagePlacingMain>
<imagePlacingInfo>gameinfosmall</imagePlacingInfo>
<scraper name="thegamesdb.net" replaceKeyString="" replaceValueString="" />
<scraper name="archive.vg" replaceKeyString="" replaceValueString="" />
<scraper name="mobygames.com" replaceKeyString="" replaceValueString="" />
</RomCollection>
<RomCollection id="4" name="Genesis">
<useBuiltinEmulator>False</useBuiltinEmulator>
<gameclient />
<emulatorCmd>/system/bin/am</emulatorCmd>
<emulatorParams>start --user 0 -n com.explusalpha.MdEmu/com.imagine.BaseActivity -a android.intent.action.VIEW -eu Uri "file://%rom%"</emulatorParams>
<romPath>/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage/sda1/emulation/Genesis/ROMs//*.zip</romPath>
<romPath>/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage/sda1/emulation/Genesis/ROMs//*.bin</romPath>
<saveStatePath />
<saveStateParams />
<mediaPath type="boxfront">/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage/sda1/emulation/Genesis/ROMs/boxfront//%GAME%.*</mediaPath>
<mediaPath type="boxback">/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage/sda1/emulation/Genesis/ROMs/boxback//%GAME%.*</mediaPath>
<mediaPath type="screenshot">/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage/sda1/emulation/Genesis/ROMs/screenshot//%GAME%.*</mediaPath>
<mediaPath type="fanart">/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage/sda1/emulation/Genesis/ROMs/fanart//%GAME%.*</mediaPath>
<preCmd />
<postCmd />
<useEmuSolo>False</useEmuSolo>
<usePopen>False</usePopen>
<ignoreOnScan>False</ignoreOnScan>
<allowUpdate>True</allowUpdate>
<autoplayVideoMain>True</autoplayVideoMain>
<autoplayVideoInfo>True</autoplayVideoInfo>
<useFoldernameAsGamename>False</useFoldernameAsGamename>
<maxFolderDepth>99</maxFolderDepth>
<doNotExtractZipFiles>False</doNotExtractZipFiles>
<diskPrefix>_Disk</diskPrefix>
<imagePlacingMain>gameinfobig</imagePlacingMain>
<imagePlacingInfo>gameinfosmall</imagePlacingInfo>
<scraper name="thegamesdb.net" replaceKeyString="" replaceValueString="" />
<scraper name="archive.vg" replaceKeyString="" replaceValueString="" />
<scraper name="mobygames.com" replaceKeyString="" replaceValueString="" />
</RomCollection>
</RomCollections>
<FileTypes>
<FileType id="1" name="boxfront">
<type>image</type>
<parent>game</parent>
</FileType>
<FileType id="2" name="boxback">
<type>image</type>
<parent>game</parent>
</FileType>
<FileType id="3" name="cartridge">
<type>image</type>
<parent>game</parent>
</FileType>
<FileType id="4" name="screenshot">
<type>image</type>
<parent>game</parent>
</FileType>
<FileType id="5" name="fanart">
<type>image</type>
<parent>game</parent>
</FileType>
<FileType id="6" name="action">
<type>image</type>
<parent>game</parent>
</FileType>
<FileType id="7" name="title">
<type>image</type>
<parent>game</parent>
</FileType>
<FileType id="8" name="3dbox">
<type>image</type>
<parent>game</parent>
</FileType>
<FileType id="9" name="romcollection">
<type>image</type>
<parent>romcollection</parent>
</FileType>
<FileType id="10" name="developer">
<type>image</type>
<parent>developer</parent>
</FileType>
<FileType id="11" name="publisher">
<type>image</type>
<parent>publisher</parent>
</FileType>
<FileType id="12" name="gameplay">
<type>video</type>
<parent>game</parent>
</FileType>
<FileType id="13" name="cabinet">
<type>image</type>
<parent>game</parent>
</FileType>
<FileType id="14" name="marquee">
<type>image</type>
<parent>game</parent>
</FileType>
</FileTypes>
<ImagePlacing>
<fileTypeFor name="gameinfobig">
<fileTypeForGameList>boxfront</fileTypeForGameList>
<fileTypeForGameList>screenshot</fileTypeForGameList>
<fileTypeForGameList>title</fileTypeForGameList>
<fileTypeForGameList>action</fileTypeForGameList>
<fileTypeForGameListSelected>boxfront</fileTypeForGameListSelected>
<fileTypeForGameListSelected>screenshot</fileTypeForGameListSelected>
<fileTypeForGameListSelected>title</fileTypeForGameListSelected>
<fileTypeForGameListSelected>action</fileTypeForGameListSelected>
<fileTypeForMainViewBackground>fanart</fileTypeForMainViewBackground>
<fileTypeForMainViewBackground>boxfront</fileTypeForMainViewBackground>
<fileTypeForMainViewBackground>screenshot</fileTypeForMainViewBackground>
<fileTypeForMainViewBackground>title</fileTypeForMainViewBackground>
<fileTypeForMainViewBackground>action</fileTypeForMainViewBackground>
<fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoBig>screenshot</fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoBig>
<fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoBig>boxfront</fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoBig>
<fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoBig>action</fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoBig>
<fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoBig>title</fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoBig>
<fileTypeForMainView1>publisher</fileTypeForMainView1>
<fileTypeForMainView2>romcollection</fileTypeForMainView2>
<fileTypeForMainView3>developer</fileTypeForMainView3>
</fileTypeFor>
<fileTypeFor name="gameinfosmall">
<fileTypeForGameList>boxfront</fileTypeForGameList>
<fileTypeForGameList>screenshot</fileTypeForGameList>
<fileTypeForGameList>title</fileTypeForGameList>
<fileTypeForGameList>action</fileTypeForGameList>
<fileTypeForGameListSelected>boxfront</fileTypeForGameListSelected>
<fileTypeForGameListSelected>screenshot</fileTypeForGameListSelected>
<fileTypeForGameListSelected>title</fileTypeForGameListSelected>
<fileTypeForGameListSelected>action</fileTypeForGameListSelected>
<fileTypeForMainViewBackground>fanart</fileTypeForMainViewBackground>
<fileTypeForMainViewBackground>boxfront</fileTypeForMainViewBackground>
<fileTypeForMainViewBackground>screenshot</fileTypeForMainViewBackground>
<fileTypeForMainViewBackground>title</fileTypeForMainViewBackground>
<fileTypeForMainViewBackground>action</fileTypeForMainViewBackground>
<fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoUpperLeft>screenshot</fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoUpperLeft>
<fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoUpperLeft>action</fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoUpperLeft>
<fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoUpperLeft>title</fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoUpperLeft>
<fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoUpperRight>boxfront</fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoUpperRight>
<fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoLowerLeft>cartridge</fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoLowerLeft>
<fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoLowerRight>boxback</fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoLowerRight>
<fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoLowerRight>title</fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoLowerRight>
<fileTypeForMainView1>publisher</fileTypeForMainView1>
<fileTypeForMainView2>romcollection</fileTypeForMainView2>
<fileTypeForMainView3>developer</fileTypeForMainView3>
</fileTypeFor>
<fileTypeFor name="gameinfomamemarquee">
<fileTypeForGameList>marquee</fileTypeForGameList>
<fileTypeForGameList>boxfront</fileTypeForGameList>
<fileTypeForGameList>title</fileTypeForGameList>
<fileTypeForGameListSelected>marquee</fileTypeForGameListSelected>
<fileTypeForGameListSelected>boxfront</fileTypeForGameListSelected>
<fileTypeForGameListSelected>title</fileTypeForGameListSelected>
<fileTypeForMainViewBackground>boxfront</fileTypeForMainViewBackground>
<fileTypeForMainViewBackground>title</fileTypeForMainViewBackground>
<fileTypeForMainViewBackground>action</fileTypeForMainViewBackground>
<fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoLeft>cabinet</fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoLeft>
<fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoUpperRight>title</fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoUpperRight>
<fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoLowerRight>action</fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoLowerRight>
<fileTypeForMainView1>publisher</fileTypeForMainView1>
<fileTypeForMainView2>romcollection</fileTypeForMainView2>
<fileTypeForMainView3>developer</fileTypeForMainView3>
</fileTypeFor>
<fileTypeFor name="gameinfomamecabinet">
<fileTypeForGameList>cabinet</fileTypeForGameList>
<fileTypeForGameList>boxfront</fileTypeForGameList>
<fileTypeForGameList>title</fileTypeForGameList>
<fileTypeForGameListSelected>cabinet</fileTypeForGameListSelected>
<fileTypeForGameListSelected>boxfront</fileTypeForGameListSelected>
<fileTypeForGameListSelected>title</fileTypeForGameListSelected>
<fileTypeForMainViewBackground>boxfront</fileTypeForMainViewBackground>
<fileTypeForMainViewBackground>title</fileTypeForMainViewBackground>
<fileTypeForMainViewBackground>action</fileTypeForMainViewBackground>
<fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoUpperLeft>title</fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoUpperLeft>
<fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoUpperRight>action</fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoUpperRight>
<fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoLower>marquee</fileTypeForMainViewGameInfoLower>
<fileTypeForMainView1>publisher</fileTypeForMainView1>
<fileTypeForMainView2>romcollection</fileTypeForMainView2>
<fileTypeForMainView3>developer</fileTypeForMainView3>
</fileTypeFor>
</ImagePlacing>
<Scrapers>
<Site descFilePerGame="True" name="local nfo" searchGameByCRC="False">
<Scraper parseInstruction="00 - local nfo.xml" source="nfo" />
</Site>
<Site descFilePerGame="True" name="thegamesdb.net" searchGameByCRC="False">
<Scraper parseInstruction="02 - thegamesdb.xml" source="http://thegamesdb.net/api/GetGame.php?name=%GAME%&platform=%PLATFORM%" />
</Site>
<Site descFilePerGame="True" name="giantbomb.com" searchGameByCRC="False">
<Scraper parseInstruction="03.01 - giantbomb - search.xml" returnUrl="true" source="http://api.giantbomb.com/search/?api_key=%GIANTBOMBAPIKey%&query=%GAME%&resources=game&field_list=api_detail_url,name&format=xml" />
<Scraper parseInstruction="03.02 - giantbomb - detail.xml" source="1" />
</Site>
<Site descFilePerGame="True" name="mobygames.com" searchGameByCRC="False">
<Scraper parseInstruction="04.01 - mobygames - gamesearch.xml" returnUrl="true" source="http://www.mobygames.com/search/quick?game=%GAME%&p=%PLATFORM%" />
<Scraper parseInstruction="04.02 - mobygames - details.xml" source="1" />
<Scraper parseInstruction="04.03 - mobygames - coverlink front.xml" returnUrl="true" source="1" sourceAppend="cover-art" />
<Scraper parseInstruction="04.04 - mobygames - coverdetail front.xml" source="2" />
<Scraper parseInstruction="04.05 - mobygames - coverlink back.xml" returnUrl="true" source="1" sourceAppend="cover-art" />
<Scraper parseInstruction="04.06 - mobygames - coverdetail back.xml" source="3" />
<Scraper parseInstruction="04.07 - mobygames - coverlink media.xml" returnUrl="true" source="1" sourceAppend="cover-art" />
<Scraper parseInstruction="04.08 - mobygames - coverdetail media.xml" source="4" />
<Scraper parseInstruction="04.09 - mobygames - screenshotlink.xml" returnUrl="true" source="1" sourceAppend="screenshots" />
<Scraper parseInstruction="04.10 - mobygames - screenshot detail.xml" source="5" />
</Site>
<Site descFilePerGame="True" name="archive.vg" searchGameByCRC="False">
<Scraper encoding="iso-8859-1" parseInstruction="05.01 - archive - search.xml" returnUrl="true" source="http://api.archive.vg/2.0/Archive.search/%ARCHIVEAPIKEY%/%GAME%" />
<Scraper encoding="iso-8859-1" parseInstruction="05.02 - archive - detail.xml" source="1" />
</Site>
<Site descFilePerGame="True" name="maws.mameworld.info" searchGameByCRC="False">
<Scraper encoding="iso-8859-1" parseInstruction="06 - maws.xml" source="http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/romset/%GAME%" />
</Site>
</Scrapers>
</config>

Sorry if this is a noob question but how do you get the movies right in your xbmc video section without having to go to to an actual addon.

danknasty said:
Sorry if this is a noob question but how do you get the movies right in your xbmc video section without having to go to to an actual addon.
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Just go to the movies section of xbmc and add a movie file source. Once you add the file source, it should automatically scrape the movie information for each movie in your library.

[Camcoding Crap Audio] Fix values for media_profiles.XML mixer_paths.xml

Hi I noticed the input gain of mic during Camcoding is mess.
I recorded a lot of videos in a concert and the results are terrible.
I'm asking for some guru the right value to modify input audio gain
I believe the files are located in
/system/etc/media_profiles.XML
/system/etc/mixer_paths.XML
Togheter we can defeat this annoying bug since google didn't fixed it until now
I'm uploading a video on YouTube to let you know better what I'm talking about. I'll post here in a couple of hours. Stay tuned
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

How to record videos at above 20Mbps?

Hi all, I have a Redmi 2 that I'm using as a dashcam. I've played with the media_profiles.xml and got the phone to record 1080p at 20Mbps. However, anything above that value doesn't work. I've increased <ImageDecoding memCap="40000000" /> and also increased VideoEncordercap MaxBitRate="30000000" but to no avail. Anyone with any ideas?

Did 1 day research on this ,rebooted at least 20 times
read my media profiles
high bitrate rec set on "qcif" .
also edits in encodercap
you may copy this instead of yours.
just give it the right permission

BTW what ROM are you on?
mind u I'm on android 6.0.1 by kumarajay (everything is great here, video already recorded at 20 Mbps).
please backup mediaprofiles.xml before editing it

Hi, thanks for the file but I've tried the same edits on my own file and on your attached files but it didn't work. Video record fails whenever bitrate is above 20Mbps. I'm on rooted stock MIUI Developer ROM.

Video playback (10 bits HEVC)

Hi,
I have the phone pre-ordered andone of the reason i intended to change my Find7 is 10 bits video playback support from the SD820. In particular, i'm wondering about H.265 10 bits support.
Could anyone download this video sample to try and play the file attached in the default player or even better in MX Player to see if it is supported by the hardware decoder as it should be ?
Thank you !

I downloaded it, tried it with the stock player and it said it couldn't open the file but then *just* the music played......I tried it with VLC and it just went black. I don't have MX Player, but those two didn't work.

djona12 said:
Hi,
I have the phone pre-ordered andone of the reason i intended to change my Find7 is 10 bits video playback support from the SD820. In particular, i'm wondering about H.265 10 bits support.
Could anyone download this video sample to try and play the file attached in the default player or even better in MX Player to see if it is supported by the hardware decoder as it should be ?
Thank you !
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MX Player does it nicely , default player only play sound. (Error message can't play video)
P.S. MX is my personal favorite there's no other player better than MX

tele_jas said:
I downloaded it, tried it with the stock player and it said it couldn't open the file but then *just* the music played......I tried it with VLC and it just went black. I don't have MX Player, but those two didn't work.
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Mmh that's not promising :/
DrakenFX said:
MX Player does it nicely , default player only play sound. (Error message can't play video)
P.S. MX is my personal favorite there's no other player better than MX
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Then you come in and save my day
That's true, MX Player (even the free version) is the best player available for android !
EDIT : Altough, i see MX is using SW decoder here, it's probably smooth because of the lower bitrate (1500kbps). Does the video play when you switch to HW or HW+ (needed for higher bitrates)?

djona12 said:
Mmh that's not promising :/
Then you come in and save my day
That's true, MX Player (even the free version) is the best player available for android !
EDIT : Altough, i see MX is using SW decoder here, it's probably smooth because of the lower bitrate (1500kbps). Does the video play when you switch to HW or HW+ (needed for higher bitrates)?
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Does not, switches back to SW

DrakenFX said:
Does not, switches back to SW
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Ok, thanks. So ZTE didn't implement the HW decoder for 10 bits HEVC .
I'm going to go ask about it on the official forum see if they can put it in a future update . If not, let's hope we get the unlocked bootloader and a good custom rom !

djona12 said:
Ok, thanks. So ZTE didn't implement the HW decoder for 10 bits HEVC .
I'm going to go ask about it on the official forum see if they can put it in a future update . If not, let's hope we get the unlocked bootloader and a good custom rom !
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Do you have a higher bitrates sample to tested?
HW decoder probably is not needed with MX?
I'm not a expert in the subject but who know lol

DrakenFX said:
Do you have a higher bitrates sample to tested?
HW decoder probably is not needed with MX?
I'm not a expert in the subject but who know lol
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I'm pretty sure that at a higher bitrate, we'll get some lags and stutter in the video... Let me quickly encode a sample

DrakenFX said:
Do you have a higher bitrates sample to tested?
HW decoder probably is not needed with MX?
I'm not a expert in the subject but who know lol
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Here you go : Higher bitrate 10bits x265 sample.

djona12 said:
Here you go : Higher bitrate 10bits x265 sample.
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Here you go play same as the first sample......
Didn't see choppiness and can't tell any Sync issues cuz is just the song LoL

DrakenFX said:
Here you go play same as the first sample......
Didn't see choppiness and can't tell any Sync issues cuz is just the song LoL
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Thanks ! I'm a bit surprised that there isn't any stutter by hey, that's a good thing !

I just tried watching Civil War HEVC on A7 and it's not watchable during the action scenes on VLC and MX player so far. My $50 android TV box has no issue with the file.
I thought 820 has HEVC HW decode.
I just pulled this from the decode section in media_codec.xml from system/etc
It does have hevc decode.....
<MediaCodec name="OMX.qcom.video.decoder.hevc" type="video/hevc" >
<Quirk name="requires-allocate-on-input-ports" />
<Quirk name="requires-allocate-on-output-ports" />
<Limit name="size" min="64x64" max="4096x2160" />
<Limit name="alignment" value="2x2" />
<Limit name="block-size" value="16x16" />
<Limit name="blocks-per-second" min="1" max="1958400" />
<Limit name="bitrate" range="1-100000000" />
<Limit name="frame-rate" range="1-240" />
<Feature name="adaptive-playback" />
<Limit name="concurrent-instances" max="16" />
</MediaCodec>

max1001 said:
I just tried watching Civil War HEVC on A7 and it's not watchable during the action scenes on VLC and MX player so far. My $50 android TV box has no issue with the file.
I thought 820 has HEVC HW decode.
I just pulled this from the decode section in media_codec.xml from system/etc
It does have hevc decode.....
<MediaCodec name="OMX.qcom.video.decoder.hevc" type="video/hevc" >
<Quirk name="requires-allocate-on-input-ports" />
<Quirk name="requires-allocate-on-output-ports" />
<Limit name="size" min="64x64" max="4096x2160" />
<Limit name="alignment" value="2x2" />
<Limit name="block-size" value="16x16" />
<Limit name="blocks-per-second" min="1" max="1958400" />
<Limit name="bitrate" range="1-100000000" />
<Limit name="frame-rate" range="1-240" />
<Feature name="adaptive-playback" />
<Limit name="concurrent-instances" max="16" />
</MediaCodec>
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Did you choose hw decoder in mx player ? H.265 is definitely supported.
But unfortunately, it seems that 10 bits support isn't activated out of the box even tough it is available with the sd820.

with the latest updates on this phone has anyone tried to playback hevc main 10 files to see if zte enable hw decode support?