Okay so first off some background on the issue.
We all know that the GSII records absolutely fantastic footage at 1080p. Recently, I went to a concert and recorded a few clips. When I watched them at home on my 52" TV, the video was crystal clear but the audio was absolute and utter crap. So after lots of searching and googling, I came across this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1172048
One user in partciular, made a comment and posted a video that showed the GSII recording loud audio, but without any of the distortion. He also posted a fix to the issue, but it wasn't properly worded (At least to me it wasn't). I want to get the fix out there, so I've made this thread.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1IKZaVzLAE
steveb22 said:
so, i´ve got it!!!
like you remember i´ve bought an y-adapter
this one: http://www.adaptare-shop.de/Handy-+...3_u526_zb0007b8f-efbd-4058-abbe-7d169587d208/
(sorry a german distributor but you´ll find it also in ebay around the world)
and i tried every time with a mic that have a mono jack. Than i used a line signal via two chinch to stereo jack adapter and this worked. So what makes the difference? It seems, that the mono jack only triggered the automatic start of the mp3player. So the S2 think that you push the start button on your headphone Inear set, which is delivered with your phone.
So the right way to use an external mic is connecting a stereo mic with a stereo 3,5 mm jack into this adapter. So i used the standard video tool and a cheap hama stereo mic. of course the audiorecord is only mono but it works! Strike!
The Sound is a little low, but it is ok, if you can normalize it on your PC before
you distribute it.
So check out: Buy a Iphone y-adapter it is also working on the S2 (not on the S)
and use a stereomic with a stereo 3,5 mm jack (called miniklinke).
Thats it.
I hope this would help all following users, that went weird like me.
Stefan
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You can tell, for the first part of the video the audio is normal. The person then unplugs his headphones from the phone and the audio returns to distorted crap.
After running a few tests of my own, I can confirm that this does fix the issue. To a certain extent.
I had the earphones plugged into my phone, played some music really loud and recorded it in 1080p with the phone. The result was crystal clear audio, but due to the quality of the microphone, it didnt have a lot of audacity to it. It sounds like the audio is very dull. When I took the earphones out and recorded some footage, the sound was distorted and crap.
Internal Mic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBXer23YkN8
External Mic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps_gJxUI2Es
So, to fix the issue this is what you can do.
Use your headphone mic and deal with the dullness of the audio.
Buy a Y-Adapter from eBay, and a microphone to go with it (Should not cost you more then a few dollars). Attach to your phone, and you're good to go with a nice mic for good sound quality.
If theres anything else to futher add to this, please reply in the thread and I'll add it.
EDIT: I've just purchased a nice Stereo Mic and a Y-Splitter for my phone. I will report my findings when I get them.
if im not mistaken you now recorded in MONO right?
maybe this is the solution for now??? maybe someone can edit the APK camera file to add option to record in mono mode?
I just ordered an external microphone which seems to utilize the same recording scheme as described: shop.brando.com/flexible-mini-capsule-microphone-for-iphone-3g-s_p03552c0202d033.html - the page claims it supports Galaxy S II, so I will report later.
silverbluem said:
if im not mistaken you now recorded in MONO right?
maybe this is the solution for now??? maybe someone can edit the APK camera file to add option to record in mono mode?
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you mean to record in stereo ;D !?
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steveb22 said:
you mean to record in stereo ;D !?
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Sorry, can´t edit my post so i need to make a new Posting:
Regarding the fist Post in this thread and my solution which was refered, you´ll have to take a stereo mic, plugin into the adapter i´ve used. A monomic doesn´t work. This is important for the external solution.
Stefan
Another thing is, that it could possible you need to have an updated Firmware to 2.3.5. My results seems to work only on this version. I remember some problems with the 2.3.3, that i can´t use the orginal headset with the recordings.
but this is not proof! I can´t verify it. May the threadowner could write a word to his version or other user will do that.
So i will have a look on that and post it, if i have a safe answere.
Stefan
Suggestion: can someone fits this thread with the inventor-Thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1172048&page=7
same issue and doubleposting or answering in both threads is "costly".
thanks
Stefan
Have you received your stereo mic yet?
EDIT: I can't seem to get my Camera app to record using a mic plugged in? The voice recorder app will, but not the Camera. Does the 'hacked' camera.apk fix this?
steveb22 said:
Another thing is, that it could possible you need to have an updated Firmware to 2.3.5. My results seems to work only on this version. I remember some problems with the 2.3.3, that i can´t use the orginal headset with the recordings.
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Somehow missed this post when reading the thread, I'm on Lite'ning (which is 2.3.4 I believe), so I'll try a 2.3.5 ROM and post back.
SECOND EDIT: Upgraded to CheckROM, now works fine, so it appears that to use an external mic with the stock camera.apk you need to be running 2.3.5 or higher. Might be worth updating your original post to mention that.
kinglozzer said:
Have you received your stereo mic yet?
EDIT: I can't seem to get my Camera app to record using a mic plugged in? The voice recorder app will, but not the Camera. Does the 'hacked' camera.apk fix this?
Somehow missed this post when reading the thread, I'm on Lite'ning (which is 2.3.4 I believe), so I'll try a 2.3.5 ROM and post back.
SECOND EDIT: Upgraded to CheckROM, now works fine, so it appears that to use an external mic with the stock camera.apk you need to be running 2.3.5 or higher. Might be worth updating your original post to mention that.
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I recieved my Mic and Y-Adapter today... However I cant seem to get it working at all... Any tips?
Swi7chblade said:
I recieved my Mic and Y-Adapter today... However I cant seem to get it working at all... Any tips?
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Do you use 2.3.5 and a stereo mic. Starts the MP3 player if you connect the Adapter? Important for success is that both are used.
Meneldor said:
I just ordered an external microphone which seems to utilize the same recording scheme as described: shop.brando.com/flexible-mini-capsule-microphone-for-iphone-3g-s_p03552c0202d033.html - the page claims it supports Galaxy S II, so I will report later.
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Have you received it yet?
Does this work with a custom rom installed on a rooted device or are only stock rom?
shanipaqman said:
Does this work with a custom rom installed on a rooted device or are only stock rom?
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It doesn't seems to work on custom ROM (deodexed, never tested a odex ROM though), but it work on stock ROM (odex). Do not know what's the reason though. I sacrificed custom ROM because of this.
Issue still in 2.3.6?
Can someone who actually use before external mic on our device give me some feedback and link? I am interested in a good external mic as well.
Why don't you try out one of the MicW I models?
http://www.mic-w.com/showpro.asp?id=55&lb=13
- This is the microphone I am going to buy soon. It records audio down to 100hz, so I hope that this will get rid of the horrible distortion we have with our inbuilt mic's. I am planning to make videos of different electronica events, so this model seems good as it is not that super sensitiv.
menkromsen said:
Why don't you try out one of the MicW I models?
http://www.mic-w.com/showpro.asp?id=55&lb=13
- This is the microphone I am going to buy soon. It records audio down to 100hz, so I hope that this will get rid of the horrible distortion we have with our inbuilt mic's. I am planning to make videos of different electronica events, so this model seems good as it is not that super sensitiv.
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Wooww! That's some high-end microphone there. $100+
Not really willing to spend that much on it.
Thanks anyway.
Btw, anyone bought this http://shop.brando.com/flexible-mini-capsule-microphone-for-iphone-3g-s_p03552c0202d033.html before? How is it?
Tested several other custom ROM and none of it can record with our headphone mic. Only work for stock ROM.
Anyone can do otherwise? Please state the ROM name. Wondering whether is it some files needed is deleted or some other reason.
11768 said:
Can someone who actually use before external mic on our device give me some feedback and link? I am interested in a good external mic as well.
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Has anyone tried the Brando Mini Capsule Microphone (or any other mini microphone) on their SII?
Today I realized that the phone don't have any bass response at all when you record a video. You can put the phone right behind the speaker and it won't record any bass... but if you use the voice recording app, it does recognice bass.
Like this video i've found in the internet:
There are any way to deactivate the stereo recording on videos?
takato23 said:
Today I realized that the phone don't have any bass response at all when you record a video. You can put the phone right behind the speaker and it won't record any bass... but if you use the voice recording app, it does recognice bass.
Like this video i've found in the internet:
There are any way to deactivate the stereo recording on videos?
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Old news, there's a whole topic on this already with like 200 post.
Supercurio is aware of the problem and is already working on a solution to be released with his VooDoo sound and color.
delete it, i've found a lot of threads like this .- Sry
I have had the tablet for just over a week and although it has some issues it is running ok. The latest issue I have noticed (among others ) is that sometimes when playing music (through any music/video player) I cannot hear anything, it just goes silent (after pressing pause/play)-the music is definitely playing as the progress bar in the music player shows so. Then when tapping the pause/play button all I hear is a ear aching crackle. Does anyone else have this issue? It doesn't happen all the time but occurs on a daily basis. A reboot fixes it (but then it eventually returns again)...
I had the same problem but i got it fixed. Turn off adapt sound. Sound->Soundquality and effects->Adapt Sound->turn off
Is it only when using earphones or also using the internal speakers?
Try pairing it to a Bluetooth speaker or earphone just to make sure that it is a software problem or not.
Alert Ts said:
I had the same problem but i got it fixed. Turn off adapt sound. Sound->Soundquality and effects->Adapt Sound->turn off
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I have not even set up adapt sound...
sos_sifou said:
Is it only when using earphones or also using the internal speakers?
Try pairing it to a Bluetooth speaker or earphone just to make sure that it is a software problem or not.
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I haven't noticed it when using the speakers (I rarely use these when listening to music), only with earphones. I don't have any bluetooth speakers. The fact that it works sometimes means it has to be software right? I have noticed several bugs (incl. random reboots-sd card related?), the software is the buggiest I have used in a while, I expected better from Samsung.
ShinOrochiX said:
I have not even set up adapt sound...
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UHQ Upscaler, sry my bad, not adapt sound. If you turn it on and off you can clearly hear this snarching. AND XPOSED MODULES LIKE VIPER ARENG WORKING but idt that you have this ****ty module...
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UHQ Upscaler, sry my bad, not adapt sound. If you turn it on and off you can clearly hear this snarching. AND XPOSED MODULES LIKE VIPER ARENG WORKING but idt that you have this ****ty module...
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I'll see how it goes. I haven't used Xposed (and any modules) for a while now, I don't root my devices anymore-those days are long gone lol.
Disabling the UHQ Upscaler (and all other music enhancements) did nothing unfortunately, I have had enough of this tablet, I will contact the retailer and see what they say.
ShinOrochiX said:
Disabling the UHQ Upscaler (and all other music enhancements) did nothing unfortunately, I have had enough of this tablet, I will contact the retailer and see what they say.
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Hmmm...for me it helped but good luck solving this issue
Alert Ts said:
Hmmm...for me it helped but good luck solving this issue
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I ended up returning the tablet, too many issues, incl. random reboots etc... But I got the 7" version instead as it better suits my needs plus costs half the price. :victory:
No bugs or major issues on this one.
I just tried to record a video for the first side I bought this mobile but its not recording the audio at all. Other apps from play store
Are working fine though. Any solutions ??
nichinu said:
I just tried to record a video for the first side I bought this mobile but its not recording the audio at all. Other apps from play store
Are working fine though. Any solutions ??
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If you have that stereo speaker mod flashed, get rid of it. That's what was causing this issue when it happened to me.
xgerryx said:
If you have that stereo speaker mod flashed, get rid of it. That's what was causing this issue when it happened to me.
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Thanks a lot dude... I updated the mod with latest version and now its working ...
I need a screen recoder with internal sound for PUBG Mobile.Can anyone help me?My Phone Rooted
jubayertonu said:
I need a screen recoder with internal sound for PUBG Mobile.Can anyone help me?My Phone Rooted
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Hi there! :v
This might work, it worked on my other phone, not sure about Mi A1, but I'm too lazy to test on mine so there you go! xD
Install this https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...nalaudioplugin , click enable then reboot.
Then you can record with internal audio with this https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...app.recme.free
BTW, don't forget to set audio source to internal sound! duh