[Q] Camera FPS - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I know the camera records 1080p at 30fps, but I was wondering if it records 720p at a higher frame rate such as 60fps? I have been searching but can't find an answer anywhere so hopefully someone with the phone can enlighten me!
Already set on getting this awesome phone next week, but recording at 60fps will be the icing on the cake, cheers!

actually if any phone today can do its the sgs2.. now all we need is some modding..

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[THINK TANK] 720p encoding on nexus. DONE NEXUS ONE FTW

GOT 720p clearing up the hack a bit and will release it most probably tomorrow
sorry for the confusin
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RP7LCIU4
here is the image
now thats the kinda stuff im talking about !
lets get some effort on this, gonna start digging thru the source now..
it would be awesome if we can get this working !!!!!!!!!!!
Everytime there is a new post, I check this thread, sadly its just motivational comments. If this happens though, we will have one more thing that makes the Nexus and even better phone.
Btw guys, the sensor is definitely capable of it. Like mentioned by the OP, it's just the encoding that is holding this up.
coolbho3000 said:
Btw guys, the sensor is definitely capable of it. Like mentioned by the OP, it's just the encoding that is holding this up.
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What is the problem with the encoding to start with? I would much prefer to use the h264 codec to record video to start with, why does using it crash the camera app?
I think it would be better if we could get a constant bit rate for the video recorder instead, just like on the Milestone/Droid, rather than the frame skipping in indoor light conditions.
I also hope one day we can get a better audio format rather than 8kHz AMR in our video recordings :-(
But this is a good initiative anyway..
dsixda said:
I think it would be better if we could get a constant bit rate for the video recorder instead, just like on the Milestone/Droid, rather than the frame skipping in indoor light conditions.
I also hope one day we can get a better audio format rather than 8kHz AMR in our video recordings :-(
But this is a good initiative anyway..
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Thats exactly what I'm looking for in terms of fps. Made a thread requesting someone add the ability to records at constant 30fps and from my testing the framerate only drops when recording indoors or in low light conditions. The indoor lighting slows everything down but out side it records perfectly and smooth. If we can get that fixed by an android pro that would be great.
As for 720p I still think thats a hardware limitation somewhere in the lense or motherboard. If it was hardware possible, how come google didnt include that from the start?
dsixda said:
I also hope one day we can get a better audio format rather than 8kHz AMR in our video recordings :-(
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Just want to second this. The audio quality is pathetic and makes it useless for recording voice. It is one thing I miss from the iPhone. I'd assume that changing the audio codec and bitrate wouldn't be too hard for a good dev (which I certainly am not).
Records VERY well in ideal outside conditions, shot this the other day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPh9NQAiBPA
Haven't tried low light, but that is using MoDaCo A21 Desire ROM.
vr24 said:
Records VERY well in ideal outside conditions, shot this the other day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPh9NQAiBPA
Haven't tried low light, but that is using MoDaCo A21 Desire ROM.
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Yes I know it works well in outdoor lighting - the point was that it skips frames indoors.
From my experience of playing DSLR
the skipping in dim environment is probably because of insufficient CPU performance. When the light is dim, slower shutter speed and higher iso is required to obtain proper exposure, thus increase the noise. More cpu resource is needed to perform noise reduction. Then if the cpu is not strong enough, it skipps
If you take photos you know when you use high ISO and noise reduction at the same time, speed and the maximum frames of continuous shooting is usually affected.
So from my view, if we cannot improve the algorithm of encoder to achieve higher efficiency(which I think is quite difficult), then force disabling the noise reduction might be a way to solve this, although the video will be noisy...
just guessing...
along with this i was also working on 30fps and 44khz sound. the max fps i could get indoor was 26, couldnt test outdoor. i am testin the sound now. Hey and 30fps is a go but 44khz sound causes fc, will check the logs. Uploading a 26.176fps video recorded on my N1. IT STILL skips some frames but the limit is lifted from 24fps stock android
Great ...
I will try it out
BUT
Your screen shot says 720 x 480 ??
That is not 720p ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/720p
The 720 refers to the height, not the lines
What you have is what is commonly referred to as DVD resolution (although really only for NTSC, as PAL is higher).
Incidentally ...
The Desire camera on the Nexus One can record at 800x480, but the I think it does it at 15 FPS and crap audio. 720x480 at 25-30 FPS with half decent audio would be very cool
Yes currently only 720x480. First trying to get decent video at this resolution. Then will move to increasing resolutions.
wow
480p to 720 p is a big jump
it's 2.67X data to process...
Nexus has the capability to do that, try recording a video on ur phone and see how fast it processes a 480p video. IDC if it takes a bit more time to process and if it can decode it it should be able to encode it. 528mhz magic 32a can record 640x480 so it should be possible for nexus with a far far better processor to atleast to 720p
anybody have the exact specifications of the nexus one processor, info about GPU and stuff, the problem on 720p is the excess load on processor which makes it hang and reboot
charnsingh_online said:
anybody have the exact specifications of the nexus one processor, info about GPU and stuff, the problem on 720p is the excess load on processor which makes it hang and reboot
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This is what i could find in terms of info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=576627
http://www.edn.com/info/CA6631784.html?industryid=48661
Not sure if it helps.
I also get the FCs with H264 but not with H263.

[Q] Video recording, what fps rate?

I'm seeing conflicting information regarding the 2D video recording, some info states that the Evo records at 30fps, but I've also seen 24fps mentioned. Also seen mention that it records at 720p, then also 1080p. I'm confused!
Can anyome confirm either as being correct?
Anyone?
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Here is a great review about out HTC EVO 3D... Look at the Camera paragraph...
http://www.techtree.com/India/Reviews/Review_HTC_Evo_3D/551-116000-614.html
Thanks for the lnk to the info.
The phone can record 720p video at 30 fps. The clips are saved in the MP4 format, which is a big improvement over the Sensation's 3GP. The resulting clips are pretty smooth and contain a reasonable level of detail. Additionally, stereo sound recording is a nice feature. Strangely, despite having a dual-core CPU under the hood, the phone cannot record video in 1080p. As before, recording videos in 3D produces fun results
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Just got back from my local Carphone Warehouse, they have the Evo and the info show on the display say's '1080p video recording'.

Is it possible to increase fps in sgs2 video camera at lower resolution?

Hey guys, i take my phone on trips to take snapshots and videos are 2 of the list of reasons, the quality is pretty great when taking videos too but what bugs me is the 30fps limit, it doesnt semm to be 30 at all, its more like 24 or less because everytime i change the angle even slowly the image gets all shaky and blurry (nothing to do with the autofocus) that makes me think its something to do with the low fps limit but in case im not anyone knows how to avoid it?
Also when im taking lower resolution videos like 720p the fps is still 30, is there no way to change it to 60fps at lower resolution?
Thanks in advance!
At the moment its not possible to increase the framerate over 30fps.
I have a Samsung Wave capable of record at [email protected],I miss this capability in the Samsung Galaxy S2, I think it could do it at higher resolution.
If you cant record in stable 30fps in the Galaxy S2 look at this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1443658
simon_sdr said:
At the moment its not possible to increase the framerate over 30fps.
I have a Samsung Wave capable of record at [email protected],I miss this capability in the Samsung Galaxy S2, I think it could do it at higher resolution.
If you cant record in stable 30fps in the Galaxy S2 look at this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1443658
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Meh, many problems with this phone regarding camera, its such a shame it has so much freaking potential... and yet they decided to let it rot with its issues.
I guess ive learned my lesson with samsung, probably will go for Sony next time but i hate the fact that i wont get OLED screen.
Thank you for your reply and for showing me that thread
Have you Tried lg camera app? It has the option to record with more fps @ lower resolution. You can give it a try
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I have tried lgcamera and it doesnt work.
SloPro, a recent app for iphone4 can do [email protected]

[Q] Random fps settings when recording (HD) video

Hi all,
I´m running a standard S2 with latest LP7 ICS Stock-Firmware.
recently I discovered a very odd thing about the S2´s video recording. While the general abillities are quite good, it seems the device is recording every video with a random fps rate ... especially when recording 720p or 1080p ... i recorded 4 sniplets in a row and EVERY one slightly differs in frame rate ... 29.384 fps, 29,031 fps, 29,782 pfs ... this sucks the big hairy meatball folks! How am i supposed to cut and edit those to one clip without re-rendering all to one steady frame rate?
Also tried LG Camera pro but same problem, despite fixing the frame rate to exactly 30 fps. Anyone hading the same problem? or even better - having a solution to fix this?
Thanks!
K.
Use a good transcoding software.
Anyone?

[Q] Slow Motion in 240fps

hello guys, you can mod room in slowmotion 240fps as 6 Iphone?
That's an awesome collection of random words.
KingVeto said:
That's an awesome collection of random words.
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sorry for my english, but I wanted to present an easy way to ask if some developer to be able to modify the application of room to run the video in slowmotion 240fps just as it does on the iPhone 6 Thanks
No, I should apologize for my jerkass comment. You should ask this question in the General Android Development forums, man.
The camera app can already do 240fps
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Theres a camera module to download on samsung apps for slow motion...
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sorry but I can not find this app on samsung
Good Thread, also interested.
S5 camera doesn't do 240 FPS, it has the same 1/8 slow motion, but it shoots at 120 FPS, and the video output is actually 8 times slower with 15 FPS. with 240 FPS i would be 8 times slower but with 30 FPS for a much smoother motion.
Thanks!
AMoosa said:
The camera app can already do 240fps
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Go into camera mode and select mode then scroll to bottom and select download... Itll take you to samsung store into camera extra modules listing. Its the sequence module.
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deadlocked007 said:
I don't understand? 1/1 would be 30fps 1/2 would be 60fps. 1/4 would be 120fps. Last but not least is 1/8 at 240fps. So yes we can record in 240fps.
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1/8 actually means that the video would be 8 times slower than in reality, for example if you film 1 second, when you play it, it would have 8 seconds. and the playback video is at 15 frames per second, 15 x 8 seconds equals with 120 frames shot. the video was 1 second so, 120 frames per second you can record the same 1/8 speed, but after that the video you watch has 15 FPS, it it were 240 FPS the video would had 30 fps.
deadlocked007 said:
Lol I still don't understand what you are saying. The human eye captures 30 fps so reality to us would be 30 fps is it not?
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Uhm... The human eye captures an infinite amount of "frames", its how our brain processes the images perceived by our eyes that changes things up and we can actually see up to about 250-300fps. Which is why looking at a 60hz and a 144hz screen is a completely different experience.
deadlocked007 said:
So then what is the fps for "reality" like you were saying?
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"Reality" would be recording and playing back at the same fps... If you record in 240fps and play back in 240fps, it's going to be normal speed... However, if you record in 240fps and play in 30fps, it will play back in slow motion. There are plenty of apps that will slow down any video taken, however, those apps can not create more data than was recorded by the camera.
Recording at 30fps and playing back at 15fps will be the same slow motion "speed" as recording at 120fps and playing back at 60fps... etc, etc, etc... If you record at 24,000fps and play back at 12,000fps, you are going to see the same "speed" as the 30fps video played at 15fps. The difference is the quality. When you have more fps, you can slow it down further before it begins to look choppy.
The higher the fps, the more you can slow the video before it gets choppy.
The S5 will only record 120fps, record a slo-mo video at 1/4 speed and then record one at 1/8 speed and look at the quality difference. The 1/8 speed video looks a lot less smooth because it is the same fps at the 1/4 speed video, but they have slowed the playback speed on it.
KingVeto said:
No, I should apologize for my jerkass comment. You should ask this question in the General Android Development forums, man.
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^This guy. We need more like him on the interwebs.

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