Guest Picazsoo Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Hi, I recently downloaded the Qik Video Connect app from Market. I was very pleasantly surprised that the video was recorded in a higher resolution than what can be achieved using the built-in camera app. It records at 800x480 - not sure whether it is full 30 frames per second - maybe more like 20-25, but to me it looks much better that what I can get from camera app in JJ (640x480 - and the quality seems worse). Anyway - what do you think? Is it possible to go even higher? Or is this the limit? Sorry if this is really obvious and already known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zabtcent Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 I can say you are my personal hero..why you ask?? I stopped using CM7 because video recording is poor on that rom. But now I have an alternative for a buggy camera app..hehe..JUST GREATTTT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HMZX Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Hi, I recently downloaded the Qik Video Connect app from Market. I was very pleasantly surprised that the video was recorded in a higher resolution than what can be achieved using the built-in camera app. It records at 800x480 - not sure whether it is full 30 frames per second - maybe more like 20-25, but to me it looks much better that what I can get from camera app in JJ (640x480 - and the quality seems worse). Anyway - what do you think? Is it possible to go even higher? Or is this the limit? Sorry if this is really obvious and already known. what a legendary find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dadashi Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 (edited) Hi, I recently downloaded the Qik Video Connect app from Market. I was very pleasantly surprised that the video was recorded in a higher resolution than what can be achieved using the built-in camera app. It records at 800x480 - not sure whether it is full 30 frames per second - maybe more like 20-25, but to me it looks much better that what I can get from camera app in JJ (640x480 - and the quality seems worse). Anyway - what do you think? Is it possible to go even higher? Or is this the limit? Sorry if this is really obvious and already known. Help me if I'm wrong, I can't get it to record a video because of streaming problems....And there is no 800x480 option only low, normal and high. I couldn't get it work so don't know how high high is... I can't find any store options for video, I think films get streamed directly to Qik servers in which case it's a silly app because you can't save any videos you take on your phone... Edited April 29, 2011 by dadashi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Picazsoo Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 (edited) Help me if I'm wrong, I can't get it to record a video because of streaming problems....And there is no 800x480 option only low, normal and high. I couldn't get it work so don't know how high high is... I can't find any store options for video, I think films get streamed directly to Qik servers in which case it's a silly app because you can't save any videos you take on your phone... I personally have no problem recording without streaming. Afterwards it really tries to upload the video whenever you are connected to the internet. It saves the files in the same folder as the standard camera app. I guess you could record the video when offline, then copy it somewhere else and then delete both the original and the "web" copy inside qik with the little trashbin icon, thus preventing the program from uploading. High setting is 800x480 and you can definitelly record when offline. It's a shame that there is no option to upload only over wifi. Edited April 29, 2011 by Picazsoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dadashi Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 I've downloaded version .0.8.27 from Market and it definitely doesn't record to storage on phone.... When offline I press record and it immediatly stops! When I'm online it does the same with message "sreaming in progress"... Am I missing something? In the menu I choose "Record & share" but like I said, it doesn't work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Picazsoo Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 I've downloaded version .0.8.27 from Market and it definitely doesn't record to storage on phone.... When offline I press record and it immediatly stops! When I'm online it does the same with message "sreaming in progress"... Am I missing something? In the menu I choose "Record & share" but like I said, it doesn't work... Same version from Market. Try pressing the button more than once. Mine says " streaming busy" a couple of times, then " location updated". Afterwards records just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dadashi Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Same version from Market. Try pressing the button more than once. Mine says " streaming busy" a couple of times, then " location updated". Afterwards records just fine. Definitely not a replacement for standard camera app and it's not going to make the weak camera any better either.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Picazsoo Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Definitely not a replacement for standard camera app and it's not going to make the weak camera any better either.... Whatever you think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KACE_231 Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 For some reason it doesnt work for me, it seems to make the sound of the normal Camera (i.e. when taking pictures) rather than recording Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ejhollin Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 I thought there was a camera app that could do better resolutions/bitrates, was it lgcamera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roph Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Just tried this out, it's definitely much, much better than I can get from the video app in FLB. Here's some detailed info about the files qik spits out: General Complete name : G:\Dropbox\Dropbox\qikvideo-2011-04-29-21-17-46.3gp Format : MPEG-4 Format profile : 3GPP Media Release 4 Codec ID : 3gp4 File size : 10.9 MiB Duration : 55s 968ms Overall bit rate : 1 630 Kbps Law rating : (empty) Released date : 0 Encoded date : UTC 2011-04-29 20:17:46 Tagged date : UTC 2011-04-29 20:17:46 Classification : (empty) Video ID : 1 Format : MPEG-4 Visual Format profile : Simple@L0 Format settings, BVOP : Yes Format settings, QPel : No Format settings, GMC : No warppoints Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263) Codec ID : 20 Duration : 55s 968ms Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 1 638 Kbps Width : 800 pixels Height : 480 pixels Display aspect ratio : 1.667 Frame rate mode : Variable Frame rate : 12.203 fps Minimum frame rate : 5.587 fps Maximum frame rate : 17.544 fps Color space : YUV Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Compression mode : Lossy Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.350 Stream size : 10.8 MiB (100%) Language : English Encoded date : UTC 2011-04-29 20:17:46 Tagged date : UTC 2011-04-29 20:17:46 Audio ID : 2 Format : AMR Format/Info : Adaptive Multi-Rate Format profile : Narrow band Codec ID : samr Duration : 15s 620ms Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 12.8 Kbps Channel(s) : 1 channel Sampling rate : 8 000 Hz Bit depth : 13 bits Stream size : 24.4 KiB (0%) Writing library : pvmm Language : English Encoded date : UTC 2011-04-29 20:17:46 Tagged date : UTC 2011-04-29 20:17:46 The video is pretty nice, it's a shame about the audio though. I wish it would use a higher sample rate, even 22050hz would sound worlds better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KACE_231 Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Could someone give me a guide in how to use this program. I have CM7 2.3 n57 ROM, I installed Qik Connect and created an account, how do i record a video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Picazsoo Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 wow! lgcamera seems really good!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dadashi Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 wow! lgcamera seems really good!! I can't get the setting right for filming.... I tried 640 and 800 pixels but it doesn't work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roph Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 (edited) I've now ditched Qik, lgcamera is much better :mellow: Settings to use: Video Resolution: 800x480 Video Encoder: H.264 Video File Format: MPEG-4 Video Bitrate: 2Mbit Video Framerate: Auto Audio Source: Microphone Audio Encoder: AAC Audio Samplerate: 16000 (if you set it higher, it seems to default back down to 16khz anyway..) Audio bitrate: 51200 With these settings I get pretty nice, smooth, artifact free video. 16khz still isn't the best sound, but it's miles better than 8k :o My only problem with lgcamera is that it doesn't want to save these settings, so I keep having to put them in again :/ [edit] I recorded a little test with lgcamera, download it here. I used the settings above. Format : MPEG-4 Format profile : 3GPP Media Release 4 Codec ID : 3gp4 File size : 18.0 MiB Duration : 1mn 28s Overall bit rate : 1 696 Kbps Law rating : (empty) Released date : 0 Encoded date : UTC 2011-04-30 17:30:23 Tagged date : UTC 2011-04-30 17:30:23 Classification : (empty) Video ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : [email protected] Format settings, CABAC : No Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame Codec ID : avc1 Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding Duration : 1mn 28s Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 1 642 Kbps Maximum bit rate : 2 000 Kbps Width : 800 pixels Height : 480 pixels Display aspect ratio : 1.667 Frame rate mode : Variable Frame rate : 11.931 fps Minimum frame rate : 2.439 fps Maximum frame rate : 21.739 fps Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.358 Stream size : 17.4 MiB (97%) Language : English Encoded date : UTC 2011-04-30 17:30:23 Tagged date : UTC 2011-04-30 17:30:23 Audio ID : 2 Format : AAC Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Format profile : LC Codec ID : 40 Duration : 1mn 28s Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 54.5 Kbps Nominal bit rate : 12.2 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel positions : Front: L R Sampling rate : 16.0 KHz Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 592 KiB (3%) Language : English Encoded date : UTC 2011-04-30 17:30:23 Tagged date : UTC 2011-04-30 17:30:23 Edited April 30, 2011 by Roph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ron=) Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 I've now ditched Qik, lgcamera is much better :mellow: Settings to use: Video Resolution: 800x480 Video Encoder: H.264 Video File Format: MPEG-4 Video Bitrate: 2Mbit Video Framerate: Auto Audio Source: Microphone Audio Encoder: AAC Audio Samplerate: 16000 (if you set it higher, it seems to default back down to 16khz anyway..) Audio bitrate: 51200 With these settings I get pretty nice, smooth, artifact free video. 16khz still isn't the best sound, but it's miles better than 8k :o My only problem with lgcamera is that it doesn't want to save these settings, so I keep having to put them in again :/ [edit] I recorded a little test with lgcamera, download it here. I used the settings above. Format : MPEG-4 Format profile : 3GPP Media Release 4 Codec ID : 3gp4 File size : 18.0 MiB Duration : 1mn 28s Overall bit rate : 1 696 Kbps Law rating : (empty) Released date : 0 Encoded date : UTC 2011-04-30 17:30:23 Tagged date : UTC 2011-04-30 17:30:23 Classification : (empty) Video ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : [email protected] Format settings, CABAC : No Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame Codec ID : avc1 Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding Duration : 1mn 28s Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 1 642 Kbps Maximum bit rate : 2 000 Kbps Width : 800 pixels Height : 480 pixels Display aspect ratio : 1.667 Frame rate mode : Variable Frame rate : 11.931 fps Minimum frame rate : 2.439 fps Maximum frame rate : 21.739 fps Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.358 Stream size : 17.4 MiB (97%) Language : English Encoded date : UTC 2011-04-30 17:30:23 Tagged date : UTC 2011-04-30 17:30:23 Audio ID : 2 Format : AAC Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Format profile : LC Codec ID : 40 Duration : 1mn 28s Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 54.5 Kbps Nominal bit rate : 12.2 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel positions : Front: L R Sampling rate : 16.0 KHz Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 592 KiB (3%) Language : English Encoded date : UTC 2011-04-30 17:30:23 Tagged date : UTC 2011-04-30 17:30:23 Odd.. my phone just shows a white screen when I tap the record button and the file saved cannot be played! May I ask what ROM you are using? I'm on CM7 N57 (Gen1) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GX390 Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Odd.. my phone just shows a white screen when I tap the record button and the file saved cannot be played! May I ask what ROM you are using? I'm on CM7 N57 (Gen1) Happens to me as well on CM7 N57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roph Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 I'm on FLB R11 =o I have stagefright disabled too, dunno if that's related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KACE_231 Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Happens to me as well on CM7 N57 same CM7 n57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dadashi Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 (edited) Odd.. my phone just shows a white screen when I tap the record button and the file saved cannot be played! May I ask what ROM you are using? I'm on CM7 N57 (Gen1) same here, Gen2 CM 7.0.2...file cant be played afterwards either...We definitely need some more work on th CM camera abilities... Edited May 1, 2011 by dadashi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KACE_231 Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 same here, Gen2 CM 7.0.2...file cant be played afterwards either...We definitely need some more work on th CM camera abilities... For me I dont think it even records, I press the record button at the 800x400 resolution the video feed freezes and when I press stop, it goes back to normal. On viewing the file is ~10kbs in size so something is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ron=) Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Damn :/ CM7 hates lgcamera! Sadtimes.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OtherguyX Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 wow this is awesome. lg camera is awesome. im using swedish spring rsl4 or 5. cant remember which but this is frikkin awesome. the video quality is superb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DannyDanny Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 I think its CM7 issue. But QIK camera and LG camera both did not work. They didnot capture anthing. (It just freezes..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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