Help Video test Thread

[Mr. Ed]

So I have been complaining of poor video quality since the update to froyo.
In the first month or so the quality was actually pretty good...then it seriously went downhill. I would like to use this thread to track your experiences with it...and hope that someday soon we get an update that corrects the issue. Feel free to post comments and vids below.

Recently I had the pleasure (phone is rooted) of running a port of the mytouch 4g software on my phone ... I found the difference in sound recorded sound quality to be amazing. Unfortunately not everything works right on that port and it isn't suitable as replacement software. All of the videos were taken with 720 settings. (remember to change the settings when viewing...youtube defaults to 720)


release:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wknc18EgzLk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B6wHY0mfuE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQDXX2Rp5as



now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvhEnKmxxwo


mytouch ported software and codecs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG-sdT5sTyM

 

[P_Dub]

Can you link me to the mytouch port? I'm interested in looking at the rom/camera files.

 

[Mr. Ed]

also check out warm 2.2 Zport...

http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/284413-roms-kernels-download-page.html

 

[sitlet]

Hmmm, could you check the files in MediaInfo? Just one from before, one from froyo and one from the other rom. Just open the file in that, switch to Text View, then copy the results here. I'm particularly interested in the codec and bitrate with the new rom. I had tested some of my videos from before and after froyo, and generally they were the same bitrate. The bitrate does vary with lighting conditions and other factors, so not every video will be the same.

 

[Mr. Ed]

sweet! will try and do this by the end of the weekend

 

[Cactus73]

This video was recorded at WVGA 800 x 480. It's not as shakey as yours....maybe because it wasn't recorded @ 720P.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64Efro7EAYs

 

[P_Dub]

I did it! AAC recording with lgCamera on a basic stock rooted EVO. No kernel, no rom, just clear sound and 720p!

I just grabbed the libomx_aacenc_sharedlibrary.so from the Warm Z 2.2 2/23/11 Rls1 and tossed it in the system/lib folder, then made sure to add AAC entries into the build.prop and media_profiles.xml(which may not be needed if lgCamera is just looking for the library file) and sweet sweet sound coming from the video file.

The regular HTC camera app still records with the low quality AMR codec. It actually crashed the first time I tried it because I tried to add 720p recording to H264. After restarting it, it seemed to reset it's options to default.

Maybe if I replace it with the HTCCamera.apk from the same rom I got the aac encoder from it will record with aac. Just a guess, though. I'll stick with lgCamera for now and test it a bit more tomorrow.

Thank You Mr. Ed for pointing me to the Z port!

 

[Mr. Ed]

sweet! keep me posted! this is exactly what I had planned but keep getting called in to work.

good work!

 

[Mr. Ed]

This video was recorded at WVGA 800 x 480. It's not as shakey as yours....maybe because it wasn't recorded @ 720P.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64Efro7EAYs

the shakiness is my windshield mount..and the subwoofer lol

 

[dominicanyor]

could i root my evo with a macbook or it has to be windows?

 

[surfologist87]

could i root my evo with a macbook or it has to be windows?

You sure can. I use Macbooks and it is actually easier.
Just follow the instructions in the rooting for dummies thread and just do not install the hboot drivers. All you need to do is download unrevoked, open, and click go, no drivers needed with Mac.

 

[Mr. Ed]

I did it! AAC recording with lgCamera on a basic stock rooted EVO. No kernel, no rom, just clear sound and 720p!

I just grabbed the libomx_aacenc_sharedlibrary.so from the Warm Z 2.2 2/23/11 Rls1 and tossed it in the system/lib folder, then made sure to add AAC entries into the build.prop and media_profiles.xml
What exactly did you add to these?


(which may not be needed if lgCamera is just looking for the library file) and sweet sweet sound coming from the video file.

The regular HTC camera app still records with the low quality AMR codec. It actually crashed the first time I tried it because I tried to add 720p recording to H264. After restarting it, it seemed to reset it's options to default.

Maybe if I replace it with the HTCCamera.apk from the same rom I got the aac encoder from it will record with aac. Just a guess, though. I'll stick with lgCamera for now and test it a bit more tomorrow.

Thank You Mr. Ed for pointing me to the Z port!

looks like the media profile xml is identical.


let me know what you changed in build prop

 

[P_Dub]

Changed-

ro.media.enc.hprof.codec.aud=aac
ro.media.enc.hprof.aud.bps=65536 <-not needed unless we can get HTC camera to capture with aac.
ro.media.enc.hprof.aud.hz=22050 <-mono microphone, no reason to go 44100
ro.media.enc.audio.codec.aac

Added-

ro.media.enc.aud.aac.bps=8192,65536
ro.media.enc.aud.aac.hz=22050,22050
ro.media.enc.aud.aac.ch=1,1

I changed the media profiles to reflect those exact changes for the high profile and made sure to "enable" the aac codec at the end of the media profiles xml, too. I kept amrnb low quality for compatibility with videos sent through sms, because I am not sure how other phones would handle aac audio.

Edit - Just want to add that lgCamera may be ignoring my settings from the build.prop. FFDshow on my pc shows the audio as SBR AAC, stereo, 44100 Hz(probably because it's recording in stereo, doubling the 22050), and a bitrate of about 50 kbps, which seems to be variable or average. Also, in the ffdshow audio decoder properties it shows the jitter constantly rising if jitter correction is turned off. I assume that will cause the video and audio to desync over a long period of time when viewed on a player that doesn't have jitter correction.