I did some recording, of nothing in particular, just around the house and after I finished I went to play it, and after about 5 minutes I assume it must of frozen or something as it was still on that loading screen...
Another faiure by htc -_- , has anyone had the same problems and/or found solutions?
Thanks
My HD2 has no problems as you're describing, so your post title is completely misleading.
However, have you tweaked the recording settings? Are you storing the footage on your Micro SD? What speed is it?
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My HD2 has no problems as you're describing, so your post title is completely misleading.
However, have you tweaked the recording settings? Are you storing the footage on your Micro SD? What speed is it?
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Yeah I am saving it to memory card, but Im not sure what speed it is, theres a 2 with a circle round it, does that help?
thanks for the response
That's means it's a class 2 card, which is slow, trying changing where it stores to say like the internal memory and see if the problem persists. If it doesn't, then buy yourself a class 4 or 6 micro SD card.
xavierdemon said:
That's means it's a class 2 card, which is slow, trying changing where it stores to say like the internal memory and see if the problem persists. If it doesn't, then buy yourself a class 4 or 6 micro SD card.
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ahh ok, well that sucks
Hopefully amazon will do a full return, do they sell them as class 2/4/6 or is it just random?
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I did some recording, of nothing in particular, just around the house and after I finished I went to play it, and after about 5 minutes I assume it must of frozen or something as it was still on that loading screen...
Another faiure by htc -_- , has anyone had the same problems and/or found solutions?
Thanks
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I just made a video of 4:45 and it played back instantly. Took about a second on the loading screen.
Do us a favour - stop finding faults and then posting them and instantly claiming a fail on the part of HTC. You need to investigate issues a little more before start complaining. How about starting with the attitude that there may be something wrong, rather than the attitude that there is something wrong.
I am using a 16GB Class 2 SanDisk card, and saving vid directly to the card, so unless your card is faulty, I can't see it being that.
As johncmolyneux stated it's probably just your sd card is screwed, you could try just reformatting and see if that helps. If you decide to buy a new SD card, they will clearly state their speed, whether it be class 2, 4 or 6. Obviously the faster you go the more you'll pay.
I just made a video of 4:45 and it played back instantly. Took about a second on the loading screen.
Do us a favour - stop finding faults and then posting them and instantly claiming a fail on the part of HTC. You need to investigate issues a little more before start complaining. How about starting with the attitude that there may be something wrong, rather than the attitude that there is something wrong.
I am using a 16GB Class 2 SanDisk card, and saving vid directly to the card, so unless your card is faulty, I can't see it being that.
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Sorry I did kinda jump down their throats :3
As johncmolyneux stated it's probably just your sd card is screwed, you could try just reformatting and see if that helps. If you decide to buy a new SD card, they will clearly state their speed, whether it be class 2, 4 or 6. Obviously the faster you go the more you'll pay.
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Yeah maybe I'll try formatting, if not I guess I'll have to return it
I have tried formatting it, yet t still cant seem to play even 13 seconds worth of video. I switched the save locations to the device, still nothing.
I do however have a hunch, there is 1 video that I recorded that I can play on there, and its one I took the night I got the phone, before switching my settings and installing extra modes from damien123_666, so maybe the settings are too high quality and the phone is strugging with them? Maybe when I update the rom it will be more able to cope with higher quality videos
thoughts?
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I have tried formatting it, yet t still cant seem to play even 13 seconds worth of video. I switched the save locations to the device, still nothing.
I do however have a hunch, there is 1 video that I recorded that I can play on there, and its one I took the night I got the phone, before switching my settings and installing extra modes from damien123_666, so maybe the settings are too high quality and the phone is strugging with them? Maybe when I update the rom it will be more able to cope with higher quality videos
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If you can bear it without too much hassle, do a hard reset and see if the problem persists. It sounds like you could be on the right track, but I'm sure there's a lot of people who have done the camera tweaks. Maybe ask in the thread in question to see if anyone has noticed this problem.
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If you can bear it without too much hassle, do a hard reset and see if the problem persists. It sounds like you could be on the right track, but I'm sure there's a lot of people who have done the camera tweaks. Maybe ask in the thread in question to see if anyone has noticed this problem.
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Well Im gonna flash a custom rom today, so Ill see if that makes a difference
Update: Installed XannyTechs Pandora rom today, camera now running great again, can play back and all is swell
Apart from the now faint pink mark is still there
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Any one else having issues with the photo album,
I'v taken out the crappy supplied transcend micro sd and put in a sandisk one in instead.
The album takes for ever to load up the pictures, then when you click on one album, it freezes forever and then 5 minutes later tells you
"Sorry, Activity Albums (in application Albums) is not repsonding, force close or wait"
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Any one else having issues with the photo album,
I'v taken out the crappy supplied transcend micro sd and put in a sandisk one in instead.
The album takes for ever to load up the pictures, then when you click on one album, it freezes forever and then 5 minutes later tells you
"Sorry, Activity Albums (in application Albums) is not repsonding, force close or wait"
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What is your version or 'for ever'? if its 3-4 seconds then you need to give up the caffeine. Life isn't perfect and surprisingly no mobile phone is as well. stop MOANING for gods sake, can you actually see the images? yes? yes? oh it takes a few seconds? oh and in that time your supposed friends who only know you through Facebook and not in real life have deserted you... oh poor you, pooooooooooor you, we all feel for you. .......... lick a lemon, it may stimulate you....
And if it really if taking 5 mins then return the phone/...........
now was there any need for that?
be nice please....
thank you
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What is your version or 'for ever'? if its 3-4 seconds then you need to give up the caffeine. Life isn't perfect and surprisingly no mobile phone is as well. stop MOANING for gods sake, can you actually see the images? yes? yes? oh it takes a few seconds? oh and in that time your supposed friends who only know you through Facebook and not in real life have deserted you... oh poor you, pooooooooooor you, we all feel for you. .......... lick a lemon, it may stimulate you....
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Firstly, I don't like facebook nor am I even signed up to it, I make my friends in real life,
remember this is a website to help people out, I don't understand why you had to make the comments you'v made, if you think I'v done something wrong by making this thread, either ignore it or report it to a mod.
Anyway back to the point,
yes, it does indeed literally hang for nearly 5 minutes, loads one or two pics but the remaining 99% stay blank, stays like that, screen wont respond and so on.
And if it took even 10 seconds to load, I wouldn't mind, as I also use Windows Mobile which can be laggy, but 5 Minutes.
An yeh barryallott, please to do not respond to this unless you really have something constructive to say, I dont need you to tell me how much a waste of time this thread is.
Mine hangs occasionally on the albums, and can take up to 10-15 secs to load each album. I reckon it's just a fact of life at the moment- I can remember the first real implementation of HTC Album on the Touch Dual, and the program has come a long way since then on Win Mob. This is the first Android implementation and for the most part it works well for me.
If you are seriously getting 5 minute lag (or anything over 30 secs), I'd suggest getting a taskmanager from the market (I use "Task Manager") and check how many apps you have open, and what resources they are using. It took me a little while to realise that Android leaves stuff running in the background in a Win Mob fashion, which is ace as multitasking is a must for me, but it doesn't half take up resources if you aren't careful!
the other app I'd consider to be essential is '3g watchdog' which you can set with your data limit, and it keeps a tally of all your use in mb and as a percentage- Orange aren't getting a penny out of me for going over the 500mb limit! I wish it wasn't a trade off in the UK between awesome data bundles and no reception with T-mobile, or just about bearable data bundles and amazing reception with Orange...
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Mine hangs occasionally on the albums, and can take up to 10-15 secs to load each album. I reckon it's just a fact of life at the moment- I can remember the first real implementation of HTC Album on the Touch Dual, and the program has come a long way since then on Win Mob. This is the first Android implementation and for the most part it works well for me.
If you are seriously getting 5 minute lag (or anything over 30 secs), I'd suggest getting a taskmanager from the market (I use "Task Manager") and check how many apps you have open, and what resources they are using. It took me a little while to realise that Android leaves stuff running in the background in a Win Mob fashion, which is ace as multitasking is a must for me, but it doesn't half take up resources if you aren't careful!
the other app I'd consider to be essential is '3g watchdog' which you can set with your data limit, and it keeps a tally of all your use in mb and as a percentage- Orange aren't getting a penny out of me for going over the 500mb limit! I wish it wasn't a trade off in the UK between awesome data bundles and no reception with T-mobile, or just about bearable data bundles and amazing reception with Orange...
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I'm using taskiller and seems to be helping out, thank you for helping out.
Oh yeh, 3G watchdog is cool, thanx for that
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What is your version or 'for ever'? if its 3-4 seconds then you need to give up the caffeine. Life isn't perfect and surprisingly no mobile phone is as well. stop MOANING for gods sake, can you actually see the images? yes? yes? oh it takes a few seconds? oh and in that time your supposed friends who only know you through Facebook and not in real life have deserted you... oh poor you, pooooooooooor you, we all feel for you. .......... lick a lemon, it may stimulate you....
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That was such a dramatic over exaggeration. There was no need at all for any of that. I've seen people react better to being hit in the face than how you reacted to that guy asking a simple question...
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That was such a dramatic over exaggeration. There was no need at all for any of that. I've seen people react better to being hit in the face than how you reacted to that guy asking a simple question...
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point taken..
On the G1 and Magic, on first use of an app that stores stuff on SD, it seems to take a while, and this seems to be mainly down to it creating a thumbs database on the device. Once created, the subsequent access times are MUCH faster. I don't know that this is true for the HTC album, but part of the issue might be this, especially if it never gets time to completely load the pics so every time its trying to finish making a Thumbs database for you.
From the sound of things I think its a combo of issues - the quality of SD card probably having an effect, the creation of a Thumbs database on first access, and possible glitches with the HTC Albunm software that need ironing out. Good news is they all sound very solvable - So give it some time to load.... and think about getting a class4 or class6 SD card.
Much love
Daisy xxx (too sweet? > just kidding...)
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On the G1 and Magic, on first use of an app that stores stuff on SD, it seems to take a while, and this seems to be mainly down to it creating a thumbs database on the device. Once created, the subsequent access times are MUCH faster. I don't know that this is true for the HTC album, but part of the issue might be this, especially if it never gets time to completely load the pics so every time its trying to finish making a Thumbs database for you.
From the sound of things I think its a combo of issues - the quality of SD card probably having an effect, the creation of a Thumbs database on first access, and possible glitches with the HTC Albunm software that need ironing out. Good news is they all sound very solvable - So give it some time to load.... and think about getting a class4 or class6 SD card.
Much love
Daisy xxx (too sweet? > just kidding...)
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Yep your right, theres a folder called .thumbnails in the DCIM folder.
I'v got an Sandisk 8GB class 4 Micro SDHC, so that isn't the issue.
I agree with you that it's most likely to do with the album software.
I exchanged my phone today at the orange shop, and the guy told me that the delay for the release of the Hero was because they had to send the handsets back due to the reading/loading issues. And he happily exchanged it.
Problem still persists, but I'm sure just as you said, that future software revisions may iron things out.
Thanx
How the hell do you get rid of the pixelization ( Or however you spell it ). It is driving me mad just installed qteks rom and everything is perfect butt he pixelization is driving me mad!
I have had the same problem it only happens when the screen times out or you turn off the display it happends with the Touchflov3, Champion V2,qteks rom. If you reboot its ok till the screen is shut off again. any ideas?
Yea I thought there might be some easy fix but after some reading it seems that there isn't! I am definitely not going to be turning the phone off and on every time it happens to shut the screen off. I did try a lot of roms in the meantime. Unfortunately evil and Jacxhero just sit there and loop at the "Hero" starting screen and fatla1ty doesn't have the screen problem but the rom is incredibly slow! Qteks was nice and fast but as stated before the screen problems are too much, I guess I might wait a little while until something not so buggy comes out. Unless some one knows of something better or some other rom's that I haven't tried..... or how to fix the looping problem on evil's rom and Jacxhero? - Thanks JinX
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Yea I thought there might be some easy fix but after some reading it seems that there isn't! I am definitely not going to be turning the phone off and on every time it happens to shut the screen off. I did try a lot of roms in the meantime. Unfortunately evil and Jacxhero just sit there and loop at the "Hero" starting screen and fatla1ty doesn't have the screen problem but the rom is incredibly slow! Qteks was nice and fast but as stated before the screen problems are too much, I guess I might wait a little while until something not so buggy comes out. Unless some one knows of something better or some other rom's that I haven't tried..... or how to fix the looping problem on evil's rom and Jacxhero? - Thanks JinX
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For the boot loop to go away, you need to have a clean, freshly partitioned SD card. I had the same problem, then I reformatted my memory card. Removed the ext3 and linux swap and reformatted it all to fat32. From there I repartitioned the memory card. As for the pixelation, I noticed that it happens on slow SD cards or low quality ones. I tried Qteks hero with the class 2 that came with the mytouch and got the pixelation. I then tried it with a class 6 8 gig that I had and the problem went away. Not sure about class 4. I have one and am going to try it today. Will get back to you on that. I am not 100% sure this is the case, but it is what happened with me, as far as pixelation goes.
i have a class 2 and never get those problems
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For the boot loop to go away, you need to have a clean, freshly partitioned SD card. I had the same problem, then I reformatted my memory card. Removed the ext3 and linux swap and reformatted it all to fat32. From there I repartitioned the memory card. As for the pixelation, I noticed that it happens on slow SD cards or low quality ones. I tried Qteks hero with the class 2 that came with the mytouch and got the pixelation. I then tried it with a class 6 8 gig that I had and the problem went away. Not sure about class 4. I have one and am going to try it today. Will get back to you on that. I am not 100% sure this is the case, but it is what happened with me, as far as pixelation goes.
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I tried with the scandisk 4gb and a class 4 pny 4gb
I've seen the pixelation with a class 6 4gb, and a class 4 8gb.
I have read some speculation that it has something to do with swap?
Right now I am running Qtek with compcache only, and do not have pixelation.
When I run Qtek with linux swap, I get the pixelation.
I was starting to suspect roms ported from the Dream boards, but I just flashed JACxHero 1.4 and no pixelation.
HD is cool, but makes me mad. I know the thread about SD card read/write theory and it has me searching for a Sandisk 16 or 32g SDHC in nothing less than class 6
My 16gb class two rights at class 6 for write speed and i have smooth video.. just not best quality as i thouht with the camera.. i know my 4gb class2 writes at a class 2 and my 8 gb writes at a class 2.. not sure why..
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Yeah, the video bugs me too, causes the audio to get out of sync as well. The WVGA video looks pretty good though. I just wish the sound wasn't such a crappy low bitrate on all the video modes. Looks pretty good but sounds as crappy as my treo 700p.
Back to topic please.............
I know that not all kernels work the same on diff roms. I can't seam to get my current kernel (not currently updated) to flash to my current rom, and i can't get the google.code kernel for wired tether to flash over either. Without trying all the kernels on various roms to try and get a video to record without freezing in middle while still playing sound, and to have sound end while vid is still playing, I'm sure my SD card that is almost used up has some to do with it. I know I need a certain compression ratio for space available on cord, and this phone is sucking up space on card like crazy.
Every single one of you spammers here have been reported and will be warned and or banned shortly. You must understand this isn't 4chan and we don't condone moronic behaviour. If you like to correct people's English on a forum so much, become an English Professor. You'll have much fun with that.
And all others ranting off topic, you've been reported as well.
Can we stay on topic please and help the OP out. Not everyone has English as their first language or is in a position to express themselves eloquently.
Its simple; if you cannot contribute positively to the OP's question then please don't post.
Thanks
WB
please delete thread. i wasn't complaining about 30fps, and if anyone would have clicked the link they would see the 3-5 second constant freezing while sound played, and then sound ends about 8 seconds before video ended. it is only a 45 second video. wasn't sure if it was write/read compression ratio compared to space avail on card. no one here conformed/denied or even had an input about it.
DELETE MY THREAD PLEASE
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please delete thread. i wasn't complaining about 30fps, and if anyone would have clicked the link they would see the 3-5 second constant freezing while sound played, and then sound ends about 8 seconds before video ended. it is only a 45 second video. wasn't sure if it was write/read compression ratio compared to space avail on card. no one here conformed/denied or even had an input about it.
DELETE MY THREAD PLEASE
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If you have a question, it is your duty to properly express it. We are not mind readers.
Here is how I would have worded it:
Thread Title: Video Capture Freezing and Sound Issues
Thread contents: Hi, I took a video recently and I am having some issues that in searching I have not found anyone to report. The video is freezing and the sound isn't recording the whole way through. Has anyone else seen this? Any ideas as to what could cause this?
Then I would have talked about if it happened on other videos or just this one. I would have given any details such as stock, rooted, which rom, or which update I'm running. I would have mentioned if I had changed anything recently or if the phone had been behaving like this since I had owned it. I would have mentioned if I had tried rebooting or any other basic troubleshooting.
That's what I would have done. Unless you compose a meaningful message, none of us here can guess what you're trying to communicate. When your post is nonsense, you'll get nonsense in response.
htc ota 2.2 froyo rooted by netarchy. no mods, no custom kernels, no major changes besides adding apps
omj 1.4/1.7/1.8/1.8 deodexed/1.9 saphire/2.0/2.1
stock
stock rooted
every video ever taken on all roms listed above
came with sandisk micro sd 8g
Closed at OP request.
WB
Is anyone else getting a recording failed error while taking HD video. Sometimes it happens after a few seconds or up to a few minutes or not at all. I am stock rooted with the latest update and drm removed. I don't think it has anything to do with this sine on the sprint forums complete stock users expierence the same thing. Does anyone know how t fix this?
Corrupt file system on the SD card? Try backing up all your files and then reformatting the card and try again.
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Corrupt file system on the SD card? Try backing up all your files and then reformatting the card and try again.
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Ok, I will try that in a few minutes since it says it has to backup 9.21gb
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Corrupt file system on the SD card? Try backing up all your files and then reformatting the card and try again.
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THANKS. It seems to have done the trick but not 100% sure yet as sometimes before i reformatted, it would work perfectly but it hasn't failed thus far.
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THANKS. It seems to have done the trick but not 100% sure yet as sometimes before i reformatted, it would work perfectly but it hasn't failed thus far.
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Still going ok for you? I have this same problem and will try reformatting the card if it's still working for you.
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THANKS. It seems to have done the trick but not 100% sure yet as sometimes before i reformatted, it would work perfectly but it hasn't failed thus far.
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Not a prob. Let me know how it works out for ya.
I have not modified my phone in any way, and I have had this happen a few times as well on highest resolution videos.
Starts camera just fine.. then about 15 seconds into recording it says, "Warning, recording failed."
I would say maybe 2-3 times has this happened to me so far, and I have recorded dozens of videos, so it is a once in awhile thing. Still a bit annoying though.
Anyone try video recording at highest res on Froyo DK28 yet?
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Anyone try video recording at highest res on Froyo DK28 yet?
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Actually yes, I filmed a ho-ho-rendous (yes from the sprint ad) christmas light display in my neighbor hood. Worked fine.
I used to have this happen to me only when I was on a custom rom.So I Formated my card which was a pain cause I had to backup 14gb but it has worked for me.No more record failed message.
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I used to have this happen to me only when I was on a custom rom.So I Formated my card which was a pain cause I had to backup 14gb but it has worked for me.No more record failed message.
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Interesting, I may have to give that a try. I just tried four tests on stock Froyo (DK28), which I know isn't final, but I was hoping this issue would be fixed. On two of my tests, I recorded for longer than I ever have on the highest res (7 minutes and 8 minutes), I stopped both those recordings manually. My other two tests failed around 25 seconds and 35 seconds. So it's still hit-or-miss for me. I think backing up and reformatting the SD card is next.
I have this problem as well. I also tried reformatting my sd card in an attempt to cure my Epic of this disease to no avail. Anyone else have any suggestions? Or can it be the rom I'm using (Midnight 2.5)?
I tried reformatting as well. It seemed to work for a while but I'm getting the error again. Don't think it's the ROM, it's happening to me on stock Froyo the same as it happened on stock Eclair
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Happens to me once in a while as well on stock 2.1
The problem is that the sd card isn't fast enough for reliable hd recording. If you lower quality it will work perfectly. If you reformat sd it will work in hd for a while. If you get a faster sdcard, you'll be set as well. Be sure to read speed test reviews and not just go by the speedclass claimed by the manufacturer. A lot are fast until they get some data then slow down significantly.
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Another thing i notice is that with 2.1, the epic records in 3gp and with 2.2.1, it records in mp4, i believe. Can anyone confirm this?
I agree with the card too slow opinion. I did a side by side at the same time and resolution with the evo and epic. The epic always choked and the file wad corrupt. If I did short tests, it worked mostly. During playback and looking at the specifics with videospec, the evo compressed more and it's quality showed it, but it never stopped recording. Changing to a different brand card did not really fix anything.
This is also another reason why I dislike the epic. A second reason, kind of loosely relating to this topic, I don't like the epic with high quality audio recording problems. It studders and skips. The evo was amazing sounding and zero problems.
I'm giving the evo shift some SERIOUS thought right now. I am VERY tempted to go get one tomorrow morning before work.
The 16GB card that comes with the Samsung is only a class 2. It's not capable of keeping up with the recording. Get a class 4 or higher. The video will fail at random times due to varying bit rates of the scene that is being recorded. I bought a class 4, and so far haven't had any issues with the "recording failed". Although, I haven't used it enough since I got the card to be 100% sure.
What is the highest class our epics can use. I saw a class 10 but I read somewhere that the epic can run up to a class 6. Anybody know? Thanks
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I just watched all the video (hd) that I took from my daughters birthday party.... looks better than my wifes evo vid.. BUT EVERY VIDEO IS CRAPPED OUT like I'm a wanna be mix master dj... can anybody confirm the class sd thing? Or are we all doing the ext4 thing bc I don't recall this issue before that..
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Hi guys!I bought Motorola Atrix one month ago..and since the first time I record a video,I noticed that sometimes(not always)the video looks like freeze.
Yesterday I take 10 minutes of video(1gb lol),and during recording it's freeze 3 times!
After I stopped the video, I watch it,it made the video 3x faster than it is.
Obviously it lost the audio/video sync..
I have the stock rom with 2.3.4(it is the latest version available in Italy)without Root.
This is very annoying..please help me!
Sorry for my english!
It happened to me with CM7 ba2tf. Not every time. Sometimes. But I can never tell what caused it.
I thought it was CM7 bug with Atrix, but you are on stock.. Anyone else having this problem?
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It happened to me with CM7 ba2tf. Not every time. Sometimes. But I can never tell what caused it.
I thought it was CM7 bug with Atrix, but you are on stock.. Anyone else having this problem?
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I start to think it's a hardware problem..
I'm having exactly the same problem... not really sure why though, but it happened on CM7 and Stock ROM, I also tried to record on the microSD and the internal memory (both options) with the same results... I'm hoping this is not a hardware problem, otherwise I'll have to sell my phone. I use it to record all kind of stuff...
Hope someone can help us here!
Thank you!
Judging by the time (10 minutes) and size (1 GB), I'm guessing the problem lies with the SD card being too slow. Try using a higher class SD card and defragmenting it first. From my experience, fragmentation kills SD card performance and defragmenting it makes a lot of difference for read/write speed.
Did anyone find a solution to this?
cheers,