I am trying to figure out if there is a way to use the 4k video recording mode with other apps like for example Open Camera.
I like this app because it has some nice features like manual focusing or locking the focus, changing some other things.
The app does have the option to enable 4k by enabling
"Force 4k UHD video(only works on some devices)" - Enable 3840x2160 resolution for video recording on back camera - this options is a hack that may allow 4K devices on 4K cameras that don't expose the option to 3rd party camera apps. This isn't guaranteed to work, please test before working
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But sadly when I press record I get a message
Sorry, 4k UHD not supported on your device
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Hopefully theres a workaround to use the 4K with 3rd party apps.
If anyone knows how, please let us all know.
So far I learned that many manufactures make their phones so if you use the stock app you get the best quality and everything.
But if you use third party apps, you get basic features and quality is always worse.
I was wondering if maybe rooting the phone would unlock the full capability of the camera to be used with third party apps.
So I rooted the phone finally with locked bootloader.
Sadly, still Open Camera is unable to use 4K UHD video recording.
I think for this to work you need Camera2 Api which Xperia Z2 does not have.
But there's another thing.
Cyberian camera mod 8.0 for Xperia Z2.
I installed it after rooting the phone and now I can open regular camera app and I have 4K option, and I don't even have to choose the 4K app.
Awesome.
Also, Cyberian comes with few other focusing features, maybe I can use those with 4K recordings because normal focus on 4K app is awful, constantly looks to refocus itself.
Sadly Cyberian can't lock focus but it does have single and multi auto focus, face detection, object tracking and infinity.
Will report back how those work now.
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Going to try to explain this... When I'm using the stock Camera app, the picture is normal. But when I switch to Camcorder, it seems to be automatically zoomed in quite a bit. And when I try to zoom out, it says that since I'm recording in HD, zoom functions are not available.
This is kind of annoying because now I have to step back probably 5 feet to fill the same frame of when I was taking photos.
Is this normal for everyone else too? Or do I have some weird glitch on my unrooted and pure stock ROM?
Yep, mine does it too (stock rom). It only does that in FullHD resolution. I guess the only use middle part of the sensor to read the data to achieve greater speeds, and thus it's gonna be a hardware limitation.
Who need HD anyway ? The lens hardly catch with it. I record 720x480 and I'm very pleased with teh quality.
Change the video recording resolution in the settings pane to 1280x720 and that should fix your problem.
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Change the video recording resolution in the settings pane to 1280x720 and that should fix your problem.
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Yeah I noticed that.
But that doesn't make sense. In photo mode, same resolution as video mode but in video mode it's zoomed in. Like Dr. Sid said, it seems that it uses a smaller section of the image sensor to capture video. Which again doesn't make sense. Weird.
This is definetly a speed optimization - scaling down the whole resolution of camera sensor from 3264*2448 -> 1080p is much more expensive operation than just cropping the central pixels, i assume someone at samsung was VERY lazy to have done the camcorder mode in such a lame way, it's still ok for recording outside scenes but useless for in-room recording.
I find this quite annoying also. At first I was wondering if it is a ROM glitch or something, since some of the people here stated that even in stock ROM it is present also.
I hope there is some kind of patch to this, full HD recording is really awesome and I hate to see the 'zoomed' effect.
Yeah noticed the same thing just last night.. Seems to also affect the camera's ability to focus properly in video capture mode as well... Shame on them, I wish I had noticed this sooner.
In the default camera app when I try to record 60fps at the 1080 I see pink tint in the video recorder but when I use Google camera there is no pink tint, but I don't get 60fps recording option also.
Can anyone suggest me alternative camera app that can do 60fps video recording at 1080 p?
The pink tint occurs on low light and when too close to the subject, using 60fps. If you switch to 30fps this bug is gone, or if you don't get too close to the subject or too low light. Simple as that.
(the bug actually is the infrared not switching off, but Lenovo doesn't want to fix it)
I tired open camera for 60fps recording , but for some reason it says 60 fps not supported on this device
also the recording is grainy and upon zooming its too pixelated
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(the bug actually is the infrared not switching off, but Lenovo doesn't want to fix it)
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Cant see that myself, if that was the case it would be visible on all settings and plus infrared on the Moto g5 Plus shows as white/purple (fire a TV remote at the camera to see for yourself).
My guess is it is caused by the extra voltage needed by the CCD at high ISO.
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In the default camera app when I try to record 60fps at the 1080 I see pink tint in the video recorder but when I use Google camera there is no pink tint, but I don't get 60fps recording option also.
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If you haven't seen the existing running discussion on the red/pink issue when recording at 1080/60fps then you may want see the following link:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-plus/help/red-corner-60fps-videos-t3578606
I'm having trouble recording 60FPS full HD video on Open Camera. Every time I set it to record at 60FPS or 24FPS, it records video but only at 30FPS. I'm getting the same issue with Filmic Pro. It's not a hardware issue since I can record 60FPS with the stock camera app. I've also noticed that when using the Cinema 4K app, the flat profile option just crashes the app every time. Is Asus doing this on purpose? It would be pretty ****ty of them if they did. The stock camera app doesn't give me a lot of options when it comes to recording video like Open Camera does. If I installed a custom ROM on it, can I get other apps to record at 60FPS?
I think it is the api, its a shame really as the API is not supported fully, Lineage OS might give you some luck but there is no guarantee, make sure you backup files b4 any mods
I have same problem and i don't think that any camera app can give you 60FPS full HD option.
I think that an api problem because i try 5 or 6 camera app and it just crash or show 60FPS but when i check video file, it's only 30FPS.
Install a custom ROM may be (just maybe) give you some luck but no one can guarantee that.
Lineage OS flat out doesnt support 60fps recording, not even with stock app
Oneplus 6t has bad camera app for photos but for recording movies it's even worse.
What app for recording videos do you use?
I'm looking for an app that will have manual options like: manual focus, 24fps, exposure lock, iso, flat video recording.
I have tried Opencamera but its so bugged. It cant record 24fps on our phone and the interface is uncomfortable.
I found HedgeCam 2. It's a fork of Opencamera. It has much better interface but it also has bugs from Opencamera (no 24fps).
Is there any working app?
I really like the gcam port, also for video recording. It's smoothness during zoom in/out is very good, almost as iphone.
Is there a way to get 60fps video recording work with 3rd camera apps?
For now oneplus dosnt support 60fps other than native camera app.
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Is there a way to get 60fps video recording work with 3rd camera apps?
For now oneplus dosnt support 60fps other than native camera app.
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Use GCam it works flawlessly really. Check that out