Edit : modding stock camera hd720P 6Mbs->12mbs!

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Edit:

Hi all, I sucsesfully rooted my Ray and now I can instal Larut semcCameraUI with 100% quality.
and I now playing with mediaprofiles.xml to riase video recording quality.

I moded the video codec to be able to record at higher bitrate.
But the mod works only 4 3rd party camera apk who let User to choose the bitrate and codec.
By default U can use LGcamera APK and record at 10Mbs @30fps (H264&mp4)
the highest stable recording I get with my Ray is 13Mbit's @ 30FPS 720P (vs 6Mbit's stock camera apk)
16Mbit's phone freez (at all fps)

<VideoEncoderCap name="h264" enabled="true"
minBitRate="96000" maxBitRate="15000000" (was 10000000)
minFrameWidth="176" maxFrameWidth="1280"
minFrameHeight="144" maxFrameHeight="720"
minFrameRate="1" maxFrameRate="30" />

<VideoEncoderCap name="m4v" enabled="true"
minBitRate="96000" maxBitRate="15000000" (was 10000000)
minFrameWidth="176" maxFrameWidth="1280"
minFrameHeight="144" maxFrameHeight="720"
minFrameRate="1" maxFrameRate="30" />

and 1080P not possible (phone freez)

its impossible to change the stock camera apk recording bitrate via this file, so we must edit the larut camera apk to enable it 10Mb's at least (4 good quality)
<!--
Profiles for the back camera
-->
<EncoderProfile quality="high" fileFormat="mp4" duration="60">
<Video codec="h264"
bitRate="6000000" -----> Higher value not changes the actual video bitrate
width="1280"
height="720"
frameRate="30" />

<Audio codec="aac"
bitRate="128000"
sampleRate="48000"
channels="2" />
</EncoderProfile>

this is why I need your help.
How can we mod the semcCameraUI apk to use 10Mb's 720P recording?

after having the modded stock camera apk with 100% jpeg quality it would be great to have it record at higher bitrare hdvideo and not use 3rd party camera apk



Original thread:

hi all,

this is my first time, I bought my Ray 2 month ago and I'm new to smartphone and android world. this is why I opened this thread :)

My ray is 4.0.2.A.0.58 android 2.3.4. stock
it says "Bootloader unlock allowed - Yes "

I serched the sticky but the root guide is 4 .42 fw and lower or .62
I'am afraid to break my phone . after this I won't have the warannty So 4 the first time I need your help to do it right.

I don't want to install other rom's, just to unlock my corrent stock rom and to be able to install moded camera apk and to overclock my phone! (I'm overclock freak!)

help me to know what I need? (drivers, softwares etc') And I will do my best to help U in future !
which adb driver do I need?

thanks In ahead!

If you're an overclock maniac than you can't do this with root only.. You have to change the kernel too,, So it means that you have to Unlock bootloader.

I got it now :(
Max cpu is 1024MHZ

Is it hard to unlock boorloader with my phone?

I secsesfully rooted my phone via this thred :http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1320350
with this driver http://developer.sonymobile.com/wpor...er?cc=gb&lc=en

I cant belive it was so simple, but until it was finished I was realy shaky.


Thnk U all 4 this great forum!!!

Now I dont need third party limited camera APK's for uncompressed photos
I instaled the stock camera mod posted here at XDA



edit: which kernal U suggest ? I only want to set the cpu to 1.4GHZ~1.5GHZ

Aire of course,,

Sent from my ST18i using XDA

this may help you to unlock your phones bootloader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=19718525

Sent from my Xperia Ray using xda premium

Edit:

Hi all, I sucsesfully rooted my Ray and now I can instal Larut semcCameraUI with 100% quality.
and I now playing with mediaprofiles.xml to riase video recording quality.

I moded the video codec to be able to record at higher bitrate.
But the mod works only 4 3rd party camera apk who let User to choose the bitrate and codec.
By default U can use LGcamera APK and record at 10Mbs @30fps (H264&mp4)
the highest stable recording I get with my Ray is 13Mbit's @ 30FPS 720P (vs 6Mbit's stock camera apk)
16Mbit's phone freez (at all fps)

<VideoEncoderCap name="h264" enabled="true"
minBitRate="96000" maxBitRate="15000000" (was 10000000)
minFrameWidth="176" maxFrameWidth="1280"
minFrameHeight="144" maxFrameHeight="720"
minFrameRate="1" maxFrameRate="30" />

<VideoEncoderCap name="m4v" enabled="true"
minBitRate="96000" maxBitRate="15000000" (was 10000000)
minFrameWidth="176" maxFrameWidth="1280"
minFrameHeight="144" maxFrameHeight="720"
minFrameRate="1" maxFrameRate="30" />

and 1080P not possible (phone freez)

its impossible to change the stock camera apk recording bitrate via this file, so we must edit the larut camera apk to enable it 10Mb's at least (4 good quality)
<!--
Profiles for the back camera
-->
<EncoderProfile quality="high" fileFormat="mp4" duration="60">
<Video codec="h264"
bitRate="6000000" -----> Higher value not changes the actual video bitrate
width="1280"
height="720"
frameRate="30" />

<Audio codec="aac"
bitRate="128000"
sampleRate="48000"
channels="2" />
</EncoderProfile>

this is why I need your help.
How can we mod the semcCameraUI apk to use 10Mb's 720P recording?

after having the modded stock camera apk with 100% jpeg quality it would be great to have it record at higher bitrare hdvideo and not use 3rd party camera apk

I think the quality can be adjusted for default camera too. You just have to increase the EncoderProfile above it. Thanks for the tips though.

Originally Posted by hansip87

I think the quality can be adjusted for default camera too. You just have to increase the EncoderProfile above it. Thanks for the tips though.

I have tried- this line if for the camera settings, it "6000000" by default but changing it has no effect on the stock camera because the stock camera apk usses 6Mb's in it's internal setting
in lgcamera User has the option to choose the bitrate so modifing the codec max bitrate letting the lgcamera apk to use its higher bitrate setting (13mb's 4 example)
<!--
Profiles for the back camera
-->
<EncoderProfile quality="high" fileFormat="mp4" duration="60">
<Video codec="h264"
bitRate="6000000" -----> Higher value not changes the actual video bitrate
width="1280"
height="720"
frameRate="30" />

can find out the parameters for FULL HD?

I have the bitrate modded to 14Mbit/s (the maximum, above it crashes immediatley!) and I don't have dropped frames or anything. See my tutorial here if you want to try it out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...1569309&page=7