[MOD] Nexus 7 720p Video Recording

fattire said:

For anyone who is trying to build using my CM10 build instructions, you may have noticed the camera launcher for nexus 7 doesn't work with this error:

E/AndroidRuntime(12801): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.modaco.cameralauncher/com.modaco.cameralauncherActivity}: android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: Unable to find explicit activity class {com.google.android.gallery3d/com.android.camera.Camera}; have you declared this activity in your AndroidManifest.xml?

I believe this is because CM10 is replacing the google (gapps) gallery with Gallery2.

CM10 users. Try this from adb shell:

$ am start -n com.android.gallery3d/com.android.camera

(don't type the $)

720p camera launches for me. If anyone knows modaco, tell them to check if com.google.android.gallery3d is installed, and if not, use com.android.gallery3d instead!

Or maybe I could just write it and we could put it in the cm10 grouper device. Should be pretty easy.

Anyway, the 720p camera seems to work for me too on cm10. Nice job.

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fattire said:

Hmmm....

in packages/apps/Camera/src/com/android/camera/DisableCameraReceiver.java:

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// We want to disable camera-related activities if there is no camera. This
// receiver runs when BOOT_COMPLETED intent is received. After running once
// this receiver will be disabled, so it will not run again.
public class DisableCameraReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
private static final String TAG = "DisableCameraReceiver";
private static final boolean CHECK_BACK_CAMERA_ONLY = false;
private static final String ACTIVITIES[] = {
"com.android.camera.CameraLauncher",
};

@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
// Disable camera-related activities if there is no camera.
boolean needCameraActivity = CHECK_BACK_CAMERA_ONLY
? hasBackCamera()
: hasCamera();

if (!needCameraActivity) {
Log.i(TAG, "No sensors detected and so, disable all camera activities/CameraLauncher");
for (int i = 0; i < ACTIVITIES.length; i++) {
disableComponent(context, ACTIVITIES);
}
}


I think that's the problem. N7 has a front camera but no back camera.

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#ifndef FORCE_CAMERA_SHORTCUT
        if (!needCameraActivity) {
            Log.i(TAG, "No sensors detected and so, disable all camera activities/CameraLauncher");
            for (int i = 0; i < ACTIVITIES.length; i++) {
                disableComponent(context, ACTIVITIES[i]);
            }
        }
#endif

thoughtlesskyle said:

is there anyway you could upload the camera APK from your rom, i want to make a flashable zip for this

Edit: Actually I am using cm10 so I shouldn't need the apk then should I?

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blownart said:

Works perfectly, and yes people you need to reboot.
However I noticed a bug with this mod today, if you leav quality on 720p and turn time lapse on, the camera app will crash, and you will not be able to select video recording again even if you uninstall the camera app. However I managed t fix it by further editing the media_profiles.xml files.
So here is the fix:

Code:

<EncoderProfile quality="timelapse480p" fileFormat="3gp" duration="30"> 
     <Video codec="h264" 
            bitRate="4000000" 
            width="640" 
            height="480"
             frameRate="30" />
      <!--          
The Audio part of the profile will not be used since time lapse mode 
         does not capture audio  
    -->    
  <Audio codec="aac" 
            bitRate="96000" 
            sampleRate="44100" 
            channels="1" /> 
   </EncoderProfile>

+   <EncoderProfile quality="timelapse720p" fileFormat="3gp" duration="30"> 
+   <Video codec="h264" 
+                 bitRate="16000000"
+                 width="1280"           
+                 height="720" 
+                 frameRate="30" />
+   <!--          The Audio part of the profile will not be used since time lapse mode
+         does not capture audio  
+    -->    
+  <Audio codec="aac"  
+          bitRate="96000" 
+          sampleRate="44100"
+             channels="1" />
+    </EncoderProfile>

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