[MOD] Nexus 7 720p Video Recording

simms22 · Sep 9, 2012 at 1:57 AM

ogdobber said:
ha, they didn't even include a camera launcher, why would they need 720

thanks op

hey, i know an ogdobber. havent seen him in a bit, what did you do with him

ogdobber · Sep 9, 2012 at 1:58 AM

simms22 said:
hey, i know an ogdobber. havent seen him in a bit, what did you do with him

hey simms, i'm back. got busy:highfive:

simms22 · Sep 9, 2012 at 2:03 AM

ogdobber said:
hey simms, i'm back. got busy:highfive:

woot!
im glad my buddy is back

(happened to run out of thanks just right now

)

fattire · Sep 9, 2012 at 2:09 AM

Jeesh... front page...

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/720p-video-recording-on-the-google-nexus-7/

bennor3814 · Sep 9, 2012 at 2:31 AM

One small warning. Had my Nexus 7 soft brick after trying to add the "timelapse720p" code to the file that already had the 720p code from the OP post. Nexus 7 is on stock firmware, unlocked and rooted. Used ES File Explorer to open the file in the ES Editor program, pasted in the code, saved the file, set the file permissions (644) with ES File Explorer, rebooted and the Nexus 7 hanged on the multi colored X screen during boot. After some experimentation that yielded no solutions to bypass the X screen, re-flashed the stock firmware and the tablet finally was able to boot properly. Have yet to go back in and add these code changes to see if it works or bricks again.

hillbeast · Sep 9, 2012 at 2:43 AM

zaclimon said:
Hi I want to know if this is applicable to any device with a decent camera (I want to use 720p recording to the samsung YP-G1)

Thanks.

As long as the SoC supports it (the video encoder supports the resolution and bitrate), yes.

parker09 said:
Looks very good.

Why wouldn't they provide this patch as stock? Seems like a good feature.

No clue. I think they didn't want people using the device as a camera.

bennor3814 said:
One small warning. Had my Nexus 7 soft brick after trying to add the "timelapse720p" code to the file that already had the 720p code from the OP post. Nexus 7 is on stock firmware, unlocked and rooted. Used ES File Explorer to open the file in the ES Editor program, pasted in the code, saved the file, set the file permissions (644) with ES File Explorer, rebooted and the Nexus 7 hanged on the multi colored X screen during boot. After some experimentation that yielded no solutions to bypass the X screen, re-flashed the stock firmware and the tablet finally was able to boot properly. Have yet to go back in and add these code changes to see if it works or bricks again.

Might have damaged another file somehow. The worst that this mod can do is break video encoding.

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jakis39 · Sep 9, 2012 at 2:54 AM

Lesson learned: 720p resolution != high-quality video.

rushter · Sep 9, 2012

hillbeast said:
So I just got 720p video recording working on my Nexus 7 and felt you guys should know about this too.

Thanks - I also noticed that you cannot take a screenshot while in the camera program - gives you a sd card storage in use error. So I took this with my SGS2 - Lol.
Thanks again... fun mod.
720p video picture

akbisw · Sep 9, 2012 at 3:24 AM

jakis39 said:
Lesson learned: 720p resolution != high-quality video.

Well it is definitely better than the 480p on the n7.

marty331 · Sep 9, 2012 at 3:27 AM

Awesome mod, simple and works perfect!

Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium

espionage724 · Sep 9, 2012 at 3:30 AM

hillbeast said:
As long as the SoC supports it (the video encoder supports the resolution and bitrate), yes.

Technically, wouldn't this be any Tegra 3 device?

Pete7ate · Sep 9, 2012 at 3:40 AM

Really is a good thread, very useful.

rushter · Sep 9, 2012 at 3:50 AM

Nexus 7 720p Camera Instructions - no PC needed (rooted users only)

hillbeast said:
So I just got 720p video recording working on my Nexus 7 and felt you guys should know about this too.

720p video picture

Here are my instructions to do this without using a PC(for rooted users):
I used ES File Expolorer (nice program available in the play store)
1- Open ES File Explorer and head to /system/etc/
2- Find the file media_profiles.xml and copy it (long press the file and select copy from the menu)
3- Go into any other directory and paste it there (temporarily)
4- Go back to the /system/etc/ directory again and rename the media_profiles.xml to media_profiles.xml.old and save it (long press the file and select rename from the menu
5- Now go back to the directory you copied the file to and long press it. When the menu comes up select cut and go to the /system/etc directory and hit paste up at the top
6- Now just click on the file you just pasted and a list of editors will pop up.
7- Select ES Note Editor (it comes with ES File Explorer) and locate the section in the file where it says

Code:

    <EncoderProfile quality="480p" fileFormat="3gp" duration="30">
      <Video codec="h264"
             bitRate="4000000"
             width="640"
             height="480"
             frameRate="30" />

      <Audio codec="aac"
             bitRate="96000"
             sampleRate="44100"
             channels="1" />
    </EncoderProfile>

8- Add this code right after

Code:

    <EncoderProfile quality="720p" fileFormat="3gp" duration="30">
      <Video codec="h264"
             bitRate="16000000"
             width="1280"
             height="720"
             frameRate="30" />

      <Audio codec="aac"
             bitRate="128000"
             sampleRate="48000"
             channels="1" />
    </EncoderProfile>

9- Once added click the back button on the bottom and a menu will show up on the bottom that asks you to save click that.
10- Long press the file you just saved and select Properties at the bottom and make sure you give it the correct permissions (rw-r--r-- or chmod 644) by clicking the change button. There should be 4 check marks on that screen User read, User write, Group read, Other read. Click ok and ok again to save it.
11- Reboot and enjoy.
Don't thank me for this - thank hillbeast. If my instructions helped you then thank me too. Lol.

Thanks hillbeast - I also noticed that you cannot take a screenshot while in the camera program - gives you a sd card storage in use error. So I took this with my SGS2.

416inversed · Sep 9, 2012 at 4:16 AM

I tried this and now my Nexus 7 won't boot, I just get stuck on the glowing X boot animation.

I tried pushing a backup copy of media_profile.xml, but no luck.

I feel like a dumbass, as I haven't nandroided since the end of July.

Any ideas?

hillbeast · Sep 9, 2012 at 4:28 AM

jakis39 said:
Lesson learned: 720p resolution != high-quality video.

What do you mean by '!= high-quality video'? Do you mean it is blocky, or is it grainy from the camera itself? If it's blocky then I can turn the bitrate up some more to get a better quality encode and I can also switch to mp4 seing 3gp is a pretty rubbish container.

espionage724 said:
Technically, wouldn't this be any Tegra 3 device?

Yeah, anything Tegra 2+, Exynos 3xxx+, OMAP 36xx+ or whatever Qualcomm chip supports HD video encoding (I don't keep up with what Qualcomm are doing, but I'm pretty sure if you have a Snapdragon/Scorpion, you're good to go.

rushter said:
720p video picture

Here are my instructions to do this without using a PC(for rooted users):
I used ES File Expolorer (nice program available in the play store)
1- Open ES File Explorer and head to /system/etc/
2- Find the file media_profiles.xml and copy it (long press the file and select copy from the menu)
3- Go into any other directory and paste it there (temporarily)
4- Go back to the /system/etc/ directory again and rename the media_profiles.xml to media_profiles.xml.old and save it (long press the file and select rename from the menu
5- Now go back to the directory you copied the file to and long press it. When the menu comes up select cut and go to the /system/etc directory and hit paste up at the top
6- Now just click on the file you just pasted and a list of editors will pop up.
7- Select ES Note Editor (it comes with ES File Explorer) and locate the section in the file where it says

Code:

<EncoderProfile quality="480p" fileFormat="3gp" duration="30"> <Video codec="h264" bitRate="4000000" width="640" height="480" frameRate="30" /> <Audio codec="aac" bitRate="96000" sampleRate="44100" channels="1" /> </EncoderProfile>

8- Add this code right after

Code:

<EncoderProfile quality="720p" fileFormat="3gp" duration="30"> <Video codec="h264" bitRate="16000000" width="1280" height="720" frameRate="30" /> <Audio codec="aac" bitRate="128000" sampleRate="48000" channels="1" /> </EncoderProfile>

9- Once added click the back button on the bottom and a menu will show up on the bottom that asks you to save click that.
10- Long press the file you just saved and select Properties at the bottom and make sure you give it the correct permissions (rw-r--r-- or chmod 644) by clicking the change button. There should be 4 check marks on that screen User read, User write, Group read, Other read. Click ok and ok again to save it.
11- Reboot and enjoy.
Don't thank me for this - thank hillbeast. If my instructions helped you then thank me too. Lol.

Thanks hillbeast - I also noticed that you cannot take a screenshot while in the camera program - gives you a sd card storage in use error. So I took this with my SGS2.

Thanks. I shall put your guide on the first page as well and credit you.

416inversed said:
I tried this and now my Nexus 7 won't boot, I just get stuck on the glowing X boot animation.

I tried pushing a backup copy of media_profile.xml, but no luck.

I feel like a dumbass, as I haven't nandroided since the end of July.

Any ideas?

Try wiping dalvik-cache and cache, and if that still doesn't work then you need to reflash the system. You won't need to wipe your data, just restore /system from the backup.

clark707 · May 14, 2011 71 3 0

rushter said:
720p video picture

Here are my instructions to do this without using a PC(for rooted users):
I used ES File Expolorer (nice program available in the play store)
1- Open ES File Explorer and head to /system/etc/
2- Find the file media_profiles.xml and copy it (long press the file and select copy from the menu)
3- Go into any other directory and paste it there (temporarily)
4- Go back to the /system/etc/ directory again and rename the media_profiles.xml to media_profiles.xml.old and save it (long press the file and select rename from the menu
5- Now go back to the directory you copied the file to and long press it. When the menu comes up select cut and go to the /system/etc directory and hit paste up at the top
6- Now just click on the file you just pasted and a list of editors will pop up.
7- Select ES Note Editor (it comes with ES File Explorer) and locate the section in the file where it says

Code:

<EncoderProfile quality="480p" fileFormat="3gp" duration="30"> <Video codec="h264" bitRate="4000000" width="640" height="480" frameRate="30" /> <Audio codec="aac" bitRate="96000" sampleRate="44100" channels="1" /> </EncoderProfile>

8- Add this code right after

Code:

<EncoderProfile quality="720p" fileFormat="3gp" duration="30"> <Video codec="h264" bitRate="16000000" width="1280" height="720" frameRate="30" /> <Audio codec="aac" bitRate="128000" sampleRate="48000" channels="1" /> </EncoderProfile>

9- Once added click the back button on the bottom and a menu will show up on the bottom that asks you to save click that.
10- Long press the file you just saved and select Properties at the bottom and make sure you give it the correct permissions (rw-r--r-- or chmod 644) by clicking the change button. There should be 4 check marks on that screen User read, User write, Group read, Other read. Click ok and ok again to save it.
11- Reboot and enjoy.
Don't thank me for this - thank hillbeast. If my instructions helped you then thank me too. Lol.

Thanks hillbeast - I also noticed that you cannot take a screenshot while in the camera program - gives you a sd card storage in use error. So I took this with my SGS2.

Hey when i attempted to save i received an error. And i dont want to do this if its crashing everyone elses devices.

ogdobber · Sep 9, 2012 at 4:37 AM

here is a flashable file for stock based aosp roms http://d-h.st/HBd

*edit should really work for all...

ogdobber · Sep 9, 2012 at 4:38 AM

clark707 said:
Hey when i attempted to save i received an error. And i dont want to do this if its crashing everyone elses devices.

es explorer is a little more tricky than root explorer

416inversed · Sep 9, 2012 at 4:39 AM

hillbeast said:
Try wiping dalvik-cache and cache, and if that still doesn't work then you need to reflash the system. You won't need to wipe your data, just restore /system from the backup.

System restore it was, thanks.

hillbeast · Sep 9, 2012 at 4:39 AM

ogdobber said:
here is a flashable file for stock based aosp roms http://d-h.st/HBd

*edit should really work for all...

Thanks. I'll add a link on the first page.

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