Official system update to Android 10 removes stereo audio when recording video

DF5JT

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Official update came in yesterday, build No. A5000_23_200601, worked without problem from previous version. Phone rooted with Magisk, so the usual procedure of flashing a twrp recovery and Magisk.

I've just recorded myself playing the piano and what used to be a real strength of the OP5 is gone. Video is fine, but the audio is mono, not stereo. To me, that's a disaster. This is both with the OP5 camera as well as Open Camera. There has to be a way to restore the previous functionality of using the two internal microphones.

While I've found a way to use external stereo microphones via OTG and a separate audio interface, I really want stereo recording vor quick video of a practice session.

This is what today's audio sounds like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4P5Pm_ilfw

And this is what the same phone with the previous OOS version sounded like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAVxpMDr6Vk

How can I go back to a previous version or get stereo audio back?
 
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