We all know that our Z3/Z3c has a bit of a delay in between taking photos (especially compared to phones from HTC, LG, Samsung, and even Apple), but has anyone else noticed the painfully long delay between when the record button is pressed and when the video actually starts recording? I've counted nearly 3-4 seconds before my recording starts and that's just ridiculous! I've missed crucial moments because of this delay. Is there anything that can be done? Is there anyone who does NOT have this issue?
[Q] How Long is Your Video Recording Delay?
- Thread starter PuffDaddy_d
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3-4 seconds? Something sounds very wrong. I'm on the latest generic UK build (23.1.A.1.28) and my video recording starts almost as soon as I touch the button. The delay is certainly less than half a second. Doesn't matter whether I'm in iA, manual or 4K mode. I'm recording to a 64GB Sandisk class 10 micro-SD card. The camera has to set up a file on the storage before it can start recording. Are you recording to internal storage or some crappy SD card?
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You bring up a great point about the SD card. I currently use a fairly nice sandisk class 10 with a 32+ MB/s read/write speed. No slouch by any means, but when I switched to internal storage, the delay decreased by about half a second, but still felt laggy. I'll see if I can get some video of the delay after work today.
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Alright, here's a video showing the lag between pressing the start button and recording.
https://goo.gl/photos/vBeePysSDSZcCcGP6
Is no one else experiencing this?
Sent from my Xperia Z3 Compact
https://goo.gl/photos/vBeePysSDSZcCcGP6
Is no one else experiencing this?
Sent from my Xperia Z3 Compact
I use the same SD card as you but I haven't experienced that before. My delay is only about like less than a second or even less than that.
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Thank you for the feedback - I think I feel better knowing that my situation isn't normal. I really don't want to factory reset my device, but I may do it to see if that helps any. Plus, I hear it will finally fix my Stamina Mode as well. I just need to find a weekend when I'm not busy to reload all of my apps and settings.
Well, I couldn't bare the thought of performing a full reset, so I just rooted the phone and reinstalled the OS over the existing data. I still get a full 3 second lag between pressing the record button and when the recording actually starts. Am I still the only one having this issue?Okay, happy reseting!
Be brave haha
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Just did complete wipe and re-installed 4.4.4. The delay is still there. Does Lollipop solve the problem?
Is everyone else's phone responding immediately? Is that why no one is chiming in? Does anyone with Lollipop have a delay, or does it record immediately?
Just upgraded to 5.1.1. Lollipop - the record function now loads faster than in KitKat. Shaved off about 1-2 seconds so now I won't miss out on spontaneous moments when trying to record a video.
I use open camera myself and keep all data to the internal for speed regardless of ap pictures or video.
Yeah, I tried third party apps before, but they couldn't quite match the picture quality of the stock app.
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