[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] drsoran2:
@ hanspi87 Sorry for capturing your thread, but I guess my post will fit here since it is related to your mod and opens up another possibility. Maybe it can be moved to a separate thread later on.

720p @10Mbit/s is nice, but why not go to the maximum of 14Mbit/s? This even works without flashing anything, just an edited media profiles.xml and the free app "Camera ICS"! I tested it and have it working on my Xperia Arc (Stock Rom + Root). It works flawlessly, no dropped frames or anything. Although the difference in quality is visible, it is not as much as I had hoped for since I more than doubled the bitrate of video.

I already wrote a tutorial in German on a German forum. Here is the German version: http://www.android-hilfe.de/root-ha...on-6-auf-14mbit-erhoehen-es-funktioniert.html

Update: English version of the tutorial!!

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Attention: These changes are done on your own risk! Please only do this if you know what you are doing!

Requirements:

-	Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc/Arc S (other 2011 Sony handsets might work but not tested so far)

-	Root enabled

-	An app which enables access to the internal file system and which can change the permissions and the owner of files (e.g. “Root Explorer”)

-	The modified “media_profiles.xml” from this tutorial

-	The free app “Camera ICS”

Step by step instructions:

1.	download the modified “media_profiles.xml” and transfer it to the Arc

2.	open “Root Explorer”, mount the file system as “r/w”

3.	use “Root Explorer” and switch to the directory “etc” and search for the file “media_profiles.xml”

4.	backup the original file in case something goes wrong! (it is also sufficient to rename it only)

5.	now use “Root Explorer” to go to the folder where you put the “media_profiles” you transferred earlier to the Arc. Select the file and copy it.

6.	Now switch back to the directory “etc” and paste the file there

7.	now select and hold your finger on the original “media_profiles” (the one you just renamed), wait for the menu to open. There look for the “permissions” of the file. Note them down or remember these.

8.	now select and hold your finger on the just copied modified “media_profiles” and select “permissions”, make changes so that everything looks exactly like the “permissions” of the original “media_profiles”

9.	repeat steps 7+8, but instead of “permissions” change “owner”

10.	download the app “Camera ICS” and install, don’t start yet!

11.	reboot your Arc!!

12.	after reboot, start the app “Camera ICS”, switch into Video Mode and check if “video bitrate” is set to “normal”. Don’t change it to “2X”!! I did this the first time and the app force closed on me and the Arc crashed shortly after it. (Can be fixed by reboot)

13.	(Optional) make a test video and look at it (for instance with “MX Videoplayer”. There in the properties of the file, you should see that it was indeed recorded with 14Mbit/s. Also the file size is of course increased. A video shoot with SE standard camera app will instead remain at 6Mbit/s

I hope everything is clear by now. If you have questions, don’t hesitate to ask. I would also be glad if you could test it out and let me know what you think about it.

Here are two pictures for comparison (screenshots from test videos which I did). One is with original 6Mbit/s and the other with 14Mbit/s.

Have fun testing it out!

Please try and let me know what you think! The mod was figured out and tested with the help of another user from xda.

@ hansip87The ray has the same cpu and gpu as the Arc. So it should be able to handle 14Mbit/s as well. For those users who are brave enough, they can try out my tutorial and the ones who don't like to flash anything :-)