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[G2 Android Development] mastroalex:
I had the chance to test Xcam drivers next to a friend's LG G2 with stock ones. Xcam AF is pretty much faster, but maybe I don't like that much the HDR effect of chroma flash. For sure it does a great job on preserving highlights, but overall the photo often comes out very flat. Unfortunately with Xcam Settings app, as someone else before me has noticed, even if I turn it off, the photos don't change at all. I tried Catlog and I can see chromaflash off, though. Am I the only one with this issue?

LG G2 4.4.2 with stock rom, I installed drivers with a recovery.

Please forgive the very bad photos, it was a party afterall :D
[G2 Android Development] bender_007:
The potatoes down there are much more eatable :)
[G2 Android Development] tazman19:
Not working all of a sudden

So yesterday I was able to shoot slow-mo and play back via default gallery.

Today all of a sudden, not playing back in slow-mo. Tried downloading the video player suggested a couple posts up and no avail.

Camera is set to video, hit gear icon, change to 1280x720 (slow motion), shoot video (says slow-motion in top right corner).

On play-back or social media share, it's in full speed.
[G2 Android Development] ffejy462:
In upper left corner of the video player is the playback speed setting.

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[G2 Android Development] tazman19:
For some reason on mine, I had to hit the menu button to see the 'play speed' selection - and dropped it down to x0.2.

Wondering if I should not have flashed that video zip in post 3 since I'm on Cloudy G3 (see now that it says for base KK roms). Thinking of re-flashing Cloudy ROM without wipe to restore original video player.

How do you share the videos in slow-mo on social media though?

Thanks for all your help.
[G2 Android Development] ffejy462:
It's player dependant. The recipient needs a player capable of playing slow motion video. I personally don't share slow motion videos, so I'm not much help.

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[G2 Android Development] tazman19:
I just tried to slow down another video I know I shot in full speed using the same method and was able to do it. So how do I know if the slow-motion capture functon of XCAM is truly working?

Back to my original point, I think I should re-flash my rom to go back to the stock video player and see if I can get the video to play natively in slow motion without any need to change a playback setting.
[G2 Android Development] ffejy462:
You shoot in real time, the only difference (besides resolution) is how many frames you are capturing. The slow motion setting is capturing 120 frames per second, whereas the other settings are either 60 or 30 fps. Some filmmakers shoot 24 fps... Anyway, like I said before, the slow motion effect is done at the player. Slow motion at 1/4 speed of 120 fps is 30 fps. It looks fluid because that's about the limit of our eyes. If you shoot in 60 fps and slow it 1/2, it is 30 fps again. If you shoot in 30 fps, then try to slow that down, it's going to look choppy. How do you know if what you shot is 120 fps? The file size will be quite a bit larger. Some players will tell you video information (similar to picture information) as well. If you search this thread, I'm sure this has been brought up umpteen times. As well as compatible players...I've never run cloudy's roms, so you could ask in that thread or the Q&A for that thread.

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[G2 Android Development] mastroalex:
I agree, but now that I notice I had contrast set at 4, while 6 gives better results. Nevertheless I can't disable chroma flash.
[G2 Android Development] jbach44:
i'm using the videoplayer that was there, only thing I found was buried in the menu and it slows video and audio also. the normal way that worked was no audio, and the controls were on screen
[G2 Android Development] pirikitto:
hi,

I have the mod with the 2.0 CloudyG3 and xcam

Photos and videos look great but I have a doubt about the slow-motion video, are a bit 'pixelated, is this normal?

Here I made 2 screen

1280x720 (60fp) https://www.dropbox.com/s/gsex83lzbppzugj/video1280x720(60fp).png?dl=0

1280x720 (120fp) https://www.dropbox.com/s/8d4v7xej64skhen/video1280x720(120fp).png?dl=0

The difference is big

Here is a video (see it from G2), my friend is very pixelated, but yours are so?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9jsr5o9q9tyk81n/20141102_152823.mp4?dl=0
[G2 Android Development] sam_0829:
Hey [MENTION=2941286]xdabbeb[/MENTION] , need some help from you buddy,

I have ported LG G3 ROM to Lg Optimus G & G3 Camera is working fine for Taking pictures (Rear & Front)

but the app crashes when trying to record a video. You are the only hope for me to get that working for Optimus G Users.

Please have a look at the logs & camera_config.xml file.

Log while starting the camera & starting video recording : Logcat (File is little big so didn't used pastebin)

& camera_config.xml
[G2 Android Development] Fade2:
My 120 fps are pixelated too. I'm using CloudyG3 and even stock camera.
[G2 Android Development] chewdaniel:
hmm... i tried cloudyg3 2.0 with stock and xcam 5.1.2 without the settings... this is what i found...

1. stock app cannot do 60fps recording it only records 30fpd. xcam 60fps records at a variable fps which can go up to 60.

2. stock app loses exposure focus after 2 seconds while xcam's exposure sticks to the focused area. xcam's hdr works a LOT better too...

apart from that IQ is about the same. can anyone confirm this?
[G2 Android Development] pirikitto:
Same configuration here and I absolutely right that HDR not work with stock G3 camera, ok with xcam!

I think the video made ​​by the G3 stock are slightly brighter in low light

About to slow motion? Yours video are pixelated? I post a example a few post ago
[G2 Android Development] chewdaniel:
hmm... never really noticed... i'll see if i have a chance to test it out tomorrow or something

and i gave u your first Thanks! :D :P
[G2 Android Development] xdabbeb:
That is beyond the scope of this thread (and very OT), but there are definitely a lot of good resources here on xda to help get you started in learning how to use apktool.

513 was a minor update with a few fixes for stock G2 driver. No new functionality. 5.2.0 is just about ready for all variants, however, and adds new functionality.

I haven't seen that, but could you get a logcat next time it happens? What driver? It could be a kernel issue as well.

That blanching is just a result of combining multiple frames (same effect happens with night shot, etc). You can limit the extent of it by manually setting the ISO. I have found that the autoexp tends to jack the ISO too high. Even setting it to 1600 should be an improvement in many situations. If you want to see the difference, you can do as I've mentioned before...switch between Normal (with it on) and IA mode (which can't use it).

You installed the video player mod on a rom you shouldn't have. As stated in the OP, it's for STOCK G2 ROMs only...not ports from other devices.

Hey dude. I'll take a look at it as soon as I can. I've been crazy busy with work lately, so I'm a bit behind in helping a few people out. Sorry.

Both of these subjects have been covered extensively here. Please search.
[G2 Android Development] ziociccio:
Hi. Can i flash it on optimus g3 rom?
[G2 Android Development] Formhault:
Yes. Please read the OP.
[G2 Android Development] mastroalex:
Sorry for asking again, but do I need to set up chroma key off on the settings app and then use IA Mode? The Xcam setting for chroma flash has any purpose?
[G2 Android Development] sam_0829:
Ok buddy , will wait :)
[G2 Android Development] gozzaa:
i bought your app and played around with the settings. iam now able to reproduce the error.

it occurs when i take a picture with auto night mode enabled and low ambient light, if i disable it everything is fine.

i made a log and 2 pictures. one with autonight enabled the other one with disabled option.

i hope you can get any information out of this :)

btw iam using dorimanx latest kernel and iam using this drivers: v1.0.0 - Advanced Driver for G2/GPro2-based roms
[G2 Android Development] Pr0fess0rX:
[MENTION=2941286]xdabbeb[/MENTION] can you update the post title with the latest version 5.1.3?
[G2 Android Development] Tinchoska:
Where's that version? On OP is 5.1.2...
[G2 Android Development] Pr0fess0rX:
[MENTION=4179467]Tinchoska[/MENTION] check the download link; it point to version 5.1.3 https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95747613655048684
[G2 Android Development] NEROVINCIO:
[MENTION=2941286]xdabbeb[/MENTION]

Ther will be the possibility to ha thi amazing camera app for AOSR rom?

Tks
[G2 Android Development] z3pp3lin:
All the info you need about 5.1.3 is a few posts above yours.

"513 was a minor update with a few fixes for stock G2 driver. No new functionality. 5.2.0 is just about ready for all variants, however, and adds new functionality"
[G2 Android Development] Tinchoska:
5.2.0 I guess it's the new next update right?
[G2 Android Development] marosteeha:
X, I remeber reading in this thread that for your personal use you have a 424 ppi version of xcam, could you share it with me?

I am currently on 420 ppi, but as you already know, changing the ppi moves the "viewfinder". So I tried using app settings (xposed module) to put xcam back to 480, but it breaks the auto rotation function and the photos don't rotate either.

I wouldn't mind using 424 por, I'll use whatever ppi you're using so you don't have to make another version just for me.

Maybe not this version, but the next one, 5.2...? So I don't have to bother you twice. Please!?
[G2 Android Development] chewdaniel:
5.1.3 is the latest version for non-rooted phones to install without the Advanced Binary/Drivers... the Advanced version is still 5.1.2...
[G2 Android Development] xdabbeb:
Just took a look...It seems like you've got a problem loading one of your mediaserver-related libraries, so I'd start looking there first. Does any camera work in video mode? If not try keeping the mediaserver binary itself from your latest stock rom first, then move to system/lib/libmedia*. I don't think it's profile-related as I'd expect it to bomb out sooner, though I haven't looked through the G3 camera code in a while.

No problem...if you don't like the effect, just shoot in IA mode as it won't use chromaflash. As you saw in your logcat, the settings app does tell the driver to turn it off. I'll do a few tests on my end to see if the HAL is ignoring it, but even if so there isn't much I could do...I've passed the right key.

Just took a look through the log and didn't see anything obviously wrong...though it was missing some lines I would expect to see, but that could just be the app you used to capture it? Anyway, can you try taking a photo in the same conditions with HDR mode? I'm curious whether it's a problem in the driver or further back. Can you also try a stock kernel for your device?

Yes, it's currently in testing with the beta group.

No problem, will do.
[G2 Android Development] marosteeha:
Thanks a lot! I'll be waiting for 5.2 then! Am so excited!
[G2 Android Development] gozzaa:
okay, i tried stock kernel but it made no difference.

i recorded the log with adb through usb with this command: adb logcat -v long > problem.txt. i made a new log with catlog (attached).

also 2 pictures attached. the better one is with hdr, the really bad one is with normal mode. i noticed that i dont have problems when i use intelligent mode.
[G2 Android Development] xdabbeb:
Yeah, IA mode is its own thing/beast. I have some ideas for you to try, but as this only seems to be affecting you (or relatively few people), please send me an email so we don't clutter the thread. Thanks.
[G2 Android Development] liquidini:
Fresh clean install cloudy g3 2.0.

I have installed only the xcam 5.1.2 apk and not the libraries.

I have this problem with the camera. Tried wipe settings, reboot but no luck.
[G2 Android Development] Formhault:
You're using a custom DPI and XCam doesn't like it. Since XCam is based on the stock LG G2 camera app, it behaves in the same way as that one when a custom DPI is applied : it looks like that. So, you'll need to set the DPI for XCam to 420 (stock value).

There's an Xposed module you can use to control the DPI on a per-app basis. Install Xposed Installer (if you don't have it already, keep in mind that it only works on the Dalvik runtime, not ART) and download the "App Settings" module. For instructions on how to use it, see this.
[G2 Android Development] marosteeha:
Actually stock dpi is 480, xcam allso breaks with 420 ( that what I actually use)
[G2 Android Development] sam_0829:
Whoooaa... you are right, video recording isn't working in any app... it was working in my earlier port, may be the new base or some libs missing from stock as u said... I'll try to fix it & looks like that will also fix the video recording on G3 Cam as well.. will tell u after messing with it :p thank u so much buddy :good:
[G2 Android Development] liquidini:
Thanks for the reply.

Stock lg camera works fine.

I haven't applied a custom dpi.

Do you mean that cloudy g3 2.0 has custom dpi applied?
[G2 Android Development] ziociccio:
Hi,

can i flash it on miui rom?
[G2 Android Development] Formhault:
Right. 480.

---------- Post added at 03:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:05 PM ----------

Well then... I don't know what to say.

The camera (among some other system apps - like Messaging) looked like that on my device as well... after lowering the DPI. If you didn't do it and it looks like that... :confused:
[G2 Android Development] russel51:
Hi, thanks for the great work, I am testing the APK since yesterday for considering the purchase of the full version. I'm on d802 with Cloudy G3 2.0, so I should have the proper drivers already installed and I am rooted. I can't find the 120 fps recording mode: both 1080 and 720 have 30-60 fps only. Am I doing something wrong?
[G2 Android Development] astrovasilis:
[MENTION=2941286]xdabbeb[/MENTION] Do you have the stock g2 camera drivers. I want to experiment with the stock app and drivers.
[G2 Android Development] gozzaa:
[MENTION=2941286]xdabbeb[/MENTION] i have a request for 5.2

i have the gallery app disabled (iam using quickpic)

when i push the gallery button in the cam app i get a message to enable it. if i deinstall the gallery app then the button does nothing at all.

could you fix this so we can choose our gallery app? would be great!
[G2 Android Development] shaneel1491:
Link to XCAM LG 5.1.3

It is only missing the Magic Blur feature

Link removed

EDIT: PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A FINAL VERSION AND IS NOT MEANT FOR PEOPLE WITH THE ADVANCED BINARIES, SORRY IF I CAUSE ANY CONFUSION, JUST TRYING TO SHARE THIS WONDERFUL APP.
[G2 Android Development] madboymatt:
I'm wondering if anyone has done any comparison between the stock camera app that comes with cloudy G3 and the XCam mod for g2.

I've done a little comparing and I can't seem to tell the difference in terms of quality. Although xcam does offer more options.

Stock cam seems to take pictures a little quicker... But I'll need to compare properly by taking pictures of my relentless one year old.

So Ya, anyone have any input?

I feel like I'll stick with this app because it's just so nice to have all the options, especially since I bought the setting app too.
[G2 Android Development] beezar:
You probably have Gallery set as default. Clear it by going to settings-apps-select gallery then clear defaults. I use quickpic as default for xcam and it works great
[G2 Android Development] wassk:
why this one is not on the first page?
[G2 Android Development] gozzaa:
quickpic is my default app, it works when gallery is installed. as soon as i freeze or uninstall gallery apk it stops working.
[G2 Android Development] chewdaniel:
the link in the first post points to 5.1.3
[G2 Android Development] br0adband:
Just wanted to chime in and say I just installed XCam 5.1.3 on my G2 running CloudyG3 v2.0 without issues (running the stock CloudyG3 kernel - I may give Dorimanx 8.7 a go here in a bit), it works fantastic so far and it's nice to have access to the Intelligent Auto mode once more.

I have a question that's not isn't directly related but since I've now got a much better camera app providing much better quality I figured it can't hurt:

Can anyone recommend any books or magazines or even online articles on how to improve the quality of the photos I plan to take with my G2? Not an expert in photography by any means, heavens no, but I would love to be able to take better quality shots (meaning before I bother with doing any post processing or editing on the computer with other software). I don't need a full blown tutorial that spans hours or days or anything, not looking for a photography course overall, just something to get me rolling - I figure some of you are probably photography buffs or at least more experienced than I am.

The images I've taken look "ok" to me but I'm an untrained eye probably more than anyone so, any tips or tricks or the right direction are appreciated.

I also purchased the XCam LG Settings app on Play Market to go with it, figured $1.99 can't hurt.

Any info is appreciated...
[G2 Android Development] Tinchoska:
+1 I want it too. It would be nice to know what to modify to get better photos

---------- Post added at 08:36 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:50 AM ----------

Actually is not, take a look
[G2 Android Development] chewdaniel:
FIRST post...

the one you SS'ed is the THIRD post...

POST, not PAGE :)
[G2 Android Development] ziociccio:
Hi,raw image...how to see in phone?
[G2 Android Development] Gemc666:
you need to download Photoshop for android
[G2 Android Development] julioforo:
Same ruin happens to me :(

I have 20g stock

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[G2 Android Development] ziociccio:
Not working...
[G2 Android Development] 60nine:
it works here without a problem with raw images taken with mi2raw app...

you can't open photos directly from photoshop but instead open them from your android file manager (open with > photoshop)
[G2 Android Development] ziociccio:
Nothing to do.

With photos taken with lg xcam...nothing to do.
[G2 Android Development] 60nine:
xcam doesn't take raw photos (at least not yet)
[G2 Android Development] xdabbeb:
The beta version does, which is what I assume he's referring to.

As stated in the beta group, you need to decode the raw data first (look up dcraw).
[G2 Android Development] ziociccio:
Sure? I use lg xcam setting and i xan set option for photo selecting raw image. Infact lg cam save photo in raw format.
[G2 Android Development] xdabbeb:
Yep, I'm quite sure :)

If you're unfamiliar with decoding raw, read through this thread that defcomg and troopi maintain

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2753946

It's a great resource for those getting started.
[G2 Android Development] ziociccio:
Ok,thanks...i tried now...and lg cam save image in .raw extension. What's appened?
[G2 Android Development] Tinchoska:
Waiting for that release, I am really excited
[G2 Android Development] Hid3rs:
I've spent hours playing with that dcraw stuff, and IMO, it's a hit or miss thing. I tried all the decoding lines provided in the linked thread, but none of them worked too well. I came up with my own "tweaked" values, which worked OK, but since each photo is different, you have to mess with the values every time you decode them RAW datas. And no matter what you do, your pics will end up with some weird greenish tint, which is not that simple to correct even in Lightroom.

At least that was my experience, maybe you guys are better at it. Is it impossible to capture .dng instead of this dcraw thing?
[G2 Android Development] 60nine:
did you try mi2raw app?
[G2 Android Development] xdabbeb:
Any raw manipulation takes some practice/skill, but you should realize that dng is just a standardized container format...and so isn't any better. If the dng was created with a full copy of the original raw data then it's just as good of an archive (and has standardization/convenience benefits), but the quality can't/won't be empirically better. Depending on what was done to the data during dng conversion it could actually be lossy.
[G2 Android Development] shaneel1491:
I would suggest using mi2raw to capture raw images, for those that are having problems, it also supports lossless compression and can reduce a 25mb image to around 15mb, retaining full quality, it does however take longer to save the image as it has to compress the file..
[G2 Android Development] Hid3rs:
Yepp, that's why I think having a .dng file is superior to the dcraw thing. It's great to have a decent camera on CM, now there's not a single thing I miss from stock based ROMs.

You've got a vaild point, but .dng is better. (not quality-wise - though I doubt it's any worse)

Using dcraw really slows down the whole process and the result most probably will be the same, if not worse. If the dcraw output is bad, there's only so much you can do to correct it in Lightroom/PS/whatever and in certain circumstances, it's really hard to get a normal .tiff using dcraw.

To me, it's more like an interesting feature than something I'd be willing to use daily, it's just not worth all the work.

An other disadvantage is that you can't preview them on your phone .

Don't get me wrong, I'm really happy to see that you're adding this feature to your app (if you remember, I even aksed you if you could do it a couple months ago), I was just wondering if you could also add an option to capture .dng's as well, as it's much more user-friendly.
[G2 Android Development] beezar:
Umm, so why don't you just leave gallery defrosted if it works then? Are you really requesting the dev to rewrite code just so you can freeze the tiny Gallery app?!
[G2 Android Development] gozzaa:
well at least there seems to be an error. it works as intended as long as the gallery app is there even if its not used. if the gallery app is not there it doesnt work and still it shouldnt be required. that doesnt make sense to me.
[G2 Android Development] chewdaniel:
the stock camera app was coded that way. u can't expect [MENTION=2941286]xdabbeb[/MENTION] to recode his app just so u can freeze/delete your default gallery app. if it makes no sense then bring it to LG, not here
[G2 Android Development] xdabbeb:
I agree that conversion to TIFF does slow workflow and that if you don't do it right you have to go back and do it again (though I haven't found that I need to constantly adjust it either). I just wanted to correct the misconceptions of quality potential and what dng actually is. The output this (and other) cameras produce isn't any better or worse...it's the raw sensor data. It doesn't get any more "pure" than that and is what anyone starts with before conversion to dng or other formats. Regardless, working with raw takes some time with capable software in order to produce good results. If you're looking to point/shoot/share then it's not for you.

I do remember you asking me previously, but as I said then...there were already good solutions (freedcam/mi2raw/etc) for people who wanted it so I didn't feel it was urgent. I'll look into dng conversion for a future release though. I suppose more options for output can't hurt.

EDIT: we're going a bit OT here though, so if you'd like to continue discussing this just shoot me an email.
[G2 Android Development] berz:
ok i've bought the app purely because of saturation settings

im on sprint G2 with affliction rom which is Stock G2 rom was told it doesnt work on G3 pots so i went to a stock rom i still dont see the saturation slider :|

Please help.
[G2 Android Development] berz:
someone o.o ?
[G2 Android Development] fridaycider:
I have gone back to xdabbeb_g2_camera_quiet_v1.2.0_CB10_test , as it seems to be working best and giving me better photos. This work you are doing with the camera is great. Thank you.
[G2 Android Development] assa51:
What was the matter on 1.3? Why did you return back? Simethings are bad?

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