[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] curiousrom:
Default Video Player, Open Camera & Google Camera

Open Camera as well as all camera apps for S3 that I know of do not have a built-in video player & there is no option in it's settings to choose the video player.

After recording a video when you tap on the thumbnail the first time a popup offers you to choose between all the video players that you have installed on your S3 including the stock Lineage 14.1 Video Player which is part of Gallery and not a standalone app (com.android.gallery3d path: /system/priv-app/Gallery2/Gallery2.apk).

If you chose Always instead of Just Once then it becomes the default video player used by Open Camera & any other camera app you have.

To remove that default settings: > Settings > Apps > Gallery > Open by default > tap Clear Defaults and also > Open links > select Ask every time. See attached screenshot.

If you selected an other video player you can do the same to all of them to reset default and the next time you open a video thumbnail in a camera app you can set a new default video player or choose Just once to keep the choice open all the time.

I use the stock Lineage 14.1 Gallery/Video Player and do not have any jerkiness. Which video player are you using?

Note: in Settings > Apps > Settings cog > Configure apps > under Default > you can adjust the defaults for several Open links, Assist & voice input, Home app, Browser app, Phone app, SMS app & Weather but not the default video player. Screenshot.

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Google Camera on S3 i9300

Errr… a search in Play Store on my S3 LOS 14.1 returns zero results because the current Google Camera is not compatible with the old camera of S3 i9300. The most recent one that I have currently installed but rarely use is Google Camera 2.7.008 (August 18, 2015) which you can find by searching Google Camera 2.7.008 in apkmirror.

From what I read in this Official LineageOS 14.1 for S3 thread all the more recent Google Camera versions will crash especially when using the front camera. If you tested both cameras & video on your S3 & are running a more recent version please specify the build.

BTW my Google Camera is using the same video player as Open Camera as it does not have one included and 1920 × 1080 is normal as stock LineageOS Camera, Open Camera, etc can do the same. Specs of the two S3 i9300 cameras:

<< Rear-Facing Camera >>

Resolution: 8.0 MP (3264 × 2448)

Video Resolution: 2.1 MP (1920 × 1080)

Focal Length: 3.70 mm

Focus Modes: auto, infinity, macro, infinity, continuous-picture, continuous-video

Video Snapshot: Supported

Video Stabilization: Not Supported

Zoom: Supported

Smooth Zoom: Not Supported

Auto Exposure Locking: Supported

Auto White Balance Locking: Supported

Flash: Supported

<< Front-Facing Camera >>

Video Resolution: 0.9 MP (1280 × 720)

Focal Length: 2.73 mm

Focus Modes: infinity, infinity

Video Snapshot: Supported

Video Stabilization: Not Supported

Zoom: Not Supported

Smooth Zoom: Not Supported

Auto Exposure Locking: Not Supported

Auto White Balance Locking: Not Supported

Flash: Not Supported

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Why Use Open Camera?

Currently I use most of the time the simple & straight forward stock LineageOS Camera because it's the fastest from the tap of the icon to taking a photo or video and Open Camera for more advanced photography because of all the focus options (Auto, Infinity, Macro, Locked, Fixed & Continuous - see attached screenshot), Photo Modes, White balance, Scene Modes, Color effects & other on screen GUI tweaking features.

A cool feature of Open Camera besides being open source is the nice support: Settings cog > Online help which opens in a browser this page: Open Camera which includes a link to it's forum where I saw several recent replies by the developer: Discussion Forums.

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LineageOS 14.1 S3 i9300 Camera Crashing or Error

In LineageOS 14.1 for S3 i9300 there is sometimes some errors or camera crash as there is a problem with releasing the Camera API & when changing quickly some multiple settings, or going from Camera to video or switching back & forth between camera apps you may get a "Can't connect to camera" or in Open Camera a "Failed to open camera. Camera may be in use by another application?" error but there is a quick fix for that (Camera Restarter) as described in LineageOS S3 i9300 Known Issues Workarounds - Bugs.

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