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[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] jbmc83:
oh, 1.5 beta already out, nice :) lets check and see if it finally works properly with video record and portrait mode...

edit: well well! looks like GCam finally works in video recording mode with a version newer than 1.2 :) plus, portrait mode is finally here and it works!

however, there are two things to consider:

1) only two phone models work when selecting the HDR+ mode - either "Nexus 6 Auto" or "Pixel 2017 ZSL HDR no PD" (I chose the latter), all other phone models dont work (black screen in camera mode)

2) Due to the restriction to the two phone models, you can only activate regular HDR+, whereas HDR+ Enhanced is not available anymore

So basically, you can choose between

v1.2 for HDR+ Enhanced, but without Portrait Mode

or

v1.5 beta for regular HDR+, but with Portrait Mode included
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] Litendria:
Everything works fine included Portrait mode on "GCam5.1.018-Arnova8G2-V1.4" if you don't know. :good:
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] Jaripi:
v1.5beta gives me the best sharp photos so far, for both cams (Mi Max 2 with MIUI 9.3 by Xiaomi EU 8.1.4 beta + Android 7.1.1). Portraid mode photos are good too (HDR+ front camera mode available through settings). Settings: Nexus 6 Auto - Nexus 6P - Super high.

However, I am not sure did I really test HDR+ Enhanced well enough with v1.2. Anyway, I like more v1.5beta, so I will keep that one.

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Switching to video recording did not work for me, with v1.3 and v1.4. However, v.1.3 HDR+ front was nice for front camera photos. I feel that the best overall is v1.5beta (good sharp photos with both cameras)
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] jbmc83:
video mode didnt work at all for me on all v1.3 and v1.4 builds...

thats why its nice to see v1.5 finally getting rid of those bugs while providing portrait mode at the same time :)

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I have to agree. I compared my night shot motif from v1.2 with HDR+ Enhanced and now with v1.5 with HDR+ and I must say v1.5 provides an even better quality :)

Btw, I noticed that Nexus 6 Auto / Nexus 6P is the only combination that actually works! Pixel 2017 Zsl Hdr No PD / Pixel 2 XL is functional when taking the picture, but when HDR+ is set to "on" it takes forever to process the image. it never finishes....

edit: Nexus 6 Auto / Pixel 2 XL works as well, so I guess its the Pixel 2017 Zsl Hdr No PD that keeps the processing from finishing up properly... Ill stick to Pixel 2 XL for now :)
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] Jaripi:
New 1.5beta2 available ....

Settings: Nexus 6 Auto - Nexus 6P - Super high.

Advanced settings: ENABLE the following - HDR+ Front camera, Portraid mode and Removing the pinkish/reddish (it removes yellowish from my Mi Max 2 HDR+ photos)
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] FangXIII:
Hey guys, I just tested the 1.5beta2, everything seems to work pretty well, but I can't seem to get the HDR+ to work on the front camera. When I compare the two images with and without the feature turned on, the Photos are exactly the same. Tried rebooting the app, but that didn't help. I don't even see the HDR+ being processed on the pictures taken on the front camera.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] jbmc83:
same here, no hdr+ on front camera after enabling it in settings.

however, HDR+ Enhanced is back on the main camera, thats nice :)
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] pakudaboy:
still waiting for ZSL working on newest versions.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] ne0t:
mean we can have HDR+ Enhanced and Portrait mode with v15.2 ? really nice
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] jbmc83:
yes, thats correct :)

so yeah, only thing missing now is to get Pixel 2017 working again, for now we have to stick to Nexus 6 Auto, but thats alright.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] ne0t:
what is the differences between Pixel 2017 and Nexus 6 Auto ? picture quality related?

(sorry I asked many, i'm really new to Google Camera..just installed it an hour ago and set the settings like these in lineage os thread posts #847 and #850 with some adjustments as per this thread reports on 15.2 (Settings: Nexus 6 Auto - Nexus 6P - Super high or better settings: Config camera HDR+ = Pixel 2017 zsl Hdr+ -Model = Pixel 2XL), haven't test it yet, working..haha)
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] FangXIII:
Just saw this scrubber_GCam_5.1.018.apk, released today on https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/ .

Looks quite promising, I'll give it a try now.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] jbmc83:
cool, please report back on how it goes :)

btw, mi max 2 kernel source was released, finally! :D
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] pakudaboy:
seems to be working but sadly can't tune up the HDR quality (i always set jpeg quality to 100% and HDR parameter to High)
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] FangXIII:
I'm still abit too new to know what that means hahaha but does it mean that more Roms are coming our way? Official resurrection remix? I just tried the app, no config needed, HDR+ does work on the front facing camera, hdr+ working on the back camera but haven't used it enough to say if it's better than the previous 1.5beta2. I'll take a few pics and see which ones u guys prefer xD
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] FangXIII:
Its true, but the app is really stable, hdr works for from camera and back, portrait mode works for front and back camera too (with hdr+) I'm really impressed with the new selfies though. Its like night and day xD there's a burst mode too but I haven't tested that yet.it also captures quicker on this one compared to 1.5beta2 but it's not as qucik as zsl.

Just realised XDA compresses the images so I can't upload them right now. I recommend you guys to give the app a try.:victory::good:

Oh and the stream burst mode is basically a burst mode and combines the burst into an animated photo, quite like motion Photos
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] FangXIII:
Forgot to mention slow motion Photos work surprisingly well ???
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] Smoked33:
I've tried installing the newest scrubber version and the previous bolded version from the link above and they install fine and when I launch i get the access requests but then the screen closes and sends me to the next open app in my task list. Clearing cache/data/resinstalling doesn't help.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] Jaripi:
Had you any older GCAM app installed ? - it seems that it will install, for example, over GCAM 3.2.045. Try to uninstall it and then reinstall it again.

Just for your info, I have installed BSG GCam 4.4.20 v4.2, GCam5.1.018-Arnova8G2-V1.5Beta2 and new Scrubber GCAM. They can be installed on the same time.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] Smoked33:
I did not have a previous version installed.

I'm on the Dev ROM btw.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] Jaripi:
OK, sorry. Well, it is working just fine in my phone.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] ne0t:
GCam5.1.018-Arnova8G2-V1.5Beta2 works fine on my Mi Max 2 (xiaomi.eu 7.12.21), photos taken with GCam in low light conditions are way much better & detail compare photos taken with MIUI Camera, really impressed.

I found out GCam won't save picture taken without HDR+ (but this is no a problem).

Another thing is I can't see any differences between pictures taken with HDR+ and HDR+ Enhanced..don't know why..

Btw, is it normal taken picture with GCam and HDR+ took some time and if I immediately open the picture there is always a message saying processing HDR....

I'm using Nexus 6 Auto / Nexus 6p, does changing it to Nexus 6 Auto / Pixel 2 XL will cliks better picts?, I read something like this in one of the GCam thread (https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74417844&postcount=1215) :

Settings:

Config camera HDR+:

Nexus 6 Auto (or something with "Nexus 6" in the name. Nexus 6P and Pixel settings are not stable)

Model:

Pixel 2XL (or Nexus 6P if you want more detailed images)

Sounds like Nexus 6P is actually better but slower.

I read that ZSL (It's disabled in the Advanced settings) only works in Automatic HDR+, but I couldn't find where is the Automatic HDR+, there is only HDR+ Off, On and Enhanced.

ps: I see in the pictures's detail, GCam recognised Mi Max 2 as Huawei's phone, any idea to fix this?

Thanks guys for this great thread, really love it.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] silverstream:
Slo-mo crashes on me in both Srubber and V1. 5b2. Anything I need to set to get it working?

Running EU 8.1.4 ROM
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] reversegear:
Gcam requires camera2 api enabled. else app wont open. it just closes without any error.

to enable camera2 api add this line in the build.prop

persist.camera.HAL3.enabled=1

make sure u have a backup in case something goes wrong.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] jbmc83:
yep, u need to apply a fix for slomo to properly work.

link: https://mega.nz/#!MKYyWaDL!zUzUivAblq9watfHBvFuCfhC0pBJMqgd6OalVSMLvHw

ignore the included gcam, it works with all gcam ports.

take the included fixed media_profiles.xml file and copy it over the original situated in system/etc. ull need root access, a proper file browser and u need to set the correct permissions of the fixed file (rw-r-r). after a reboot slomo should work without a hitch :)

i also included the original media_profiles.xml file from LOS. make sure to make a backup of your original first in case u get into a bootloop. then u can just use twrp file manager to replace it with the original again.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] silverstream:
Wow thank you! It's working perfectly well now!
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] pakudaboy:
i've been using this magisk patch for cameraAPI + slomo fix in one.

https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/module-camera2api-enabler-t3656651

download the file C2API+GcamSlowmo_enabler.zip and install in Magiska then reboot.

cheers.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] Jaripi:
I have been using a fix from [APP][CAMERA-MOD][7.1.X] Collection camera Modded [NEWS][12/08] by Arnova8G2

Additional functionality :

Replace media_profiles.xml file in the folder /system/etc and save permissions should be rw- r-- r--

media_profiles.xml to fix slow-motion recording, 30/60 FPS recording, HEVC recording.

media_profiles.xml to fix slow-motion recording, 30/60 FPS recording, standard H264 recording.

https://xdaforums.com/mi-5/themes/app-collection-camera-modded-t3591177
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] silverstream:
Which is recommended for compatibility? HEVC or h264? Just tested... hevc version crashes stock miui cam video mode....
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] Smoked33:
Thanks for that, but I'm not rooted. I didn't realize I had to be :(
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] Jaripi:
I am using HEVC and it works well with MiuiCameraMod v1.6 (MiuiCameraMod_V1.6.zip). Well, I can remember that I had some problem with stock Miui cam, just by enabling camera2 API, but it was months ago.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] jbmc83:
hey guys, ive checked out the following two GCam ports:

1) MGC_5.1.018.177470874.41362666_LOS-15.1_A8.1_MI5S_v1a (supposedly only for Android 8.1 Oreo based Lineage OS 15.1, but works in my case)

2) scrubber_GCam_5.1.018

they both work well on our mi max 2 (im on LOS 14.1), but i am missing a lot of settings in both. for example, i cannot configure HDR+ mode or phone model! so for me its back to "GCam5.1.018-Arnova8G2-V1.5Beta2" until something better comes along :)

cheers!
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] Jaripi:
About new scrubber cam, it is "no config" needed cam (setting is Nexus 6P). It is working surprising well, maybe the best GCam mod at the moment.

https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/changelog28/
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] jbmc83:
yes, seems to be one of the "fire and forget" ports, although I prefer to have control over the settings :)
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] kamranbekguliyev:
have you got lens blur effect on that version sir? :confused:
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] jbmc83:
it has portrait mode which is basically the same (blurred background, sharp/focused foreground)
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] FangXIII:
I cannot agree more, the best i have tried.

Newest version released today, contains:

+ Slightly modified code

+ Added HDR+ parameters

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check out the latest version, you seem to have more control over the HDR+ parameters.

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check out the latest version, you seem to have more control over the HDR+ parameters.

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I just tried the newest scrubber_GCam_5.1.018_25.apk, changed a few hdr parameters around, but I cant see any difference between the photo quality. Can someone give it a try and tell me if they can see any differences and which one is the optimal one to use? Thanks
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] jbmc83:
best to use a motif in worst case scenario (low light conditions or very bright conditions against the sun) to maximize effects on image quality

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btw, tried the newest scrubber port, as well as the newest by BSG, still not convinced. scrubber doesnt use hdr+ properly (even on highest setting the processing is way too fast, clear sign that its not really applied), whereas bsg only works on auto, nothing else...

sticking to v1.5b2 by arnova8g2 ;)
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] silverstream:
Can you share your settings for 1.5b2?
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] jbmc83:
https://mega.nz/#F!0GIEGZaI!hLkmHM_zRNWl_hotW7ZYkg
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] silverstream:
Using your settings I noticed HDR+ sometimes works, sometimes doesn't. HDR+ Enhanced works 100% of the time though :good:
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] jbmc83:
thats how its supposed to be ;) "HDR+ on" is equivalent to automatic mode, so the app analyzes the motif and light conditions and decides whether or not HDR+ should be applied. HDR+ Enhanced not only intensifies post image processing, but also equates to "forced" or "always on" mode, so HDR+ is always applied independent from the motif and light conditions.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] FangXIII:
It is true that the processing seems to be a bit too fast, but I don't notice any difference in the photo quality between v1.5b2 and the newest scrubber port. Do you notice any difference?
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] silverstream:
Actually what I meant is, pressing the trigger button does nothing. No photo taken, no click sound, no change in button animation at all...
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] jbmc83:
yes, ive noticed that myself as well. lucky me i use hdr+ enhanced all the time, anyways :D

its funny, no matter which gcam port one uses, theres always some kind of bugs to deal with.

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could be that the scrubber port has set a very low HDR+ processing as default, thats why its faster. in any case, v1.5b2 gives me more control over the settings, so full auto ports like scrubber arent for me.

as mentioned above, ull ideally have to check image quality in worst case conditions, i.e. very low light or very bright light (against the sun with strong shadows). then zoom in to small details and compare, thats how u will find differences.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] amit3880:
Does this really need root for Max 2?

For my OnePlus 3 it works without root so little confused,...

Thanks in advance for your assistance...
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] ne0t:
No, you don't, but you need to enable Camera2 api, yiu can do that by flashing 'HZQ_MIUI_Camera_Mod_CAMERA2_API_170824.zip' from here : https://jumpshare.com/b/Bnvr0WsYd4UX5drXsmsi

I used that to enabled camera2 api on my Max2
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] jbmc83:
well....flashing a zip requires TWRP. TWRP requires unlocked bootloader. so no, root is not required, but full stock wont cut it either :)
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] Jaripi:
It works if OnePlus has enabled camera2 API for OnePlus 3 (no root needed). Well, Nokia has enabled camera2 API for all their models, so Nokia owners do not need do that extra job. However, they might have problem with SloMo and some other video modes, because they needs special media_profiles, some are missing from Nokia phones.

Google camera HDR+ mods work when you have Qualcomm 625/8xx chipset and camera2 API enabled. Mi Max 2 is working very well with Google camera HDR+ after enabling camera2 API, clearly better as OnePlus and many other Xiaomi models (like Mi5)

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No, there is no difference with back camera. They just slightly different mods of 2 devs. However, we have got big improvement for front camera and Portrait mode by the latest mods (compared on the earlier mods). Flash of front camera (not Portrait) is working with Scrubber one, but not working with v1.5b2. Anyway, the both mods are really good ones.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] ne0t:
True, unlocked bootloader and TWRP is a must.

I don't root my phone because some banking apps I use won't work if I root my phone.

And with unlocked bootloader and custom recovery we can flash custom rom.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] cLeAv0:
Clear app cache first before changing hdr parameters (reopen app after changing) so settings will apply on scrubbers gcam. If set to high and above processing will be slower when i did this.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] FangXIII:
On the scrubbers gcam, is anyone having the issue when you set hdr+ on and sometimes it automatically changes bad to hdr+ auto?

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Also what is your hdr parameter preset?
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] ne0t:
Does any1 has problem with video recording [MENTION=921577]1080P[/MENTION] and 720p with GCam5.1.018-Arnova8G2-V1.5Beta2 ?

I can't record video with these qualities, always error when saving.. 4K recording works fine.

Also, front cam video recording doesn't work, same error when saving.

I'm using xiaomi.eu 7.12.21
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] jbmc83:
yep that happens with all ports. once u set hdr+ enhanced/on, dont go into settings, otherwise it will be reset to hdr+ auto.

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lemme check and i will get back to you on that. i am running lineage os 14.1 though.

edit: all settings work flawlessly.

back camera: 4K, 1080p, 720p

front camers: 1080p, 720p, 480p

so its not due to the gcam port, but rather a system incompatibility / setting
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] ne0t:
Tks for the update, so I guess i have to use Miui Cam if I want to record 1080p video, never do selfie video.

But the most important thing is the low light pictures is much better and details with GCam.

I will try installing the Scrubber port..

Edit :

Video recording [MENTION=921577]1080P[/MENTION] & 720, front and back camera works fine with Scrubber port.

Tested taking some picts at low light condition, hardly see any clear visual differences versus picts taken with Arnova8G2-V1.5Beta2, the size of the picts taken with Scrubber is half the size picts taken with Arnova8G2v1.5b2, this is not logical how come the size is half and hard to see clear differences in picts quality..

Maybe some more testing and look at these picts on larger screen is needed ..
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] jbmc83:
well thats different levels of HDR+ working for ya ^^ the more post-processing involved and the higher you set the JPEG quality, the larger the file sizes are.

besides, image quality can be a very subjective thing if not properly / scientifically examined. one guy´s "excellent" might be another guy´s "i dont see any difference" up to "what the heck is all that fuss about gcam ports about?!" :D

in the end, what counts is that every one finds his/her ideal gcam port and is happy with the results ;)
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] ne0t:
Yeah, I believe image's file size don't lie, maybe has something to do with the missing jpeg quality setting in scrubber's port, will stick with Arnova8G2 v1.5b2 for night and low light shoot.

Btw, how is video quality recorded with GCam, are they better than miui camera? Fixing slow mo in GCam crash (FC) the miui camera when turning on video mode.

Btw, where can we find the explanation for these settings in debugging and tool section?
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] jbmc83:
im probably the wrong guy to ask for comparisons with miui camera, since ive been on lineage os 14.1 basically since day one ^^

ha, thats a very good question concerning that debugging & tools section! ive searched around some but couldnt really find any straight answers, only other people asking the same thing ^^ so far its just trial & error on my side, trying to figure out what all that stuff means.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] ne0t:
Hahaha, understood.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] ne0t:
Did some testing again..this time I compared the picts using a 21" monitor..

Shooting Outside (daylight), no noticeable differences between pictures taken with Arnova8G2_v15b2 and Scrubber_25.

Night Shooting / low light condition, Pictures taken using Arnova8G2_v15b2 has better details, and the color match the original scene where some pictures taken with Scrubber show greenies.

Scrubber_25 : HDR+ parameter set to Super High

Scrubber's picture is half the size of picture taken with Arnova8G2_v15b2

I zoomed the pictures to 150% in order to see the differences.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] ne0t:
Uncheck the 'Use ZSL' in advance settings fix that for me. This setting is useless if we use Nexus 6 model, right?
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] jbmc83:
theres nothing to fix though... HDR+ auto is called exactly that because the cam decides when to use it and when not...
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] ne0t:
I meant fixing the bug where sometime It won't take picture at all (clicking shutter do nothing).
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] Jaripi:
Scrubber is faster one and I never see a black screen even for a moment, when opening just taken photo by a shortcut of camera. Well, I can not see any clear difference when comparing default (lowest) and super high HDR+ parameters, so I have been using default now. Maybe there is still missing something from that super high HDR+ setting (for improving photo) ?

Flash of front camera and Smartburst (GIF photo) is working with Scrubber mod. Is it the only one ?

By the way, I think that Scrubber is Mi Max 2 user. It is a BIG PLUS :)

EDIT: I agree that that setting of "Removing the pinkish/reddish" (Arnova8G2) is removing greenish from my Mi Max 2 photos, so Scrubber should borrow that setting for his mod.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] ne0t:
You're right, Scrubber is a Mi Max 2 user.

From my testing, greenish picts only happened to picts taken under low light.

Video recording with Scrubber port work with any video quality, with Arnova port only back camera @4k works, else won't save video (but this turned out to be a problem with MIUI ROM only).

Flash of front camera on Arnova port works but must be set to Flash On, Flash Auto doesn't work.

Arnova port missed the SmartBust setting.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] hellraise007:
Little help here , can you guys recommend the most stable and feature rich camera port for Mi Max 2 running xiaomi.eu dev rom? Love to test the portrait mode but HDR+ and slo mo are more important. Thank you
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] Jaripi:
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/scrubber_GCam_5.1.018_25.apk