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[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] surferbyter:
Which gcam? And which XML?

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It is based on google camera 7.3 ... The gcam based on 7.4 give better results
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] yanikan:
Thank you so much surferbyter for your reply but I got it now properly.Before,I was using your amazing port with wrong xlm.One more question if I use default JPG compression and not 100% like in your version what default value is going to be and how much I will loose in terms of quality.Thank you again.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] surferbyter:
For compression if you use the default compression you lose something in detail even if little ...
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] jaboneros:
[MENTION=535433]surferbyter[/MENTION] awesome Nikita GCam share, thank you very much! I installed in my Poco X3 NFC, and also put in your XML config.

Comparing stock cam with the Gcam, Gcam does dog pictures way better, I think: dog-nikita. vs dog-stock

but on grass, the Gcam appears too sharp - how to make it less sharp?

grass-nikita vs grass-stock

Thanks!
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] surferbyter:
If the sharpness seems too much you can lower it. Find the value in:

settings/advanced/Libs patcher of the main camera.

Reduce the sharpness from 3000 to 2500 and try, and if anything reduce again one step at a time trying again until you find the one that is closest to your visual taste.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] jaboneros:
main camera is camera 1 on the menu, right?
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] surferbyter:
Yes
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] majklB:
surferbyter: Could you please post some link to your xml file? I dont know how to use the one you already posted. Or can you tell me how to do it?

Thanks

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Is there any option how to change white balance? I mean more options than only Google AWB on off..

Thanks
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] surferbyter:
Link of gcam:

https://mega.nz/file/buwgmDiY#4v4E3xIVxsouwzScOFPIZIfBiNULiYzwHgwURpBPV_Q

Link of xml:

https://mega.nz/file/u64ASTTS#SEe-aQThEgqdyAzunIXS8QmJo2q38fIlo7DJwzOsk7E

Link for video instructions on how to load xml:

https://mega.nz/file/Suh0XJzK#u-P6Jyigys8X0F77Pbz8c0vXppEINhMZWfpoP-1hUHM

The file must be copied to the folder indicated in the video:

/storage/emulated/0/gcam/Configs7

As for the awb there are several options in the settings. I use those for the IMX686 sensor which is the closest to our imx682.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] surferbyter:
For the administrators of the forum ... Can I make a special thread with the indications of the post above in order to give it more visibility? Or would it be a repeat of this?
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] SkaboXD:
No as I'm not focusing on video. Video stabilization was always a problem with Gcam. That also depends with some ROMs, for example on NitrogenOS EIS worked with GCam, but I never got it to work with ArrowOS on same Gcam mod. If you want good quality video stabilization, the only reliable solution is ANX Camera for now as my friend reported that it works.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] oprz_5:
Hi. I'm on Project Sakura(based on LOS18.1).

Has anyone else experienced no audio in recorded videos using GCam?

I have tried MGC_8.1.101.GVq and the parrot043_v4.

Is it ROM related?

I am able to record videos using whatsapp and audio is fine.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] psychorat:
I dont have any audio issues with Parrot043 V4, i don't remember any audio issues with BSG latest version but i 'll check later today.

Tested 1080p/60 - H.264 and HEVC

I'm on 12.0.4 stock poco x3 nfc ROM

Might be ROM related or maybe theres no audio record permission applied?
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] zextremist:
Wow, this one is perfect in terms of details and no excessive shapness. Better than on my pixel 4xl.

The only thing i would like to modify is to add some more light to the photos.

Wish you could make one that is brighter or give advice on how to modify it that way.

Thanks for sharing!
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] vanpoko:
A couple of weeks ago, a friend passed me this mod: it's the premium BSG reworked and improved. Since that day it's the only GCam I use; the results are the best I've ever seen in photography in the Poco X3 NFC, you'll see what this phone is capable of. The mod has 400+ options to configure, including ram patcher and original libpatcher, and the best custom libs. You can build your own configuration, but I strongly recommend the shared BSG Premium_8.1.MOD.xml to get the absolute best results. Wide, macro & selfie are perfect too and the use of sabre in enhanced zooms is fantastic. Remember to load the shared xml that goes in the folder /GCam/BSG. This is surely the GCam you've been expecting, so enjoy it!

UPDATE: There're 2 new xmls for you to enjoy: wakawakaBSG.xml & alamedaBSG.xml.

295.8 MB file on MEGA

mega.nz

BSG Premium_8.1.MOD

MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.

www.mediafire.com
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] SkaboXD:
Nice! Would you like to try my mod and compare it with yours? It would be interesting. In therms of photography of course as I did not focused on the video for now.

Actually, I can do it too.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] SkaboXD:
You can play with HDR settings in RamPatcher, especially with exposure settings (HDR + exposure and HDR - exposure). This method has some drawbacks which I mentioned, but that's the best way to do it.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] vanpoko:
I've tried many versions of the public BSG GCam, they are very good but I don't like too much those custom libraries that uses; I have also tried the private version and I still think this mod and xml is the best of the best; the mod came to me with the xml so congratulations to whoever made it, I only configured the video sessions. It's configured using a more advanced version of the Google lib.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] SkaboXD:
I tried your mod & I don't like the oversharpening. I think it's too much. I appreciate the effort to make the images brighter but I feel that it's too much in some cases (mine is too dark in some cases so it's not perfect). Color rendition is great (except some greens which appears brighter than it really is, again, in some cases; mine can have more saturation in orange/yellow color in some cases). I think that there is more noise as OEM noise modeler is used, which is not the best. Also more sharpening is used which contributes to that.

In more complex scenes, vanpoko's Gcam captures better photos. It takes the object with great balance of lightning & photo has better dynamic range while with my Gcam photo is too dark.

Gcam performance is better than mine, it switches lenses & mods in a faster way + photos are much quickly processed.

Video are probably better but I didn't tried it.

Overall, it's a pretty good Gcam mod, however it's not my favorite (it doesn't meet my taste which doesn't mean that it won't fit yours)

Here is the comparison if someone is interested.

Brighter picture is vanpoko's Gcam, darker picture is my Gcam.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] zextremist:
lol, that's the brightness i wish your config had.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] SkaboXD:
Can't satisfy anyone :D

I would rather like less brightness than too much brightness, but that's just me.

For example, vanpoko's Gcam is much brighter indoors while mine is usually just right.

There is always some sacrifice when you use some settings (in this case HDR).

You all feel free to correct Gcam settings to your liking.

But I will try to improve it, don't worry.

@zextremist Try this config for now. It has a bit of HDR effect which improves lightning in photos a bit. Let me know what you think.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] vanpoko:
The problem with brightness are those custom libs, the Slib series and r0m10, that work very very bad with the Poco X3, I gave up on them a long time ago, default Google lib gives much more light; I've seen a version of BSG that allows you to load external custom libs and noise models, the .c files; User x, morgenman, etc are better libs and the one I would like to try it's the Google 8.2.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] SkaboXD:
Google lib by default has a lot of oversharpening by default so I will have to tweak it. I will see what I can do, thanks for heads up.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] zextremist:
indoors it is definitely lighter, though i would use some contrast and saturation

will test it more tomorrow

thanks!

p. s. i'm trying to tweak your config to my taste, but it's kinda hit and miss since there are so many features i hardly know anything about :D but i like what i'm getting
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] [armitage]:
This is by far the best Gcam version I tried so far. Really good work on this one. This is the first time I really saw natural colours when taking pictures indoors. I prefer the original .xml to the hdr one too, as the hdr one just adds light that simply isn't there. First time my wallpaper had the same colour in the picture as in reality. :D

Only minor thing I could find is that the white balance is a bit too cool. Even with the blinds down I have some sunlight in the livingroom in the afternoon and the whites, like on sheets of paper, just had a bit too much of a blue tint to it.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] SkaboXD:
Thank you very much! I also do, but some people love HDR, so I wanted to please them too :D. AWB can be a hit and miss, that's really hard to get it right all the time. Indoors especially. What you can try is If you see that white balance looks correct in viewfinder, disable AWB for that shot, it should give a bit better result. Or if you are not sure, take 2 shots on the same spot with & without AWB.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] [armitage]:
Thanks. I'll try that. :)
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] Kolobokk:
Hi!

I want to buy a Poco X smartphone. Is there an app that will allow me to manually set focus and exposure in video mode?

Thank you!
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] psychorat:
Hello

I have the Poco x3 nfc but i will assume its the same for the Pro.

The Default camera app have a "pro" mode that allows you to set manual focus/exposure/iso/awb etc using sliders on the fly.

The Gcam ports support Exposure/Focus lock and exposure slider, some of the ports have Focus presets on screen that you can manually set values in settings (they hide when the recording starts)

There are also a couple of other apps that will let you do this like pro shot but these apps don't work great.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] Kolobokk:
Thanks for your reply! Does the manual control work for video mode or only for photography?

Thanks for your reply! Does the manual control work for video mode or only for photography?

For me, only 4K video is important.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] Vega56:
@Kolobokk

You can try OpenCamera
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] Kolobokk:
Thanks for the answer!

I can't check the app because I don't have a smartphone yet. If I buy Poco X3 NFC, and he cannot shoot video with full manual control, then this will be a useless purchase for me.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] psychorat:
Yes im talking about video recording 4k 30fps 1080p 60fps etc
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] Kolobokk:
Thank you!

I wanted to make sure it was about video too.

Now you can buy safely! It costs 225 € with us. :)

Have a nice day!
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] farsang:
I have reduced sharpness and made faster hdr+ enhanced processing in this xml for BSG 8.1 Premium Gcam.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] vanpoko:
I have added a new set of xmls from the masters who made possible this. Enjoy!

https://xdaforums.com/t/gcam-for-poco-x3.4164397/post-85155267
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] [armitage]:
Thanks. :) ...But what are the differences between them?
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] vanpoko:
Many...different google and custom libs, different settings in the patchers, curves, shasta, color transform, dev. options and more, so you'll get different results in color, light and shadows but the same quality in all as there are some principal settings that are always used the same. AWB is off by default, it's better, but if you have trouble with the light in interiors, at night, dark places, etc, turn it on, all the xmls use the same model.

And about all this thing with oversharpening, the group always uses a valor of 1250 that doesn't give oversharpened results at all, it's a common valor used in thousands of xmls that enhances the pictures with vivid results and better details everywhere; oversharpening comes when you use higher valors, for me between 1750 and above resulting many times in pictures that look like weird cartoons. Also if you use too low valors for sharpening you'll get flat weird pictures. When you enhance pictures with lightroom, snapseed, etc it's always used sharpening along with contrast and tones.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] :
Just thought I'd throw camstellar Into the mix . Mainly a night shooter but knocks out pretty decent daytime photos too . Not as bloated as some versions either so ideal if you don't want too many things to adjust ...

Camstellar v4
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] dramh10:
New Nikita GCam 8.1: https://ngcam.xyz/ngcam81changelog
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] XtraWater:
Hi, I tried the BSG mod. Photos are looking great. There is an issue with video. I see it already while recording on the screen that the movement are stuttering. And so is the recording. Tried with 30 / 60 Frames and 4k on / off.

I'm using BSG Premium_8.1.MOD.xml

Do I have to change some settings?
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] vanpoko:
For the Poco X3 there're two customs sessions for video in the BSG mod: 61444 & 32772. Check here:

custom sessions

Лист1 Phone,Session,ASUS,Xiaomi,OnePlus,OPPO Poco F2 pro,61444 for 60FPS,OFF,0,Small EIS,32784,Panorama,32776,SM6350 Super Steady,61463,HDR Auto,33281 Redmi Note 9 Pro,32772 for EIS(A11).,OpMode (Default),262144,Big EIS,32800,Manual,32771,SM6350 Lite Mode,40985,HDR On,33025 Poco X3,main 61444/32...

docs.google.com

I configured it with the 61444 one, you could try the other:

Go to settings--->additional modules settings----> First lense id=0 ----->video streams configs-----> change the number for 30 and 60 fps to 32772

For me in latest MIUI and android 11, both configs work OK.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] XtraWater:
Thank you. Now that's much better.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] ocujos:
I'm using BSG Premium_8.1.MOD.xml with BSG Premium 8.1 gcam. EIS (video stabilisation) doesn't appear to be working. I've compared the stabilisation results with NGCam 7.4.

I've tried enabling video stabilisation OIS and video stabilisation, however, the results are the same - no stabilisation.

If your video stabilisation is working, please post your settings. Thanks.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] vanpoko:
You're right, video isnt's the best that the BSG mod offers; I don't use that option, I prefer the Xiaomi apk with the EIS on. Others 8.xxx Gcams like latest Parrot 8.2, NGcam 8.1, etc... they have great video. But what I'm really interested is photography and for that BSG offers pure magic.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] markoscouse:
Premium? Do you mean you paid for a GCam and the XML?
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] XtraWater:
Which one is a decent XML for Nikita 8.1 ?

Is there at least one mod with xml which is ok for photo and video? This hole gcam mod scene is a complete mess. Countless mods and thousands xml but all of them have major flaws. BSG Premium_8.1.MOD makes great photos. But camera stabilization is terrible.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] ocujos:
I still use NGCam 7.4 as a main camera app for videos and photos. Everything works, including EIS. Using ngcam_2.0_final_v3.xml

I will continue to do so until I find a worthy replacement for this great camera and XML combo.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] Noter2017:
Could you share the app and config files?

The app crashes with I try to use the front camera to record a video.

NGCam_7.4.104-v2.0_eng.apk is the one I tried
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] ocujos:
I just tested NGCam 7.4 video recording

I've just tried recording video using front camera on NGCam 7.4 and it failed (black screen). 😔

I've never, ever tested until I saw your post. BSG 8.1 front camera records video just fine.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] rudix78:
Front cam video recording works in both ngcams 7.4 and 8.1. Pane in the arse with ngcam is that it doest't have individualy configured stream config. It has one general setting for all lenses. So if you want front cam video you need to disable EIS in video option and leave default setting instead. I hope that maybe someone ask Nikita to implement individual stream config (I think Tigr did it and maybe some other devs also) it would be really helpful.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] ocujos:
That means that EIS in BSM 8.1 gcam definitely doesn't work - video recording from the front camera works even with Video stabilisation option

enabled

.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] Noter2017:
In Aspen based on GCam 8.1. Video stabilization doesn't work worse than on NGcam IMHO.

My problem with Aspen is that body color is off. Faces look red/dark and ultra wide doesn't work.

Here's Aspen with config file:

Mod Edit: Link Removed
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] vanpoko:
I think that's a problem we already solved, in NGCam 7.4 to use front camera video you have to disable EIS in the settings; remember to enable it again. This is because the stream config EISV2 blocks the front camera or something like that, and that's the only config that gives perfect and stable video in NGCam 7.4.

And about the new NGCam 8.1, I think the man is doing the same as BSG with a private ($$$$) and a public mod that I tried to configure but gave me too much problems with the AUX lenses.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] :
Ah so thats why theres been a slowdown in public releases . well i certainly wouldnt pay for the app , i cant see them doing any better with ironing out the bugs than they have before
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] :
Is there any way to change the cam's name in BSG 8.1 mod, from 1.9 to M (Macro) for example?
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] vanpoko:
I'm going to share my favorite (and maybe the best) xml for the NGcam 7.4 2.0 that it's new in the forum (it was never shared before). Although now I use mostly the BSG premium 8.1, my second choice is always the NGcam with this xml and for video is the first one, as it has the best video for the Poco X3 with a GCam. Enjoy!
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] vanpoko:
OK, here goes what technically is the masterpiece of all GCams, the latest BSG's private version. First, if you have installed the premium MOD and you want to try this one, you don't need to uninstall anything; both are compatible and you can have the two BSGs installed. In this mod everything that I have tested works OK, even slow motion in HD. About the xmls, they can be loaded from any folder, although the apk uses its custom folder inside Downloads, so when it's created better move all the xmls inside that folder.

Download the apk from here:

73.43 MB file on MEGA

mega.nz

BSG_8.1.101_PV4

MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.

www.mediafire.com

UPDATE: added the zip BSG_ONE_PV4.zip. It contains the main xml and the lib Google 8.1.200.so. All the xmls work with both the default google lib and the modified, so you can try both of them or stay with the default; it's very easy to change libs: just go to the configuration and in the custom libray section you can load, change, restore default, etc libraries. I personally like more the modified one, I find better light and colors in the Google 8.1.200 lib.

NOTE: I've reuploaded BSG_ONE_PV4.zip as there was a problem with EIS that now it's solved and video stabilization works ok in the reworked BSG_ONE_PV4.xml.

UPDATE: Added 2 new xmls for you to experience: kalamazoo_PV4.xml & rainmaker_PV4.xml.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] Alexcxvtr:
I'm confused.

Aren't supposed to create files Configs7 or Configs8 for either xml settings inside the Gcam file?

We can just load them straight from download folder?
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] temporarium:
@vanpoko thank you for your dedication in sharing the fruits of your research.

With all these gcam versions and xml configs, how does one...

rename the lenses from 0.6, 0.9, 1.0 to W, M, S?

Change the resolution to something less than 4.1M?

Change the output file format (so that the name of the image file contains some indication as to which XML config was used)?
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] stephtban:
Thanks for the files. Two quick questions though:

1/ Could you please tell me where did you find those privates versions of bsg in order to keep track of the updates ( forum? telegram group? )

2/ Witch ones of those xmls do you recommend/prefer?
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] vanpoko:
There's no option to rename lenses or put icons, although BSG has the best method to autoidentify and manage all the lenses.

You can change the resolution in MOD settings--->JPEG compression

About the filename, that thing you want BSG doesn't have it (although there are some mods that allow it, I think some pixelcams, maybe nikita...)
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] vanpoko:
Search in Telegram for the group Google Camera by B-S-G (I think that it belongs to the guy that was partner in business with BSG but it seems they broke up and the guy is giving now for free the BSG's private mods)

About the xmls I'm using as the main one the amazing reality_bytes_PV4.xml that gives me one of the better results I've seen in a GCam, BSG_8.1.101_PV4.xml has great color fidelity and great definition without noise in any situation and scenario; instant_colors_pV4.xml gives great quick shots using Pixel 4's Instant HDR+; and silk_road_PV4.xml gives very natural and real photos. The other ones are very good too and soon I'll share some more.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] XtraWater:
Only did a few tests. Everything looks nice so far. Video stabilization works with silk_road_PV4.xml

Since here now is night I can only test inside of my house. I tried all XML. My impression is that the mod you shared earlier has more colors. While with the latest mod in relatively bad light conditions colors are flat, they shine (in a positive way) on your previous mod. I guess that's a question of the right XML.

Thanks for sharing.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] vanpoko:
Thanks for the tip about the video, it seems that the stabilization to properly work AUTO has to be selected in Mod Settings ---> Smartphone.

About the colors most of the xmls shared are working with the IMX682 color transform, if you want to try a similar colors like in the premium MOD go to settings--->modules settings---->first lense 1.0 id=0---->color transform----color correction----->Fix from K30Pro
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Themes, Apps, and Mods] iakoboss7:
Thank you for your work.

Can these xml's be applied on the normal releases? https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-bsg/

also the normal releases seems to be of a later date than the PV's

how are the PV's better?