[HD2 General] DAMIEN123_666:
I started this hints and tips thread for the HD2 (LEO) as i like most others wasn't to happy with the default camera app that the HD2(LEO) had to offer, to be honest the camera quality was lacking in most areas. The purpose of this thread is to collate all tips and have them available within the first few posts as opposed to having to search for tips among the many pages and threads. Please submit additional tips and hints you have and I will update the first few posts.

you will need a registry editor to do most of these tweaks and their may also be .cabs attached to the bottom of the corresponding post to save the effort need when editing the registry. u can use apps like resco, memmaid, sktool to edit the registry or an app of ur liking

for best possible picture from the HD2(LEO) - you may want to use these setting, use with all mods i post here and you will be very happy with the outcome and possibly feel overwhelmed by the quality of your HD2(LEO) cameras like most ive share these with

WB - either auto or indoor light dependent on ambient light

iso auto - if in a very bright sunny outdoor type weather set this to 100 for best result

5M resolution

wide-screen OFF

touch focus OFF

super fine quality

contrast +4

saturation +3

sharpness +4

metering mode average

1). extrasuperfine quality

Go to HKLM\software\htc\camera\image\jpegquaity\superfine and replace the 5Msize value with 746028 (default value = 643628)

or install the extrasuperfine.cab or install BsB Tweaks 1.5

before and after photos

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5157324&postcount=107

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5135805&postcount=55

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5135911&postcount=56

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5130666&postcount=3

2). unlock additional video modes

Go to [HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\P2 and replace the EncodeFormat value with 2147483647

or install the additionalvideomodes.cab

this will unlock all modes/resolutions listed below

H263(3gp)

CIF 352x288 \ M 176x144

mpeg4

L 320x240 \ CIF 352x288 \ VGA 640x480

3gpp2

S 128x96 \ M 176x144 \ L 320x240 \ CIF 352x288 \ VGA 640x480

motion jpeg

S 128x96 \ M 176x144 \ L 320x240 \ CIF 352x288 \ VGA 640x480

H264

L 320x240 \ CIF 352x288

3). enable .BMP mode in camera

Go to [HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\P1 and replace the EncodeFormat value with 3

(not quiet working cant get it to stick auto goes back to jpeg in camera app, im hoping people can help me out alittle with this one)

4). improve camera recording quality of mpeg4-vga (boost bit-rate = less fussiness and pixels)

Go to [HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\recparam\MP4VGA and replace the BitRate value with 4194304 (default value = 2097152)

this will increase your video quality from 2100avg bit-rate to 4500avg bit-rate, leave fps set to 30 as when detail is high in video it causes major fps loss, so with this ur camera will run better than ever and also have improved image quality while recording in MPEG4 vga mode, going any higher in bit-rate will cause slower fps and offer no additional improvement over my posted tweak

please keep in mind that video size increases approx 2times of the default settings, so a 10sec vid normally cost 2700kb while the tweak costs 5500kb

im working on 720p, micro-modes, bmp files and also increased video quality so keep looking for updates daily ;)

ADDED:

19/12/09 = new cab for improve camera recording quality of mpeg4-vga