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[Duff Myver]

Using the latest stable release - I've tried a few times to record video, and either the app crashes or just produces an unusable laggy mess of a file. I've alreayd had massive problems with Cyanogenmod, and this may be the last straw - after bootloops, complete and total crashes, and battery life problems, I'm having trouble seeing what people see in this mod! The speed is brilliant, but so far I've had to flatten and start from scratch 3 times, after the phone completely stopped working!

Is there a fix for this camera problem, or should I just give up on this mod?

[bassmadrigal]

If you were having so many problems why didn't you post about them before now?

Most likely, most of your problems were created due to one of two things. First, is if you didn't perform a Factory Reset/Data Wipe when you moved over from stock (or you restored any system-related settings with an app like Titanium Backup). Second, the install is somehow corrupted. This can only be remedied by formatting the /system partition manually in recovery (super easy process and it doesn't touch any of your data/apps).

If you didn't do point #1, I would highly recommend that at this point. You can back up all your apps and app data, just make sure you don't restore any system-related settings. I would also recommend trying out RC3 of 7.2.0. If you are running 7.1.0, that was released back in October. There have been a ton of improvements to the ROM since then. But when you go to upgrade, download CM and the latest gapps (found at http://goo.im/gapps) and store it on your phone. Then reboot into recovery and under the Mounts and Storage menu format the /system partition (this doesn't erase any of your data). Then install CM and gapps and reboot.

Hopefully this will give you a phone with little to no issues. If you do have more issues, please post back. The CM team can't fix what they don't know is wrong.

[Duff Myver]

Fair point - no point moaning unless I try to get some help! The link for RC3 of 7.2.0 on the download page doesn't work, by the way, but I've torrented it. Just upgraded, wiping /system on the way. I've still got the same problem with recording HD video using the built-in camera app - the output file skips and stutters horribly.

[Hermes ㋡]

@bassmadrigal, I've had some problems I have posted about and there's no real response yet. I wrote about the same problems with upgrading as described by Duff Myver. I asked questions. No one from staff responded. I have no idea if anyone read this. What's the point then?

A forum is e.g. for complaining, as an issue tracker is for reporting bugs. If you really want us to report bugs, give us an issue tracker. With a solid issue tracker it is easier to check if anyone reported the same issue, as well to correctly report it by fallowing the guide presented next to a form for reporting an issue. You may then see that someone actually takes care of this and what's being done about it. Perhaps people could also easily indicate that they are having the same problem with just one click. I was very skeptical for using forum for such things and after doing so I am even more.

As a matter of fact also this forum is quite irritating, since despite I am always logged in, it cannot properly identify the posts that I have not read. The case is that I use three different computers and my phone to access it. I suppose it is designed to be used from only one device, but hey, there will always be a phone and a computer, right? Is anyone going to take care of this after I posted about it? Nope, I don't think so. Prove me I am wrong ;D

When you really want to achieve something, you just need proper tools. What we have now is useless and renders us counterproductive. Just a waste of time. For building nighties you need some build servers, right? How about creating software? Well, this needs some arrangements, some order. You need to take a route and follow to it unless you like straying in the woods. The latter is what's happening here, I think. Really. Not professional at all, as CM would like to be, as I have read somewhere.

[bassmadrigal]

This forum is actually not frequented by developers. I am a user, just like you. The only reason I am staff is because I helped out a lot and apparently the other staff members in the forum liked what I did so they requested that I become a moderator. Most of the staff here are just users like you, not developers. So, a response from staff is usually just a response from other users.

They do try and use this forum as more of a triage. Many people post about "bugs" but it ends up being fixed by simply doing the steps I mention above. Or it is something that can be resolved without posting a bug report. If I can't solve the issue, then (as long as they aren't running nightlies) I tell them to post about the bugs. And the bug tracker is no big secret. The website is http://cyanogenmod.com/bugs and it is linked one click away from the main CyanogenMod page (under community).

And with the only post that you've created, I responded in there, did some triage, and I also told you that the dev team doesn't support bug reports on nightlies. That is what happens when you run development snapshots. There are likely bugs present and until the first release candidate for CM9, the dev team will not accept any CM9 related bugs into the bug tracker, and even then, it will only be allowed on the release candidates and stable releases.

But this isn't fair to Duff Myver, you've effectively hijacked his thread. If you want to continue this, please do it in PM, in The Lounge, or Website Feedback and Suggestions.

Duff Myver, on 11 June 2012 - 06:56 AM, said:

Fair point - no point moaning unless I try to get some help! The link for RC3 of 7.2.0 on the download page doesn't work, by the way, but I've torrented it. Just upgraded, wiping /system on the way. I've still got the same problem with recording HD video using the built-in camera app - the output file skips and stutters horribly.

Does the file play properly on the computer? That could indicate whether it is an encoder or decoder issue. And did you do the Factory Reset/Data Wipe when you initially moved over to CM (you never mentioned that)? The other issues you indicated are typically due to not performing a Factory Reset/Data Wipe (or were those resolved when you wiped the /system partition?).

Even if you have, it might be beneficial to try it again. And you can do it and still keep all your apps and data. Depending on how many apps you have, you could have this done in under 30 minutes. Essentially, you back up all apps and app data using a program like Titanium Backup, then you perform the Factory Reset/Data Wipe (I would make a nandroid backup, just in case), then you restore all your apps and app data back. Just make sure you don't restore any system-related settings as that could bring your problem right back.

[bypassed]

I have a similar problem to the original poster. I am new to CM and changing ROMs.  I am running the stable 7.1 Rom and although I don't remember if I did a Factory Reset before upgrading, I certainly did after. I get the Choppy video issues when I try recoding a video using the phones camera and playing it back. the choppiness is still there once the file is off the device.

I wanted to try out RC3 of 7.2 but the link is broken :-)

[bassmadrigal]

bypassed, on 13 June 2012 - 09:44 PM, said:

I wanted to try out RC3 of 7.2 but the link is broken :-)

http://goo.im/cm

[bypassed]

Thanks Bassmadrigal. Am new to all this so forgive me if showing noob tendencies but shouldn't this be made available on the official site? Not knowing the linked to site or how to check validity/safety of files I am inclined not to download from here.

[bassmadrigal]

The admins have been working on trying to get the download site to stabilize, and I am not sure what is causing the issues, but considering how many builds there are out there with so many different devices, I am sure all the various downloads aren't helping. Until it is resolved, the only option is a mirror, and the goo.im mirror has been a great alternative when the main site is down.

But the goo.im site isn't official (even if they host official CM files, they host a lot more than just that), so I doubt there will be a link for them on the main site. But they do have MD5 hashes for each file, so you can verify that they are not corrupted. (And the goo.im site has been the home to the gapps package for quite a while... I think they are the ones who maintain the package and put out new updates - this is not done by the CM team.)

[bypassed]

Thanks again. Have grabbed the file from there and updated to RC3 without issue.

It has solved the video issues for me and noticed a few other minor improvements like smoother scrolling.

Happy.

[bypassed]

Spoke too soon. still have the same video issue...  first couple of short tests must have been a fluke

[korockinout13]

Have you tried video recording right after a clean install? It's possible that an installed app is consuming enough CPU that the video can't be encoded in time.

[bypassed]

yes. straight after going to 7.2 RC3 I made a couple of short videos and they seems fine. It might have been what you suggest but I was not running anything intensive at the time when choppiness came back, it had been less than a day since upgrading and I don't have very much on the phone IMO. never had this trouble with any official rom no matter what was running.

about to go to 7.2 stable release and see if anything has improved

[bypassed]

so...
factory reset and format of sd + flash of latest CM9 nightly = camera works fine (ie none of the choppiness). Plenty of other issues on CM9 though so...
factory reset and format sd - CWM recovery factory reset and wipe cache - flash stable 7.2. try out video and...... it stutters like before. So no problem when running stock Touchwiz or CM9 nightly but problem with CM7.

any suggestions anyone? surely I am not the only one seeing this issue?

[korockinout13]

That's weird, and I've never heard anyone else report any kind of issue like this. It's probably just a random isolated case (the hardware and software aren't getting along).

What other issues are you having?

[ApriliaNutter]

I'm having it.. completely fresh CM7.2 installation, everything except emmc wiped and formatted.

[ApriliaNutter]

I must also add that the Camera often fails when I try to switch between HD and other video modes. So all I can do is Force Close.

Like I said I've got pure stable CM 7.2 installed (CyanogenMod-7.2.0-galaxysmtd) on totally wipped and formatted Galaxy S I9000. I installed gapps-gb-20110828-signed and only a handful of apps. Standard kernel.

I wanted to post a video, but I'm not allowed.

EDIT: I just flashed Glitch 13.1 kernel and switching between the Camera video modes seems to be working without problems. Recorded videos still jerky.

Edited by ApriliaNutter, 18 June 2012 - 02:43 PM.

[Agnus73]

I do experience exactly the same issue with CM 7.1 and CM 7.2. Video stutters after about 10 to 15 seconds and it's not a playback-related issue. I did a factory reset and cache wipe, flashed CM 7.1 and tried the videocamera on a frehs installation with no apps installed -  same issue. There is a video on youtube showing it, too. I am not allowed to post the link so just do a video serach in goolge using "galaxy cyanogenmod 7 720p video test", it is the topmost video, 13 s, pan over balcony and roofs. The user obviuously has the same problem without even noticing it. The stuttering start after about 6 s in this video and becomes most visible during the pan back. I wanted to try one of the CM9-nightly but got stuck in a bootloop after installing so that I am fed up for now an stick to CM7.2. Videorecording in setting "high" works ok.

[bypassed]

Similar to above I have tried a few roms and most recently formated and wiped everything before installing 7.2 stable.
I don't know enough to start suggesting causes and solutions so relying on forum advise.
Is this something that should be reported on the bug tracker?
Thought it interesting that a kernel change fixed one issue above?

As to what other problems I am having, nothing really. All seems good and I'm very glad to be using CM with one more exception. Occasionally get fast battery drain with no obvious cause. It seems to be an issue for a lot of people on CM? Haven't had time to investigate this but assuming run away processes or some such? Restart solves the problem (not a great solution) .

[ApriliaNutter]

I don't know why I didn't think about it early but I think it's the problem with my micro sd card rather than CM itself. I just bought 16GB micro sd class 10 card today on ebay and then it occurred to me that my external card in my Galaxy S is only class 2 and most likely not suitable for HD recording then. After I changed the settings to write videos to internal sd I experienced no jerking in my HD videos. I will test it properly once my class 10 card arrives to see whether higher class cards are also affected.

Still I don't remember having this issue before installing CM.

Edited by ApriliaNutter, 22 June 2012 - 03:17 PM.