[Q] Audio quality when recording video - Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I think many of you noticed that when you capture videos, especially in noisy environments, the audio quality is awful, you just can't hear anything properly. The image quality is ok. That's weird, because even my old Nokia n95 had crisp sound in videos.
What I am interested in is whether this is a hardware or software issue. People report that Samsung s8500 Wave doesn't have this problem, and their hardware is pretty much the same.
Any solutions to this problem?

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Crappy video recording sound ?

Has anyone has a way to solve bad quality sound of video recording cause by too much bass on Z1 ?
like from this video (not mine)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O29z_YZG5Wo
Because I have found this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpPHoQuG1fQ#t=70
And it actually recorded by Xperia S !! so I want to know can I get that same quality from my Z1
thanks.
i am experiencing the same problem. it was 2 months ago i recorded a video in concert and the bass problem identically the same. i have no idea what can be done.

Problems recording in loud places

Does anybody have this issue when recording a video in say a concert, night club or even your car with loud music on.. the video will playback fine.. however the audio will be really distorted and you can literally hear nothing but fuzz and base.
The Huawei p9 plus has been my first android phone from Apple in the last 4 years, and really like everything about it.. would be a shame if this was an issue that could not be resolved, i had read somewhere online it's due to the huawei having 2 microphones ...
Any help is appreciated
I'm sorry to disappoint you. While my Note 4 made pretty decent video recordings (sound wise) my P9+ is horrible and absolutely useless for recording live music. I haven't found a solution yet other than moving away from the music...about half a mile
My P9plus VIE L09 records audio WONDERFULLY ! It's almost on par with Nokia 808 Pureview, which is fantastic. Audio is recorded undistorted even if you put the smartphone against high levels of sound (close to a loudspeaker for example). I tested and it is really great.
Strange, very strange. I stopped using my P9+ in loud places because of the terrible audio quality. I had my device send in to a Huawei service center. They returned it saying nothing was wrong.
I added a file to demonstrate the distortion in a loud place. It's a zipped mp4 file.
P9plus recording @ over 100 dB
I put the phone at 10 cm in front of one loud (over 100 dB) loudspeaker(Studio monitor JBL LSR 4326) with top microphone to the tweeter and bottom to the woofer, centered in the middle on axis. I could easily go higher in level but already hurt my ears next to the speaker, it was very loud. There is absolutely no distortion. Recorded with stock Huawei's recorder (.mp4 16 bit 48KHz). Sound recorded on camera videos are the same (very clear, detailed and no, no distortion).
Phone stock firmware, VIE L09.
raduverdes said:
I put the phone at 10 cm in front of one loud (over 100 dB) loudspeaker(Studio monitor JBL LSR 4326) with top microphone to the tweeter and bottom to the woofer, centered in the middle on axis. I could easily go higher in level but already hurt my ears next to the speaker, it was very loud. There is absolutely no distortion. Recorded with stock Huawei's recorder (.mp4 16 bit 48KHz). Sound recorded on camera videos are the same (very clear, detailed and no, no distortion).
Phone stock firmware, VIE L09.
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it is like a studio recording )
i will try live record thursday in studio (with my band) and upload here.
Yes, very good mics in P9plus. That song was a compressed mp3 and speakers yelling loud but recording is good and not distorted. You can use your smartphone for interviews for example with very good results. Outdoor it picks up wind but as a trick you can wrap the smartphone in one microfiber cloth and, voila, wind removal (only for audio, not video)
@raduverdes, sound distortion in concerts is very often related to bass levels. Your track contains almost no low-mid and bass, it's mid's an high's and that's probably the reason why it sounds good. In the EW&F track is a lot of bass and combined with the high volume the recordings on my p9+ sound very bad.
@Ce Your (very very short) sample recording is very saturated and distorted. I compared Huawei p9 plus mics with Nokia 808 Pureview (with it's Nokia rich recording technology, supporting sound pressure up to 140 dB according to Nokia) and Huawei keeps up very well against my 808 Pureview, almost as good. Nokia 808 is probably(i'd say, surely) the best audio recorder in the smartphone world so I'm very happy with output quality of Huawei P9 plus. Huawei supports very high levels of pressure without breaking a sweat, similarly to Nokia 808. Recordings are very clean and clear for a mobile phone.
I highly recommend you don't stay in very very very loud places if you want to keep your hearing. Don't listen to music (speakers /headphones) over 80-85 dB for long periods of time. I earn my living with my ears and probably the last thing I want is to go deaf.
You probably don't get better sound recording from a smartphone at the moment, it's way better than iPhone 6s, Samsung S7, LG G5, Xiaomi or whatever flagship smartphone, I listen to lots of audio samples on YouTube before purchasing my P9plus.
Sample recording P9plus @ Grado SR80e & Samsung Tab S 10.5
Here is a sample recording using Grado headphones feed by Samsung tablet (no amp but at max volume) ; stock recorder app, mp4, 128kbps, 48KHz. A little too much mids and highs, I know but you get the image. I think it's very good for a smartphone.
At 1:40 I received a message on my tablet
I made a video test recording at INSANE level (I think over 120 dB) very close to the speaker and yes, it's awful, distorted. I don't want to be in such loud place for sure. At 1-1,5 meters away (~105-110 dB sound level) recording is good, undistorted . So, I'd say Huawei P9plus is wonderful /good in normal to LOUD places and bad/unusable in INSANE, STUPID LOUD places. It's smart enough not recording stupid things.
Hi!
I'm very interested in this thread. I'm just trying to find a successor for my HTC M8, years ago the only android phone that could handle loud sound recordings.
I found this video of Huawei p9 (one of my favorites), and I really impressed about the quality (powerful bass by FunktionOne speakers)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hAiQplKXls
BUT, reading your comments I'm not sure if this video is true, especially after watching this video of one of you. It's horrible!!!!!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69942999&postcount=4
Maybe some software update??? If someone can confirm that the quality of the first video it's true, tomorrow I'll buy the P9 :laugh:
Thanks!!!

noise of sound when recording video

use xiaomi max2 to record a video In the video, there will be real noise, like the sound of space, muffled voice. it will have a noise of sound when recording video, it sounds like sound of water or wind, but there is no water flowing environment beside me. What is the problem like this, How to solve it, thank.
My phone's miui is miui9 stable 9.0.2
I recently went to a couple of concerts and recorded some videos of the shows, all of them had terrible audio, I can't really describe it but it's absolutely terrible compared to every other phone I've ever had.

!! Major Camera Microphone Issue !!

So I've been greatly enjoying my Moto G6 so far but as of yesterday I found a big software and/or potentially hardware problem with the phone. When using the camera app to record video, the audio quality is absolutely horrible. Awful audio artifacts, extremely tinny and scratchy sound. However, when using other apps to record video, like Snapchat, etc the audio quality appears to be fine. Is anyone else experiencing this issue?
EDIT: It appears Moto/Lenovo is aware of this issue and is working on it as I speak. Definitely software sided. https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Moto-G6-Moto-G6-Plus-Moto-G6/Moto-g6-noisy-audio-on-recorded-video/td-p/4092880

lg v40 recording videos with external Mic help!

Hello, I have big problem with recording video with external Mic.
I had a lavalier type Mic that I got from Sound Professionals website last year. It worked great with the v30 but on v40 sounds very strange. I mostly record myself playing my instrument (double bass) for study and pedagogic purposes and now low notes sound tubby as if underwater effect...tried lowering sensitivity (gain) but didn't do much difference
I was using HD audio mode on manual video camera
Recording with the internal phone mics is very good but lacks low frequency range (at least until 40hz) so I need external Mic to properly judge my sound production.
I'm seriously considering returning this unless I can connect an external Mic.that has good sound I'm hoping it's just the Mic went bad
Anyone with some external Mic experience please share your experience.
So after some troubleshooting it seems it's the video camera app that has a bug when recording audio from external Mic.
I used the same microphones with the HD audio recorder app and the sound quality is just perfect.
Only when using the video camera app (manual or auto mode) the external microphone sounds like crap.
I used some third party video recording apps and again the external microphones work very well (though these apps don't have all the nice manual audio and video settings as lg's stock app)
Anyone else has a similar experience?
Not sure whether to reset the phone or exchange it...high quality audio video recording is THE reason I buy this phone...

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