Bad sound quality on videos - Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers

Hi,
I have a MI8 with MIUI 9 Global, the 9.5.13, and i recorded a video today on a loud environment, and the sound is really bad, if it is too loud, you can't really hear anything because i assume it tries to remove background noise and ends up messing up everything, even my Redmi note 3 pro has better results. Is there any software fix, some custom camera app, or anything that i can do to try and fix it? Is it even just me?
Thanks.

Hello,
Can you share the video? I wanna hear if it's like on my redmi note 4 when I record a video in loud concerts.
Thanks

Just update to miui 10 and the sound will be great. It was a bug on miui 9

johnxarma said:
Just update to miui 10 and the sound will be great. It was a bug on miui 9
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MIUI 10 does not resolve the issue. He is most likely talking about how it picks up ambient noise and seems to amplify it. If you have a standard in door house fan or an AC on, you will hear it in the video, something that most other phones don't really pick up, or at least not nearly as much as the Mi 8. It's annoying and was one of the main reasons I was going to purchase the Mi Mix 2S instead. In the end I chose the Mi 8 due to the better battery life. This was one of the videos I watched to compare the cameras, and you can really see the difference between the two.
https://youtu.be/gAuLnDCJvuU

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Camera Audio Bitrate

I haven't received the device yet, but according to GSMArena's review & some users on the MIUI forums, the Mi 9 records audio in 92Kbps, compared to the Mix 3 that records at 192Kbps, is there anyway to improve this? Apparently it makes the audio in recorded videos sound bad quality & hollow
Most stations broadcasting online use 96Kbps AAC encoding and the results are more than adequate. Hopefully the issue with the MI 9 complains is not the microphone. Because if the analogue output of the microphone feeds the digital encoder junk, it's going to produce digital junk no matter the kbps rate. Please let me know of your findings when you receive your unit as I am very interested in it too.
awechris said:
Most stations broadcasting online use 96Kbps AAC encoding and the results are more than adequate. Hopefully the issue with the MI 9 complains is not the microphone. Because if the analogue output of the microphone feeds the digital encoder junk, it's going to produce digital junk no matter the kbps rate. Please let me know of your findings when you receive your unit as I am very interested in it too.
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From my understanding the Mix 3 records audio at 196Kbps, in my opinion that's the best Xiaomi device for recording audio compared to others, not sure why the Mi 9 was set to 96Kbps, guess we'll have to wait & see
TheInfiniteAndroid said:
From my understanding the Mix 3 records audio at 196Kbps, in my opinion that's the best Xiaomi device for recording audio compared to others, not sure why the Mi 9 was set to 96Kbps, guess we'll have to wait & see
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I ordered MI 9 6GB/128GB Global edition from Greece yesterday. I should have it by the end of the week. Concerning the audio, can't we just use a different software for video recording? Isn't that a software setting?
awechris said:
I ordered MI 9 6GB/128GB Global edition from Greece yesterday. I should have it by the end of the week. Concerning the audio, can't we just use a different software for video recording? Isn't that a software setting?
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I may be mistaken but I think opencamera let's you change audio bitrate, other than that, you have to be rooted to make any changes
Any updates on this, has it been fixed or is there a workaround?
SirTAVARES said:
you have a magisk mod in the forum
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Just a question : Is this fixed in current MIUI Rom releases (Xiaomi.eu, RevolutionOS...) or is it still needed to install the magisk mod ?
Thanks.
SirTAVARES said:
i think u need the module =/
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Yes, just flashed ROS and saw videos have 99 Kbps bitrate. Will install the mod, thanks

Audio video recording Is terrible

Hi all i have redmi note 7 global. I have the problem of terrible audio in concerts and disco music or sport event , Do you know if there are solutions?
I've the same problem. I Hope for a fix!!
salser0 said:
Hi all i have redmi note 7 global. I have the problem of terrible audio in concerts and disco music or sport event , Do you know if there are solutions?
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Same problem. I come from iphone 6s which had great audio for concert recording. On redmi its garbage im really dissappointed.
hope they fix it on next global miui update
I don't think that xiomi will solve, let's hope someone solves that with Rom
I find also audio in phone conversation lacks clarity.
nabijente said:
Same problem. I come from iphone 6s which had great audio for concert recording. On redmi its garbage im really dissappointed.
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Think I saw somewhere that the Mi 8 Lite has better concert recording sound. Don't both phones have similar microphones and software or am I missing something?
Haven't tested my 3 day old RN7 yet but am looking forward to seeing how it sounds recording video in loud environments
nabijente said:
I come from iphone 6s which had great audio for concert recording
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How much was the iPhone 6s back in the days? No further questions your honor
https://forum.xda-developers.com/re...-improve-audio-recording-video-calls-t3939963

Popup Camera sided LEDs cause visual problem on LCD

Got my mi 9t pro weeks ago, after around 2 weeks of using when I open the selfie camera it shows the LED lights on popup camera on screen as well! which is annoying cause the phone is new with no problem(well atleast software-wise)
here is the clip of the problem
https://media.giphy.com/media/frGbhK6J30aSNADl4u/giphy.gif
anyone else has this problem?
pretty sure its not normal lol
yes don't worry dude it's just a animation
Lol, it came with miui11, it's a software "feature" xiaomi devs thought would be cool.
Little bling bling, you no like?
No worries, it's not a hardware problem.
Just find in settings / additional settings / front camera effects.
You can turn off this, sound and led even.
Sent from my Mi 9T Pro using Tapatalk
BlaackJack said:
yes don't worry dude it's just a animation
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oh ok, thanks for the quick respond bro
babaroga73 said:
Lol, it came with miui11, it's a software "feature" xiaomi devs thought would be cool.
Little bling bling, you no like?
No worries, it's not a hardware problem.
Just find in settings / additional settings / front camera effects.
You can turn off this, sound and led even.
Sent from my Mi 9T Pro using Tapatalk
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yeah I know, I turned them off, both visual and sound, Thanks though
and I'm on MIUI 10.3.3, not 11 yet, but I have my doubts to update, Specially for Battery life and stuff, and no major upgrade on MIUI 11 compares to 10.3
I'm on 10.3.4. And couldn't care less to update to 11, I'm reading about various problems people have, battery, overheating, tethering, etc thanks no.
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11.0.3 gives me better battery life than 10 ever did with battery saver on.
Lol Made my day, thank you
mhfa said:
yeah I know, I turned them off, both visual and sound, Thanks though
and I'm on MIUI 10.3.3, not 11 yet, but I have my doubts to update, Specially for Battery life and stuff, and no major upgrade on MIUI 11 compares to 10.3
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Yes outdoor you can upgrade, the biggest upgrade is the Android 10. We must be proud that our device for it so short than many other phones. Also work MIUI 11, the phone overall performance has imported. I am also getting better battery backup in MIUI 11.
anoying
babaroga73 said:
Lol, it came with miui11, it's a software "feature" xiaomi devs thought would be cool.
Little bling bling, you no like?
No worries, it's not a hardware problem.
Just find in settings / additional settings / front camera effects.
You can turn off this, sound and led even.
Sent from my Mi 9T Pro using Tapatalk
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hi, exist any way to turn off the screen animation, but dont turn off the camera led?
IDK, I'm still on miui10, all I know that it's in additional settings / front camera effects.
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Question Human Face Picture bit darker than normal

I bought redmi note 10 pro max somedays ago. Normal shots of this phone is fine. But when I click photos of human face it is bit darker than normal. My other phones picture is more natural and real. But this one is bit darker and it can be really annoying sometimes. Attached some picture sample here. 1st picture is from Note 10 pro max and 2nd one is from Redmi 4x I am on miui 12.5.2 by the way. Is this a software or hardware issue I am confused. Please help!
eastad10 said:
I bought redmi note 10 pro max somedays ago. Normal shots of this phone is fine. But when I click photos of human face it is bit darker than normal. My other phones picture is more natural and real. But this one is bit darker and it can be really annoying sometimes. Attached some picture sample here. 1st picture is from Note 10 pro max and 2nd one is from Redmi 4x I am on miui 12.5.2 by the way. Is this a software or hardware issue I am confused. Please help!
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Forget if it's darker or brighter. Actual thing you have to look for is which one has natural colors (without enhancing colors artificially) because some phones/OEMs put artificial algorithms to make the picture look more brighter and put excessive brightness than what it actually has naturally.
Some people like natural colors and some like enhanced (artificial) colors/photos.
Cheers!
i can confirm the same... human face photos are too much saturated+yellowish+darker (with both stock miui and ANX )... compared with my redmi note 5 pro+mi 10i. (rn5 pro is pretty much natural WOW) .. and when adding 2x zoom to rear cam photos, it takes a bit much annoying time to process and clearly display the photo..
it's software. check Gcam then compare
Abdullah.Csit said:
it's software. check Gcam then compare
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Used 7.4 gcam. Same result.
eastad10 said:
I bought redmi note 10 pro max somedays ago. Normal shots of this phone is fine. But when I click photos of human face it is bit darker than normal. My other phones picture is more natural and real. But this one is bit darker and it can be really annoying sometimes. Attached some picture sample here. 1st picture is from Note 10 pro max and 2nd one is from Redmi 4x I am on miui 12.5.2 by the way. Is this a software or hardware issue I am confused. Please help!
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I have both redmi note 10 pro and Pro max. In both phones, human faces look darker in pics as well as 1080p videos (720p vids are bit grainy and just same as other phones). The problem persists in all conditions, let it be well lit indoor or outdoor, for group photos etc. Such problems were not there in my other redmi/realme/honor phones. Indoor Pics are not all presentable whatever the setting may be. And if you zoom in to human face, they kind of messy. Grainy would have been fine. Not sure if it can be improved.
This is because different mobile phones have different shooting configurations. This problem can be solved by adjusting some functions, etc.
Facing the same situation from day one of the use of Redmi note 10 pro max.
All pictures where human is involved are darker than actual skin color tone.
Not sure how to fix that. I use some filters provided by redmi to balance out the color tone, but that is something that you don't wanna do every time you open the camera.
Any solution?
(GCAM also provided the same results)
Ankit Chaturvedi said:
Facing the same situation from day one of the use of Redmi note 10 pro max.
All pictures where human is involved are darker than actual skin color tone.
Not sure how to fix that. I use some filters provided by redmi to balance out the color tone, but that is something that you don't wanna do every time you open the camera.
Any solution?
(GCAM also provided the same results)
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use MTSLsnapv5 with neon3 xml
Redmi Note 10 Pro max owned by me too has the same problem. I had checked many note 10 pro max camera review videos and for them it seems normal as any typical phone camera - smoothens a little, improve brightness, overall the picture gets pleasant and good. However, just on my Redmi note10 Pro max, any human skin gets a darker tone- FYI it is not even the natural color, but darker.
Initially thought it is a software issue and might get resolved with updates. Though I update my phone as soon as updates gets available, so far, after an year and numerous updates, the issue is still there. I tried all settings that they provide for camera and tried other camera apps etc- but results were same.
I suspect it could be a hardware issue due to bad quality control- I'm an electronics engineer and I do encounter one off problems for some items in mass production.
From the conversation above, I'm understanding that there are a few others who have same experience as me with Redmi Note 10 pro max.
Yes this is problem even new 2022 products at least on box all kind of software updates means all reviews on YouTube are fake and paid they just cheat spoiled 22000 on promax 8/128 just because of camera reviews note 9 was far better than this
mohan17 said:
Yes this is problem even new 2022 products at least on box all kind of software updates means all reviews on YouTube are fake and paid they just cheat spoiled 22000 on promax 8/128 just because of camera reviews note 9 was far better than this
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Check gcam thread for Shamim latest and @Kairu135 or my configs and try with these again
eastad10 said:
I bought redmi note 10 pro max somedays ago. Normal shots of this phone is fine. But when I click photos of human face it is bit darker than normal. My other phones picture is more natural and real. But this one is bit darker and it can be really annoying sometimes. Attached some picture sample here. 1st picture is from Note 10 pro max and 2nd one is from Redmi 4x I am on miui 12.5.2 by the way. Is this a software or hardware issue I am confused. Please help!
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Did you find solution to this problem. Mobile is almost useless because above issue. I had purchased mobile mainly for its Camera. Please help.
ZainBilq said:
Forget if it's darker or brighter. Actual thing you have to look for is which one has natural colors (without enhancing colors artificially) because some phones/OEMs put artificial algorithms to make the picture look more brighter and put excessive brightness than what it actually has naturally.
Some people like natural colors and some like enhanced (artificial) colors/photos.
Cheers!
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Very bad camera quality. Human face Darke while taking photos. I wasted my 20000
WildBeast1984 said:
Did you find solution to this problem. Mobile is almost useless because above issue. I had purchased mobile mainly for its Camera. Please help.
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Very bad camera quality. It darken human face while taking simple photos. Only human photo are darken. Other phone redmi note 9 pro and note 7 note 8 are good. I purchased this phone only for camera. But I wasted my 21000. I m very sad by purchasing this phone. Why it darken human face only. Every setting failed. Also photo crash after zooming. Very bad quality. What is fun of 108 mp camera. Redmi decieving it's customers. In future I will never buy Xiaomi phones.

Question Poor photos quality

Hi all,
Does anyone of You also noticed how bad pictures taken with stock app are? In good lightning i got little to non details, also large areas of are just one color stains. I have exact same problem using OpenCamera aswell. This is supposed to be highest quality picture.
I got far better photos taken with my POCO F1.
I'm on MIUI Global 13.0.5, Android 11 RP1A.200720.0.11
Hi,
I'm having the same issue with the camera and I upgraded from the same phone as you! Would love to hear if there was a way to improve things.

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