Camera Audio Bitrate - Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers

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

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Audio sample rate hack for camera?

Is there a way to increase the quality of the audio when u rec 720p video?
Would be great if it uses both microphones to achieve higher quality, stereo sound.
not possible as of yet
Why is that? There are apps on the market that can do this.
Alclub said:
Why is that? There are apps on the market that can do this.
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XDA-Devs are probably worried about more important things right now...
Would be nice though.
Alclub said:
Why is that? There are apps on the market that can do this.
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I posted a thread about this at the Cyanogen forums a little while ago:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/1584-video-camera-audio-quality-examples/
The culprit is the AMR codec and abysmal bitrate. I'm not an expert, but from what I have been able to piece together, the ability of the phone to record video and audio is somehow limited by the radio and the formats and containers it can handle. For whatever reason, it is presently non-trivial to get it to write (say) h264 video with AAC audio. But I do think there's demand for this so hopefully we'll see it at some point.
I'm thinking this belongs in the Q&A section...

Bad sound quality on videos

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

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

Hi-Fi DAC compatibility with custom roms?

Has anyone tried to check if Hi-Fi works in any of the custom ROMs released?
It is one of the deciding factors for me to buy this phone. Even if it's possible later on to include in custom ROMs, that'll be awesome.
May I ask does hifi works in another music player like poweramp..??
penglengpung said:
May I ask does hifi works in another music player like poweramp..??
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I tried it out in a friend's k20 pro [untouched MIUI Rom].
There is a difference while enabling hi-fi mode in system settings and also in Poweramp settings. Enabling both will make a noticeable difference. Won't get loud as LG v30 but the output seems to me is clear and much better than average.
Does anyone know if it works yet?
I have this phone and audio of this phone if just okayish.. my redmi note 3 was wayyyy superior than this phone's audio..
soni.durgesh0094 said:
I have this phone and audio of this phone if just okayish.. my redmi note 3 was wayyyy superior than this phone's audio..
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Maybe check your settings? Cause audio output is far better than Redmi note 3's audio output, (but still behind LG v20).
Va2c said:
Maybe check your settings? Cause audio output is far better than Redmi note 3's audio output, (but still behind LG v20).
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Can u please send screenshot of audio setting you are using and which earphones u r using ?? I am using budget earphones like sony ex155ap, xb450ap, audio technica ath clr100 etc and with all of them budget earphones i find that audio of redmi note 3 is wayy superior. Both in speaker and 3.5mm jack.. audio of RN3 has crisp bass vocals and tribal and background instruments details.
soni.durgesh0094 said:
Can u please send screenshot of audio setting you are using and which earphones u r using ?? I am using budget earphones like sony ex155ap, xb450ap, audio technica ath clr100 etc and with all of them budget earphones i find that audio of redmi note 3 is wayy superior. Both in speaker and 3.5mm jack.. audio of RN3 has crisp bass vocals and tribal and background instruments details.
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First of all, hope you have some quality audio files with you because no amount of good hardware can compensate for that. Check Headphones and Audio effects section in settings if hi-fi audio is enabled.
I use Poweramp as my music player. I'll be attaching screenshots audio related settings of the app (also select hi-res audio for aux input).
Va2c said:
First of all, hope you have some quality audio files with you because no amount of good hardware can compensate for that. Check Headphones and Audio effects section in settings if hi-fi audio is enabled.
I use Poweramp as my music player. I'll be attaching screenshots audio related settings of the app (also select hi-res audio for aux input).
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Dear i use mp3 files as i have more than 2200 songs in my phone so i cant download that much of FLAC files as mp3 is commonly used files. Moreover i have tried lgv20, iphone 6, poco f1, redmi note 3, 4, 5pro, MI A1 etc and with budget earphones and mp3 files (even retro songs of 1960s 1970s years) RN3 plays them soooooo good even with stock music players.. if you haven't tried yet please try.. i enable mi sound enhancer with mi earbuds profile as mi earbuds profile gives background instruments details of songs mp3 and YouTube also
And on which ROM u r on k20 pro as indian global rom has bug of broken equaliser on Google play music (please confirm if you too have)
Also on mi sound enhancer with mi earbuds profile and EQ in such a way that bass bars at 20% height, vocals at 30% height and tribal bars at 40% height.. my RN3, 4 and all other Xiaomi phones as i stated above give sooo loud and crisp audio with those budget earphones (sony ex155ap, xb450ap etc) that u can hardly listen it on max volume but at those same setting and files even at max volume k20 pro sounds too low.. weak in bass vocals and tribal in all department...
Please practically try Redmi note 3 if you can..
Rn3 and k20 pro both have hifi audio but rn3 do not have expressly hifi audio option as there is in k20 pro does this mean unlike rn3, k20 pro compulsory require flac or heavy files and costly earphone so enjoy audio which anyhow be enjoyed with rn3 with mp3 and budget earphones...
I am not happy with audio of k20 pro..
I can go with costly earphone but replacing and finding flac files is not possible in india for 2200 songs.
Please guide
I've used RN3 in the past. Not much to write home about in the audio front . You'll need something better than the earphones you currently own. But if your satisfied with the output, no need to buy new ones.
What I suggest is that you tinker around with the EQ as that will give you sound you desire.
soni.durgesh0094 said:
Dear i use mp3 files as i have more than 2200 songs in my phone so i cant download that much of FLAC files as mp3 is commonly used files. Moreover i have tried lgv20, iphone 6, poco f1, redmi note 3, 4, 5pro, MI A1 etc and with budget earphones and mp3 files (even retro songs of 1960s 1970s years) RN3 plays them soooooo good even with stock music players.. if you haven't tried yet please try.. i enable mi sound enhancer with mi earbuds profile as mi earbuds profile gives background instruments details of songs mp3 and YouTube also
And on which ROM u r on k20 pro as indian global rom has bug of broken equaliser on Google play music (please confirm if you too have)
Also on mi sound enhancer with mi earbuds profile and EQ in such a way that bass bars at 20% height, vocals at 30% height and tribal bars at 40% height.. my RN3, 4 and all other Xiaomi phones as i stated above give sooo loud and crisp audio with those budget earphones (sony ex155ap, xb450ap etc) that u can hardly listen it on max volume but at those same setting and files even at max volume k20 pro sounds too low.. weak in bass vocals and tribal in all department...
Please practically try Redmi note 3 if you can..
Rn3 and k20 pro both have hifi audio but rn3 do not have expressly hifi audio option as there is in k20 pro does this mean unlike rn3, k20 pro compulsory require flac or heavy files and costly earphone so enjoy audio which anyhow be enjoyed with rn3 with mp3 and budget earphones...
I am not happy with audio of k20 pro..
I can go with costly earphone but replacing and finding flac files is not possible in india for 2200 songs.
Please guide
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well i use House of Marley Smile Jamaica Earphones and i find the Audio output to be Excellent via headphone jack. I Listen a lots of indian music via Gaana app.
PS i already have Redmi Note 4 and i find this device gives better output not sure abot RN3 though.
If you really an Audio Freak then try out ViperFX it will give superior output even with Budget Earphones
pritish sahoo said:
well i use House of Marley Smile Jamaica Earphones and i find the Audio output to be Excellent via headphone jack. I Listen a lots of indian music via Gaana app.
PS i already have Redmi Note 4 and i find this device gives better output not sure abot RN3 though.
If you really an Audio Freak then try out ViperFX it will give superior output even with Budget Earphones
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Yes dear .. i too have used rn4 and rn3 also but rn3 audio is on different level.. to each of my frnd i make comparisons to for both phone's audio.. everyone says that rn3 sounds better and loud.. i have sent many feedbacks and mails also to Mi.. Lets see how quick they fix it
It is great, I have some reasonably good KZ IEM and they just sound great with hi-fi mode, was surprised by the details and quality, at last listening to tracks in Tidal with hi-fi/master subscription was very noticeable, I plan to test some amps, there is some reviews talking about THD on high volumes, but in term simply of volume, honestly the phone output is strong, I cannot endure 3 seconds with 100% volume, but maybe it is just KZ, they are somewhat easy to manage.
Va2c said:
Has anyone tried to check if Hi-Fi works in any of the custom ROMs released?
It is one of the deciding factors for me to buy this phone. Even if it's possible later on to include in custom ROMs, that'll be awesome.
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The hifi DAC on the K20 Pro doesn't make a lot of difference.
I have a Pocophone and the both sound exactly the same.
RebornCheiko said:
The hifi DAC on the K20 Pro doesn't make a lot of difference.
I have a Pocophone and the both sound exactly the same.
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Put on a good pair or headphones or IEMs (not $10-$20 bassy earphones) and use Tidal or Deezer and you will see the difference night and day. I have used Poco F1 as well and the audio output through the 3.5mm jack is way better on K20 pro due to the superior DAC used on it.
soni.durgesh0094 said:
Dear i use mp3 files as i have more than 2200 songs in my phone so i cant download that much of FLAC files as mp3 is commonly used files. Moreover i have tried lgv20, iphone 6, poco f1, redmi note 3, 4, 5pro, MI A1 etc and with budget earphones and mp3 files (even retro songs of 1960s 1970s years) RN3 plays them soooooo good even with stock music players.. if you haven't tried yet please try.. i enable mi sound enhancer with mi earbuds profile as mi earbuds profile gives background instruments details of songs mp3 and YouTube also
And on which ROM u r on k20 pro as indian global rom has bug of broken equaliser on Google play music (please confirm if you too have)
Also on mi sound enhancer with mi earbuds profile and EQ in such a way that bass bars at 20% height, vocals at 30% height and tribal bars at 40% height.. my RN3, 4 and all other Xiaomi phones as i stated above give sooo loud and crisp audio with those budget earphones (sony ex155ap, xb450ap etc) that u can hardly listen it on max volume but at those same setting and files even at max volume k20 pro sounds too low.. weak in bass vocals and tribal in all department...
Please practically try Redmi note 3 if you can..
Rn3 and k20 pro both have hifi audio but rn3 do not have expressly hifi audio option as there is in k20 pro does this mean unlike rn3, k20 pro compulsory require flac or heavy files and costly earphone so enjoy audio which anyhow be enjoyed with rn3 with mp3 and budget earphones...
I am not happy with audio of k20 pro..
I can go with costly earphone but replacing and finding flac files is not possible in india for 2200 songs.
Please guide
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You realise MP3 audios are for casual listening, not for audiophiles. You will never be able to understand the difference when using mp3 files and cheap earphones. Even if you buy an external DAC, you would still find it similar to your RN3 which uses regular/normal DAC.
Va2c said:
Has anyone tried to check if Hi-Fi works in any of the custom ROMs released?
It is one of the deciding factors for me to buy this phone. Even if it's possible later on to include in custom ROMs, that'll be awesome.
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HIFI DAC is a hardware chip and has nothing to do with software.

MI9T PRO low bitrate on 4k 60fps

Hey guys, is there any mod to increase video quality, 4k 30fps and 60fps have same low bitrate it's only 42mbps, Even my old LG G4 had 4k 30fps 48mbps quality and with v10 camera app it could do 64mbps no problem. What the problem with xiaomi ? low bitrate on audio aswell. Ive seen mod to increase that, but what about video quality ?
Does the quality appear very poor?
I thought the video quality would be variable.
Gcam on Android 9 can record at 100Mbps (is too much visible). If you are in Android 10 like me, we are fuccked.
majimbo said:
Gcam on Android 9 can record at 100Mbps (is too much visible). If you are in Android 10 like me, we are fuccked.
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Why? Was it locked by Google in the system?
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