HD = High definition e.g. 1080p = 1920 x 1080 (aspect ratio is 16:9)
\nSD = Standard definition e.g. 640 x 480 (aspect ratio is 4:3)<\/p>\n
Defines pre-set values for most other advanced settings in the video tab.\u00a0e.g. video size, bit rate, codec etc<\/p>\n
Suggestion: Usually your device will be set up correctly by the manufacturer, therefore if you change the video quality all other settings will change accordingly. If your device is not well set up by manufacturer then use advanced video settings<\/p>\n
Similar to focus mode for photos, the default is Continuous (Video). some phones don’t support other focus modes while videoing.<\/p>\n
In low light the flash can be used to illuminate the video, this setting controls how the flash is turned on.<\/p>\n
Auto: Turn on the flash in low light
\nOn: Always on
\nOff: Never on
\nPhoto: Same as photo flash mode<\/p>\n
Allows you to specify an exposure compensation which is only used for Video.<\/p>\n
Some LG and Samsung devices allow you to pause and resume a video recording. If you select this, a pause button will appear on the screen.<\/p>\n
Allows you take a photo while recording a video, simply press the photo shutter button while recording. This option will appear even if snapshots are not supported, but will be disabled by default if the app thinks snapshots are not supported. Some phones (e.g. Nexus 5) need this option to be on or video recording may crash.<\/p>\n
Some devices can capture a video snapshot at the full picture size, others can only capture at the video size. This setting tries to capture at full size. Some phones ignore this setting and capture at video size even if this is set.<\/p>\n
This also sets the framerate for the video, if it doesn’t appear there is only one possible framerate. If the preview framerate is a range (e.g. 10-30) the framerate will be reduced for low light.<\/p>\n
Allows you to take time lapse videos<\/p>\n
Tries to set the number of frames\/second for a video recording, most devices ignore this setting<\/p>\n
By default, a video recording will use a microphone facing the same direction as the camera (if available), this setting lets you change which microphone is used. This can be useful if the camcorder microphone doesn\u2019t work well or if you are narrating the video. You can also use this setting to disable audio.<\/p>\n
Either mono or stereo, some devices only support mono<\/p>\n
How audio is recorded on the video, AAC should give the best quality<\/p>\n
Bitrates for the different audio codecs are shown here, these may not all work<\/p>\n
Sample rates and the audio codec they are designed for are shown here<\/p>\n
Higher bit rates will give better quality videos but take up more space, some settings may not be available on all devices.<\/p>\n
Choose a video codec here, only change this if you know what you are doing<\/p>\n
Some media profiles specify the video will be stored in a 3gpp container rather than mp4, these are usually the same thing but to avoid having to rename your video files you can set this to mpeg4 here<\/p>\n
A device has a set of media profiles giving default values for all the above video settings, when you select 1080p or 720p in the \u201cVideo Quality\u201d setting, you are selecting one of these profiles. Often, there are other video sizes available. This setting lets you choose a video size that is not available in the profile. You may need to change the video bitrate if you change this. This setting is useful for devices such are the Nexus 7 (2012) which doesn\u2019t have a profile for 720p but does support it.<\/p>\n
This is the preview size while recording a video. For Android 2.3 the default is the same as the video size but for Android 4.0 and up, there is a \u201cpreferred\u201d preview size for video recordings. Unfortunately some devices don\u2019t work when using the preferred size. When this setting is set to default, Snap uses a preview size no bigger than the \u201cpreferred\u201d size, when it is set to \u201cVideo\u201d it uses the video size. Some devices (e.g. SGS2) need this to be set to a fixed value such as 1280\u00d7720. Using the wrong video preview size will cause video recording to fail and you will probably need to reboot your phone. If you have a device which needs an unusual video preview size please let us know.<\/p>\n
This is an advanced setting and is not generally useful except on the LG G2\/3 where nv12-venus gives a smoother frame rate (at the expense of disabling video snapshots). Most devices should use the default (yuv420sp).<\/p>\n
Some devices crash if a 4k video quality is queried so this setting allows you to enable it. Some devices (e.g. note 3, galaxy s5, lg g3) will show 4k video qualities without this setting being enabled. This setting always adds a 3840×2160 video size to the list of available resolutions.<\/p>\n
Many devices do not support files larger than 4G so this setting allows you to specify the maximum size of a video file. The 100M option\u00a0allows testing.<\/p>\n
If this setting is enabled, when a video reached the maximum file size it will be stopped and restarted with a new file. There may be a few seconds gap between the recordings.<\/p>\n
Some devices have a setting for high frame rates, this is useful for slow motion and smooth motion.<\/p>\n
On some devices the Video High Frame Rate setting doesn’t work or is not available, select this to force a 120fps preview frame rate. This setting will not work on many devices.<\/p>\n
This setting will change the playback speed of a video, it works on all devices but playback will be jerky unless a high frame rate is used. If a video has audio, the audio playback speed will not change and will usually finish before then end of the video. Set the audio source to “No Audio” for slow motion videos.<\/p>\n
This setting changes the brightness of the display during video recording. “Photo” will use the same setting as photos. Set it to “Dim” to save power when recording long videos. Be aware that “Dim” may turn the display off completely on some devices.<\/p>\n
Similar to the Extra Parameters for photos these only apply when recording a video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Video quality HD = High definition e.g. 1080p = 1920 x 1080 (aspect ratio is 16:9) SD = Standard definition e.g. 640 x 480 (aspect ratio is 4:3) Defines pre-set values for most other advanced settings in the video tab.\u00a0e.g. video size, bit rate, codec etc Suggestion: Usually your device will be set up correctly … Continue reading Settings – Video<\/span>