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[en] SE P1i camera mod update [Sony Ericsson/modding/UIQ]
01214 days
by Bograma
in Everything Else Tech
Camera mod is getting on my nerves. I don’t really need the video part but entering this mod-business made me took the opportunity of testing extensively all the mods available. All of them are safe: you don’t like it, just delete the modded files and the system will use the back-ups when you restart. Safe.
So, a lot of people started modding the camera files and the results appeared instantly. I mean, pictures are so much better with a minor downside: they are maybe 15% bigger in size, but with my 2 GB card I don’t worry a bit. I usually download pics&videos from my phone every 2 weeks, or even weekly. On the video part, there is A LOT of work to be done. Even after lots of mods, the video still appears choppy and laggy. This happens to me. Others have bigger issues: delayed sound of about 2 seconds or corrupt (often and it happened to me, too!) video/picture after you finish taking them! And this is really bad because you can’t recapture those moments. Or for most of the people, works great. I know that.
I tend to relay on my P1i camera very much, as it’s the best camera I have whenever I need it. What good is to have at home a 12 MP one with big optical zoom? Underneath, I put two clips taken with 2 different mods. After this second try, I pretty sure I’ll comeback to the original settings and wait until something better comes along. Too bad for the video image quality which is top notch (for this phone), almost 100% better than before, but choppiness is not acceptable.
A little bit about the video clips underneath: 1st example has decreased FPS(frames per second) from 51 to 45 in order to reduce the lag. It seemed to be working (only 3 choppy frames at the begining and then very smooth), but after trying it again today, was worse than ever before. And this leads me to example number 2: after emptying the folder to which the record will gonna land to in order to have a smoother operation,I tried again but the result is terible. Don’t know why. Just it doesn’t work at all, the result is choppy and laggy.
I have to thank Mode and Chombos 1, both members of the Esato Forum for their kindness and help regarding this particular issue. In the end, by coverting back to original files doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate the unpaid effort made by people modding these apps, but that for the moment the result is not expected so maybe some encouragement and patience is in order.
[ro] Madonna auf der Wiener Donauinsel,Austria [hrana pentru suflet/video]
0Concertul sustinut pe 23.09 a.c a durat circa 2 ore. Dupa 12 ore de condus non-stop, 4 km de mers pe jos (pentru ca absolut nimeni de pe strada nu a stiut unde este concertul – ok, pe Insula Dunarii si se trece pe podul ala, o luati incolo si…cam atat), 2 ore de asteptare (sper ca austriecii sa fie la fel de constiinciosi ca englezii!) si alte 45 de minute pentru a ajunge inapoi la masina si la hotel, pot spune ca a meritat.
Calitativ, ceva mai slabut – Madonna a fost in permanenta criticata pentru lipsa de consistenta pe scena,iar pe alocluri chiar a falsat! De inteles insa: la 50 de ani a dansat si a cantat timp de 2 ore. Si coregrafie, nu prostiile lejere puse in scena de romani mai tineri.
[ro] Ursi liberi la Cota 1400 [Romanik]
0Un urs nu prea mare – cam 2 ani, statea pe “soseaua” care duce la Cota 1400 si manca ce-i dadusera turistii care il filmau si-l fotografiau din masina. Ba mai mult,unul chiar se daduse jos si il fotografia de la 5 metri distanta. Acum nu spun nu, este incitant sa observi un urs din apropiere avand in vedere ca am avut ocazia sa vad ursi numai la Gradina Zoologica, insa sa il iti pui viata in pericol pentru o fotografie de aproape, este o prostie.
Am preferat sa ne continuam drumul catre Cota, insa la circa 400 de metri un altul mai mare se odihnea pe marginea drumului. Ne-am gandit ca este mai sigur sa facem cale intoarsa, cu toate ca ursii nu pareau agresivi, ci mai interesati de ce s-ar gasi de mancare.
Ca sa nu mai spun ca autoritatile nu fac nimic pentru a impiedica astfel de intalniri de gradul 3, care se pot termina urat – vezi Brasov.
Urs la Cota 1400
