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Video recording limitation.

kilee — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 14:04:23 GMT

I have been using the video recording with full HD 60fps, but the camera app is closed about 1-2 minutes later from the starting due to the high temperature.
It means I cannot take the video 2 minutes more with this option(full HD 60fps).

Actually, I am using LG G3 bought 2 years before, and can take the movie 5 minutes with UHD Quality even this is Sanpdragon 801. (It limits 5minutes as maximum.)

I think this issue is not related to the chipset and hope Sony can improve this issue with SW update.

Re: Video recording limitation.

Lord_viridis — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 19:46:01 GMT

I'm currently testing and although I did get a heat warning at just over 9:30, it's still recording at 17:40

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Lord_viridis — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 20:00:34 GMT

30:10 before shutdown

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Lord_viridis — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 20:06:15 GMT

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Lord_viridis — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 20:15:36 GMT

@nolramb can you see similar experience on 60fps video?

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Thelastofus — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 23:55:55 GMT

I have xperia Z5 with similar issue , i can record only 4 minutes 1080p @60fps . 4k video recording last more than 30 minutes...

Re: Video recording limitation.

kilee — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 02:46:16 GMT

@Viridis wrote:
I'm currently testing and although I did get a heat warning at just over 9:30, it's still recording at 17:40

Did you test with full HD 60fps??

Re: Video recording limitation.

MarlonUk1 — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 03:08:25 GMT

I have no problems with heat even I live in a humid area.

I suggest to try recording again , this time restart your device first ( to flush out opened background tasks) or try on safe mode

Re: Video recording limitation.

kilee — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 03:32:16 GMT

@nolramlb wrote:
I have no problems with heat even I live in a humid area.
I suggest to try recording again , this time restart your device first ( to flush out opened background tasks) or try on safe mode

Thanks for the comment and I will keep to watch this issue.

Actually, I tried to record again and it works about 5 minutes more at this time, but changing the storage to internal memory from SD card.

I don't know if it effects to the recording duration.

Re: Video recording limitation.

MarlonUk1 — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 05:34:06 GMT

it might help a little bit, since the internal memory has faster read/write speeds compared to external memory.

Though this might increase the duration, do not expect it to be better, as far as I know , other phone manufacturers are putting limit on this Video mode is because of the heat, sony xperia doesn't have this limit but heat will eventually limit the duration.

Re: Video recording limitation.

Lord_viridis — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 09:18:32 GMT

Hi again,
Yes it was 60fps.
Tbh I was expecting less. As I'd left all the enhancement features on I thought it would die out at 10 minute mark.

Re: Video recording limitation.

kilee — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 08:07:49 GMT

@nolramlb wrote:
it might help a little bit, since the internal memory has faster read/write speeds compared to external memory.
Though this might increase the duration, do not expect it to be better, as far as I know , other phone manufacturers are putting limit on this Video mode is because of the heat, sony xperia doesn't have this limit but heat will eventually limit the duration.

Yes, you are right, so I am using high performance SONY SD card(U3 grade, Read 95MB/s, Write 90MB/s).

Anyway, now the full HD 60fps option works well over 5 minutes. Probably, my device was in increasing the temperature and I did the recording at that time.

Re: Video recording limitation.

Klauder — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 20:40:08 GMT

Want a word of advice? Exchange!

Mine would heat up pretty fast. Even in camera mode functions were disabled after a while due to heat. Recording even at 1080p/30fps would shut the camera down. The most i would normally get at 1080/60fps or 4K was 8-10 minutes (and sometimes could not record more than 3 -5 minutes). Gyroscope had an issue, which I detected while playing Asphalt8. Did the service menu tests and there was something wrong. I sent that unit back after a week of use. Apparently the problem in the gyro would heat up the processor and other components and that was why temperatures rise so quickly.
Just received another unit today and filmed 24 minutes in 4K until it shut down. I'm still testing this one but am a lot more satisfied, although the selfie camera is a little bit off center...
By the way, my first XZ had a little particle of dust inside the main camera glass. That did not seem to affect picture quality but it was there...
I read on this forum and xda people that already complained about heat problems, dust in the dual sim version camera glass (mine is single sim) and other stuff. Mine just had those issues. I really like the XZ but I had the Z2 and never had problems, although many people did. Just wasn't expecting to have them in a newer flagship version.
Gonna see how this one will behave through the next day. Hopefully all will be OK and I will be a proud owner of a great phone that fulfills my needs.

Re: Video recording limitation.

kilee — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 01:47:17 GMT

Thanks for the kind opinion and I will also pay attention to the heat up during the recording and hope it works well.

Now it seems to work well...:)

Re: Video recording limitation.

Klauder — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 10:32:49 GMT

Kilee, by the way, can you please benchmark your sd card on the phone using for example A1 SD Bench?

I have a class 10 UHS-I(U1) card but want to buy a UHS-I(U3) (ex. Sandisk Extreme) or a UHS-II(U3) (ex. Sandisk Extreme Pro) but don't know if the interface of the phone will take full advantage of the card speed.

By the way, the tests i did while recording were done using the internal memory.

Thanks

Re: Video recording limitation.

kilee — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 12:41:58 GMT

I am using Sony SD card and it is U3(R=95, W=90) so it is not a issue related to SD card I think. Now I found out a case of this issue and it would happen when I record a person. At this time, xz trace a face and it effect to the heat up extreamly. If I record a landscape or things, xz is not heat up and it records much time. Unfortunatelly, I dont know how to disable the face tracking.

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Lord_viridis — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 13:10:20 GMT

Camera Settings, object tracking off

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kilee — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 13:25:43 GMT

Of course I did it but the tracking is still working in the recording mode. I dont know if this is a bug.

Re: Video recording limitation.

Klauder — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 14:34:14 GMT

kilee, if i were you i would trade that phone for another one if you are under the first 30 days.

Those r/w speeds of your card are theoretical and depend a lot on what usb host you are using (ex. the same as using an usb 3.1 pen drive on a computer that the motherboard only supports 2.0, thus limiting the speed).

I had the same problem that you have, got a replacement and that problem is over. For example, when doing benchmarks on Antutu with the old one, starting fron idle temperatures, sometimes i would get 130.000 or more but from a minute to another on another test only 90.000-100.000 and this was due to heating issues not only when using the camera. With the new unit on Antutu i always get around 140.000-143.000.

Too short recording time

kilee — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 13:45:20 GMT

Hi,
I`m using XZ and have a problem on the video recording.

When I do the video recording, it runs about 3 minutes and turned it off due to the high temperature.
My config. is Full HD 60fps / object tracking off / steadyshot standard / save location / strorage SD card.

The phenomenon happens only when I record a person(portrait), and it doesn't happen with landscape or things.
Actually, I can record the video 5 minutes more for the landscape or things.
I think that face tracking feature is effect to the recording time but there is no option to turn it off.

In summary,
1. video recording for a person(portrait) : about 3 minutes running and turned it off.
2. video recording for a thing(landscape) : possible to record 5 minutes more and more.

Do you have same phenomenon with me??

Of course I questioned to Sony and they told me that, 2~3 minutes recording time for full HD 60fps is spec-in.
This is totally ridiculous.