Z4 no sound when recording video

[bce]

Z4 no sound when recording movie. 

Bad sound if mic is enabled

[MarlonUk1]

are you using the deafult camera app? how about when you use 3rd party apps.

run xperia diagnostics

does this happen when you are on safe mode

[Uliwooly]

@bce

Your post it's a bit confusing

Are you recording a video but you have the mic disabled, hence no sound? 

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@bce wrote:

Z4 no sound when recording movie. 

Bad sound if mic is enabled

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[bce]

Yes I think it was a year ago or so that movie recording with direct sound worked fine..

Then Sony? removed that option  and forced mlc use to get sound in the recording. 

That's not a pro solution? sound gets really bad. 

[Lord_viridis]

Sorry but can you explain further?
Sony has never removed the mic option from video recording.

[bce]

Right, not the mic option but direct sound option.

[bce]

Sorry, it is when I use the built in screen recorder. Long press power > record screen.

[Uliwooly]

@bce 

That's how it's supposed to work, it's supposed to record YOU talking and/or your surroundings NOT whatever it's on the screen, you could turn up the volume of the videogame or whatever you have running 

or 

use third party app

@Viridis If I'm not mistaken it has been like that since it was preloaded with Xperias, I don't recall if there was a copyright restriction 

[Lord_viridis]

Correct, screen recording has always used the mic for audio, even 3Rd party apps.
There are some copywrite restrictions, streaming media won't record, nor remote play.

[bce]

That's how it's supposed to work,

>I think it is is strange?

 it's supposed to record YOU talking and/or your surroundings NOT whatever it's on the screen,

>But it is a screen recorder, not i video camera?

>Screen recorder = record the screen, not the sound?

>I need somthing else if I want to record screen with sound? what?

you could turn up the volume of the videogame or whatever you have running

>just looking at YouTube.

or 

use third party app

>same problem with third party app.

>Sony (or Google) removed option to record sound and video a year or so ago.