Volume is too low on video recordings on iPhone 4 (at&t)

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Volume is too low on video recordings on iPhone 4 (at&t)

Just today I've noticed the volume on the videos I record is much lower than others I've recorded just in the last couple days and today it's lower. I've checked the obvious like the volume. I've looked at the mic on the top of the phone by the earphone Jack. I've compared it to a video I recorded a few days ago. I restored the phone to factory then restored from a backup. Still a problem.

iPhone 4 (AT&T) v4.2.1

Message was edited by: Jim Felder

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Posted on Feb 14, 2011 8:13 PM

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Abedeman

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Sep 24, 2017 3:00 AM in response to iinami

HI I have this problem when I video tape on my iPhone 5s , and watch the video the volume is very low

I reset settings already but still problem

Mic is working fine because when I send a voice note via WhatsApp it's normal not low

But video taping low mic please any help

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Abedeman

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Sep 24, 2017 3:09 AM in response to PraiseJesus

My mic is working fine in all app and phone calls and anything

Except when I video tape very low volume

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Nov 28, 2012 5:55 AM in response to iinami

Thanks iinami your answer solved my sound problem 🙂

I used a very fine pin to clean it out

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sdschramm

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Feb 14, 2011 10:53 PM in response to Jim Felder

I've always noticed the sound low on my videos.
One time I even extracted the audio of one, and opened it into an editor to see the waveform. I took this screenshot, but never got around to making a post with it:

As you can see, the sound is much lower then it should be.
The only way to fix it would be to use a program like this to amplify it, export as mp3, then reattach to the movie and hope you get it all in sync, or use something like iMoive, but even when truing it up to 500% and normalizing it, sometimes still isn't "full volume" like it should be.

-Scott

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Jim Felder Author

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Feb 15, 2011 4:53 AM in response to Jim Felder

Well that is not my problem. It has changed just in the last day or so. I have watched some recent videos that I've done and the volume is much louder than the ones of late. An obvious difference. So my problem is not that it's that way already. When I get a chance to get to the Apple Store, I'll try to remember to reply back to post what happened.

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iinami

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Feb 15, 2011 6:14 PM in response to Jim Felder

there was another thread on here somewhere about this and here's what happened. that little tiny hole on top of your iphone next to the headphone jack is your microphone, if it gets dust in it or something the volume will be affected. some people in that other thread have cleaned it out and that solved their problem.

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Aug 17, 2011 11:42 AM in response to Jim Felder

I had a similar issue with my voice memos. I applied a reset all using settings app which fixed the problem as shown below:

Settings->General->Reset->Reset All Settings.

Warning: Though this will not erase data, it will erase all wifi passwords etc.

Hope this helps.

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Nov 28, 2012 6:05 AM in response to Jim Felder

Did u fix it by cleaning out the hole?

http://www.insemination-help.com

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Arcayno

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Nov 17, 2016 1:32 AM in response to Jim Felder

I just helped a lady with the same issue, on an iPhone 5

The phone is only a few days old, she put a new cover on it. Trouble was, she left the back film that comes with the packaging still on. She didn't notice because the new cover covered it up.

We peeled the clear plastic sheet off and voila! sound on video. See if you have removed all the packaging from the phone.

The movie microphone is probably at the back of the phone in the direction of the action one is trying to capture, separate from telephone microphone.

I hope that helps someone.

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