How to enable 720p video recording on Nexus 7?

How to enable 720p video recording on Google Nexus 7? Yes, Nexus 7 has front camera and you can use it to take photo and video with the help of Camera Launcher for Nexus 7. By default, Nexus 7 can record 480p video format only. But you can enable 720p video recording with little of tweak. Note – root access is required.

Nexus 7 Camera
720p video recording on Nexus 7

How to enable 720p video recording on Google Nexus 7?
In short, you need to put below 720p profile values in /system/etc/media_profiles.xml file with Root Explorer. Reboot your Nexus 7 then.

<EncoderProfile quality="720p" fileFormat="3gp" duration="30">
  <Video codec="h264"
            bitRate="16000000"
            width="1280"
            height="720"
            frameRate="30" />
   <Audio codec="aac"
            bitRate="128000"
            sampleRate="48000"
            channels="1" />
</EncoderProfile>

You can get more information at XDA website here.

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