diff --git a/_studio/shared/include/mfx_utils.h b/_studio/shared/include/mfx_utils.h
index bab156a8..740c4925 100644
--- a/_studio/shared/include/mfx_utils.h
+++ b/_studio/shared/include/mfx_utils.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static inline T mfx_sts_trace(const char* fileName, const uint32_t lineNum, cons
 #define MFX_FAILED(sts)             (MFX_STS_TRACE(sts) != MFX_ERR_NONE)
 #define MFX_RETURN(sts)             { return MFX_STS_TRACE(sts); }
 #define MFX_RETURN_IF_ERR_NONE(sts) { if (MFX_SUCCEEDED(sts)) return MFX_ERR_NONE; }
-#define MFX_CHECK(EXPR, ERR)        { if (!(EXPR)) MFX_RETURN(ERR); }
+#define MFX_CHECK(EXPR, ERR)        { if (!(EXPR)) { MFX_TRACE_S("MFX_CHECK false!") MFX_RETURN(ERR); }}
 
 #define MFX_CHECK_NO_RET(EXPR, STS, ERR){ if (!(EXPR)) { std::ignore = MFX_STS_TRACE(ERR); STS = ERR; } }
 
diff --git a/_studio/shared/mfx_trace/src/mfx_trace.cpp b/_studio/shared/mfx_trace/src/mfx_trace.cpp
index 50b4392d..081433c5 100644
--- a/_studio/shared/mfx_trace/src/mfx_trace.cpp
+++ b/_studio/shared/mfx_trace/src/mfx_trace.cpp
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ mfxTraceU32 mfx_trace_get_category_index(mfxTraceChar* category, mfxTraceU32& in
 
 inline bool MFXTrace_IsPrintableCategoryAndLevel(mfxTraceU32 m_OutputInitilized, mfxTraceU32 level)
 {
-    bool logFlag = false;
+    bool logFlag = true;
     if (m_OutputInitilized == MFX_TRACE_OUTPUT_TEXTLOG) {
 #ifndef NDEBUG
         if (g_Level == MFX_TXTLOG_LEVEL_MAX)
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ mfxTraceU32 MFXTrace_Init()
         g_OutputMode = 0;
         for (i = 0; i < sizeof(g_TraceAlgorithms)/sizeof(mfxTraceAlgorithm); ++i)
         {
-            if (output_mode & g_TraceAlgorithms[i].m_OutputMask)
+            if (1)
             {
                 sts = g_TraceAlgorithms[i].m_InitFn();
                 if (sts == 0)
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ mfxTraceU32 MFXTrace_Close(void)
 
     for (i = 0; i < sizeof(g_TraceAlgorithms)/sizeof(mfxTraceAlgorithm); ++i)
     {
-        if (g_OutputMode & g_TraceAlgorithms[i].m_OutputInitilized)
+        if (1)
         {
             res = g_TraceAlgorithms[i].m_CloseFn();
             if (!sts && res) sts = res;
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ mfxTraceU32 MFXTrace_SetLevel(mfxTraceChar* category, mfxTraceLevel level)
 
     for (i = 0; i < sizeof(g_TraceAlgorithms)/sizeof(mfxTraceAlgorithm); ++i)
     {
-        if (g_OutputMode & g_TraceAlgorithms[i].m_OutputInitilized)
+        if (1)
         {
             res = g_TraceAlgorithms[i].m_SetLevelFn(category, level);
             if (!sts && res) sts = res;
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ mfxTraceU32 MFXTrace_DebugMessage(mfxTraceStaticHandle *static_handle,
     va_start(args, format);
     for (i = 0; i < sizeof(g_TraceAlgorithms)/sizeof(mfxTraceAlgorithm); ++i)
     {
-        if (g_OutputMode & g_TraceAlgorithms[i].m_OutputInitilized)
+        if (1)
         {
             if (!MFXTrace_IsPrintableCategoryAndLevel(g_TraceAlgorithms[i].m_OutputInitilized, level)) continue;
 
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ mfxTraceU32 MFXTrace_vDebugMessage(mfxTraceStaticHandle *static_handle,
 
     for (i = 0; i < sizeof(g_TraceAlgorithms)/sizeof(mfxTraceAlgorithm); ++i)
     {
-        if (g_OutputMode & g_TraceAlgorithms[i].m_OutputInitilized)
+        if (1)
         {
             if (!MFXTrace_IsPrintableCategoryAndLevel(g_TraceAlgorithms[i].m_OutputInitilized, level)) continue;
 
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ mfxTraceU32 MFXTrace_BeginTask(mfxTraceStaticHandle *static_handle,
 
     for (i = 0; i < sizeof(g_TraceAlgorithms)/sizeof(mfxTraceAlgorithm); ++i)
     {
-        if (g_OutputMode & g_TraceAlgorithms[i].m_OutputInitilized)
+        if (1)
         {
             if (!MFXTrace_IsPrintableCategoryAndLevel(g_TraceAlgorithms[i].m_OutputInitilized, level)) continue;
 
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ mfxTraceU32 MFXTrace_EndTask(mfxTraceStaticHandle *static_handle,
 
     for (i = 0; i < sizeof(g_TraceAlgorithms)/sizeof(mfxTraceAlgorithm); ++i)
     {
-        if (g_OutputMode & g_TraceAlgorithms[i].m_OutputInitilized)
+        if (1)
         {
             if (!MFXTrace_IsPrintableCategoryAndLevel(g_TraceAlgorithms[i].m_OutputInitilized, level)) continue;
 
diff --git a/_studio/shared/mfx_trace/src/mfx_trace_textlog.cpp b/_studio/shared/mfx_trace/src/mfx_trace_textlog.cpp
index cc67e1ab..554088b5 100644
--- a/_studio/shared/mfx_trace/src/mfx_trace_textlog.cpp
+++ b/_studio/shared/mfx_trace/src/mfx_trace_textlog.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 extern "C"
 {
 
-#define MFT_TRACE_PATH_TO_TEMP_LIBLOG MFX_TRACE_STRING("/tmp/mfxlib.log")
+#define MFT_TRACE_PATH_TO_TEMP_LIBLOG MFX_TRACE_STRING("/data/local/tmp/mfx-gen.log")
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "mfx_trace_utils.h"
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ mfxTraceU32 MFXTraceTextLog_Init()
     sts = MFXTraceTextLog_Close();
     if (!sts) sts = MFXTraceTextLog_GetRegistryParams();
     std::string StrPid = "/mfxlib_Pid";
-    std::string filename_path = VplLogPath + StrPid + std::to_string(getpid()) + "_Tid" + std::to_string(pthread_self()) + ".log";
-    strncpy(g_mfxTracePrintfFileName,filename_path.c_str(), MAX_PATH - 1);
+    // std::string filename_path = VplLogPath + StrPid + std::to_string(getpid()) + "_Tid" + std::to_string(pthread_self()) + ".log";
+    // strncpy(g_mfxTracePrintfFileName,filename_path.c_str(), MAX_PATH - 1);
     g_mfxTracePrintfFileName[MAX_PATH - 1] = 0;
 
     if (!sts)
diff --git a/_studio/shared/mfx_trace/src/mfx_trace_utils_linux.cpp b/_studio/shared/mfx_trace/src/mfx_trace_utils_linux.cpp
index 64af175b..489c7ade 100644
--- a/_studio/shared/mfx_trace/src/mfx_trace_utils_linux.cpp
+++ b/_studio/shared/mfx_trace/src/mfx_trace_utils_linux.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ FILE* mfx_trace_open_conf_file(const char* name)
     std::stringstream ss;
 
 #if defined(ANDROID)
-    const char* home = "/data/data/com.intel.vtune/mediasdk";
+    const char* home = "/data/local";
 #else
     const char* home = getenv("HOME");
 #endif