only audio with black screen after recording in any 3rd party app on note 2

[Android Central Question]

I can record videos with the phone camera app, no problem there.
but when I try to record / edit / produce videos in any 3rd party apps such as Reporter (a teleprompter app), Power director and many more, I get a blank video with only audio even though during recording and editing everything seems ok.
I have another note 2 and all these apps work perfectly fine on it so its not a compatibility issue.