So I don't know why but for some odd reason in the youtube app, if HQ is highlighted the audio quality is still feeble, where youre still able to hear grainy audio and "pixel shifting" images.
However when I go to the youtube website in the browser and play an HD video there the audio quality is completely flawless. It's pretty much desktop quality at 480,720 and 1080. Granted the videos wont play well ( expected) but the audio is surreal compared to the app.
I want to know why this is happening. Alot of people havnt been this specific when it came to youtube video qualities but youll find the rare thread that speaks of this exact problem.
Im using the Nexus One and the latest OS. 2.3.4.
When using tubemate, it downloads the grainy version of the video as opposed to the real HQ seen on the website. How do i go around this. Essentially I want to rip the songs from HD versions so I can play it in the car without wasting bandwidth going from one video to another.
When the app says HQ, what is it really talking about. Its nowehere near 480p to the very least. The degradation in the audio quality is noticable both in my car and akg headphones, where my unrestricted 3gs never had this problem. I miss that phone to death.
Well, it's all really a matter of terminology..
HQ stands for High Quality
HD stands for High Definition
While HD is a written standard with rules and guide lines that are needed to be followed, HQ is merely a relative thing. I can say that HQ is 420p cuz in MY service, I also have 180p which I decide to call LQ (L for low) and 320p which I consider as the medium or "normal" quality.
And thus I can also say that HD is like VHQ (Very High Quality) or something.
Hope it's clear enough.
Okazar said:
So I don't know why but for some odd reason in the youtube app, if HQ is highlighted the audio quality is still feeble, where youre still able to hear grainy audio and "pixel shifting" images.
However when I go to the youtube website in the browser and play an HD video there the audio quality is completely flawless. It's pretty much desktop quality at 480,720 and 1080. Granted the videos wont play well ( expected) but the audio is surreal compared to the app.
I want to know why this is happening. Alot of people havnt been this specific when it came to youtube video qualities but youll find the rare thread that speaks of this exact problem.
Im using the Nexus One and the latest OS. 2.3.4.
When using tubemate, it downloads the grainy version of the video as opposed to the real HQ seen on the website. How do i go around this. Essentially I want to rip the songs from HD versions so I can play it in the car without wasting bandwidth going from one video to another.
When the app says HQ, what is it really talking about. Its nowehere near 480p to the very least. The degradation in the audio quality is noticable both in my car and akg headphones, where my unrestricted 3gs never had this problem. I miss that phone to death.
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The YouTube app doesn't use flash video at all, unlike most browsers do...The app uses html5 encoding, and that's why it works on pretty much every Android device out there...When you watch YouTube vids on their website, (not the mobile website), you are able to utilize your most recent, best optimized version of Adobe flash....Also why Apple people can use a YouTube app...don't need flash. (Actually a little surprised that Apple HAS a YouTube app, but, after all, the driving force for Google is ad revenue, and I guess the money from all those iphoners couldn't be passed up...)
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Cant find any video samples showing what 1080p looks like after the v10d update.. I heard the full hd is much better but i cant find any samples.. anyone?
The Simple fact is why would we buy a 3D phone and record things in 2D ? we are all doing 3D films.
Here is a quick sample I just took outside on the new firmware.
Its definitely better with the newer firmware but i believe there are still improvements to be had as the bitrate of the video is still only 10 megabit/s and can probably go a bunch higher.
My real problem is with the audio. It's pretty piss that we have 1080p 2D and 720p 3D but the audio is still this ****ty 32khz 64kilobit overdriven and compressed to **** tripe.
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What I don't get is the phone has two microphones, the normal one and the sound cancelling one. Can it not address them both independently?
If it can (which I would expect it would be able to) then why this ****ty mono sound when we could at least have ****ty stereo? It would at least be a start in the right direction.
I have the One X for about 2 weeks now, and my main complain is the video (flash).
I have tried pretty much every browser that is available for this device and the results are the same (pixelated, slow, etc.) I've tried on Wi-Fi and LTE, and both connections are excellent (It drops once in a while, but that's a different topic), but the video still look like crap.
I have the international version of the Samsung Galaxy Note, and it plays video flawlessly (even on 3G).
Please tell me that I'm not only one experiencing this. This is my second one, I have return my previous one for a completely different reason, but I believe the video playback on the first one is the same.
Any explanation for this, or any settings I need to change to make this bearable? I'm really not happy with this phone overall.
Thank you in advance.
i dont have this problem i guess it depends on how the video was uploaded
Works fine with my phone. Depends on site / browser. Some are better than others.
Thanks for the replies guys.
When you guys says, "fine". Can you please elaborate. I mean is it smooth, HD quality.
Can you guys go espn.com, and play some of the videos. Dolphin doesn't even play the videos, Stock browser plays, but pixelated (especially fast paced - basketball, etc.), ICS+ plays, but still the quality is not that great. Opera is the same thing.
I can run the Galaxy note side by side with the One X, and the Note, not only load fastest, the quality is great. It might get a hiccup once in a while, but it keeps the quality of the video at a very good quality.
Thank you.
pm me the video you are trying to watch and i can test it
what browser are you using thats messing up? or browsers? What site ect. no pron please tho.
Same for me, I get these weird black and white pixels when watching flash videos on stock browser. It also happens when I watch movies that are software decoded with mx player. Certain videos seem fine, like the ones on youtube.
I've got the same issue. Dunno if it's hardware related though.
I can go to Video or YouTube and they all play fine.
On other sites I get stuttering and population issues.
Maybe it's the flash that's not decoding correctly? Or crud its the processor fubaring?
Meh either way still a ton nicer than my old.Captivate
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i am having issues with youtube hd video playback being very slightly pixelated. i have a feeling its a problem with either youtube app itself, or my network but i cant seem to find out why it may be like this. i am currently pulling down about 17.67 mbps on my Wi-Fi, however last night i was pulling down 34mbps and i still had the problem. i downloaded some 1080p videos i shotwith my nokia lumia 928 and they played fine, everything was sharp and clear as it should be.
has anyone else encountered this issue, im not having pixelation in any other apps which why i believe it is you tube that is giving me the problem, how ever my girlfriend has a note3 (1080p display as well) and hers looks clear maybe im missing something in settings?
ps. i have never had any other issues with the youtube app how ever this is the only 1080p device i have other than my tv and girlfriends note 3, is it a resolution problem?
ae1990 said:
just got my nexus 5 last night.
i am having issues with youtube hd video playback being very slightly pixelated. i have a feeling its a problem with either youtube app itself, or my network but i cant seem to find out why it may be like this. i am currently pulling down about 17.67 mbps on my Wi-Fi, however last night i was pulling down 34mbps and i still had the problem. i downloaded some 1080p videos i shotwith my nokia lumia 928 and they played fine, everything was sharp and clear as it should be.
has anyone else encountered this issue, im not having pixelation in any other apps which why i believe it is you tube that is giving me the problem, how ever my girlfriend has a note3 (1080p display as well) and hers looks clear maybe im missing something in settings?
ps. i have never had any other issues with the youtube app how ever this is the only 1080p device i have other than my tv and girlfriends note 3, is it a resolution problem?
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i did noticed that but while using chromes you-tube embedded videos. Not sure if its possible to fix. Videos look like standard def regardless if you are on 3g or wifi
Did you go to settings and select stream HD over network
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Did you go to settings and select stream HD over network
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Yes I did, in fact it was enabled by default so I toggled it. And I've yet to watch a video over network its all been on WiFi, its very evident in videos where there are subtitles OE small text on the screen
Whenever I've watched HD videos in the Youtube app on my N5, the clarity has been pretty amazing (unless the original video sucked, then it will always be horrible).
I've noticed that most (if not all) videos on youtube play back in 720p when you choose "HD". So yes, they will look worse on this phone than a 720p phone because they will be stretched out to fit the screen. I don't know if this is a limitation of the app itself or if all the videos I'm watching just happen to be 720p?
There is something wrong with the youtube app. When using viral pro the quality is a lot better.
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There is something wrong with the youtube app. When using viral pro the quality is a lot better.
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i also downoaded a 3rd party youtube client that worked better. did you also notice the pixelation?
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I've noticed that most (if not all) videos on youtube play back in 720p when you choose "HD". So yes, they will look worse on this phone than a 720p phone because they will be stretched out to fit the screen. I don't know if this is a limitation of the app itself or if all the videos I'm watching just happen to be 720p?
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thats what i was wondering too, if hd is 720p
I know this phone can take great video. Problem is, I share a lot of them on Facebook. I see people uploading videos with an old iPhone 4s or even some of the cheap Android handsets that looks better than my 1020. Even my old 920 videos looked better on Facebook. Any ideas of how to improve the situation. Even with HD turned on in Facebook, the videos still look grainy and bad.
Try changing your video resolution down to 720p, which will make the video match Facebook's limit of 1280px. Video shot at 1080p will have a width of 1920px and will then be rescaled by Facebook's encoder, which is probably what is making your videos look poor.
https://www.facebook.com/help/124738474272230
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Try changing your video resolution down to 720p, which will make the video match Facebook's limit of 1280px. Video shot at 1080p will have a width of 1920px and will then be rescaled by Facebook's encoder, which is probably what is making your videos look poor.
https://www.facebook.com/help/124738474272230
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Thanks. I'll give that a try. Maybe at least I can take some videos that way just for Facebook.
If anyone knows/hears of an app or other solution as well so I don't have to reduce the quality of my recordings or us a PC for upload it would be appreciated. I love my Lumia 1020 but it's just frustrating to see people post videos straight off an iPhone 4S to Facebook and it looks better than mine. Kinda hard to sell others on how great my phone is if it doesn't look better out of the box to them. Of course that would be more of an MS/Nokia issue.
SinisterJunkie said:
Try changing your video resolution down to 720p, which will make the video match Facebook's limit of 1280px. Video shot at 1080p will have a width of 1920px and will then be rescaled by Facebook's encoder, which is probably what is making your videos look poor.
https://www.facebook.com/help/124738474272230
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Ok. So I've had a chance to try every video setting on the phone. All of them looks worse than the video quality of a crappy flip phone. My Lumia 920 wouldn't do this. Facebook videos looked very nice when you switched on HD viewing. I just don't get it. This is supposed to have the better camera and yet every video looks crappy, and that's on a desktop system with the HD option on Facebook enabled.
The only thing I haven't tried at this point is manually downloading the videos to a regular computer and recoding with some third party app but what point is having it if I have to do that.
I noticed in your description you have a 1020. Do your Facebook videos look bad? I have Lumia Black. Only other thing otherwise is maybe I got a bum phone.
Honestly, I haven't posted any videos to Facebook from my 1020. At least not yet.
I noticed whilst watching some YouTube videos, that the audio recorded from this device sounds really subpar. I noticed it on Mr Mobiles youtube video and the linked one. Sounds really hissy. 3m22sec marker .. this is just one example, all other videos with audio recorded sounded the same .
https://youtu.be/xtYO_ibOMEU
And another one...
https://youtu.be/aOdbERz7-bs
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Yeah it's crap. I think it's software issue though. Something like enabled noise reduction while video recording.