1.4 Video Quality???

UncleKeg · 02/28/2010, 09:17 AM

OK, I did my searching and have come up dry. Overall I am happy with the video recording addition. I am a video recording junkie but here are my questions:

1) What is the resolution of this video. I have attempted to figure this out from my PC by looking at the properties of the file but have come up dry. Is it 640X480 or is it half that?

2) How does Precorder video quality compare? Better? Same? Worse?

3) Has anyone heard that palm will improve video capture quality later to go 16X9?

4) Does the PLUS record video that is smoother due to beefed up hardware (memory)?

Thanks Preeps!

jjeffcoat · 02/28/2010, 09:29 AM

Don't know the answer to any of your questions, but I have recorded one video since the 1.4 update and it looks to me to be immensely better quality than the ones I got with my old Treo 755p.

etphoto · 02/28/2010, 09:52 AM

Hmmm, its a cell phone. What kind of quality you looking for?

ET

bobwill · 02/28/2010, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UncleKeg

OK, I did my searching and have come up dry. Overall I am happy with the video recording addition. I am a video recording junkie but here are my questions:

1) What is the resolution of this video. I have attempted to figure this out from my PC by looking at the properties of the file but have come up dry. Is it 640X480 or is it half that?

2) How does Precorder video quality compare? Better? Same? Worse?

3) Has anyone heard that palm will improve video capture quality later to go 16X9?

4) Does the PLUS record video that is smoother due to beefed up hardware (memory)?

Thanks Preeps!

I have a question for you. I recorded a video and then emailed it to myself as an attachment and it arrived at my PC with and extension of "mp4". What software will display this format. All my software thinks it is a audio file. I tried Windows Media Player.....

GUNNole · 02/28/2010, 09:59 AM

Quicktime should play .mp4 files.

Honis · 02/28/2010, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobwill

I have a question for you. I recorded a video and then emailed it to myself as an attachment and it arrived at my PC with and extension of "mp4". What software will display this format. All my software thinks it is a audio file. I tried Windows Media Player.....

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dannydos · 02/28/2010, 10:01 AM

i haven't upgraded to 1.4 yet...but i do like the quality of the precord videos... just sucked that it didn't have a view finder..i hope 1.4 is the same as precord quality...upgrading to 1.4 later today, since the doc is now down loadable.

jjeffcoat · 02/28/2010, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobwill

I have a question for you. I recorded a video and then emailed it to myself as an attachment and it arrived at my PC with and extension of "mp4". What software will display this format. All my software thinks it is a audio file. I tried Windows Media Player.....

Windows Media Player plays mp4 files for me just fine -- you may need to look at your settings and file associations.

Or, you can upload your mp4 to Youtube and it will convert it so it will play correctly on Youtube.

(My FujiFilm digital camera records videos in mp4 so I've been using that file format for a year or so).

thekarens · 02/28/2010, 10:08 AM

There's a thread on here somewhere with videos posted. I did a trial run and posted it to my Facebook account last night and I was pretty pleased. Obviously it's a cell phone so I'm not expecting too much, but I think the video quality is pretty decent.

jamiehs · 02/28/2010, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UncleKeg

OK, I did my searching and have come up dry. Overall I am happy with the video recording addition. I am a video recording junkie but here are my questions:

1) What is the resolution of this video. I have attempted to figure this out from my PC by looking at the properties of the file but have come up dry. Is it 640X480 or is it half that?

640x480 @ 1.1 Mbits/sec

Quote:

Originally Posted by UncleKeg

2) How does Precorder video quality compare? Better? Same? Worse?

Precorder seems to use a higher bitrate ~ 1.3Mbits/sec (mind you, Precorder has different compression options) but a lower frame size: 480x320

Quote:

Originally Posted by UncleKeg

3) Has anyone heard that palm will improve video capture quality later to go 16X9?

I don't think we've heard any promises, and I don't think they will.

Quote:

Originally Posted by UncleKeg

4) Does the PLUS record video that is smoother due to beefed up hardware (memory)?

Probably Not...

clevin · 02/28/2010, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobwill

I have a question for you. I recorded a video and then emailed it to myself as an attachment and it arrived at my PC with and extension of "mp4". What software will display this format. All my software thinks it is a audio file. I tried Windows Media Player.....

vlc

jamiehs · 02/28/2010, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clevin

vlc

VideoLAN, Free streaming and multimedia solutions for all OS!

It's the Swiss army knife of Video playback. :-D

renzopnala · 02/28/2010, 10:25 AM

As said 640x480 44.1kHz mono audio. Noticeably better video than precorder. No dropouts that I saw. 21 second video consumed 4326 KB. Pretty good autofocus and auto exposure for a cell phone. I am impresed.

I think the video editing is limited to cropping beginning and end. Someone let me know if I am wrong.

bobwill · 02/28/2010, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamiehs

VideoLAN, Free streaming and multimedia solutions for all OS!

It's the Swiss army knife of Video playback. :-D

Great

Works very well....

Thanks

UncleKeg · 02/28/2010, 10:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamiehs

640x480 @ 1.1 Mbits/sec

Precorder seems to use a higher bitrate ~ 1.3Mbits/sec (mind you, Precorder has different compression options) but a lower frame size: 480x320

I don't think we've heard any promises, and I don't think they will.

Probably Not...

JaimiHS: Thanks ! You are the winner of actually answering or attempting to answer my questions. The main of which was 640X480 question.

Pre-ciate Ya!!!!

clevin · 02/28/2010, 10:30 AM

what's the framerate? Did windows just reported 15fps?

UncleKeg · 02/28/2010, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jjeffcoat

Don't know the answer to any of your questions, but I have recorded one video since the 1.4 update and it looks to me to be immensely better quality than the ones I got with my old Treo 755p.

Yes I had a 650, 700p, then 755p and as I have stated in other threads ... that video is unwatchable!!! so yes, already a major jump ahead of that but I was expecting a jump.

jamiehs · 02/28/2010, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clevin

what's the framerate? Did windows just reported 15fps?

Precorder: 29.97 (30fps)
Pre: 15fps

Ouch! ;-)

pre_task_king · 02/28/2010, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by etphoto

Hmmm, its a cell phone. What kind of quality you looking for?

ET

Have you seen the type of quality that some cellphones out there are pushing out lately??? HD quality is becoming what people want. I don't think we'll see it on the Pre... Hopefully it's available on the next gen palm phone.

notimeoff · 02/28/2010, 10:37 AM

My video quality is excellent. I was pleasantly surprised how good the quality was. No glitches with sending them either. No comparison in Quality to my 700wx. FWTW

02/28/2010, 09:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
UncleKeg Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 181 Likes Received: 20 Thanks: 20 Thanked 24 Times in 10 Posts	1.4 Video Quality??? OK, I did my searching and have come up dry. Overall I am happy with the video recording addition. I am a video recording junkie but here are my questions: 1) What is the resolution of this video. I have attempted to figure this out from my PC by looking at the properties of the file but have come up dry. Is it 640X480 or is it half that? 2) How does Precorder video quality compare? Better? Same? Worse? 3) Has anyone heard that palm will improve video capture quality later to go 16X9? 4) Does the PLUS record video that is smoother due to beefed up hardware (memory)? Thanks Preeps!
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jjeffcoat Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 2,422 Likes Received: 1 Thanks: 642 Thanked 333 Times in 221 Posts	Don't know the answer to any of your questions, but I have recorded one video since the 1.4 update and it looks to me to be immensely better quality than the ones I got with my old Treo 755p. __________________ My device history: - Jim J. (On Sprint for many years)
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etphoto Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 936 Likes Received: 122 Thanks: 31 Thanked 95 Times in 66 Posts	Hmmm, its a cell phone. What kind of quality you looking for? ET
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GUNNole Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 65 Likes Received: 3 Thanks: 5 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	Quicktime should play .mp4 files.
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dannydos Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 179 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 37 Thanked 20 Times in 14 Posts	i haven't upgraded to 1.4 yet...but i do like the quality of the precord videos... just sucked that it didn't have a view finder..i hope 1.4 is the same as precord quality...upgrading to 1.4 later today, since the doc is now down loadable.
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thekarens Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Houston Posts: 483 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 152 Thanked 114 Times in 66 Posts	There's a thread on here somewhere with videos posted. I did a trial run and posted it to my Facebook account last night and I was pretty pleased. Obviously it's a cell phone so I'm not expecting too much, but I think the video quality is pretty decent.
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renzopnala Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 9 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	As said 640x480 44.1kHz mono audio. Noticeably better video than precorder. No dropouts that I saw. 21 second video consumed 4326 KB. Pretty good autofocus and auto exposure for a cell phone. I am impresed. I think the video editing is limited to cropping beginning and end. Someone let me know if I am wrong.
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clevin Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,367 Likes Received: 54 Thanks: 133 Thanked 214 Times in 155 Posts	what's the framerate? Did windows just reported 15fps?
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notimeoff Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Florida Posts: 24 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 18 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	My video quality is excellent. I was pleasantly surprised how good the quality was. No glitches with sending them either. No comparison in Quality to my 700wx. FWTW __________________ + The Search Function is your Best Friend! + Reading the Entire Phone Manual can be Very Enlightening! + Want to thank someone here for helping you? Throw them a "Thanks"!
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