Video Quality Examples

[jayochs]

meh, i'm not as impressed as i was days ago. i did some 720 and 1080 tests; 720 looks like kinda crappy on the pc and pixelates easily, and 1080 looks better...720 is nice because it's 60fps, though. (actually, this is what i was told..and 720 looks smoother....buuuuuut in windows, ti still says my 720 videos are 30fps?! wtf? any ideas anyone?)

recorded some guitar videos; the video looks good, but the audio is GOD AWFUL. it encodes at 128kbps; that's absolte shit. i set the videos to mono, so maybe that has something to do with it, but idk.

either way, there's random clicks and pops and the frequency of the audio continuously changes, making it sounds like complete ass and there being no consistant guitar tone in it.

then again, this is just a phone that can also make videos, so who am i to complain? lol



720p guitar:
Rio Bravo (HTC Rezound 720p Test) - YouTube

1080p guitar:
Shock and Terror (HTC Rezound 1080p Test) - YouTube


720p outside with dog:
HTC Rezound 720p test - YouTube

720p outside with dog 2:
HTC Rezound 720p test 2 - YouTube

slowmo 720 (which i think is pretty sweet):
HTC Rezound Slow Motion test - YouTube

1080p outside:
HTC Rezound 1080p test - YouTube


JUST video quality, 1080p, not a lot of light (audio in these comes from my guitarport USB interface)

http://youtu.be/Nf-OB0y9B3E

http://youtu.be/WLwzK_QKuSA
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11/21 Vids (i have a feeling this mic just can't handle lows well, so when certain low freqs hit, something is messing up and making that squink noise. i guess my drums aren't hitting that low of a freq that my bass cab (which is four 15 inch speakers) and my guitar cab (four 12 inch speakers) are apparently throwing out.)

1080p Drums: (sound clipped a bit, but don't notice the squink noise)
http://youtu.be/Dl29M4jlyvE

1080p Bass: (lower freqs mess it up)
http://youtu.be/OYiG4NyONoQ




overall, the audio is INCREDIBLY disappointing. why do they make high quality video, with such shitty audio? i guess they figure the public doesn't know the difference between 128kbps and 320, which is kind of lame. oh well. guess i'll continue to use my crappy $40 kodak waterproof 720p camera for guitar vids lol


i propose that somehow, app devs or regular devs, we should all look into making the audio record at a higher quality. for example, built in voice memo records at like 96kbps..which is awful. tape recorder, a free app, can record up to 320mbps, which is MUCH better. there's gotta be a way to change that in the built in camera app, or maybe a new app that utilizies 1080p video and can record at a higher bitrate!

 

[Blackthanos]

Well I can't speak on the changes in the audio tone but I can tell you those pops and clicks you had were like what I was getting on my videos. As far as I can tell they only happen when there are loud sounds in the video. The way I stopped mine was to go in to the settings from home screen and pull up the sound settings. Then adjust the media volume down to around 40-50%. The mics on this phone seem a little overly sensitive so if the recoding volume is up you get some type of feedback from loud noises. I am hoping we get some apps that allow us to record at a higher bitrate as well. I also think your right that most people see a feature and want to compare it to what they know from that medium. If it has a HD camcorder ability they semi expect it to look like they filmed it with a Sony dedicated HD camcorder. It's just human nature I guess. Technology will eventually catch up.

 

[jayochs]

hey, the first thing i did was turn every sound down to 0, and yet you can still hear them..i know it fixed it for you, but didn't fix it for me

 

[jayochs]

updated op with a couple more vids.

 

[you2]

Hum. I thought the razr strong point was audio on video. Are there any options in the camcorder software to improve the sound ?

 

[jayochs]

updated op with 2 more videos from today.

 

[zazan]

On a completely different topic, I like the way you play. Nice package of talent.

 

[jayochs]

well thank you! haha i have nothing else really to film except my dog and myself lol so i figured, why not..i do guitar videos on my youtube (obviously haha) so i was hoping the rezound would take the place of my older video cams..it may, if i can figure out the audio stuff