I just got my Note in the mail from Clove UK. And everything is great so far, and I dunno if this is and Android thing (This is my first Android device) or a Samsung thing. When I play videos from You Tube or videos that I encoded the blacks are heavily pixelated. (Not sure if that's a word). Am I doing something wrong? What program and/or setting is the best to get rid of that black pixel issue? The test video of the jelly fish works great. Noob questions I know! Thank in advance again for your help.
My guess is that its not directly your fault.
There are several aspects to think of here:
- It may be that artefacts (caused by video encoded in low bitrate) are more noticable on a screen like that of the galaxy note than others.
- It may be that youtube just delivers you the low quality version of the video.
- The video on youtube may be in bad quality to begin with, try other youtube videos and see if it happens only on a few ones or many.
- Note: I see now you already tried the video, so that is probably not a cause. (Your screen itself may have some flaws. Check on that for instance by using a screen test tool like "Screen Test" or playing the video already supplied with the Note (Open the standard video player app that comes with it and select "lightness & slimmess"))
When it comes to watching youtube on a mobile device I recommend (if you have a mobile data connection with enough bandwidth, such as good umts or hsdpa or Wifi) to enable high quality in the youtube app (whenever possible, use the youtube app, and do not play it in the browser).
To do this hit the options button in the youtube app, select settings and enable the first option to enable high mobile quality.
Secondly many videos will allow you to switch between lower and higher quality with the HD button on the upper left (visible at the start or when you tap the screen while palaying) - if you enable high mobile quality this should be turned on to high quality by default.
When it comes to youtube thats probably all you can do to improve quality.
When it comes to playing videos in general (excluding youtube) the standard player can manage most formats. However if you have trouble with some videos you may want to give Dice player a try!
Hope this helps!
Ok thanks, I will def try that!
I belive this is coursed by the hight res/density of the Note screen and low quality of the video in YouTube app, I think the highest quality of video in the YouTube app is only 480P.
I also noticed this problem while streaming old TV shows from PLEX to my Note, this is less noticeable with my Tab 10.1 with the same resolution but its screen is about 4 times larger.
You could use the stock or most aftermarket browser and watch 720P YouTube using Flash on normal YouTube site.
simple solution is to not use the app and just use a browser. ive had no issues watching 720p videos in youtube on the browser.
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I just got my Note in the mail from Clove UK. And everything is great so far, and I dunno if this is and Android thing (This is my first Android device) or a Samsung thing. When I play videos from You Tube or videos that I encoded the blacks are heavily pixelated. (Not sure if that's a word). Am I doing something wrong? What program and/or setting is the best to get rid of that black pixel issue? The test video of the jelly fish works great. Noob questions I know! Thank in advance again for your help.
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can you post the youtube link so u can test on my Note.
I have also experienced this on other vids and am convinced it may a bit depth limitation of the Note screen... but need to verify.
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younghov22 said:
I just got my Note in the mail from Clove UK. And everything is great so far, and I dunno if this is and Android thing (This is my first Android device) or a Samsung thing. When I play videos from You Tube or videos that I encoded the blacks are heavily pixelated. (Not sure if that's a word). Am I doing something wrong? What program and/or setting is the best to get rid of that black pixel issue? The test video of the jelly fish works great. Noob questions I know! Thank in advance again for your help.
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I've noticed this too with the You Tube app. The blacks sometimes are blocky. A good example is the Avatar 1080p trailer, especially around 15 seconds mark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i2RCBa3l-g
If I view the same clip on You Tube via a browser (720p settings) it looks better, but the browser is a fiddly substitute for the app on a phone. It does seem to be mostly a bitrate limitation though, so maybe Google or a.n. other hacker needs to modify "HD" on their app to mean a higher bitrate, now we're defining 1280x800 as a mobile screen resolution .
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Actually, if I watch that Avatar clip in the browser with a playback quality set to 240p or 360p it obviously looks pixelated, but doesn't show the blockiness that's in the You Tube app stream. Looks like the app either is handling the stream differently (badly) or the stream itself is different to that which is sent to the flash plugin in the browser. Wonder if Google is using a different codec for their app. WebM maybe?
The purpose is the same of the Photo Quality topic: know the capacity of this device, in this case, about video recordings.
The quality of video recording is variable of rom to rom. Some rom can improve the bitrate and get an image more sharper with more vivid colors. Then, if possible, let's know that rom you used to recording your video.
My sample was recorded with True Ancestor Rom(I think). Apparently, with low bit rate, because the recorded was set to 720p, but the quality is not great thing.
Video: John Mayer - Human Nature | 720p
Software: Videopad Video Editor
Image effects: Zoom| Color Temperature
Youtube Link: http://youtu.be/VaN6Uf_BLYg
Unfortunately, the tags to embed youtube videos, for some reason is not working for this topic.
Hi all
since the video quality is very good on the Note 3, I've been taking lots of videos, but now want to take a frame from the videos I've taken and use it for a photo.
is there an app that can take a frame and save it at a high quality image?
Thanks
sbm888 said:
Hi all
since the video quality is very good on the Note 3, I've been taking lots of videos, but now want to take a frame from the videos I've taken and use it for a photo.
is there an app that can take a frame and save it at a high quality image?
Thanks
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Just screenshot when paused.
4K is another story tho, but imho the quality isnt all that'when filming in 4k. (played on 4k 84" screen at local hardware shop)
I always do that in Adobe Premiere Pro... Sony Vegas can do it as well. But those are professional video editing tools for the PC. You could try the default one on Windows (What's it called..)
Hello guys
Looking for the best way to make video with a Note 3
- High bitrate
- Low contrast for color grading in post-prod
- High amount of detail
- 24p
- 1080p or downscaled 4K (I don't know which one would look better)
What do you think ?
Interesting comparison here on YouTube.
I think the Sony's colours are too muted and it's not always the sharpest, but overall it's pretty good.
Oh and it has a fill flash setting which is great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JO568hd3Dc
im not sure how ppl see much of anything except white balance differences on a 720p video of 10+MP shots
he linked the sources which are thumbnails and not original shots..
on their previous video it was the galaxy alpha vs the z3 in video recording mode (4K) with the link to the raw videos, The raws were much better than the 720p yt video, in particular for the z3. On the YT video the galaxy alpha looked way better than the z3. Go figure.
Heck on his samples even the canon looks bad http://www.mediafire.com/view/7nfse77efbga7cy/03 - Low.jpg#