How to send video in text with good resolution?

[AC Question]

I've looked all over and I cannot accept that my s7 can't send videos that people can actually see. I don't want technical data. I don't care about cloud services. Why does my wife send me a text video that looks good and when I send her a video it's awful?

 

[Ry]

I've looked all over and I cannot accept that my s7 can't send videos that people can actually see. I don't want technical data. I don't care about cloud services. Why does my wife send me a text video that looks good and when I send her a video it's awful?

The solution is to not use MMS for videos.

I'd get into the technical reasons but you don't want to hear it.

Email?
Allo?
WhatsApp?
Facebook Messenger?

 

[talbotjt7]

Does anyone find that unacceptable? I have whatsapp and that's fine for sending between people i know. My mom is not savy, to say the least. She's lucky to be texting and that's as far as I can get with her. So long story short there is no way to send a text video with good resolution... seems like someone should be working on that..

 

[hallux]

The MMS protocol only allows for a certain size media to be sent. Due to that it's not so easy to just magically get a better resolution on media sent over that protocol.

 

[ManiacJoe]

Sending large files through any messaging system tends to be rude.
If SMS is the messaging system you want to use, upload your video to a file sharing site like Dropbox.com or Google Drive, then send the URL of the video in your message.

 

[Ry]

Does anyone find that unacceptable? I have whatsapp and that's fine for sending between people i know. My mom is not savy, to say the least. She's lucky to be texting and that's as far as I can get with her. So long story short there is no way to send a text video with good resolution... seems like someone should be working on that..

Knowing what I know about MMS, yes. It's perfectly acceptable.

This won't get better until RCS is mainstream.