receiving pixelated video....

[eddiekane811]

I switched from blackberry, and now when I get vids from those same friends, It's very pixelated and I cannnot view the vid.

 

[JamesKBoyd]

Who are "those same friends"?
I think the problem may have something to do with crappy cameras on some phones, and the absolutely great resolution on the Evo.

 

[eddiekane811]

Meaning the thing that changed was me getting the evo. Does this mean that I can no longer receive vids from them????

 

[JamesKBoyd]

If you don't answer my question, I can't even try to help you. Once again, who are "those same friends"?

 

[PM-Performance]

Remember in order to recieve a video via text it will need to be compressed quite a bit.

Even sending via email will need to be compressed to even send.

Last of all remember their kind of phone and the difference in your phone. If their phone has a crappy camera expect crappy results. Its like watching VHS tapes on a HI def TV
Chances are your screen is double the size then you had. Now when you stretch the video to match screen size it will pixelate.

 

[eddiekane811]

I see...... is there any kind of viewer I can download or set my evo to better view these vids.... all I know is one is on t mobile and she lives 1000 miles away and the way she talks about her phone its crappy...... if I could somehow dumb down my viewer to continue to enjoy sharing with them would be great!!!!!

 

[PM-Performance]

honestly IMO no matter how you do it. . . .If you feed crap in, your gonna get crap out.

This is the same concept as watching low deff vids on a bigger hi deff tv. They will look like crap because not shot for the correct resolution of your tv.

case in point take a vid on your point and shoot camera and then hook it up to your +40" TV screen and see what it looks like.

So unless you know how to set your Evo to display in a smaller picture box, likely not.
You can change the display settings though under settings, but I dont know if that will help. I think I only recall seeing 720P and Auto in there

 

[JamesKBoyd]

^720p, 480p, and Auto

 

[eddiekane811]

thanks for your help!

Ok, and auto doesn't do it either....I decided to load them onto my mp3 player and view from there. That's definitely Lo def.

 

[PM-Performance]

Ok, and auto doesn't do it either....I decided to load them onto my mp3 player and view from there. That's definitely Lo def.

Did you try the 480p setting?