Video quality between EVO and Palm PRE

[showmrock]

From what I've seen, the Pre has better quality/compression than the EVO. Any thoughts? Are people compressing the EVO video with crap software?

 

[fr4nk1yn]

I'm wondering about this somewhat.
All of the video I've seen on the Evo have been shot in "720p" which of course the Pre doesn't do.
I'd assume from playing with "HD" cameras that lowering the resolution will actually increase the quality of the video.

 

[ecaggiani]

From my limited tests, it seems the 720p video that the Evo shoots is highly compressed by the Evo itself. I uploaded this test video directly from the phone to YouTube. Notice the artifacting in the darker areas. That's compression. Not as good as my Kodak Zi6, but certainly passable for a cell phone.

 

[wphend00]

From my limited tests, it seems the 720p video that the Evo shoots is highly compressed by the Evo itself. I uploaded this test video directly from the phone to YouTube. Notice the artifacting in the darker areas. That's compression. Not as good as my Kodak Zi6, but certainly passable for a cell phone.

Question is... can you uncompress it...

 

[ecaggiani]

Question is... can you uncompress it...

Well there's no setting on the phone for compression that I can see. It's possible someone could write a better video recording app that doesn't compress as much as the stock recorder. I'm actually hoping for that

 

[ecaggiani]

Here's a couple more videos I uploaded from the Evo. These were taken on my drive home from work yesterday, so it was getting dark. As you can see, low light makes the compression worse.

YouTube - HTC Evo video sample 1

YouTube - HTC Evo video sample 2

 

[showmrock]

The Palm Pres video quality blew me away....very impressed considering the resolution.

 

[jxs1984]

What if you changed to a lower resolution on the evo? Will the quality/smoothness be any different?

 

[Jordus]

The videos look pretty damn good for a cell phone.

Again, you wont get a 1500$ camcorder in a 200$ phone.

 

[ecaggiani]

What if you changed to a lower resolution on the evo? Will the quality/smoothness be any different?

Haven't tried smaller resolutions, but I would assume it would be better since it would hide some of the artifacting. Of course, once you enlarge it on a TV or even on your computer monitor, I'm sure it will degrade.

 

[jxs1984]

Haven't tried smaller resolutions, but I would assume it would be better since it would hide some of the artifacting. Of course, once you enlarge it on a TV or even on your computer monitor, I'm sure it will degrade.

i'm curious

 

[showmrock]

I'm also shocked at the audio rec quality on the EVO....sounds like there's a running faucet in the background. Palm Pre wasn't even built for video and it had virtually no odd background noise.....i just don't understand why this is the case from a brand new phone....hope there's a fix soon!

 

[ecaggiani]

Please keep in mind I was driving in my car when I shot those videos ;-)

 

[showmrock]

Please keep in mind I was driving in my car when I shot those videos ;-)

Referring to every video I've seen on youtube

 

[showmrock]

in all fairness though, HTC Incredible has same quality issues in regards to audio

 

[showmrock]

Took the liberty to post this quick video that was taken with my Palm Pre.....insane difference in quality

YouTube - Palm Pre Audio Test - Raging River Background Sound Not Included


I really hope they fix this issue fast.....once videos go up (on youtube)....they don't come down!

 

[DirkBelig]

The problem the Pre has with video is that the audio can go WILDLY out of sync with the picture. I'm not talking a little lip-flip like a Godzilla movie, but 10 SECONDS out of sync. I shot some footage at an event the evening the 1.4 update came out which added video recording, and when I went to edit, it was so out of whack, it was useless unless I manually resynced the sound, which would've been nearly impossible.

You want good HD video in a small package? Get a Flip Ultra HD for $150 and be done with it.

 

[Yourdogsdead]

Wonder why the would hamper the Evo's video recording with compression and not let us turn it off?

 

[fr4nk1yn]

If the compression is done on the chip then what can be done?
I'm sure the reason they compressed it is with out compression the files would get huge fast.

Still would like to see a lower resolution video posted.
Frame rate ought to be higher as well.

 

[Yourdogsdead]

If the compression is done on the chip then what can be done?
I'm sure the reason they compressed it is with out compression the files would get huge fast.

Still would like to see a lower resolution video posted.
Frame rate ought to be higher as well.

It's true about the file size getting ridiculous but I still wish the option was there to turn it off. I don't think that it's chip-side compression, must be Android doing it.