Poor video quality on W700i

[dOm1naTOr]

I recently exchanged my good old 3230 with a new W700i. I am happy with its speed, but the photo quality is not as great as expected when transferred to a PC. Nokia had better sharpness nd details but SE got good color reproduction.

I converter some of the Video songs to 3gp and mp4, but its quality is too poor when played fullscreen. That is the edges have big big jaggies. But o problem if not fulscreen. Is there any way I can view quality videos in fulscreen mode with good volume.?????

[aseem1986]

I bought the W700i recently and was shocked to find that video clip size is limited to 15 sec and not till memory becomes full. Is there any way to increase it???

[dOm1naTOr]

Ohh..hoooo
Just change the shooting mode to "High Quality" and video size to 176x144.
You can shoot as long as you can.
By the by did you try any other video files from PC. Just try one in fullscreen mode...damn..its too ugly.

[dOm1naTOr]

Please guys...please suggest a way to increase the vid quality...

[sagsall4u]

i am using a SE K750i and my video quality also sucks .. maybe its a prob with SE.. what d hell neways

[infra_red_dude]

i'm quite satisfied wid the video quality on phone screen.

also, the videos when transfered to the computer can be enlarged to a greater extent than any other phone widout much compromise on the quality.

[coolendra]

Originally Posted by infra_red_dude

i'm quite satisfied wid the video quality on phone screen.

also, the videos when transfered to the computer can be enlarged to a greater extent than any other phone widout much compromise on the quality.

i totallly agree.... i am using w800i... whc is working jst as fine for me......

no probs as yet !!!!!!!

[dOm1naTOr]

We are not talkin bout captured video, but the one transferred from PC which ive converted to 3gp or mp4 from mpg or vob. It suffers from jagged edges only if vied in landscape/fullscreen mode.
But if u people get good quality then plz explain which softies do u use to convert and the best config to convert.......

[infra_red_dude]

i use the method explained in the method for encoding mp4 videos for my w700i:

http://spawnweb.dk/recode/k750.htm

[dOm1naTOr]

Thnx IRdude. ill check it out nd come back

[csczero]

poor video quality well it's a sony. May be canon should jump into mobile market

[infra_red_dude]

Originally Posted by csczero

poor video quality well it's a sony. May be canon should jump into mobile market

well dude, i see no reason for this comment!

anyways, just be careful about cropping. crop it in custom mode at 176x144 for full screen otherwise u'll end up wid black strips on top and bottom.

[deathvirus_me]

only the newer phones has good video capture quality .. 6280 does 640*480 .. while its brother the 6270 does only 176*144

[dOm1naTOr]

Oh i just can't do it..the quality is geting worse with nero.
@ IRdude: plz if u can, upload a small video file (say 1 or 2 MB) to rapidshares or somethin nd share it with all of us. Maybe the defect is due to my phone(W700i).

[I observe quality problems only in fullscreen mode. In portrait mode its best].

[infra_red_dude]

did u set the encoding option as extra quality?

[dOm1naTOr]

Yeah I did whatever written in the link..
Darn..my good old 3230 was much better in videos..I used to store full movies in avi.

[infra_red_dude]

hey if size is not a problem, then increase the bit rate! the bit rate cap is only to limit the file size!

[dOm1naTOr]

The size is not a problem(ive 2x1Gb stick). Increaing bitrate causes frame to be slower nd looks like paying doom3 on an MX card.

[infra_red_dude]

are u using recode or recode 2? just check the version. dunno why but i get pretty decent quality!

[dOm1naTOr]

Yeah .its Recode2...
PLZ if u can upload a small video and give us a try. Many of my friends bought this new cell(w700i) hearing my words and are now blaming me for the vid quality. Also battery life is not as gr8 as expected (maybedue to loudspeaker).

Ohh..sorry..soryy...
I just tried playing those files from file manager nd it looked gr8.
The prob is only seen when viewed from WALKMAN. But sound is a lit greater in walkman(maybe due to my equalising).

DO u guys also view from file manager?

[infra_red_dude]

yeah, i use the walkman for only mp3 files as there is not much advantage of viewing the video thru walkman. u can't pause and resume it whenever u can.

a possible solution to ur problem:

the walkman brand of phones allow u to view pictures/videos in fullscreen, either vertically or horizontally. the fullscreen resolution is 176x220. however u are encoding videos at 176x144. there lies ur problem! when u view the 176x144 pixels video in fullscreen, the video is interpolated to accomodate the screen and hence the jaggy edges and the degradation of quality!

encode the videos at a higher resolution of 176x220. i'd say don't stick to one resolution. try experimenting wid different options (+/- 5,10,20 pixels etc.) till u get the best quality at an optimal size! i suppose, u'll get decent video quality even in the walkman mode!

cheers!

[crazybutt]

halo...i know dere is a thread somewhere else abt dis prob...but i thot since onli 700 guys r readin dis...ill post it here too
can u guys install disc2phone...and is it any difft from copy-paste
also, im experiencing a prob where my phone starts charging when connected via USB cable to compu...and compu restarts when i take it out

any advice wud be appreciated

[dOm1naTOr]

@ IR dude
Ive tried many (but not all) possible resolutions, but all i get is plane sound or music with black screen. It seems i would have to satisfied with file manager viewing and also view files from bigging every time for gd quality.

@crazybutt

Using Disc to Phone u can transfer those music which can then be viewed from "Artists" section (like the builtins in card) from phone. Its so cumbersome to select each song from tracks is transferred straight to "AUDIO" nd also much slower to access from phone.
U can select a group of mp3 songs and give a suitable artist name and trasfer as as a whole or 1by 1 or whenever you like, but they would be arranged under same artist tab in phone.
Happy music with Disc to Phone

@crazybutt
AS bout your 2nd prob. do you select "Remove USB DEVICE" from taskbar before you remove it. If after this also it restarts then try another usb port or some USB hubs.
Also does ur PC supports USB 2.0? if yes install WINXP SP2 to activate USB 2.0.

[infra_red_dude]

@aravind

hmmm...ok i'll try it out when i get time

@crazybutt

i use disc2phone to change the bitrite only! yeah even me facing the same problem of bsod when i unplug. i'm trying to find out a solution, but to no avail!

[dOm1naTOr]

Try using a card reader for transfering. Thats sure to sove your problems. And its faster too.

@ IRdude
plz dun use disc to phone to change bitrate. There are much better softies out there which can do the same with less compromise on quality.
Try Media Coder. I use it for converting all my songs to aac(m4a). It has greater volume, better quality nd clarity nd also less size. The only things against it is its not supported on most NOKIA phones.

[infra_red_dude]

oh coool! i'll download it soon then! i dun bother if the format is supported in nokia phones! i'll give it a try!

[montsa007]

jus 1 solution contact ur dealer

[infra_red_dude]

hmmm... i converted all my mp3s to m4as.

anyways nero recode doesn't allow any resolution over 176x144. tried wid xilisoft converter and converted at cif resolution, its almost double but it gave a blank screen on the cellphone wid only audio. there must be some way to play videos encoded at higher resolution!

[Third Eye]

Guys,how do you transfer photos/video's.i think through data cable..what is the cost of data cable.

[dOm1naTOr]

The data cable comes free with all walkman phones(dun know bout K750).