Post Video you have taken with your Droid X

[Lars]

I just got my Droid X so I haven't done any real video yet but what concerns me about your video is that this is an exceptionally well lit scene yet the amount of noise is very high.

Which scene? It's 15min long. I could post the same raw piece and we could try to compare. Possibly the problem is that it has been transcoded several times in the editing process. The other people's posts are unedited and hence went through only one transcode. They do look sharp! Look at mine more for what it is. An excercise in using the phone to shoot a feature than a clip post for image quality. I usually edit HDV and have a clean workflow setup for best quality. I admit I haven't looked at the bitrate settings and such yet. My Youtube video is also more blurry than the original, as well as blocky and color compressed as you mention.

I don't think the forum allows regular users to post HTML code and have it actually function. Just post the link and the forum will automatically create the, "mini-player," like in the post below yours.

Thanks for the tip.

 

[egut125]

Some video from a John Mayer concert

Love the concert setting on the camcorder!

YouTube - John Mayer - Gravity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F257V4WA7pM&feature=youtube_gdata

 

[07stealth350z]

Shot some video footage from my X of a Ferrari 458 Italia I saw on PCH.

YouTube - Brand NEW Ferrari 458 Italia

 

[mybadodge]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20xF0D-zwx4

 

[&roid]

I was at the Aerosmith/J Geils concert last Saturday 8/14/10, at Fenway Park in Boston, it was, at least for me, the concert of a lifetime. I've never seen Aerosmith live and I have been waiting 15+ years to see the original J Geils lineup play again, and it was so worth the wait.
Here is a couple of Geils songs that I shot on my Droid X in HD of course.

YouTube - Detroit Breakdown & Give It To Me

 

[mr flannery77]

Shot some video footage from my X of a Ferrari 458 Italia I saw on PCH.

YouTube - Brand NEW Ferrari 458 Italia

Wow!!! I don't think the subject matter could have been much better!! Very nice.

 

[Devz]

I was at the Aerosmith/J Geils concert last Saturday 8/14/10, at Fenway Park in Boston, it was, at least for me, the concert of a lifetime. I've never seen Aerosmith live and I have been waiting 15+ years to see the original J Geils lineup play again, and it was so worth the wait.
Here is a couple of Geils songs that I shot on my Droid X in HD of course.

YouTube - Detroit Breakdown & Give It To Me

Very sweet. I live in Jersey, but drove up to Boston in 96 and 97 for Aerosmith's New Years Eve concerts at the Fleet Center. Great shows.

Probably seen Aero a good 15 times or so in the last 14 years. I've not been in a few years though, mostly because I got tired of hearing the same setlist all the time. They really need to change it up.

That said, I'm going to see them this coming Tuesday at the PNC Bank Arts Center. Though the reason I bought the tickets (and this may be the first time I bought tickets just because of the opening act) is that Sammy Hagar (of Montrose, Van Halen, and Chickenfoot fame) is the opening act. Always have to see Sammy when he's in the area. Puts on one hell of an awesome show

 

[pixelsyndicate]

First day with the Droid X - Shooting test video indoors at a ice rink where I play hockey:

YouTube - Testing the DroidX video capabilities at the rink.

And then I have one I shot outdoors in sunlight/shade:

YouTube - Caterpillars who create camouflaged cocoons

 

[jreed2560]

just took this today. Not the best quality as I uploaded it thru the phone to youtube. so 360p is the highest quality available.

On a side note, my daughter is quite the picaso!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1NRwTa8kls

 

[ericnail]

Okay, so i've been expreimenting with different types of video on the DX, and I'm going to post them here and hopefuly get your responces.



First, I tried making all of my files .AVI and using programs like handbrake. Unfortunately, playing .AVI files on the phone was very choppy and had very bad sound/video syncronization. I did, however, notice that "RockPlayer" from the market (ARM V7) was able to play the .AVI files quite well and without any of the aformentioned issues.


For the latest test, I used the following:

I used an SD (Standard Digital) version of "House" downloaded from itunes and played it in the stock Gallery (2.2).

For the second video, I used an HD (720p) version of "House", again downloaded directly from itunes, and played it with the stock Gallery app.


YouTube - HD Video


I am wondering if anyone else was getting the same results when playing HD videos (Not recorded from the camera) on the DX.

If you found a way around this, please post how.


Thanks,
Eric

 

[buxleyp]

I've played a number of 720p h.264 mp4 movie files on the X without issues. Playback is smooth and audio is in sync. Files were transcoded with Handbrake and played on the X using the "Cinema" app. Stock player also works but I like Cinema's FF/RW better.

 

[sorka]

Same here. Only time I've ever seen dropped frames with 720p video is while shooting video. Playback is always perfectly smooth.

 

[ericnail]

Has anyone tried with itunes files?

Maybe it's the way itunes encodes hd videos...?

 

[Paycer]

You are not alone.

YouTube - Droid X video files

The default player just sucks IMHO. It even sucked on my LG Ally. I just use RockPlayer now since it plays them far better and supports more formats anyway. I can watch my various TV shows every week on my DX now without having to convert all of them.

EDIT: Actually go to the video page for that YouTube video. Read the comments.

 

[ericnail]

Itunes is fine so long as you're running standard definition.

Its once you get to hi def files from itunes that you get lag

 

[Paycer]

just took this today. Not the best quality as I uploaded it thru the phone to youtube. so 360p is the highest quality available.

On a side note, my daughter is quite the picaso!

YouTube - August 21, 2010 4:25 PM

You have to give YouTube time to process videos that are uploaded. The quality is fine, it just wasn't available in 720p the moment after uploading it.

FYI, I just checked to confirm, and it's now available in 720p.

 

[avaloncourt]

Shot some video footage from my X of a Ferrari 458 Italia I saw on PCH.

I hope to be handicapped some day so I can buy a Ferrari and use the handicapped spaces.

 

[avaloncourt]

Which scene? It's 15min long.

Dirt road/open sky/cows.

There is a huge amount of noise in the sky.

 

[jreed2560]

You have to give YouTube time to process videos that are uploaded. The quality is fine, it just wasn't available in 720p the moment after uploading it.

FYI, I just checked to confirm, and it's now available in 720p.

Thanks. I don't use YouTube that often so I wasn't aware. I know I'm one of those annoying parents that shows off there kid all the time, but I don't care. LOL I was just watching the video again, and she said "See. So Cute!" LOL

 

[darreno1]

YouTube - Plane spotting with the Droid X part 2.

 

[jreed2560]

YouTube - 2010 08 28 13 32 19 101

really liked the way this video turned out with my X today. My daughter is Trenedy if you can't tell by my shouting. Sorry for the shaky cam, I was holding a two year old when I shot it.

I loved the move she made around the 445 mark. You hear me go nuts! LOL

 

[onikage]

Here's mine, rough edit in Movie Maker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZvRDZT0TXo&feature=player_detailpage

 

[ladius]

delete due to duplcated post

 

[ladius]

Here's mine of a canyon drive earlier this week. shot at 720p and on a windshield mount (oem motorola). next time, think i'll lower the res to vga.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxeD4JH20DU&hd=1

 

[&roid]

Here is a video that I shot while on vacation last sumner.
It's my ride on the Alpine Slide at Attitash Mountain in New Hampshire.
For those not familiar, the track is made of cement and fiberglass sections, and the sled's sped is controlled with a stick, pushing forward lowers wheels and you go faster, pulling back lowers you back on to skids to show you down.
Enjoy the ride.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAFPLj7ZoVc&feature=youtube_gdata_player