Some video improvements please

dennismullen

The default quality setting in the video player is Auto but there is no indication what quality setting that is.
I assume Auto is the best setting the viewers system can sustain but the lack of information makes me feel the need to select HD every time I play a video.
This setting should be available before the play button is enabled so you don't miss the first part of the video and have to start it again.

Also, there needs to be a loop feature on the player.

Cheers,

mrneutron

The system does sense your bandwidth and plays the best quality it can based on that. Others have requested a forced resolution setting as well. We'll pass it on as a feature request.

Allen

All I get here is "auto" in the control bar and have no idea what resolution is playing.
It would be great if the actual resolution showed there instead of "auto". If I manually
set a resolution that shows.

Actually, if I change to different resolutions I see no difference, video looks the same.
480p > 1080p all look the same.

dennismullen

dennismullen wrote: »

The default quality setting in the video player is Auto but there is no indication what quality setting that is.
I assume Auto is the best setting the viewers system can sustain but the lack of information makes me feel the need to select HD every time I play a video.
This setting should be available before the play button is enabled so you don't miss the first part of the video and have to start it again.

Also, there needs to be a loop feature on the player.

There is more to this then just wanting a new feature. When I play a video it always defaults to a low res setting even though I have a broadband connection and can easily play the 1080HD setting.
1080HD is the only setting that looks bearable and even it looks bad when scaled down. Notice how much better the preview file (taken from the original video file) looks compared to the smugmug play back.



Cheers,

dennismullen

Now I see what is happening.

Smugmug starts out at the lowest resolution and slowly ramps up to the highest resolution possible like Netflix does.
The problem is my short clips do not have ten minutes of opening credits to accommodate this.
My viewers have already decided the resolution sucks and moved on.

Cheers,

mrdrew

+1