Video Quality Auto, 480P, 540P, 720P
Aaron Jors
Registered Users Posts: 470 Major grins
When in a video gallery and selecting a video to view is there a way to automatically have that video start in 720p vs. auto? Or alternatively only offer the video in 720p?
When I go to view a video when set to Auto and hit play the quality for the first 10 sec or so is terrible but then gets better. I'm guessing this is due to something trying to figure out what is the optimal setting for me. Alternatively if I go to the video and select 720p before hitting play the video quality is fine from the start.
My guess is that most people are going to hit play and not adjust the setting so their initial impressions of the video is not going to be good due to the low starting quality.
Video Gallery is located here: http://www.aaroncjors.com/Videos/
When I go to view a video when set to Auto and hit play the quality for the first 10 sec or so is terrible but then gets better. I'm guessing this is due to something trying to figure out what is the optimal setting for me. Alternatively if I go to the video and select 720p before hitting play the video quality is fine from the start.
My guess is that most people are going to hit play and not adjust the setting so their initial impressions of the video is not going to be good due to the low starting quality.
Video Gallery is located here: http://www.aaroncjors.com/Videos/
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I am very sorry but at the moment this is not possible. The video player will start playing with the lower quality stream - it will then detect if your internet connection allows for better quality and it will automatically adjust the stream quality to your internet connection speed for optimal performance/quality.
Best regards,
Why is this still not possible - more than 2 years later?
Why do my SmugMug videos look like crap for the first 5-6 seconds, when the amateur videos on Flikr, YouTube, etc. do not?
Personally, if I clicked on a video play button, and saw the pixelated mess SmugMug is serving up, I would close the window ASAP and go look at something else. I am too embarrassed to ask friends and relatives to look my videos on SmugMug due to the poor quality they are going to see up front. Please fix this.
I'm also having a hard time getting quality video to display. I'm hesitating to share a video I recently posted because the quality seems to be so degraded compared to the file I uploaded. Any advice on maximizing video quality? Has anything changed with the way videos get reencoded after uploading?
Thanks,
Dave
I would very much like this fix, as well. It really does give a bad impression when someone clicks on a video and it appears to be of such poor quality for the first 5 seconds or so. Is it possible for SmugMug to start with the "best quality" first, and only adjust the stream quality to the internet connection speed for optimal performance/quality, if necessary?
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Can you let us know if a fix is in the works? Thank you!
After 5 years of this thread it still is the same. I can't even share with anyone because it will ruin the viewing experience.