Can we use this situation as evidence that WMF resources should urgently be directed to improving end-users' video viewing experiences on mobile? (:
On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Brian Wolff <bawo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10/30/15, Brian Wolff <bawo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 10/30/15, Andrew Lih <andrew....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, I tried the video on Android 5.1 Lollipop (Samsung Galaxy S6) and it > >> was choppy and unreliable. > >> > >> At this point in time, you might consider going with VP8 for the highest > >> compatibility. VP9 is still kind of bleeding edge. > > > > Are you sure that you viewed the VP9 version? I would expect the > > TimedMediaHandler js (if it was working properly, usually a big if) to > > select the VP8 transcoded version for playback, not the original. > > > > err. nevermind. TMH selects the vp9 as the best possible source on my > phone for some reason, so it probably does the same for you too. > > The chopiness might not even have anything to do with vp9 so much as > the high bit-rate of the original source being too much for a phone or > something, although hard to know for sure. The VP8 1080p transcode > behaves rather chopily on my phone too. > > All I can say for sure is that the webm VP8 480p transcode plays > nicely on my kind of oldish phone. The VP8 720p is a bit choppy but > not too bad. > > -- > -bawolff > > _______________________________________________ > Multimedia mailing list > Multimedia@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/multimedia >
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