John Messeder wrote: << So the point is, it's intended that recording and playback will be in landscape, but not mandatory. >>
If you record a video in portrait mode, how is it displayed when viewed on a different device (e.g., computer, TV via PS3, etc.)? Back when I had a Sony Clie, I recorded a few clips in portrait mode. They play back fine on the device, especially since you can easily rotate it in your hand, but when you view them on any other playback device they are rotated 90 degrees. Think of a traditional camcorder. You would never hold it sideways to record anything unless you are intentionally looking to be creative. George -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Messeder Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 8:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Treo] Sprint people, how is the 1.4 update??? I went to bed about 2 a.m. (Pennsylvania time) and it wasn't here. Of course, California still had an hour of Feb 25 left =) Got up at 8. Finally got to look at the Pre about 8:45. There it was. Download and install took about 25 minutes. I'm guessing it used the WiFi, since that was connected. (My Pre auto connects to my home and work WiFi nets.) So, in the order I did things, some firt impressions. Apps seem to load A LOT faster. Video looks good on the Pre. When you tap the video button, a message displays advising to "rotate before recording." I didn't, deliberately. Tapped Record in portrait, then rotated to landscape. The playback showed exactly that. Turns out, the playback controls are landscape, so, for instance, if you hold it in Portrait, the play button is at the upper left. In landscape that would be the left end of the playback bar. So the point is, it's intended that recording and playback will be in landscape, but not mandatory. You can edit (tap the easily identifiable editing icon) for length by shortening from either or both ends of the video. Cool thing - when I edited the 19-second vid to 3 seconds, it saved both on the Video Roll. Amended "edit" to the filename to ID the edited version, meaning in an alpha listing, the edited version will appear next to the original. I plugged into my PC. Only two options: USB Drive and Charge Only. USB button has a Circle-i that loads a help file that starts with "If you use iTunes 9.0.1 or earlier, you can tap the link to learn how to enable Media Sync on the Pre. If you previously used Media Sync but upgraded to iTunes 9.0.2 or later, read on to learn other options for copying media to the Pre. There's a USB symbol in the lower right of the Pre's display, but not warning that you can't use the phone while it's a USB drive. Hint: When I unloaded the help I had no indication on the PC that there was a drive attached. On a whim, I tapped the USB icon. A button display saying I was in charge only, tap if I wanted USB drive. I tapped. The PC immediately saw the drive. Still no warning message about not using the phone while in USB. So far, I've not tried making or taking a call. I found the videos. They are mp4, stored in DCIM/100PALM, not to be confused with DCIM/100MEDIA where the stills are stored. OK. That's it for now. Got to go to work. On 2/27/2010 8:20 AM, George Kontos wrote: > It's 6:20 AM MST. Surely someone in an earlier time zone has installed it > by now. Comments? > > I wonder when it will come to VZW. I sure hope it happens today (Sat) > because I have a use for the camcorder app on Sunday, but I suspect it won't > be until next week sometime. Just a hunch. :-( > > George ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
