I've noticed Galaxy S9+s and S9 have serious video stuttering issues, and I would like to know if anyone else notices these small details with a close eye. It's enough to notice and makes taking videos with this phone unenjoyable to watch.
I've had these problems since I basically bought the phone brand new and thought it's just mine, however I tested with numerous other S9+s and they ALL have the exact same issues. Basically when recording video, whether it's 1080p or 4K, during scenes where there is movement, you can see objects jerk and stutter around. Instead of a smooth flowing scene, it jumps. I went ahead and made a video showing this problem. I always record in 1080p for the most part, and these stuttering issues only affect 30fps video. If you record in 60fps, it's smooth and no stutter. But it's not just because it's 60fps, as my S8 records smooth in 30fps with no lag/stutter. Video stabilization ON/OFF makes no change whatsoever either.
Recorded to internal memory, but recording to my Samsung EVO plus SD makes no difference at all.
The first scene in the video shows a helicopter taking off and going across a blue sky. This scene shows it VERY clearly, you can see the copter almost jump scenes. The next one is cars driving by and you can see how they jump slightly forwards at times. The 3rd and 4th scenes are my S9 and S8 side by side. Watch the buildings and vehicles closely and you can see how the S9+ stutters, while everything on the S8 is really smooth. Side note, the video colors look much better on the S8 also. Not really what you expect when you get the latest flagship model and it seems like the camera is a downgrade all around, which is one reason I actually upgraded.. to have a better camera.
Updated to the latest software update AND factory reset the phone with still no differences.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd4LN8sK-U4
I see what you mean but I have never noticed that on my s9+ and I shoot a lot of video.
Maybe it has to do with the exynos / snapdragon thing. I live in Europe Sweden so I guess I have Exynos.
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I have had this same issue with my exynos s9+ but it resolved itself. Now I do not have that problem and I do not remember if I did something or it went away itself.
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We had our first "real" snowfall on friday night, so saturday the family went out sledding in our neighborhood. I grabbed the prime as i walked out to record some video. I took about 8 videos ranging from 15-60 seconds, 1080p, no settings changed.
I tried to play them today, and discovered only 2 of 8 videos had any sound. The rest were silent. Video quality was great, but i'm extremely disappointed by the lack of sound.
It's not the playback. I've tried them on the prime, over hdmi, and after transferred to another computer. theres just no audio. I've tried recording a few more videos and have not yet been able to reproduce it. The ONLY thing i can think of is that it was about 25 F outside, but it seems as though the first and last videos i recorded have sound, so i'm not real inclined to blame the temperature.
If you haven't done much video recording with your prime, i urge you to do some tests and see what you find.
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I've recorded a few videos with Prime. ON CHRISTMAS of my daughter opening up her presents n stuff and of family. I haven't noticed what you said yet. The video quality was great and was very surprised at how well it picks up sound. It does have a good quality Mic. I initially recorded at 1080P till I realized that would be a waste really if most of my playback is on the prime itself. PRIME can output 1080p to HDMI but plays 720p perfectly on display. You can play a 1080p video on prime with no problem but it won't be true 1080p playback. PLUS 1080P videos take up too much space when recording. 720p looks great n takes up alot less space.
AS far as the issue you had, might of been a glitch or hiccup at that moment. LIKE you said, you haven't been able to reproduce the event. Where the videos that had no sound any longer or shorter than others?
thanks for the response. Point taken on 1080p...i have plenty of space on the prime, and all the larger displays in the house are 1080p so i figured why not. I didn't notice any size anomalies with the vids that had no audio.
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I can't believe anyone would use a 10" tablet for taking video. I just use my smartphone...
JUST KIDDING! Seriously, I haven't noticed that issue either, but I haven't taken much video with mine. Let's hope it was just a temporary glitch. Hopefully the video is enough to have captured the moment--those come and go way too quickly.
My kids and I have taken many videos with both the front and back cameras. My kids love the video effects that came with the firmware update. I've not experienced any audio problems.
Are you kidding me? I have taken a lot of video on it and for a tablet, it take AWESOME videos. It handle low light better than cheapo camcorder out there. No sound problems at all.
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Be sure (especially when outside with gloves on) that you're not covering the mic while you're holding it. I did that a few times with leather gloves and it pretty much muted the whole video.
Simple user error on my part, no fault of the tablet.
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Were you taking video in portrait mode? The only way you could cover the mic the way you describe is in portrait mode since the mic is on the top of the device near the cameras. Maybe a snowflake fell on the mic.
Hi there.
I have had this phone for a few days now. I must admit, the camera is very very good indeed. I have no complains what so ever with the still images that the camera records... its just the vids...they are way way dark.
I compared the video recording with samsung wave, S 3, note 2... and lg optimus 3d... in all the comparisons, the video turns out to be darker than any one of the ones i tested.
Is there something wrong with my unit??? I tried the few settings video recording option is loaded with, but that's that.
Can someone plz tell me what's wrong here?
because WP never had night mode, simply to nerv users
If you are shooting outdoors I have noticed if you slightly tilt you phone towards the ground it will expose a bit better compared to if you shoot it up facing the sky.
just put your phone on video and move it from facing the sky to the ground and you will see the exposure change.
Hello All
I have a Z5 compact which I bought for my wife for christmas to replace an iPhone (new ones too big for her pockets). I chose the Z5 specifically because of its claims for its camera as well as the size
Unfortunately the camera is a bit disappointing - slow to focus and the video shows jerkiness on recording and playback. On top of that the touchscreen is insensitive and often requires several goes to make it register being touched.
On the touchscreen it seems clearly to be a fault but I wondered what the experience of others is with the camera and with video? Seems absurd to have jerkiness but also seems odd for it to be a chance problem. Should I be expecting more from this phone (in other words, if I replace it with the same model again should I expect it to behave better) or is it just not really equipped for recording videos?
Thanks in advance for any help and experiences
Dominic
You might want to try 1080 60fps. Under video mode
Bunkle said:
Hello All
I have a Z5 compact which I bought for my wife for christmas to replace an iPhone (new ones too big for her pockets). I chose the Z5 specifically because of its claims for its camera as well as the size
Unfortunately the camera is a bit disappointing - slow to focus and the video shows jerkiness on recording and playback. On top of that the touchscreen is insensitive and often requires several goes to make it register being touched.
On the touchscreen it seems clearly to be a fault but I wondered what the experience of others is with the camera and with video? Seems absurd to have jerkiness but also seems odd for it to be a chance problem. Should I be expecting more from this phone (in other words, if I replace it with the same model again should I expect it to behave better) or is it just not really equipped for recording videos?
Thanks in advance for any help and experiences
Dominic
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[email protected](with IA SteadyShot by default on) actually could result in jerkiness video though most reviews reported the IA made the video smooth but in reality, it's not stable and seems buggy. [email protected] with standard SteadyShot usually provide much fluid video.
Speaking to the focus, I think the existing firmware build isn't mature, gonna wait Android 6.0 to fix it.
Hey guys,
I own a Razer Phone 1 and thought upgrading to ROG was a no brainer, faster chipset and oled panel (though 90hz).
My ROG phone is so choppy and laggy compared to my RP1, to the stage I thought my phone was faulty. The games I tried testing were guns of boom, nba 2k, where reaction times and ability to control matters to some degree. I troubleshooted a bit and made sure X mode was on, cleared all the ram, 90hz setting was selected, and I turned on the gaming information and was averaing 50fps which is great for a phone! So why was it so choppy and laggy? I ran the same games on RP1 and reduced the screen to 90hz and ran the same games. The RP1 was perfect, all the choppy frames and lag were gone. So if both ROG and RP1 were running 90hz, and ROG should be having higher frame rates (845 vs 835), then is it because of ROG's oled panel?
Is there anyone else having this problem?
I'll try to upload a video to show the problem? It's a bit discouraging that the latest gaming phone performs worse in the real-world (not benchmark) than an older generation product.
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Hey guys,
I own a Razer Phone 1 and thought upgrading to ROG was a no brainer, faster chipset and oled panel (though 90hz).
My ROG phone is so choppy and laggy compared to my RP1, to the stage I thought my phone was faulty. The games I tried testing were guns of boom, nba 2k, where reaction times and ability to control matters to some degree. I troubleshooted a bit and made sure X mode was on, cleared all the ram, 90hz setting was selected, and I turned on the gaming information and was averaing 50fps which is great for a phone! So why was it so choppy and laggy? I ran the same games on RP1 and reduced the screen to 90hz and ran the same games. The RP1 was perfect, all the choppy frames and lag were gone. So if both ROG and RP1 were running 90hz, and ROG should be having higher frame rates (845 vs 835), then is it because of ROG's oled panel?
Is there anyone else having this problem?
I'll try to upload a video to show the problem? It's a bit discouraging that the latest gaming phone performs worse in the real-world (not benchmark) than an older generation product.
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I love the phone but i do think it's over hyped. Coming from HTC U11+ (835 vs 845 snapdragon) i don't think the differences are big in terms of processor power. My guess the software experience of the phone isn't polished yet to it's potential that's why i believe the next few updates will make the experience more smooth and how it should be.
One disclaimer i think the CN Rom is worse in performance in comparison with a WW Rom (But no real actual proof just a hypothesis) because you will get some games or apps stopping because of missing Google play services or some google apps.
It's a huge difference in person but still noticeable after recording it and uploading it to youtube.
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(add youtube to the front as I'm new and unable to post links. please also view in 60fps setting)
Reuben3 said:
It's a huge difference in person but still noticeable after recording it and uploading it to youtube.
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(add youtube to the front as I'm new and unable to post links. please also view in 60fps setting)
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The link doesn't work.
I also upgraded from Razer Phone to RoG Phone, and I'm loving it. All the games I play are smooth, with colors so much brighter, and vibrant. So happy to have THE Headphone jack back.
ZiCott said:
I also upgraded from Razer Phone to RoG Phone, and I'm loving it. All the games I play are smooth, with colors so much brighter, and vibrant. So happy to have THE Headphone jack back.
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Thanks Zicott, in that case my phone is very likely defective. I'll see if I can get it repaired .
Tried out guns of boom and it played well on mine
Hi everyone, I haven't seen anything in the threads mention anything about this but I've been trying to use my phone for video calls and it's god awful. It looks zoomed in and it's just blurry looking in every app that I've tried so far including Google's own Duo application. I have never been so embarrassed by a phone until yesterday when my friend asked what kind of phone I have. I was like I had a Pixel its made by Google the creators of android and asked to video call someone just to hear the person on the other end of the call say whats wrong with ya connection the picture looks horrible.
Came home and Duo called myself from my Samsung A72 and wow it looks like utter crap. On the other hand, the budget Samsung A72 was looking great, not to mention the A72 has the ability to record 4k with its front camera as well. I was thinking the latest update would fix this but nothing. This may definitely be a deal-breaker for me.
One more thing, does anyone else's background looks orange/yellow when taking a selfie that has a wall background?
Is anyone else having this issue with their Pixel?
I have used only Viber and Telegram calls and quality was fine. I haven't tested Duo yet. Maybe you could try with other application...
I have the same problem with my Pixel 7.
Quality on WhatsApp, Viber, Messenger, Instagram, and its own google app for video calling, its just bad .i mean for a phone that you give solid amount of money should make the job for the most common task,video calling.
To mention that camera is perfectly fine when using it from phone.Just in apps it's really bad.
Hopefully it get fixed with future updates.
Front camera is plain bad. Small sensor and bad software. It's the same camera since Pixel 2...
I fixed photos quality by installing Google Camera mod with some personal settings, but video quality is terrible...
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Hi everyone, I haven't seen anything in the threads mention anything about this but I've been trying to use my phone for video calls and it's god awful. It looks zoomed in and it's just blurry looking in every app that I've tried so far including Google's own Duo application. I have never been so embarrassed by a phone until yesterday when my friend asked what kind of phone I have. I was like I had a Pixel its made by Google the creators of android and asked to video call someone just to hear the person on the other end of the call say whats wrong with ya connection the picture looks horrible.
Came home and Duo called myself from my Samsung A72 and wow it looks like utter crap. On the other hand, the budget Samsung A72 was looking great, not to mention the A72 has the ability to record 4k with its front camera as well. I was thinking the latest update would fix this but nothing. This may definitely be a deal-breaker for me.
One more thing, does anyone else's background looks orange/yellow when taking a selfie that has a wall background?
Is anyone else having this issue with their Pixel?
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Try to set a native aspect ratio (4:3), disable EIS, and zoom all the way out.... if your software allows it.
The "default" way to capture video from that camera tends to be in 16:9, EIS, and zoomed in a bunch. All of these cause the image to be cropped. EIS uses a buffer zone around the captured video and moves the selection around in it to stabilize the video.
Unfortunately, most video chat programs don't allow these kind of controls.