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Motion Stills – Now on Android

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Re: Motion Stills – Now on Android

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Post by Veratyr »

seltzered_ wrote: post #10

I'm confused. Does this imply that photos within this app can be taken similar to 'live photos' - where a single tap records both a full-res still pic AND a video? Or is this app just for recording stabilized / loopable videos? I recently switched to iOS after using Android for years and live photos are a huge draw for me. I don't care if they're stabilized or loopable, I just love the context they add in (audio, mov…

I've got an Android phone and unfortunately no, it's just video, there's no still.

I sorely miss the real Live Photos I had on iOS for the same reasons as you. There are camera apps on Android that do it (like Camera MX) but the UX isn't really comparable and you can't use Motion Stills on stuff taken outside the app.

Re: Motion Stills – Now on Android

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Post by andybak »

"We listened to your feedback and today, we're excited to announce" - doesn't anyone have a functioning cliche detector anymore? Maybe my ears are oversensitive but I find this kind of bilge insincere and off-putting. Is it a UK vs US thing? Or am I just getting cranky in old age?

Re: Motion Stills – Now on Android

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Post by j4ybee »

andybak wrote: post #12

"We listened to your feedback and today, we're excited to announce" - doesn't anyone have a functioning cliche detector anymore? Maybe my ears are oversensitive but I find this kind of bilge insincere and off-putting. Is it a UK vs US thing? Or am I just getting cranky in old age?

how about: "All right you entitled cunts, we made the Android version you begged for, now leave us alone."

Re: Motion Stills – Now on Android

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Post by rhizome »

j4ybee wrote: post #13
andybak wrote: post #12

"We listened to your feedback and today, we're excited to announce" - doesn't anyone have a functioning cliche detector anymore? Maybe my ears are oversensitive but I find this kind of bilge insincere and off-putting. Is it a UK vs US thing? Or am I just getting cranky in old age?

how about: "All right you entitled cunts, we made the Android version you begged for, now leave us alone."

"Will you stop saying we can't do product now?"

Re: Motion Stills – Now on Android

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Post by thomk »

j4ybee wrote: post #13
andybak wrote: post #12

"We listened to your feedback and today, we're excited to announce" - doesn't anyone have a functioning cliche detector anymore? Maybe my ears are oversensitive but I find this kind of bilge insincere and off-putting. Is it a UK vs US thing? Or am I just getting cranky in old age?

how about: "All right you entitled cunts, we made the Android version you begged for, now leave us alone."

LOL. Have an upvote.

Re: Motion Stills – Now on Android

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Post by dingo_bat »

wybiral wrote: post #15

I texted a GIF from my Pixel and it was really blocky, even at the highest setting. It doesn't look bad during playback or when uploaded to Photos though. Is this an MMS issue or something?

I just used it on my S7 and shared it on whatsapp: looks very high quality to me. You can try changing the gif quality from settings, although the default worked fine for me.

Re: Motion Stills – Now on Android

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Post by mastax »

wybiral wrote: post #15

I texted a GIF from my Pixel and it was really blocky, even at the highest setting. It doesn't look bad during playback or when uploaded to Photos though. Is this an MMS issue or something?

I also have issues sending video over MMS.

I think the issue is just the design of MMS. It was designed back when dumbphones ruled, so it was designed to have cell networks transcode media into a compatible format for the target device. The cell networks don't want to spend the cpu cycles or perhaps engineer time to do it properly. Perhaps RCS[0] solves this issue, but I think everyone will have switched to WhatsApp, et. al by then.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services

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