Whatsapp, iOS7 or iPhone 5S issue?

[bobztoise]

Not sure if anyone else experience this..
any help appreciated

I received 2 videos from my fren on Whatsapp on iPhone 5S
Sent from iphone 5 on iOS7

the videos came out as grey fuzzy images
so i tried taking 2 videos and sent to myself
also ended up as grey fuzzy images

so i rebooted and tried again
now the images came thru but there is a noticeable drop in video quality

when i send to myself via Whatsapp, 2 videos get logged in the chat, the one sent out (was okay) but the one received (was slightly fuzzy).. noticeable drop in quality

anyone experience this also?

 

[sanjeevrana]

Its compression technique that the app uses to reduce file size ... u dont have choice in that except sound out smaller videos

 

[PetPet]

The recent WhatsApp update has brought compression of videos and even images to the next level

 

[bobztoise]

The recent WhatsApp update has brought compression of videos and even images to the next level

how is that a good thing?

 

[twerk49]

the other issue with then is sometimes when bringing up the keyboard, there's a gap between the keyboard and the text box.

 

[fortheus]

the other issue with then is sometimes when bringing up the keyboard, there's a gap between the keyboard and the text box.

yup, same issue with me. Whatsapp really need to fix their apps. They also the one of the slowest to update/enhance. I think they didn't scale nicely

 

[PetPet]

how is that a good thing?

The Good :
WhatsApp saves on bandwidth.

The Bad :
Images/Videos sent through WhatsApp looks like crap.

Resolution :

1. Ditch WhatsApp. Use some other messaging platform like say... iMessage to get your images etc sent across.
2. Upload image to Dropbox. Send link using WhatsApp

I would stick to 1.

 

[bagger 288]

I send a 1gb movie to my friend by whatsapp

 

[bobztoise]

thanks

hopefully WhatsApp can change this in their next update
maybe let users choose

The Good :
WhatsApp saves on bandwidth.

The Bad :
Images/Videos sent through WhatsApp looks like crap.

Resolution :

1. Ditch WhatsApp. Use some other messaging platform like say... iMessage to get your images etc sent across.
2. Upload image to Dropbox. Send link using WhatsApp

I would stick to 1.

 

[fortheus]

every messaging platform will do data compression. Even imessage. if you want uncompressed data, just upload to file sharing (eg: dropbox, etc) then send the link

 

[*adiBOY]

The Good :
WhatsApp saves on bandwidth.

The Bad :
Images/Videos sent through WhatsApp looks like crap.

Resolution :

1. Ditch WhatsApp. Use some other messaging platform like say... iMessage to get your images etc sent across.
2. Upload image to Dropbox. Send link using WhatsApp

I would stick to 1.

Just use AirDrop is you are transferring between iPhone 5 and 5s. Fast and secured. File transferred in full size too.

 

[PetPet]

every messaging platform will do data compression. Even imessage. if you want uncompressed data, just upload to file sharing (eg: dropbox, etc) then send the link

That is correct.
But at least iMessage's compression is reasonable.
If I am not wrong Whatsapp even tries to resize your images.

I love iMessage because it allows animated GIFs

 

[bagger 288]

That is correct.
But at least iMessage's compression is reasonable.
If I am not wrong Whatsapp even tries to resize your images.

I love iMessage because it allows animated GIFs

Standard iPhone messages also allow gif

 

[PetPet]

or rather Messages.app

 

[turtle splash]

I send a 1gb movie to my friend by whatsapp

Seriously? Then how was the quality??

 

[bagger 288]

Seriously? Then how was the quality??

It was a 4gb .mkv movie. I converted to .m4v

Sent via ifile to whatsapp my friend.

He cured after found out it took out half of his data plan

 

[bigbuffalo]

Not sure if anyone else experience this..
any help appreciated

I received 2 videos from my fren on Whatsapp on iPhone 5S
Sent from iphone 5 on iOS7

the videos came out as grey fuzzy images
so i tried taking 2 videos and sent to myself
also ended up as grey fuzzy images

so i rebooted and tried again
now the images came thru but there is a noticeable drop in video quality

when i send to myself via Whatsapp, 2 videos get logged in the chat, the one sent out (was okay) but the one received (was slightly fuzzy).. noticeable drop in quality

anyone experience this also?

Yup. Me too. Video sent to me all grey. Wierd

 

[bobztoise]

Yup. Me too. Video sent to me all grey. Wierd

i just did further tests on a iPhone 5 also using iOS7
highly suspect hardware issue

will be making a trip to QCD later

i can understand compression but grey just seem wrong
my issue also with the grey videos

 

[sanjeevrana]

Video sending to myself on 5S or from another 5 to 5S

All good .. no such grey thing ... try a different video as well, maybe the format is such that Whatsapp compression is spoiling it

 

[jq75]

Issue confined to bigger screen ip(5 and above) ios7 or whatsapp itself?