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It's utterly UNBELIEVABLE that...

there are no video players that support this device properly...
i'm of course talking about the most widely used divx/avi format...
tcpmp...wack
the core player...wack
maybe i missed the thread where there was software that preformed well on the touch pro... but i doubt it... is the processor that f'ed up? 2 years and still no resolution... damn.

thank you,...! i thought it was just me,... would be nice to have one of these work on the htc touch pro,...

tb5... said:
there are no video players that support this device properly...
i'm of course talking about the most widely used divx/avi format...
tcpmp...wack
the core player...wack
maybe i missed the thread where there was software that preformed well on the touch pro... but i doubt it... is the processor that f'ed up? 2 years and still no resolution... damn.
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I have full ver of coreplayer and it plays avi movies fine for me. Watching one right now.

In the diamond Software section, there's a video encoder specifically made for the device.
I know that video recoding is not always the nicest/fastest way to get stuff on the device, but it does a greate job.
In that thread it's mention that CorePlayer doesn't support hardware acceleration...
Link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467112
Not really an answer but something worth looking at anyway =)

Am running coreplayer right now and it supports hardware playback, Whats the deal, how large are these files (in MB and resolution), natively encoded XViD movies (or GB sizes) work fine on the Raph. If you are attempting to watch a full HD video expect issues but what do you expect otherwise?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=divx+windows+mobile+cab&l=1

^ LMAO @ THAT LINK i will def be using that site quite a bit... but thanks ill definitely download this and see what's good.
@ labbbby... i mean ill check it out... but ya recoding the file seems like such a unnecessary step... especially since older phones specifically my out titan played divx files straight off my comp flawlessly.
we have g sensor programs, light sensor program, themes, ported programs... all kinds of extras... but a video player seems to be too much ... and its not like they phone lacks power... it seems more than capable to view high quality video.
and vanx for exapmle... i have a 480p rip of naruto about 200mb that will never work... are there any settings changed to get the playback smooth?

labbbby said:
In the diamond Software section, there's a video encoder specifically made for the device.
I know that video recoding is not always the nicest/fastest way to get stuff on the device, but it does a greate job.
In that thread it's mention that CorePlayer doesn't support hardware acceleration...
Link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467112
Not really an answer but something worth looking at anyway =)
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I havent had any issues with coreplayer but I will give this run. Thanx for the link.

probably in the minority here but watching full length divx movies on a cell phone? come on, that's... wack.

dead.bolt said:
probably in the minority here but watching full length divx movies on a cell phone? come on, that's... wack.
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when your at work at lunch, on the bus/train... and you missed a episode or something the night before... it's pretty useful.
using the phone to its full potential is never wack... especially when you spend 500 - 900$ on it.

I watch full length movies using coreplayer all the time.
Who uses "whack" anymore?

I use Coreplayer on my Touch Pro almost daily. Full movies re-encoded down to ~200 megs, full seasons of various shows, looks great on the screen and through my video out cable.

Im_Gumby said:
I watch full length movies using coreplayer all the time.
Who uses "whack" anymore?
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aite stewie drop the 'H'... lol
do words go out of style tho really?
if this divx player doesn't work... then re-encoding it will have to do i guess for now.
thanks to all the ppl who posted tho... hope it helped some as well.

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I watch full length movies using coreplayer all the time.
Who uses "whack" anymore?
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Vanilla Ice does, that's who.
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tb5... said:
when your at work at lunch, on the bus/train... and you missed a episode or something the night before... it's pretty useful.
using the phone to its full potential is never wack... especially when you spend 500 - 900$ on it.
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yeah see i'm fine with a few streaming you tube clips here and there maybe a 30 min tv show even but again, i personally wouldn't watch a full length film on my touch pro.

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Kris Kross does, that's who.
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*fixed...

What version of coreplayer mobile are you using ?

Yea there is a tmpg kicking around specifically for the T.P. i have a full season of Trailer Park Boys, in mpg and a full season of Family guy in avi.
I also regularly convert video over to 3gp when i need too.
Ive had -0 problems with the media player and actually am really impressed with how great it looks.
There is a video converter called "super" somewhere out there on the interwebs. One of the greatest free video programs ive used. Just select 3gp and it sets all the codecs up for you, or you can tweak and adjust to suit your needs.
GL bro!
vanilla ice!! hahaha
that is truley "whack" "yo".
lmfao

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This thread is hillarious!

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Man thats wiggidy wiggidy wack.

Hows it do for 720 or 1080 HD rendering?

I'm not too familiar with the Pi. But always considering options for a new HTPC / media center.
What's the general consensus on this nifty little thing regarding it's ability to handle HD material? Most of my collection is 720p due to having a 720 television. Can it handle an average bitrate of about 4,000-4,500kbps with peaks topping out at about 12,000-13,000kbps max (with very rare peaks hitting 20,000kbps)?
Thanks
Aaron

My pi running xbian handles 720p no problem for the most part, although it may occasionally buffer during really busy scenes. The biggest problem I had was that it couldn't handle DTS audio. Caused buffering every few seconds. I don't have any 1080p films as my TV is only 720p
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Thanks Endoroid. DTS isn't an issue, as my sound system is still of the Dolby era and all of my, backups (cough cough) I encode, I encode with Pro-Logic. I use my sound system for 99% music. And while my front speakers are abso-freakin-lutely amazing (Infinity IL40 towers), I can't bring myself to get upgrade my 25 year old Kenwood receiver which was top of the line during it's time (kr-v126r). It just sounds, and works, that good still.
This is current HTPC / NAS with lid open
AMD X2 5000+ black edition, 2gb ram, 1tb storage, Radeon HD6450 vid card. (old vid card in this pic is a GTX260 core 216 that's in my current gaming rig)
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I think I heard a couple weeks ago that the Pi is going to get an update and will handle HD material much better. I don't remember specifics though. Anybody heard this?

I'm currently using the raspberrypi as a mediacenter using xbian and it works flawless. I bought a cheap external hdd case (had an old hdd lying around) and hooked it to my pi.
Formatted as ext4 it can handle 9GiB 720P movies without any hassle. I've also tried a 25gb 1080p rip, but that was a little too much. (though it was still very watchable)
Samba transfer speeds are around 8-9mb/s so it will take a little longer to put your movies on the pi. Usenet/torrent speeds cap at around 3.5-4mb/s (on a 80mbit connection).

Same results on my PI. Can't actually play 1080p HD perfectly, but can do 720p just fine. Leveraging something like h264 I can watch 1080p perfectly.

Mine handles 1080p sources fine so long as they are less than about 6gb in size. More than that and I get a lot of buffering as I'm running over wifi. I haven't noted if it is related to audio encoding or not, but I'm sure that DTS will have a negative impact as well.
My projector is only 720p, so I don't consider this a big issue given the cost of the RPi.
I'm running OpenELEC. It occassionally freezes, but it handles the 1080p files slightly better than the JB ATV2, which also had crashing problems. The UI is more responsive on the RPi.
=RV=

Is there a way in which this setup can upscale the video rate from my moderately less sized 720p mkv rips as 1080p to my Sony led TV? If so can you post a link please?
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freeac said:
Is there a way in which this setup can upscale the video rate from my moderately less sized 720p mkv rips as 1080p to my Sony led TV? If so can you post a link please?
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XBMC always outputs video at 1080p unless you change it's settings to output at the videos native resolution.

oribunokiyuusou said:
XBMC always outputs video at 1080p unless you change it's settings to output at the videos native resolution.
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Wow... If so, I am gonna set up a kick ass streamer...
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For me 1080p works perfectly with raspbmc when playing bigbuckbunny

1080p works well on my pi running raspbmc. However, it did have some issues with certain codecs, with some sound syncing issues. But all in all the thing is fantastic as a small media center.
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I've used my rPi to play both 720 and 1080 and find it can under the right circumstances do both very well. The issue I came across with 1080 was more the fact the file was on a different device streaming to it via Wifi and ended up buffering a lot.

Does anyone know if as part of the update process they will start DVD ISO support? Or if it already exists? Overall absolutely love it as a media box, but there are still a lot of issues with codec support.

I've run xbmc for years.......big tip for anyone use openelec for pi doesn't skip a beat at all. All media handled on wired lan not a single issue.....for the record that includes 1080 24p
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Does anyone here knows what is the difference between 1080p and 1080i? I didn't get it on Google...

ankahuja said:
Does anyone here knows what is the difference between 1080p and 1080i? I didn't get it on Google...
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The i stands for interlaced, and it's not really 1080 resolution; it's about more like 2 540p images overlayed. Basically 1080p is sharper and 1080i is a bootlegged 1080p.

Where To Find 2K Videos?

So I got this fancy new phone with 2K resolution so where can I get a video to blow my friends away? YouTube seems to only stream up to 1080p even though several of the videos say 2K.

On the g3 there was an apk floating around that supported 2k video in the YouTube app maybe google or search the forums for that particular YouTube apk. If I'm not mistaken the web version of YouTube allows this as well.
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bobprobert said:
So I got this fancy new phone with 2K resolution so where can I get a video to blow my friends away? YouTube seems to only stream up to 1080p even though several of the videos say 2K.
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Its actually 4k. try this but before you click on any of the videos from your phone make sure you are on wifi because its going to download the video and eat up your data.

fcortes626 said:
Its actually 4k. try this but before you click on any of the videos from your phone make sure you are on wifi because its going to download the video and eat up your data.
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QHD is not 4k
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_display_resolution#QHD_2K_.282560x1440.29

orangedude654 said:
QHD is not 4k
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_display_resolution#QHD_2K_.282560x1440.29
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I stand corrected.:good:
So what is the point of adding 4k recording if you can watch it in 4k wheb you play it on your phone?

Can anyone grab the ones off the best buy models?

fcortes626 said:
I stand corrected.:good:
So what is the point of adding 4k recording if you can watch it in 4k wheb you play it on your phone?
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To watch it on 4k TV. Also frame grabs from video are much better quality and you can zoom in, without loss of quality when using phone for watching and actually I use it very often on my Note 3, since with fixed lens framing is always far from perfect and there is always option of not using 4k video at all.

bobprobert said:
So I got this fancy new phone with 2K resolution so where can I get a video to blow my friends away? YouTube seems to only stream up to 1080p even though several of the videos say 2K.
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Good question. Where can one find QHD videos/ movies?

pete4k said:
To watch it on 4k TV. Also frame grabs from video are much better quality and you can zoom in, without loss of quality when using phone for watching and actually I use it very often on my Note 3, since with fixed lens framing is always far from perfect and there is always option of not using 4k video at all.
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i dont have a 4k tv so i guess no 4k recording for me
oh my friend at school has the lg g3 (also QHD) and his phone has some sample qhd videos. i found them for download but they are .dm file format so i dont know if the note 4 can play them and i saw some posts that say people get errors when trying to open them up even on the g3. they get an error message saying the files are locked. i can upload them if you guys want to try them. lmk

thanks a ton. some great examples here

Never mind. The youtube app only allows 720p even if the video is posted in 4K
http://www.uhdvideos.net/

Here is the youtube app that allows 1440p video .... delete your recent youtube app and reboot and disable auto update from google playstore and install the one that i posted
http://www.mediafire.com/download/b7098m98nlm49qb/youtube-5.10.1.5.apk

Here are the 2k videos from the Best Buy floor model.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vyysojx1r78zab1/CITY_2560_1440_20mbps.mp4?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rkg3s508j16jbjg/NATURE_2560_1440_20mbps.mp4?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mmk5d02jw5bfb2f/SAFARI_2560_1440_20mbps.mp4?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5n6qtu72ydew7rg/FOOD_2560_1440_20mbps.mp4?dl=0
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scoobrel said:
Here are the 2k videos from the Best Buy floor model.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vyysojx1r78zab1/CITY_2560_1440_20mbps.mp4?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rkg3s508j16jbjg/NATURE_2560_1440_20mbps.mp4?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mmk5d02jw5bfb2f/SAFARI_2560_1440_20mbps.mp4?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5n6qtu72ydew7rg/FOOD_2560_1440_20mbps.mp4?dl=0
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Awesome this is exactly what I was looking for!

Can someone else upload or send me link please

I see the option for 1440p with the posted apk version but when I selected it, nothing changes. Even when I keep selecting it, nothing happens.

nkstn007 said:
I see the option for 1440p with the posted apk version but when I selected it, nothing changes. Even when I keep selecting it, nothing happens.
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just download the videos from the links above. trust me your friends will be impressed

Bruce lee roy said:
Can someone else upload or send me link please
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Video can be found here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2841905
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Wow just wow. Watching these videos, I can zoom in on them with my fingers on the stock player and it still retains the sharpness. Freaking amazed at the resolution and sharpness.
Ps you can two finger zoom live while the video is playing.

bobprobert said:
Awesome this is exactly what I was looking for!
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booo!
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[Q] AC3 audio codecs in Oculus cinema

I'm using note4 with lolipop (5.0.1) which have exynos processor
I've lots of movies which have AC3 audio codecs.
As you guys know, note4 doesn't have AC3 codec.
I found this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-vr ... r-t2992397
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachm ... 1424114117
I tried but noting changed!
I want to know the reason. exynos problem? or Lolipop problem?
or just I made mistake?
thanks!

eienkimwan said:
I'm using note4 with lolipop (5.0.1) which have exynos processor
I've lots of movies which have AC3 audio codecs.
As you guys know, note4 doesn't have AC3 codec.
I found this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-vr ... r-t2992397
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachm ... 1424114117
I tried but noting changed!
I want to know the reason. exynos problem? or Lolipop problem?
or just I made mistake?
thanks!
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It's a problem with lollipop, but just reencode the audio to aac and you'll be fine. :good:

Toss3 said:
It's a problem with lollipop, but just reencode the audio to aac and you'll be fine. :good:
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How can I do it?
Do I need to use PC or Note4 ?
What app can I use?

cornelito said:
How can I do it?
Do I need to use PC or Note4 ?
What app can I use?
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Not sure if there are any audio encoders available on android, but on my PC I use MediaCoder and just copy the video (takes about a minute or so). On my mac i use MP4 Converter.

Toss3 said:
Not sure if there are any audio encoders available on android, but on my PC I use MediaCoder and just copy the video (takes about a minute or so). On my mac i use MP4 Converter.
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I converted 3D movie (MKV file) with un-supported audio file to MP4 and all works great. The only issue is that size file has double increased from 5,5 GB to 11 GB. Is that something normal?

cornelito said:
I converted 3D movie (MKV file) with un-supported audio file to MP4 and all works great. The only issue is that size file has double increased from 5,5 GB to 11 GB. Is that something normal?
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That is definitely not normal, and I guess you somehow managed to reencode the video as well.
Make sure you have the settings set as below(in MediaCoder):
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thx
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It's a problem with lollipop, but just reencode the audio to aac and you'll be fine. :good:
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thank for your information

Will Oculus Cinema play M2TS format or not? Thx

cornelito said:
Will Oculus Cinema play M2TS format or not? Thx
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It plays all of the same formats as the stock video-player and I'm not sure it supports m2ts.

Hi,
try this:
open VLC
select media
select convert
add the file to convert
select profile and in options check keep original video
select audio format an that's all.
Enjoy it.
Greetings.

over under to side by side
Hi all, i`m the new one, any of you knows how to convert easy way over/under to side by side ? i couldn`t find it in mediacoder and any other program, please help.

frious said:
Hi all, i`m the new one, any of you knows how to convert easy way over/under to side by side ? i couldn`t find it in mediacoder and any other program, please help.
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Aiseesoft 3D Converter will do that, but it's not free

axewater said:
Aiseesoft 3D Converter will do that, but it's not free
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Thanks, i just finded xilisoft video converter doing that pretty simple but it takes ages to convert 4gb of 3d....

cornelito said:
How can I do it?
Do I need to use PC or Note4 ?
What app can I use?
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Use Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate for transcoding ac3 to aac and keep the MP4 for Note 4, no video quality would be lost.

Question: Google photo unlimited or limited

I just downloaded the new Google photo app.. it gives you an option of limited or unlimited
The note 4 is a 16mp camera. . I'm having trouble deciding
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I just downloaded the new Google photo app.. it gives you an option of limited or unlimited
The note 4 is a 16mp camera. . I'm having trouble decidingView attachment 3338386
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Go unlimited. Google is using new compression algorithm, ss that gets better they will up the megapixels beyond 16. Right now they know at 16 they can offer everyone free unlimited storage but in another 2-5 years they will be taking 20 - 25 megapixels no problem.
It's going to change everything. They were saying it will shrink a full length 4K movie down to 1GB. It's like 10 times better than any other compression out there. It's also what makes 4K video on YouTube and Netflix possible.
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ShrekOpher said:
Go unlimited. Google is using new compression algorithm, ss that gets better they will up the megapixels beyond 16. Right now they know at 16 they can offer everyone free unlimited storage but in another 2-5 years they will be taking 20 - 25 megapixels no problem.
It's going to change everything. They were saying it will shrink a full length 4K movie down to 1GB. It's like 10 times better than any other compression out there. It's also what makes 4K video on YouTube and Netflix possible.
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Using compression to high quality photos deteriorates the quality right?

Cerv3r said:
Using compression to high quality photos deteriorates the quality right?
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Depends on how good the compression is. Right now they are not losing any quality on a 16mp picture
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I want to see proof!

Heh. This conversation reminds me of the current season of Silicon Valley.

does anyone now how to share your camera uploads a la dropbox?

Just go unlimited. There is no degradation in quality because 16 MP is the limit before being compressed and the note 4 is 16 MP. Also, make sure to take your videos in 1080p so they're part of the free storage. (I don't know why anyone WOULDN'T be using 1080p60fps )

Zer0.exe said:
Just go unlimited. There is no degradation in quality because 16 MP is the limit before being compressed and the note 4 is 16 MP.
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Unfortunately this is false. 16mp is the resolution limit, any photos with a larger resolution will be resized.
Photo quality on the other hand, is degraded. ALL photos uploaded using the unlimited option are re-compressed with Google's jpg compression engine. Proof? I manually upload a 16mp image from my note 4, clocking in at 11.7MB. Once uploaded, I view the image in the browser and download it to my desktop. I have renamed the images to test1.jpg and test2.jpg. The original (test1.jpg) is of course 11.7MB. The image downloaded from Google photos (test2.jpg) is only 4.75MB. Google's self touted image compression quality is also a bunch of crap. Using the original image, I exported a copy from photoshop, and the closest file size to Google's image was setting the quality all the way down to 60.... and guess what? Adobe's compression is noticeably better than Google's. Google's compression loses some of the fine 'grain', and really smudges reds.
That being said, the vast majority of users will never ever see a difference. This is the key. The compression is good enough to where normal users should have no concerns about it.
For any photographers out there though, Google's unlimited option is unacceptable as an archive or backup solution.

xanmato said:
Unfortunately this is false. 16mp is the resolution limit, any photos with a larger resolution will be resized.
Photo quality on the other hand, is degraded. ALL photos uploaded using the unlimited option are re-compressed with Google's jpg compression engine. Proof? I manually upload a 16mp image from my note 4, clocking in at 11.7MB. Once uploaded, I view the image in the browser and download it to my desktop. I have renamed the images to test1.jpg and test2.jpg. The original (test1.jpg) is of course 11.7MB. The image downloaded from Google photos (test2.jpg) is only 4.75MB. Google's self touted image compression quality is also a bunch of crap. Using the original image, I exported a copy from photoshop, and the closest file size to Google's image was setting the quality all the way down to 60.... and guess what? Adobe's compression is noticeably better than Google's. Google's compression loses some of the fine 'grain', and really smudges reds.
That being said, the vast majority of users will never ever see a difference. This is the key. The compression is good enough to where normal users should have no concerns about it.
For any photographers out there though, Google's unlimited option is unacceptable as an archive or backup solution.
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nicely said...
I noticed the same thing... I have 8 GB left with my google account.. When i get low enough i'll decide to pay 2 dollars a month for 100 gb