So what is going on with the Previews

msimpson 12 Feb 2009 08:31
Quality of the previews is way down and all my clips are showing up dark than they actualy are.
jason 12 Feb 2009 16:29
Mike they look ok on this end.
msimpson 13 Feb 2009 11:05
Sorry but since you cant see the original uploaded vids you have know way of knowing they dont match.

A good example is the Nosy horse vid here
http://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/314701/nosy-horse.html

If I view the original (uploaded vid) next to it the preview is multitudes darker. If this is normal then thats ok. I just want to make sure I am not doing anything wrong.
marcus 13 Feb 2009 11:40
It's a flv compression program license issue basically. Please see https://www.pond5.com/community?thread=258068.

Marcus
vadervideo 13 Feb 2009 16:41
You horse vid looks perfect on this end. Really neat clip by the way. Oh and even in full screen mode it still looks pretty darn good too.
Baur 19 Feb 2009 06:45
@marcus
I can't see the link you provided. It says I must login to access this page.
I have problems with previews too. My first video preview is very blur. Original video specs: 1920x1080 px 30 fps MotionJPEGB.
I think the problem is resolution. Because resolution of the original preview is 480x264, but browsers downscale video to 450x255 px.
Solution is simple. Make original and browser previews in the same size. Because original previews looks much better then previews downscaled by browsers.