One gets what one pays for ...
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One gets what one pays for ...
... in this case the Dragon Touch 4K Action Camera 20MP EIS Vision 4 Lite.
The pixelation using the 1080P/60fps setting is quite dreadful. Well it's going straight back to Amazon.ca.
Went through the menu to set it to the desired 1080P/60fps, EIS on, date/time to today, SanDisk Ultra XC1 Class10 64Gb (formated in the cam) all the rest left at default.
Then a short walk through the house with varying light levels.
The results:
VLC Media Player very bad pixelation
Windows Media Player some pixelation along with "start/stop" playback.
Cyberlink PowerDirector, better than the others but miles from smooth.
The pixelation using the 1080P/60fps setting is quite dreadful. Well it's going straight back to Amazon.ca.
Went through the menu to set it to the desired 1080P/60fps, EIS on, date/time to today, SanDisk Ultra XC1 Class10 64Gb (formated in the cam) all the rest left at default.
Then a short walk through the house with varying light levels.
The results:
VLC Media Player very bad pixelation
Windows Media Player some pixelation along with "start/stop" playback.
Cyberlink PowerDirector, better than the others but miles from smooth.
Last edited by OldRailfan; 09-12-21 at 12:23 PM.
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Is that class 10 sd card what it came with? That might be too slow for todays video standards.
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So it's just "It is what it is".
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VLC isn't always the best player to evaluate video quality. It can be glitchy and often needs to be tweaked via the complex custom settings to suit a particular camera. And every time VLC gets an update, I need to redo those custom settings to suit some videos. Often I'll need to reset VLC to defaults, then go through the tedious process of changing one setting at a time until I get the best results. When VLC works, it's better than many media players. But when it's not set up ideally it's a PITA.
Before deciding about the camera, review the video using other media players.
Also, try comparing the camera plugged into the computer with just the media card from the camera. I often get playback glitches with VLC when I plug my Drift Ghost X cameras directly into the PC to play and charge simultaneously. When I insert the media card directly into the PC it plays fine. Also depends on the USB cord and port.
Before deciding about the camera, review the video using other media players.
Also, try comparing the camera plugged into the computer with just the media card from the camera. I often get playback glitches with VLC when I plug my Drift Ghost X cameras directly into the PC to play and charge simultaneously. When I insert the media card directly into the PC it plays fine. Also depends on the USB cord and port.
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I looked the card up on Amazon and saw only the read-speed published -- as well as a variety of complaints about the card having a slow write speed.
It's possible the camera is fine but the card isn't up to the job.
Before sending everything back, I'd suggest testing the card on your computer with something like CrystalDiskMark or AmorphousDiskMark or BlackMagicDiskSpeedTest to see what the real sustained write-speeds are.
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I'd copy the video files from the SD to the Computer disk drive and eval again from there.
That takes the card reader out of the equation.
Barry
That takes the card reader out of the equation.
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fwiw - if you have a MAC & a .MOV file, Quicktime player has the best frame by frame advancement. also excellent at slo-mo forward using the right arrow key. very useful for single frame grabs