Questions from an Android user

[Nukey Pearce]

Hey there, I can confirm that Windows Phone records in the mp4 format. This information below is taken from my Lumia 1020, however the same applies to the 920 as well (they use the same format profiles and average bitrates for video).

General
Format: MPEG-4
Format profile: Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID: mp42
File size: 21.9 MiB
Duration: 10s 77ms
Overall bit rate: 18.2 Mbps
Encoded date: UTC 2014-04-14 09:12:26
Tagged date: UTC 2014-04-14 09:12:26

Video
ID: 1
Format: AVC
Format/Info: Advanced Video Codec
Format profile: Main@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC: Yes
Format settings, ReFrames: 1 frame
Format settings, GOP: M=1, N=30
Codec ID: avc1
Codec ID/Info: Advanced Video Coding
Duration: 10s 77ms
Source duration: 10s 74ms
Bit rate: 17.9 Mbps
Width: 1 920 pixels
Height: 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio: 16:9
Frame rate mode: Variable
Frame rate: 24.000 fps
Minimum frame rate: 23.976 fps
Maximum frame rate: 24.072 fps
Color space: YUV
Chroma subsampling: 4:2:0
Bit depth: 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame): 0.361
Stream size: 21.6 MiB (99%)
Source stream size : 21.6 MiB (99%)
Encoded date: UTC 2014-04-14 09:12:27
Tagged date: UTC 2014-04-14 09:12:27

Audio
ID: 2
Format: AAC
Format/Info: Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile: LC
Codec ID: 40
Duration: 10s 27ms
Bit rate mode: Constant
Bit rate: 256 Kbps
Channel(s): 2 channels
Channel positions: Front: L R
Sampling rate: 48.0 KHz
Compression mode: Lossy
Stream size: 314 KiB (1%)
Encoded date: UTC 2014-04-14 08:12:27
Tagged date: UTC 2014-04-14 08:12:27

I also noticed in one of the previous posts that you were asking about the audio playback quality of music with Windows Phone.

I can tell you, it's simply awesome, when playing through a decent set of earphones. I always use WMA Lossless for my music (when dragging and dropping to the Music folder, always choose the "do not convert" option) and it's on there. I play audio back using a set of Shure SE535s, and with the EQ settings tuned correctly, it sounds amazing. (See below screenshot) for the settings I chose). On the following page I had all the options turned off except flip-to-silence.



Saving YouTube videos I believe depends on the app you use. Most store them in mp4 as well, but either way it's perfectly playable, on phone or PC.

Also, just out of interest, is there a reason for not trying the 1020? The price of that has really come down lately, and you'd be getting much more than the 920 or 925 for very similar prices.

If you have any more questions, feel free to ask!

 

[Miska Hietala]

I can recommend 1020 as its simply put great package you get with the price

Sent from my Nokia Lumia 1020 using Tapatalk for wp

 

[Gino Guillermo]

I just bought myself a Lumia 920 and i'm awaiting delivery in next few days. I just thought get a respectful and very good Windows Phone, test the waters and see if the OS suits me. And reading about WP8.1 things are looking definitely getting better and moving forward. if i like the phone and the OS i can sell it then get a 1020.

But i must admit i will miss Android. But some features are on the way for WP8.1

I still feel having an optimised OS "working together" with the phone's hardware things should be better and should be the way. Having a 1.5Ghz dual-core phone w/ 1GB RAM (like the Lumia 920) would still be technically inferior to a 1.4Ghz quad-core w/ 2GB RAM right? If not for an optimised OS like Windows Phone 8 then things would be different.

If i like my phone i keep it. And i usually keep the photos on my phone then saving it on the cloud for future use. But if the OS doesn't "help me" and make me feel confident with what it can do then what's the point of even having phone. Am i making sense?

I have been a rough study on what apps on Android has an equivalent on the WP8 store. So far its 7 out of 10 which isn't bad i thought.

And as regards music and audio i use a "higher-than-normal" proced GBP50 Sony in-ear buds. I mostly listen to hi-quality 320k MP3 files and the hi-fidelity Flac files hence i was asking on my other thread(s) on questions about transferring them on my phone, a good music player, etc. But very cool suggestions. I have made a note of it and i will try that EQ setting that you have suggested.

So far, very helpful people in here. I have the official MS Windows Phone forums, WPC forums and the Nokia forums and all have been amazing. Unlike Apple where i have noticed they are quite "restrictive" and "rsistant" when they know someone has mentioned the "G" word and the Windows word.