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Poor audio quality of voice messages
Steps to reproduce
- Record an audio message
Expected behaviour
Audio message has similar quality as in Nextcloud Talk web version, whatsapp, telegram, signal etc.
Actual behaviour
It is very tinny and not at pleasure to hear that voice message at all.
Device information
Talk version: 12.2.1
Server information
Nextcloud version: (see admin overview page: /index.php/settings/admin/overview) 22.1.1
Talk version: (see apps admin page: /index.php/settings/apps) 12.1.2
@Dubidubiduu Thanks for reporting this issue. I was able to reproduce it.
Any ehrm, any status on this? Half a year in, can I do anything to change the quality setting of any of my chats/calls? I need it
@timkrueger how did you reproduce this?
On my test devices I created a voice message in NC Talk for Android and made a voice memo. In comparison the audio quality for NC Talk for Android was much lower. But I didn't investigate any more.
@timkrueger sent you a voice message on sermo, lets compare the quality with different devices...
I have the same problem with my samsung note 9. My nextcloud version is 24
We not working active on that issue. But it would be interesting to know if you used external micros (cable, bluetooth) or the integrated micro!
We not working active on that issue. But it would be interesting to know if you used external micros (cable, bluetooth) or the integrated micro!
I used integrated micro
We not working active on that issue. But it would be interesting to know if you used external micros (cable, bluetooth) or the integrated micro!
It's the same problem when I use integrated and external Mic.
https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/issues/1835
Is the referenced issue not a clue to the problem? Has anyone done any research in this direction so far?
All the devices in my family (oneplus 7t, huawai p20, Samsung S22, Motorola G22) have this problem. So I don't think it's a problem with the devices.
https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/issues/1835
Is the referenced issue not a clue to the problem? Has anyone done any research in this direction so far?
All the devices in my family (oneplus 7t, huawai p20, Samsung S22, Motorola G22) have this problem. So I don't think it's a problem with the devices.
If they really use such awful bitrate and settings then yes, this is the whole problem. I can't believe these settings are not changeable on a self-hosted solution in all fairness...
https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/issues/1835
Is the referenced issue not a clue to the problem? Has anyone done any research in this direction so far?
All the devices in my family (oneplus 7t, huawai p20, Samsung S22, Motorola G22) have this problem. So I don't think it's a problem with the devices.
If they really use such awful bitrate and settings then yes, this is the whole problem. I can't believe these settings are not changeable on a self-hosted solution in all fairness...
@nssatlantis But it's not about the self hostet nextcloud instance. It's about the client (android app in this case) because this records the audio. Audio in nc talk browser is way better.
https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/issues/1835
Is the referenced issue not a clue to the problem? Has anyone done any research in this direction so far?
All the devices in my family (oneplus 7t, huawai p20, Samsung S22, Motorola G22) have this problem. So I don't think it's a problem with the devices.
If they really use such awful bitrate and settings then yes, this is the whole problem. I can't believe these settings are not changeable on a self-hosted solution in all fairness...
@nssatlantis But it's not about the self hostet nextcloud instance. It's about the client (android app in this case) because this records the audio. Audio in nc talk browser is way better.
Even so, If the quality is really set to the specified low bitrate, then that would likely be the same on the app, and again it makes me question why this isn't a configurable option either way. Since you process the data yourself from android to server to reciever.
I can attest to the Samsung A52's awful recording quality for voicemails. In one of the discussions on the Android client and the second one on the web browser, I specifically recorded two voice messages. While the web version has an adequate quality, the quality on Android is simply unimaginably inferior. The Talk client for Android presently only records audio messages at a quality of... 10 kbps. Could you kindly add the voice quality settings?
please test this apk https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/pull/2714#issuecomment-1400252696 and let me know if the quality is better for you.
if it's not, please let me know which device you used.
please test this apk #2714 (comment) and let me know if the quality is better for you.
if it's not, please let me know which device you used.
Just tested. Quality of voice message is great now. Absolutely clear sound. Thanks a lot for that fix. When can we see it in the stable version in GooglePlay store?
this will be in 15.1.2 which should be out beginning/mid of february
Thanks! Great job!
we had to make changes because my solution from yesterday failed playback on safari (it's quite some fiddling to support all platforms!).
Please give it another try with this updated apk: https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/pull/2714#issuecomment-1401680591 (quality is slightly lower than the solution from yesterday but we have to find one that's okay for all platforms/browsers)
It would be great to have feedback if the recorded voice message from android is able to be played on different platforms/browsers.
we had to make changes because my solution from yesterday failed playback on safari (it's quite some fiddling to support all platforms!).
Please give it another try with this updated apk: #2714 (comment) (quality is slightly lower than the solution from yesterday but we have to find one that's okay for all platforms/browsers)
It would be great to have feedback if the recorded voice message from android is able to be played on different platforms/browsers.
Tested:
Samsung Galaxy A52 (Android):
--- Talk Application (recorded in QA version, played in GooglePlay version): everything is OK --- Mobile browser (Firefox Android): everything is OK
Linux Mint:
--- Firefox: everything is ok --- Ungoogled Chromium 108: everything is ok
Sound is still good, but with a little bit more noise in the background and the voice itself is a bit more flat. But overall quality is still very good, especially compared to the current stable version.
Thank you!