Poor audio quality of voice messages

Dubidubiduu commented 2 years ago

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

timkrueger commented 2 years ago

@Dubidubiduu Thanks for reporting this issue. I was able to reproduce it.

DanielStandfest commented 2 years ago

I can confirm it for the Xiaomi Mi 5T.

StarSmasher44 commented 1 year ago

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

mahibi commented 1 year ago

@timkrueger how did you reproduce this?

timkrueger commented 1 year ago

@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.

mahibi commented 1 year ago

@timkrueger sent you a voice message on sermo, lets compare the quality with different devices...

dotmitsu commented 1 year ago

the same problem Sony Xperia 1 III

AndyXheli commented 1 year ago

Same with S21+ 5G SM-G996U1

siriwliw98 commented 1 year ago

I have the same problem with my samsung note 9. My nextcloud version is 24

timkrueger commented 1 year ago

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!

dotmitsu commented 1 year ago

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

siriwliw98 commented 1 year ago

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.

ghost commented 1 year ago

integrated micro

dorpauli commented 1 year ago

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.

nssatlantis commented 1 year ago

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...

dorpauli commented 1 year ago

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.

nssatlantis commented 1 year ago

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.

RepLicanT-UHD commented 1 year ago

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?

ghost commented 1 year ago

@AndyScherzinger are there any plans to fix this problem?

mahibi commented 1 year ago

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.

RepLicanT-UHD commented 1 year ago

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?

mahibi commented 1 year ago

this will be in 15.1.2 which should be out beginning/mid of february

RepLicanT-UHD commented 1 year ago

this will be in 15.1.2 which should be out beginning/mid of february

Thanks! Great job!

mahibi commented 1 year ago

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.

RepLicanT-UHD commented 1 year ago

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!

nextcloud / talk-android