Hermes Camcorder only captures in MP4...

[mackaby007]

To my dissapointment, I have just discovered that the hermes only captures video in mp4 format! No more AVI format. Why?
Not everyone is willing to sacrifice quality for space!

Suppose I have to invest in ATEKsoft's Cool camera software once they've developed it to be compatible with the Hermes.

On my HTC Prophet I can record in AVI @ 640x480 in very good quality. albeit very large file sizes!

http://www.ateksoft.com/index.html

[mackaby007]

For anyone that is familiar with my ranting and ravings on initial impressions and problems...your probably used to it, but for those who don't, I apologise in hastily posting my impressions and experiences before thoroughly putting something to the test.

It's still early days.... :lol: I'm learning, but on further inspection I find the mp4 format/codec surprisingly good compared to the earlier offerings of HTC devices. That's not to say it's comparable to Divx/Xvid AVI files, but their filesizes would not be space saving even on large capacity storage cards. Therefore in my now humble opinion, I think HTC knew well what they were doing when they only included a much improved mp4 codec in the Hermes.
But don't forget there are alternatives for those who want a bit more choice! :wink:

[atonparis]

thank you for your test.