Poor Quality Instagram Stories

Slayer88

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Hi All,

I keep having the issue where my IG stories have really poor image or video clarity. The images I post are very high resolution and look great in the phone's gallery. But the moment I add them to my story, they get really pixelated.

I read that posting too high quality videos or pictures is also a reason I could be facing this. So, i stopped shooting in 4k and uploaded a 1080p video, still the same.
Data saver feature is off
I have read a poor internet connect could cause this, but I have a 100mbps line so thats not it.
I tried adding just the image/video without aby additional GIFs. Audio, Scaling, but nothing seems to help.

My app is up to date. Phone being used is a OnePlus 8 Pro (latest and stock firmware). Non-business account.

any SM gurus here that can suggest what the issue might be?

TIA
 
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Maybe upload in the max resolution IG can display to avoid them recompressing your video.

Same happens on this board also if I upload an image more then it will display and then it recompresses it
 
Slayer88

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blr_p said:
Maybe upload in the max resolution IG can display to avoid them recompressing your video.

Same happens on this board also if I upload an image more then it will display and then it recompresses it
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Yea, I checked what the file size limits are, I'm well under those.. don't know what else it could be!
 
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Maybe they are particular about the video format. Prefers a certain video container over others.
 
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The poor image quality is a result of artifacts caused by them recompressing on their side.

Ideally and in theory if you upload in a format they prefer they won't recompress and you end up WYSIWG
 
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blr_p said:
The poor image quality is a result of artifacts caused by them recompressing on their side.

Ideally and in theory if you upload in a format they prefer they won't recompress and you end up WYSIWG
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how to identify the format?
 
cymric

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Try a new app called Vero. It lets you upload photos in any size with very little compression.
 
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Just adding this as i haven’t seen anybody mention it yet, instagram has an option called high quality uploads that you can enable. It has helped me when I had this issue.
 
Slayer88

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sameep_s said:
Just adding this as i haven’t seen anybody mention it yet, instagram has an option called high quality uploads that you can enable. It has helped me when I had this issue.
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Thanks, not sure if it's always been there but i just saw there is a feature called 'Upload at highest quality' where IG will not determine your bandwidth and compress. I've always had a 100mbps connection but still found videos shitty, but then again as per US standards 100mpbs is pretty bad I guess?

Thanks to all who replied earlier. For some reason TE did not notify me and I have just seen them. Cheers!
 
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