I haven’t brought this up yet because honestly I didn’t care all that much at first, but I might as well get an answer.
In Spartan Ops, whenever I try watching a cutscene the quality is horrendous. It is actually completely unwatchable. I can barely make out what anyone is saying or even doing. Whenever I try playing the cutscenes the screen also spasms before it starts and for Episode 2, it just freezes the 360. What’s the problem?
> The video quality seems to fluctuate a little when I’m watching Spartan Ops episode videos.
> The quality of video playback depends on the speed of your internet connection and the amount of traffic on your local network. To enjoy Spartan Ops episode videos at the highest quality, it helps to have a fast internet connection.
> This is from the FAQ.
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> > The video quality seems to fluctuate a little when I’m watching Spartan Ops episode videos.
> > <mark>The quality of video playback depends on the speed of your internet connection and the amount of traffic on your local network.</mark> To enjoy Spartan Ops episode videos at the highest quality, it helps to have a fast internet connection.
Well that explains the unwatchable quality of the videos. Thanks.
Doesn’t explain why it would freeze my 360 but it doesn’t really matter. My internet connection is bad and it’ll never get better so I can never enjoy Spartan Ops to the fullest extent. Short of watching videos on YouTube. Shame I can’t find any in HQ. :-/
Yeah it’s a real bummer that the video CG episodes are streamed from the internet and not stored locally. I wish they were included on the disc - or even available to download from Live to our hard drive if nothing else.
I haven’t had any streaming issues myself yet, but if I ever want to play offline or anything like that, it sucks that the videos will be gone. I really think they should be downloadable.