Artificial frames / animation smoothing
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Hello,
The radar and satellite layers appear to have some artificial frames or animation smoothing applied for replay and it’s very glitchy and distracting. Within the satellite layer the clouds will twist and wiggle strangely as it generates the artificial frames/data. This may also be leading to the radar layer appearing to jump around and warp.
The undesirable effects of the animation smoothing occur on Android and PC. iOS-iPad may not have the smoothing feature at the moment.*
More traditional radar and satellite replay with true frames/data and the more “jumpy” data/video is easier to watch, less glitchy, and more useful. There should be an option to disable the animation smoothing for those that don’t want it.
Please consider adding a setting to toggle animation smoothing/artificial frames (or whatever the correct term is) for all layers where it is available, instead of forcing it.
Thank you for your time and efforts in maintaining and improving the app! It’s a valuable tool in my weather analysis toolbox!
Edit: *Correction
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@drvonsam Hi, could you please share the screenrecording to understand exactly what you mean? You can send that recording to support@windy.com.
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@Suty I sent videos via email.
Additionally, I accidentally discovered you can disable the motion interpolation/smoothing in the satellite layer if you rotate the phone and back during playback (this may not work for everyone, and doesn't work for PC). This looks more real and is easier to watch because it lacks the smoothness and strange artifacts caused by the interpolated frames. This does not work for the radar layer.
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@drvonsam Hi, I am afraid that this is rather a bug than a feature. I will check that on my devices.
