It's not the greatest video but I love have people make something work with what's available. Here's my quick test: http://www.flickr.com/photos/verdi/2444022326/
- Verdi On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Mike Meiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There was some talk recently about movloging (mobile video blogging) > and the iphone, particularly in reference to flickr's new video > features. > > Thought I'd provide an update. > > When last this came up there had been only some proof of concepts > showing that the current iphone was at least capable of some video > recording. There are also some rumors apple will add video in one of > the next releases along with GPS and 3G support (maybe 1st week of > june?). > > Anyway, there continues to be a lot of interest and 3rd parties seem > to be making some progress at using the built in still camera to > record video. > > Case in point. > > http://www.iphonevideorecorder.com/ > > They now have audio and video working pretty well according to what > I'm reading on the blogs. > > > http://mytriniphone.com/blog/2008/04/iphone-video-recorder-version-116-full-feature-update/ > > > == Some stats == > > - max framerate: 15 fps > - max size 320x416 > - mpeg4 compression > - multiple compression qualities > *one hour "high quality recording" suposedly uses up 60MB of disk space > - 32/64/128bps audio recording > - cost: $20 (there is a free trial) > - currently requires the phone to be jail broken > - automatic volume sensitivity adjustment > - supports sending of videos via email (in other words it can post to > flickr, blip or any service that supports email) > > == major issues == > > The big issue seems to be encoding. The current iphone isn't fast > enough to encode on the fly, (or maybe the current software isn't fast > enough) so while you can record / encode on the fly with limited > results (dropped frames) they recommend post encoding. Meaning it > captures the video to the hard drive in raw/ uncompressed format and > then processes it after the fact. I see no problem with this as long > as you have plenty of free space. I do have a minor concern over how > long this takes and how much it eats up the iPhones batteries. > > The only major issue then that I see is general usability. How hard is > it to launch, shoot, and upload a video to your favorite service. > > > == Other issues == > > * there is of course no zoom or image stabilization, i.e. this will > absolutely not be substitute for a Sanyo Xacti or other seperate > recorder, it's purely for video "twitterings" > > * For some there is also still the issue with the camera on the iphone > being on the opposite side of the screen, thus you won't be able to > see yourself in the screen while recording yourself, but I'm sure > videobloggers will get used to it. Hopefully apple will figure out a > way to adress the issue in future iPhones. > > * not sure what this is based on, doesn't appear to be open source. I > think it's using ffmpeg for compression. > > > I think that's it, and while I really need to get my hands on it and > try it does seem like a practical mobile vlogging solution. > > If anyone tries it please be sure to post a good review and some videos. > > Thanks, > > -Mike > mmeiser.com/blog > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- http://graymattergravy.com http://reportsfromthefuture.com http://michaelverdi.com
