iPhone Video Recorder With Audio Recording Support

Edward Kirk · April 25th, 2008, 05:58 PM

Independent iPhone hacker/dev DreamCatcher has released updated iPhone Video Recorder to v1.1.6, finally adding support for recording audio with the video. Naturally I decided to download it and give it a test run, and while at first it was a little wacky, I ended up with a decent little video clip.

Over all it's not bad, but the first few test runs resulted in some unusual behavior on my iPhone's part. Oddly enough, it seems to do better when the image quality is set to the default "Better" quality. Lowering this setting resulted in my iPhone briefly freaking out during recording and restarting, and the resulting videos were unplayable. That said, higher settings did yield decent results.

The videos encode to .mp4 format, which is handy. They were fairly grainy as well, but that's what you get from a 2 megapixel camera. Also, just a tip, but I find that the audio is much clearer with the 'Recording volume amplifier' setting boosted higher rather than lower.

What's not so great about this app is that he's asking US$19.95 for a license to register for more than 30 seconds of recording time, but apparently the ffmpeg that it's based on is open source, so needless to say that some are pretty upset at the price.

If you would like to install the app, just add http://www.iphone-recorder.com/install2 as a source in Installer. app and find it under 'Multimedia'. You can learn more about the app from iPhoneDevRecorder.com.

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**no sound..** - April 26th, 2008, 02:13 AM #2

The app doesn't even record sound for me, only a "hiss" even with the amp at 10..

Edward Kirk · April 26th, 2008, 02:25 AM #3

Quote:

Originally Posted by SilentEcho13

The app doesn't even record sound for me, only a "hiss" even with the amp at 10..

I know what you mean. I got it too. I'm not exactly sure how to fix it, but the settings I used that worked for me were:

recording volume amplifier = 10.00
Video mode = Best performance (240x320)
Image quality = Better (default)
Audio bitrate = 64k bps
Auto-Start encoding = on

I'd start from there and tinker around a bit. Hope this helps.

EarlyAdopter · **Give it a twist** - April 26th, 2008, 11:41 AM #4

Video from this application comes out rotated 90° due to the geometry of the phone's camera. To fix the problem and display the result in QT Player and other playback apps, use QT Pro and rotate the image 90 degrees counterclockwise. The result is acceptable, especially compared to most phone cameras. Want HD? Get a real camera...

**works?** - April 26th, 2008, 03:03 PM #5

playback doesnt happen on iphone.and of course blah blah stolen work of others and made a library that is for profit

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Edward Kirk WrAdminterizer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 3,084 Thanks: 19 Thanked 26 Times in 25 Posts	iPhone Video Recorder With Audio Recording Support - April 25th, 2008, 05:58 PM #1
	Independent iPhone hacker/dev DreamCatcher has released updated iPhone Video Recorder to v1.1.6, finally adding support for recording audio with the video. Naturally I decided to download it and give it a test run, and while at first it was a little wacky, I ended up with a decent little video clip. Over all it's not bad, but the first few test runs resulted in some unusual behavior on my iPhone's part. Oddly enough, it seems to do better when the image quality is set to the default "Better" quality. Lowering this setting resulted in my iPhone briefly freaking out during recording and restarting, and the resulting videos were unplayable. That said, higher settings did yield decent results. The videos encode to .mp4 format, which is handy. They were fairly grainy as well, but that's what you get from a 2 megapixel camera. Also, just a tip, but I find that the audio is much clearer with the 'Recording volume amplifier' setting boosted higher rather than lower. What's not so great about this app is that he's asking US$19.95 for a license to register for more than 30 seconds of recording time, but apparently the ffmpeg that it's based on is open source, so needless to say that some are pretty upset at the price. If you would like to install the app, just add http://www.iphone-recorder.com/install2 as a source in Installer. app and find it under 'Multimedia'. You can learn more about the app from iPhoneDevRecorder.com. [via MyTriniPhone] __________________ About my iPhone: iPhone & Color: iPhone 3G 16GB White iPhone Version: 3.0 Computer & OS: MacBook Pro 15", Mac OS X 10.5.4 Twitter

SilentEcho13 Guest Posts: n/a	no sound.. - April 26th, 2008, 02:13 AM #2
SilentEcho13 Guest Posts: n/a	The app doesn't even record sound for me, only a "hiss" even with the amp at 10..

EarlyAdopter New Recruit Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Give it a twist - April 26th, 2008, 11:41 AM #4
	Video from this application comes out rotated 90° due to the geometry of the phone's camera. To fix the problem and display the result in QT Player and other playback apps, use QT Pro and rotate the image 90 degrees counterclockwise. The result is acceptable, especially compared to most phone cameras. Want HD? Get a real camera...

*igzabier Guest Posts: n/a	works? - April 26th, 2008, 03:03 PM #5
*igzabier Guest Posts: n/a	playback doesnt happen on iphone.and of course blah blah stolen work of others and made a library that is for profit