Jay Freeman (aka Saurik), the developer of Cydia, the installer app for native iPhone applications has released a free native video recording application for the iPhone called Cycorder.
The free native iPhone app appears to be much better video recording app than iPhone Video Recorder which costs $19.95.
iPhone Video Recorder developed by DreamCatcher was the first video recording apps to be released for the jailbroken iPhone running firmware 1.x. They have recently released an updated version of their app that works with firmware 2.x.
Cycorder is a free video recording application for jailbroken iPhone (and iPhone 3G) which works with iPhone firmware 2.x.
Modmyifone reports that the quality of videos recorded using Cycorder is a lot better than iPhone Video Recorder’s video quality. It is due to the use of MJPEG compression which apparently is the same compression technique used in the majority of point-and-shoot digital cameras. Thanks to the compression technique you can also watch the video immediately after recording it.
Depending on the light available, videos can be recorded between 6 to 15 fps (frames per second) and at 384×288, a 4×3 aspect ratio.
Saurik notes that reason for the large variance in fps (6 to 15) is due to iPhone’s camera. Since its a non-video recording camera, the native iPhone app is basically taking pictures as fast as it can. However, to take the picture at that speed, the camera has to open its shutter, lets in the light to take the photo, and close the shutter and keep repeating this action. The lesser the light, the longer it takes to do that. So, its recommended to take the videos in better lighting as it means higher fps, and therefore smoother videos.
The user interface of the native iPhone app is also quite intuitive. As seen in the screen shot above, you need to press the large center button on the right (bottom if the iPhone is held vertically) to record/stop recording videos. You can check the play-list by tapping the small arrow on the bottom right corner which displays the first-frame thumbnails of all the recorded videos.
The only drawback of Cycorder is that it does not have audio support. Saurik is currently working on adding audio support in future releases.
You can install Cycorder on your jailbroken iPhone using Cydia. You will find it in the featured Packages list on the front page of Cydia.
You can watch the impressive recorded video using Cycorder below:
It will be great to hear your feedback on video recording iPhone app in the comments.
Thanks Bryon Brock for the tip.
[via | iPhone Hacks]
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by xactionx59
, on August 23 2008
@ 7:41 am
Ouais c’est quand même pas mal la qualité!
Mais faut installer Cydia pour ça… Dommage. Peut-être un jour dans l’AppStore d’Apple?! lol
by xactionx59
, on August 23 2008
@ 2:41 pm
Ouais c’est quand même pas mal la qualité!
Mais faut installer Cydia pour ça… Dommage. Peut-être un jour dans l’AppStore d’Apple?! lol
by Danny123Aspinwall
, on August 24 2008
@ 2:37 am
how you get the vidoes of phone to computer pplease comeone replyy!!!x
by Danny123Aspinwall
, on August 24 2008
@ 9:37 am
how you get the vidoes of phone to computer pplease comeone replyy!!!
x
by namineofsilent
, on September 5 2008
@ 8:19 am
damn nice iphone app
by uruk
, on October 19 2008
@ 7:44 pm
do not speak about things you don’t even know..
by syro777
, on November 20 2008
@ 10:13 am
i Have a major issue my wife just had a beautifull baby girl and i captured everything with cycorder but when i looked at the phone something is wrong. the video plays for a little while then goes black i still hear audio i think it did not finish finalizing you look like you can help please help me this is the most important moment for me thanks
by lookatme4
, on November 26 2008
@ 8:00 pm
does this recorder do audio?
by pisonpc
, on January 12 2009
@ 12:59 pm
Does anybody know how to get the videos from the iPhone onto the computer?
by VirtRampage
, on January 24 2009
@ 12:47 pm
i wanna know that too lol, anyone?
by VirtRampage
, on January 24 2009
@ 12:47 pm
ofcourse
by shipiboconibo
, on March 13 2009
@ 8:59 am
Did you ever figure this out? I came across some guy online who fixes damaged video files. It costs money of course, but it sounds worth it in your case. I would do some googling for this and find a service like that. Thats a real shame man. I had this problem with concert footage, so I wasn’t about to pay anyone. In my case the memory became full while recording the file was damaged.
by gomemdesoto
, on April 2 2009
@ 12:46 pm
You need to SSH into the iPhone’s file system. Try using PuTTY.
by leeoc07
, on June 19 2009
@ 11:19 am
Use a piece of software called iPhone Browser then go to /private/var/mobile/Media/Videos and copy your videos onto your PC
by LBGproductions
, on August 12 2009
@ 10:12 am
Hey, thanks for the advice. That is much easier than going to all the hassle of SSH.
by 97lumi
, on September 19 2009
@ 1:18 pm
you can use diskaid to or iphone browser
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, on May 15 2010
@ 7:32 pm
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by nakanmbytbudallenjt
, on July 23 2010
@ 6:23 am
hahaha this guys is fast forwarding, this video cameradoesnt not even half as fast as this ahahahahah, look at the cars driving fast forward like they are doing 150 mph
by cadsii
, on August 5 2010
@ 3:02 pm
@nakanmbytbudallenjt how old are you ? seriously learn somehting about video, this is not fast forwarded