Comments on: iPhone 3G S Video Recording Quality, YouTube Compression Info

By: Haroun Kola

Haroun Kola — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:59:36 +0000

Thanks for this great post. For some reason, I’m getting an error posting my video to YouTube (no reason, just a “There was an error posting this vidoe”) and emailing a video greater than 1 minute.

Any ideas?

How do I pull the raw video over into my pc, I know, I know, I shouldn’t be using a boring old PC but my upgrade to a Mac Book Air is still a few months away and I’m stuck with my trusty little machine still

By: Mitchell Fox

Mitchell Fox — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:20:12 +0000

I noticed (and tested with someone else) that after an iphone3gs video reocording is emailed (it is compressed by the iphone before emailing( the audio is definitely of lower volume or more mufffled than when I listen to it on the iphone or listne to it after it has been imnported into the computer through itunes.

By: Simon Stepsys

Simon Stepsys — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:00:29 +0000

Great Video!

The new iPhone 3G S is amazing! Best phone/device on the market by a mile.

However I am having this problem uploading to YouTube…?

How do you get it to upload in the Widescreen landscape mode? When I upload with my new iPhone 3G S it uploads in narrow screen even when I hold the phone on its side in landscape mode? Having said that 1 video I recorded & uploaded to youtube did work in landscape mode? Any ideas? Please advise?

I have tried many videos now holding the camera upright & sideways but to know avail?

Any ideas?

Simon

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:00:36 +0000

if we’re going to wish, lets go 1080P AVCHD + 12MP still, with 128GB flash and a FW port to hang off extra storage

By: JJ

JJ — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:49:18 +0000

I’ve been playing with my video features. I uploaded a few things and they looked pretty decent. Important thing is good light, at least that’s what I noticed. Apple should have put a 5MP camera in it.

By: djcarey

djcarey — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:42:49 +0000

Wow that is an awesome looking backyard. Oh nice video btw.

By: Javier

Javier — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:15:41 +0000

Hi, Kevin, this week i will have my G2 new phone, so maybe it will be a good idea to make a little test about video capabilities of the Android cupcake phones video recording, comparing it with the iPhone 3G s. Hope u can show us where is going Android in this way. Maybe isn´t as good as the one i see in this test but sure u can give us an idea of how it works. And if it´s so simple to upload too. Thanks in advance

By: scoobie

scoobie — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:32:45 +0000

Ok kevin where do you live? cause I’m moving on over!

By: Marc

Marc — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:50:29 +0000

Thanks for this post, I was googling the video format used for recording and couldn’t even find that on Apples site, which is broken using Chrome.

That is a very good quality for a device like this. If it wasn’t so expensive this would be the final nail in the coffin to make me switch to an iPhone.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:14:57 +0000

Ironically, you’re a few months too late. It actually WAS on the market for about 8 months. Sold about 6 months ago. There is still a house for sale in here, but it’s the biggest one in the development… no small amount of change.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:13:23 +0000

Yup, you can get the source .mov files right out of the iPhone. I just used iPhoto to pull them in as if I was pulling media from any other camera. From there, you can use the source in QTPro, iMovieHD or whatever else you want.

By: Luscious

Luscious — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:12:18 +0000

Hey Kevin, is that house next door for sale? I wanna be your neighbor…

By: Ramfrancisuk

Ramfrancisuk — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:05:00 +0000

Hi Kevin

I see what they mean by the wide open spaces. BIG BACK GARDEN.

All you need now is two goal posts and you have a football pitch (SCOCCER for you guys in the US.)

By: HG

HG — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:03:27 +0000

Kevin can the new iPhone 3GS play WP Video from the web browser? The point for you to be able to use the iPhone to upload videos is something that most people do for quick things, and if you wanted to upload something a little better then you could always do what Kevin also did. That’s by getting the video out of the iPhone, which I also wouldn’t it to be compressed at all so you could get the best out of the video you took. Maybe there is a application or some how you could convert the video file without to much compression and upload to YouTube. If there is you might want to be connected to Wi-Fi. I also was expecting to see some cows.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:58:40 +0000

Kevin said: “It records in .mov for QuickTime. I’d rather have the direct source without compression to work with. At this rate, around 40 minutes would take 1GB and I wouldn’t keep it on the phone. I’m not worries about space.”

Does iTunes allow for the download of that raw video onto the PC? I’m assuming it does. I agree, I’d rather have the uncompressed source and then do any editing or compression through Quicktime Pro. Can that be done?

Great post by the way. I’d been anxiously awaiting some sample, real life videos to be posted on the interwebs. It certainly looks acceptable quality in the WordPress player above.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:57:25 +0000

Well, it IS summertime and that means plenty of grilling. No, the cows actually graze a few fields over. We get the essence when they spread manure on the fields behind the house though!