Anyone know how to record iPhone gameplay?

[JayB]

Hey guys, I have a YouTube channel for my games website, and I have a Hauppauge HD PVR for PS3, Xbox 360, PS2 etc etc. I also have a Flip HD, and since iPhones and iPod Touches don't have video output, I tried recording gameplay with the flip HD. Strangely, the video of the screen is blurry as hell, which is odd because it can capture my laptop screen and TV fine. For instance, here's a video I made playing The Dark Knight Rises game which I received a review copy of:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXwHYX19NNg&list=UUjNyJfuJVyr5u96Cxdhu-EA&index=2&feature=plcp[/ame]

You can see that everything in the background is clear, but the iPod itself is really blurry. I googled it and I'm definitely not the only one with this problem. I'm guessing maybe it has something to do with the refresh rate or something? Anyway, it seems like the only way to screen record it is to jailbreak it and use some program, but I see a ton of gameplay vids on YouTube. So does anyone have a better idea? Thanks in advance!

 

[JayB]

Anyone?

 

[TimatWaves]

Apple TV with AirPlay? http://www.apple.com/appletv/airplay/

I would imagine you could capture the video out on the Apple TV

 

[JayB]

Unfortunately I'm on PC, and most games don't support AirPlay. Thanks for the suggestion though!

 

[Axonic Rot]

It appears as though your camera cannot focus at that distance. Most reviewers of mobile games do not use screen captures, but rather a shot of the phone to show the response to gestures. The best solution is to get a better camera. The flip cameras are exceptionally bad, even compared to other products in their class.

 

[JayB]

It appears as though your camera cannot focus at that distance. Most reviewers of mobile games do not use screen captures, but rather a shot of the phone to show the response to gestures. The best solution is to get a better camera. The flip cameras are exceptionally bad, even compared to other products in their class.

The flip is fine, I've used it on plenty of things to great effect. Like I stated it can even record my LCD TV and laptop screen fine. I tried every distance imaginable, there's something about the iTouch's screen that cameras can't seem to pick up right

 

[JayB]

I just spent some more time searching, and apparently you need something called a macro lens. Apparently they make an attachment for the iPhone itself for this lens, I don't know if there's one for the Flip HD though

 

[JayB]

I found one here actually:

http://www.amazon.com/Bower-VLMWF-0-45x-Magnetic-Cameras/dp/B0041LXANI/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_t

But it says all it does it make the view wider... not sure how that would fix the blurryness of the image...

 

[DullElysium]

Quick googling lead me to this:

http://www.sameshow.com/democreator/article/record-iphone-screen.html

Ofcourse that records just what's happening on the screen and not your thumbs etc. Plus it's only free as a trial but i bet you can find more programs that achieve the same thing and maybe for free.

If i remember correctly there's a program that lets you view the iphone screen on your pc for free(?). So you could use that plus a program that records what's happening on your pc screen and then a bit cropping to get only the iphone screen visible.

That's all i can thing of.

 

[JayB]

Quick googling lead me to this:

http://www.sameshow.com/democreator/article/record-iphone-screen.html

Ofcourse that records just what's happening on the screen and not your thumbs etc. Plus it's only free as a trial but i bet you can find more programs that achieve the same thing and maybe for free.

If i remember correctly there's a program that lets you view the iphone screen on your pc for free(?). So you could use that plus a program that records what's happening on your pc screen and then a bit cropping to get only the iphone screen visible.

That's all i can thing of.

Hey, I tried looking for the program they're talking about but it's not on the iTunes store... and this is the only program I've heard of to do this. I've even come across threads made by iphone game developers just wanting to record gameplay to make a trailer for their game, and if you don't want to jailbreak, it seems almost impossible. If you have a devkit you can apparently do it easier, but there's no way I'm doing that just to record gameplay

 

[AudioGeekZine]

does the camera connection kit work for this? With an iPad you can connect to a projector

 

[JayB]

does the camera connection kit work for this? With an iPad you can connect to a projector

I have the cord that can connect it to a TV, but that only works for very few things, like Netflix and YouTube.

 

[arv_foh]

It has nothing to do with the refresh rate, the camera simply can't focus that close to the screen. The fixed focus range on the flip starts at 6 feet away according to their website.

 

[JayB]

It has nothing to do with the refresh rate, the camera simply can't focus that close to the screen. The fixed focus range on the flip starts at 6 feet away according to their website.

Hmm... interesting. I think I tried about 3-4 feet away but I will try again at 6. Thanks!

 

[DullElysium]

I know you propably already solved this but i stumbled upon this iPhone to hdmi-cable. maybe using this you could get better image viewin your screen from the tv rather than iPhone screen

 

[JayB]

I know you propably already solved this but i stumbled upon this iPhone to hdmi-cable. maybe using this you could get better image viewin your screen from the tv rather than iPhone screen

I already have the cable to av version, it works but only for supported apps, like Netflix and Youtube. Pretty much no game allows video out, which is my problem

 

[DullElysium]

I already have the cable to av version, it works but only for supported apps, like Netflix and Youtube. Pretty much no game allows video out, which is my problem

well that sucks..