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how do i record video for 12 hours on an iphone?

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warchieft2k

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Jun 27, 2007
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I want to be able to record for at least 12 house for an experiment. now I know at 720p i will run out of memory...

I have and iphone 4

is there an app that will let me:
1. record at least 12 hours
2. reduce quality

thanks!!
 
Doubt it.

2 issues:

1) power (unless you have a plug-in on the plane or one helluva backup battery)

2) memory (be very difficult to get 12 hours of video on the phone unless you lower the quality to such a point where it's pretty crappy)


GL!
 
it will be powered the entire time

and quiality is not too important, what im recording will be watched at high speed play back...

its a project im working on with my kid...
 
I think i found an app...

called MRCamera

I will test it tonight and see if it works!
 
If I recall, Camera+ on the AppStore will do this for you. You can select a lower quality setting for longer record times.

Camera+ is the highest rated camera app and for 99 cents too.
 
p-rice said:
If I recall, Camera+ on the AppStore will do this for you. You can select a lower quality setting for longer record times.

Camera+ is the highest rated camera app and for 99 cents too.
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Thats the app i used to use it works great for that not sure if the iphone memory will handle 12 hours thought, the app will reduce memory use but not that much. If you have a friend with an S3 it will make the job without prob or get a real camera for this...
 
AlmostDSLR has the ability to lower the quality of the movie along with several other options such as aspect, exposure lock, focus lock, white balance lock & lots more.
 
warchieft2k said:
I want to be able to record for at least 12 house for an experiment. now I know at 720p i will run out of memory...

I have and iphone 4

is there an app that will let me:
1. record at least 12 hours
2. reduce quality

thanks!!
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FILMIC PRO is a great app and will work for you. It can go as low as 480x360 resolution with video bitrates almost half of the standard apple one. With lower resolution and bitrate, you shouldn't have a problem doing 12 hours. (I've never tried recording that long, but size won't be the issue) Power will be a problem if your not plugged in.
 
warchieft2k said:
it will be powered the entire time

and quiality is not too important, what im recording will be watched at high speed play back...

its a project im working on with my kid...
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If it's only going to be watched at high-speed playback, I would say a time-lapse of some sort would be a better solution.

I'm sure there are camera apps out there that will let you do this.......maybe a photo every minute or so (720 pictures) at a reduced quality would likely yield much better results than a grainy, very low-res video.

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Here is an example.....

http://vimeo.com/12824276
 
This is a really, really bad idea. Your phone will most likely overheat and AT LEAST jack your sensor up in your camera. This is why DSLR's limit video recording to 12 minutes or so.
 
It sounds like you want a time lapse. You should look at iTimelapse it will take a photo every few seconds and then at the end will make a movie out of them. That way you can have a hd video but take up less space. Works great for me but I haven't done anything that long.
 
warchieft2k said:
and quiality is not too important, what im recording will be watched at high speed play back...
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How high speed? Maybe what you're looking for is time-lapse photography. One app that comes to mind is Lapse It (which I have, but haven't played with much). As I recall they have a free version that limits the resolution -- but perhaps no worse than you'll end up with trying to get a 12 hr video to fit in memory.

Also, I think there's a limit to how big a single video you can shoot (2 GB?). That's a problem you won't have with the time lapse approach. Also, some of the 3rd party video can be a little flakey -- doesn't necessarily store directly to the camera roll, etc.

Regards,
Tom
[D'Oh! Justinm59 beat me to it.]
 
I agree with the guys about timelapse, if you're going to speed it up there's no point reducing quality to record thousands of frames you're never going to use, using a timelapse app you'll use a lot less space and have a much better video.
 
jlake02 said:
Doubt it.

2 issues:

1) power (unless you have a plug-in on the plane or one helluva backup battery)

GL!
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Did the OP originally say "on a plane"? Because I read it that way too at first... interestingly enough you said plane too. But there's nowhere in the original post about recording on a plane. I'm confused. :confused:
 
MacFan782040 said:
Did the OP originally say "on a plane"? Because I read it that way too at first... interestingly enough you said plane too. But there's nowhere in the original post about recording on a plane. I'm confused. :confused:
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That's hilarious because for some reason I read it that way too originally.
 
MacFan782040 said:
Did the OP originally say "on a plane"? Because I read it that way too at first... interestingly enough you said plane too. But there's nowhere in the original post about recording on a plane. I'm confused. :confused:
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In a plane, on a train, in the rain
 
MikesGravity said:
This is a really, really bad idea. Your phone will most likely overheat and AT LEAST jack your sensor up in your camera. This is why DSLR's limit video recording to 12 minutes or so.
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This is not true. The sensor should not be damaged by such use. The phones temp will be fine so long as it is in cool conditions (i.e. 72 degrees or so).

DSLR's do not limit to 12 minutes because of sensor issues. It is due to file size limitations. All of the popular manufacturers utilize FAT32 for memory card formatting, which doesn't allow a single file to exceed ~4 GBs in size. Therefore, due to compression type and bitrates chosen, they simply reach the max file size within 12 minutes.

Panasonic micro 4/3 mirrorless DSLRs are able to exceed the file limitation by creating separate chunks that get automatically stitched back together seemlessly. Canon and Nikon haven't worried about the problem, and therefore haven't employed a similar technique.
 
ZZ Bottom said:
This is not true. The sensor should not be damaged by such use. The phones temp will be fine so long as it is in cool conditions (i.e. 72 degrees or so).

DSLR's do not limit to 12 minutes because of sensor issues. It is due to file size limitations. All of the popular manufacturers utilize FAT32 for memory card formatting, which doesn't allow a single file to exceed ~4 GBs in size. Therefore, due to compression type and bitrates chosen, they simply reach the max file size within 12 minutes.

Panasonic micro 4/3 mirrorless DSLRs are able to exceed the file limitation by creating separate chunks that get automatically stitched back together seemlessly. Canon and Nikon haven't worried about the problem, and therefore haven't employed a similar technique.
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Theres also issues that can arise when shooting with "live view" (viewing what the camera is pointed at on the LCD screen). This can cause overheating issues. You get more time for photos AND videos when shooting with the LCD off/set to display info instead of the scene, and looking through the eyepiece instead
 
I am going to respectfully disagree. Even with the current fast/large media, the limit is imposed because DSLR's are not designed to withstand the wear and tear of constant video shooting. I would not recommend shooting 12 hours straight (or even more than an hour) on an iphone and I am standing by that. Not to mention the processor stress.

ZZ Bottom said:
This is not true. The sensor should not be damaged by such use. The phones temp will be fine so long as it is in cool conditions (i.e. 72 degrees or so).

DSLR's do not limit to 12 minutes because of sensor issues. It is due to file size limitations. All of the popular manufacturers utilize FAT32 for memory card formatting, which doesn't allow a single file to exceed ~4 GBs in size. Therefore, due to compression type and bitrates chosen, they simply reach the max file size within 12 minutes.

Panasonic micro 4/3 mirrorless DSLRs are able to exceed the file limitation by creating separate chunks that get automatically stitched back together seemlessly. Canon and Nikon haven't worried about the problem, and therefore haven't employed a similar technique.
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MikesGravity said:
This is a really, really bad idea. Your phone will most likely overheat and AT LEAST jack your sensor up in your camera. This is why DSLR's limit video recording to 12 minutes or so.
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They limit recording because of file size. They can overheat when taking video, but it will take much longer than 12 minutes, and given the 4GB file size limitation they don't really have to worry about that. But on a DSLR you have much higher bit rates and are writing out/processing way more data than you would be on an iPhone and doing it with a crappier processor.

But I agree with others, OP should look for a time lapse app instead. Better quality for about the same amount of storage space needed (as you will have only 1 large frame every minute or so versus 60*30=1800 low quality frames, most of which you will be discarding anyways.)
 
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