Cycorder - Free Native iPhone App brings Video Recording to the iPhone [Updated]
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.
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 384x288, a 4x3 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.
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.
It will be great to hear your feedback on video recording iPhone app in the comments.
Thanks Bryon Brock for the tip.
Update:
The updated version of Cycorder (0.9-4) now also includes audio support and the good news is that it is still free. Thanks Simon for the tip.
(you can use Cydia / Installer to install it directly from your apple device)
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