Comments on: Could the iPhone be a Video Out Device?

By: Attractivist

Attractivist — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:31:25 +0000

An app I'd love to see would be a seamless video clip loader, with video out. I've got one of those spiffy new pico projectors and the proper cables for connecting it to my iTouch.. Unfortunately, I'm limited to recording performance bits into long files and playing them scene by scene, when I'd really love to be able to crossfade between much shorter clips that I can loop or timestretch on the fly. Not sure how much of that the itouch could handle, though.

By: Aral Balkan - Links for 2009-01-12

Aral Balkan - Links for 2009-01-12 — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:04:05 +0000

[...] Create Digital Motion » Could the iPhone be a Video Out Device? The main draw: imagine the iPhone as a video output device, plugged into a mixer for live performance. You could use it to trigger videos or run interactive visuals that take advantage of the device’s 3D and animation capabilities. You can do some of this now, but of course for performance you might not want the standard video navigation interface, and you certainly wouldn’t want any kind of navigation overlay. (tags: video iphone out awesome potential) The Links for 2009-01-12 article by Aral Balkan, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 UK: England License. [...]

By: vjwunderkind

vjwunderkind — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:55:03 +0000

Pikilipita, that's some great news. I was wondering about how to use my iTouch in performance as well. So far, I've used it as an OSC controller. Video out would sure be cool. The iTouch's processor is more powerful than the iPhone's, so maybe this would really be an option for the light-travelling vj…

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:43:42 +0000

Pikilipita, you are truly a man after our own heart.

By: Pikilipita

Pikilipita — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:39:06 +0000

I've also done VJ works on GameBoy Advance and GP2X.
I'm currently working with a Playstation 2, but my next target is the iPhone. I'm now following those new iPhone TV-out development very closely and will start working on a VJ iPhone app early next year

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:28:26 +0000

Actually, I'm fairly certain there's GB homebrew for your address book.

Yeah, Paris, noTendo, and No Carrier are all doing fantastic things. And actually, a DS or PSP would be able to play videos, since part of my thought was you'd have a video source.

I still like anti-aliased geometry, though, so there is a place for the newer devices. Of course, you could just port along an eBayed Amiga.

By: dan winckler

dan winckler — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:18:53 +0000

Forget teh new Apple hotness, Paris Treantafeles does amazing stuff with the Gameboy Advance and GP2x. Likewise noTendo and No Carrier with the NES and Sega (slightly less portable), and The C-Men with the Amiga (a bit bigger than a breadbox).

None of these devices (except perhaps the GP2x) can hold your address book and update your Bookface profile.

By: Carlos Martins

Carlos Martins — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:36:03 +0000

I think they already found a way around it – at least in a video I saw recently, they had some "cursor keys" displayed on the iPhone while playing a game on the TV.

By: rich

rich — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:20:47 +0000

It sorta being done now with jail-broken iPhones by Qik and Flixwagon, and supposedly Qik had an iPhone store app in the works. http://aeportal.blogspot.com/2008/08/broadcasting...

By: beatfix

beatfix — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:08:52 +0000

I'd love to see proper video-out on an iPhone – if done right it might even push me in the direction of getting one – but seems to me that the bigger problem is that Apple seems to be hostile towards any "off-grid" use of their devices – openness is not their strength IMO.

Users are clearly pining to explore the untapped potential of their iPhones / iPods, but too often it seems that Apple is the one holding the door closed – probably until they can find the proper way to monetize these ideas.

I have more hope for Android long-term. Since part of Google's strategy for gaining market share involves being open with their code, I expect Android to eventually become the stronger creative platform.

One last caveat – business strategies change over time, so all this could be moot if Google gains enough market share to morph into the new bully on the block. I think we're still a ways off from that point though.