I have been racking my brain on how to get my hands on the 720p video that the iPhone 4 shoots. Other than connecting the device to your pc or Mac and importing it with the help of aperture, lightroom or iPhoto, I've yet to find a solution that allows me to upload 720p directly to the web.
I've tried the direct to YouTube route via the camera roll; emailing to YouTube; MMS to YouTube and Vimeo; MMS to Vimeo; and, he PicPosterous app.
I got zippo. Nada. Neite. Nothing.
Oh wait, I did get 340p and all it's whackness awesomeness. Actually, with all of the above With the exception of direct to YouTube from the camera roll, I got compressed and severely downgraded video quality.
Now, I know that someone will develop an app or current software will be tweaked and my pain will go away (hopefully). But I expect more from Apple. I understand that this is a first generation device but come on Steve (Jobs). What's the deal? This is pretty whack.
Think I am going to send Steve an email. Maybe it'll actually get responded to and go viral. Wish me luck (or holla with another solution).
I emailed Steve jobs about this:
Steve,
The iPhone 4 is awesome. Kudo's to you and the team. One thing, what's the deal with not being able to upload 720p to video services (YouTube specifically) without compression? Curious to know. Thanks.
Don Martelli
617.466.9183
donmartelli@gmail.com
www.donmartelli.com / @bigguyd
Wonder if he'll reply.