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After being first to broadcast from iPhones back in June, and first to launch our public iPhone app for 1.1.4 in July, we're now releasing our app for iPhone 3G and original iPhone 2.0.x. This means we now support all iPhone models and firmware!
To install you'll need an 'opened' iPhone with either Cydia or Installer. Simply open Cydia or Installer, make sure all your versions and resources are up-to-date, and then install Flixwagon from the multimedia folder (under 'Sections' in Cydia, or 'Categories' in Installer 4. You can also find it under the iSpazio directory). Special thanks to Fabiano from iSpazio.net for all the great help with Cydia and Installer!
Flixwagon iPhone Broadcast Screen
Advantages:
- Super-fast sign-up: there is no need to sign-up in advance anywhere. Simply launch the app on your iPhone, enter your phone number, and you'll be instantly logged-in and can start broadcasting video immediately. You'll also receive an SMS message with your new user name and password which you can then change or restore via flixwagon.com.
- Highest Frames per Second rate: Flixwagon broadcasts the highest frame rate per second on iPhone in the market -- at 12 frames per second -- providing a smoother broadcast flow.
Choose between sharper resolution or more frames per second
- Edit video details on the fly: change title and tags
directly from the iPhone before or during broadcast. This is especially
useful in helping more users discover your broadcast while you're still
live, by adding relevant tags and titles based on events in the
broadcast.
- Set sharing preferences directly from the device: set flix as private, public, or viewable only by certain groups like friends, family, co-workers, etc., all directly from the iPhone and while broadcasting.
Edit video details and sharing preferences on the fly
- Light app: the entire package is only 98Kb.
If you're using iPhone 1.1.4 of older check out info for your phone. Please note, the iPhone apps (1.1.4 and 2.0.1) are both in Alpha, and are used primarily for us to learn and experiment more with the iPhone platform. Feel free to email us comments or feedback about the alpha app at feedback [at] flixwagon [dot] com. Once the iPhone SDK supports native video we expect to develop an app for the new official app store. We don't encourage 'opening' or 'jailbreaking' iPhones, nor switching back to older firmware, and users do so at their own risk.
credit - http://blog.flixwagon.com/2008/08/flixwagon-now-available-on-iph.html
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Qik Enables Live Video Streaming From 3G iPhone
Jason Kincaid
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Qik
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the startup that allows users to stream live mobile video from their
cell phones, has released an application that allows users to use the
service from their 3G iPhones. Unfortunately, the application isn’t
available through Apple’s sanctioned App Store, so users will need to
jailbreak (hack) their iPhones to use it. And because Apple has yet to
enable video capture on the iPhone, we probably won’t be seeing a
“legit” application any time soon.
Last week Qik released support for iPhones running the old (1.1.4) firmware, which was made obsolete by the 2.0 software that was released in July and gives users access to Apple’s App Store. This new release also supports the older iPhone, but users won’t be able to stream over the slow EDGE network.
The following instructions are included in the company’s blog post:
You can get Qikking with the iPhone 3G (and earlier models running iPhone OS 2.0!) by doing the following:
1. If you have not already, you’ll need to sign up at http://qik.com/sign_up and receive an SMS from us to activate the application.
2. Launch Cydia.
3. Go to the “Sections” tab at the bottom and scroll down to “Multimedia.”
4. Under Multimedia, you will find Qik. Tap on it then select “Install” at the top right, then in the same spot tap “Confirm.”
5. Now you will see Qik get installed. You may hit the “Return to Cydia” button at the bottom or just quit Cydia when it is done installing.
6. You’ll now notice a “Qik” icon on your home screen - Go ahead and launch it.
7. As long as your initial signup SMS/text message is still in your inbox for the first launch, your account will be linked to your device.
8. Make sure you have 3G service or are on WiFi (edge is not sufficient enough to stream video) before you begin broadcasting.
9. Hit record and enjoy Qik!
Video chat site TokBox gets $10 million
Video phone calls just haven't caught on like all those cinematic depictions of the future said they would--kind of like flying cars. But a bunch of investors led by Bain Capital Ventures still believe. They've pumped a $10 million Series B round into TokBox, a video chat and calling site based in San Francisco. Existing investor Sequoia Capital also participated.
TokBox launched less than a year ago but has been working hard, appointing Nick Triantos as CEO, releasing a light desktop application based on Adobe AIR, and building code to integrate its video chat into Facebook Chat.
"TokBox has an impressive and very loyal and energetic user base," Scott Friend, a partner at Bain Capital Ventures who will be joining the start-up's board of directors, said in a statement. "The company is executing well and its service offers consumers a variety of great features that strongly differentiate TokBox from competitors. We are excited to be investing with our partners at Seqouia in a company we believe has the potential to be the next 'big thing' in web communication."
Cool! Now I'm just holding my breath for the Valley moneymen to start realizing how much we need flying cars.
credit - http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10009774-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Flixwagon, which makes live video streaming software for mobile smart phones, said Monday that it has released an application for people using so-called jail-broken Apple iPhones so that they can broadcast video online.
With the launch, the Flixwagon application will be among the first video broadcasting tools for the iPhone, albeit for phones on which people have unlocked the Apple software.
"As of today, the Flixwagon iPhone public alpha application is available to all users with the original iPhone running 'opened' firmware 1.1.4," said Flixwagon founder Sarig Reichert.
Tel Aviv, Israel-based Flixwagon is still working on an application for the iPhone 3G and original phones running the 2.0 firmware, Reichert said. He did not specify when those applications would be available.
In January, Flixwagon launched a free downloadable application for video broadcasting for the Symbian mobile operating system, used largely by Nokia smartphones such as the N95. In June, the company said it was working on an application for Windows Mobile and iPhone software. Its better-known rival Qik recently unveiled a public beta of its software with new features.
People with open iPhones can find the software by typing in "m.flixwagon.com/iphone" into their mobile browser. (Demo here.)
With Flixwagon, users can record a video with the click of a button and have it broadcast to the Web within seconds, depending on the mobile phone connection. That's why Flixwagon recommends that iPhone users choose to broadcast over local Wi-Fi rather than the Edge network.
People can choose to upload their clips to a public or private page on Flixwagon, cross-post the clip to YouTube, or send an announcement to a Twitter account. Flixwagon followers can also chat with people who are posting videos.
Videora Makes Video Playable on Your iPhone
Windows only: Our favorite iPod video conversion software maker Videora
now offers an iPhone 3G version. Convert all types of video files like
AVI, DivX, XVID, FLV, X264, VOB, MPEG, and DVDs into a format that your
iPhone 3G can play (that is, MPEG-4, H.264). Videora iPhone 3G
Converter is a free download for Windows, and requires the .NET
framework to run. For more on video conversion, check out our top 10 free video rippers, encoders, and converters.
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Jul 17
Would love to be part of the iPhone alpha team - I've been waiting since December to try Qik, and I finally have a phone that is capable of it!
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Jul 17
when?? I can't wait! can I be on the alpha team? My iPhone is ready!
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Jun 25
I'm ready for my closeups Mr. DeMille. Please add me to the Alpha team.
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Jun 20
Alpha list, please. This is too good!
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Jun 18
WOOT!! :)
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Jun 14
Looks a little jumpy at the minute, good work but i hope its not actually that jumpy :(
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Jun 13
yay! :)
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Jun 12
Alpha list please!
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Jun 12
I am ready to start testing that just as soon as it's available. Let me know, please!
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Jun 12
Thank you thank you thank you thank you!
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Jun 12
AWESOME x 3! I can't wait to try this, so I don't have to bring my spare Nokia around.
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Jun 12
Cool, cannot wait to demo it on our show!
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Jun 12
Ok, I have to get on the beta list
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Mogulus.comJun 12
You are now streaming on the qik channel (0 viewers)
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