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iPhone 2.2 SDK offers undocumented TV-out features
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The other day, Ars showed you how to dump iPhone frameworks . Today, we can confirm that the updated MediaPlayer framework (it's a public framework) offers a working solution for exporting video out live to a connected TV screen. The MPTVOutWindow class allows your iPhone to send its video to a connected TV rather than to the built-in screen. Intended to be used with movies, the unpublished class creates a live video feed that is sent out through the iPhone's connector port. End-users will need to buy a video adapter or cable to use this functionality. The following video shows the TV-out feature in action. Notice that the user ...
iPhone 2.2 hides video out code for third-party apps
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By Aidan Malley Published: 07:35 PM EST An unpublished part of iPhone's latest programming framework lets third-party developers pipe video out to an external device, albeit not without a few catches. Confirmed by Ars Technica , a programming class in the iPhone SDK known as MPTVOutWindow does essentially what its name implies: it sends video out through the Dock Connector port to an outside source, such as an external screen. The adaptation is primarily meant for movies but allows any program to export the current contents of the screen, theoretically allowing apps intended for screens larger than the 3.5-inch iPhone LCD. After ...
Crazy iPhone 2.2 firmware updates lets you send video to TV
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iPhone Video Out from Ars Technica on Vimeo.
iPods have had TV-out for years but the iPhone has always been left out. Now, however, the, firmware 2.2 has TV-out capabilities and it can send video selectively from certain applications.
Erica Sadun shows us the ropes.
The MPTVOutWindow class allows your iPhone to send its video to a connected TV rather than to the built-in screen. Intended to be used with movies, the unpublished class creates a live video feed that is sent out through the iPhone’s connector port. End-users ...
iPhone games now have a TV out option thanks to some tinkering
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Erica Sadun over at Ars found a little tidbit of programming joy in the form of an undocumented way to push iPhone video to an external TV display.
Freeverse, makers of Moto Chaser (iTunes link), took this information and got their application working on the external display in a few hours. This obviously opens up the possibility for more gaming opportunities although, for many, the Apple Composite AV Cable on the iPhone/iPod touch is cost prohibitive.
The hidden libraries, documented below: ...
