Can't get iPhone 6 to record 1920x1080 HD

Factual Questions
1

Can someone help me, my iPhone 6 videos come out as small .MOV files with the resolution 568x320.

I need to record 1920x1080 HD video. Where or how do I set it? Believe it or not, I scoured the web and couldn’t find any reasonable instructions. Thanks

2

Small update: I changed the setting to 60fps, and the image is crisper, but the video clips still come out very small. It’s not a true 1920x1080 video size. Does the iPhone6 record those?

3

Are you emailing the videos to yourself to download them? I don’t think you can email the video as HD, you need to connect the phone to your computer and download them that way. My 5s records 1920x1080 so I’m sure the 6 does as well. If you are using a Mac, you can transfer the videos through Image Capture, which I think you should already have by default.

4

Damned hamsters ate my post:

Briefly, go to “Settings” then “Photos & Camera”. At the bottom, what does it say next to “Record Video” for the size?

Something screwy is going on as the iPhone doesn’t even record at 568x320, Something is likely converting your videos after you get them off the phone.

5

Yes, it’s the delivery mechanism. I just recorded a video and delivered it to my (Mac) three different ways:

  • Direct connect the iPhone (i.e. treat it like a video camera) and import through anything that imports video: 1920x1080.

  • AirDrop (delivers over WiFi): 1920x1080

  • Email/iMessage: much smaller: 568x320

Basically, you can’t send (and most people don’t want to receive) huge videos through e-mail, so it makes it something more reasonable.

6

I can confirm that TimeWinder is exactly correct. I just did the same tests myself.

7

thanks a lot!

8

I apologize, one other question: the 1920x1080 video comes out flipped upside-down, when I open the .MOV file contained in the “DCIM” folder when the phone is connected via USB.

On the phone the video plays correctly, but in Explorer the .MOV is rotated 90 degrees. Did you see the same thing when you played your file in Explorer?

9

That happens because pre-Windows 8 (I think) Explorer doesn’t look for the EXIF metadata tag the iPhone set in the video which tells the video player the movie is upside down and it should be flipped. You will need to find a video player app that can either read the EXIF data or can flip the video window. If you have iTunes for Windows, I think that should play the video correctly. I’m pretty sure Google’s Picasa can do it.

If you don’t want to deal with using different software in the future, orient the iPhone so that the volume buttons are on the bottom when you’re shooting.