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iPhone 2.2 SDK offers undocumented TV-out features
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 ...
iPhone 2.2 Update Available Now [Iphone 2.2]
iPhone 2.2 Update Available Now [Iphone 2.2]
gizmodo.com — That was fast. It's barely Nov. 21 and the iPhone 2.2 update is here, all 246MB of... it, as promised . Included in the update, according to the release notes and ">as we'd heard , are all the new Google Maps features we've been waiting for like ... (more) iPhone 2.2 Update Available Now [Iphone 2.2]
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iPhone 2.2 hides video out code for third-party apps
AppleInsider — ... Published: 07:35 PM EST An unpublished part of iPhone's latest programming framework lets third-party developers pipe video out to an external device, albeit not without a few catches.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 ...

iPhone OS 2.2 possui API secreta para uso da saída de vídeo
MacMagazine — ... Um framework atualizado no SDK para o iPhone OS 2.2 oferece uma solução para envio de vídeos em tempo real para uma TV conectada ao celular da Apple, segundo o Ars Technica. O vídeo abaixo mostra o recurso em funcionamento, permitindo que o sentido de uma seta exibida na TV fosse controlado através dos movimentos do aparelho detectados pelo acelerômetro, confira: ...

Hidden TV out features discovered in iPhone 2.2 SDK
Engadget — So, get a load of this. While tinkering within the iPhone 2.2 SDK, ArsTechnica discovered a neat little tidbit that could lead to some pretty extensible applications. In essence, the MPTVOutWindow class enables your iPhone to beam out video to a connected TV rather than the built-in screen. Of course, dock-connecting iPods / iPhones have been sending out videos for ages now, but this could actually enable applications to be used on the big screen. Sadly, the current code won't allow screen interaction while the TV out function is active, but ...

Crazy iPhone 2.2 firmware updates lets you send video to TV
CrunchGear — 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 ...

Moto Chaser for the iPhone modified to support TV-out as a proof of concept
CrunchGear — ... Last week, Ars Technica uncovered an undocumented class in the iPhone SDK which allows applications to push visuals to an external monitor rather than the device’s built in screen. Lightbulbs flicked on above the noggins of iPhone developers everywhere, all with the same idea: this could be used for games! ...

MPTVOutWindow - make the iPhone talk to your TV
MAKE Magazine: hacks — ... and Distribution builds. The MPTVOutWindow class, though undocumented, is part of the standard iPhone libraries. Erica has posted class documentation and how to go about using MPTVOutWindow in place of the normal UIWindow. There's no telling if the API will be officially published, removed, or altered in upcoming Apple firmware releases, so keep that in mind and go make something awesome. Hidden SDK features transform iPhone into TV gaming device iPhone 2.2 SDK offers undocumented TV-out features MPTVOutWindow Class Reference

MPTVOutWindow - make the iPhone talk to your TV
MAKE Magazine — ... and Distribution builds. The MPTVOutWindow class, though undocumented, is part of the standard iPhone libraries. Erica has posted class documentation and how to go about using MPTVOutWindow in place of the normal UIWindow. There's no telling if the API will be officially published, removed, or altered in upcoming Apple firmware releases, so keep that in mind and go make something awesome. Hidden SDK features transform iPhone into TV gaming device iPhone 2.2 SDK offers undocumented TV-out features MPTVOutWindow Class Reference ...

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Video: Apple iPhone 2.2 SDK has TV out featurePhones Review
While looking at the Apple iPhone 2.2 SDK, Ars Technica discovered MPTVOutWindows which apparently does exactly what it sounds like and that is it sends video out via the Apple iPhone Dock Connector port to an external screen. This theoretically means it allows applications intended for ...
Apple iPhone 2.2 SDK and the hidden TV out featuresPR News:
The recent Apple iPhone SDK had hidden TV out features, meaning that the MPTVOutWindow class will allow your iPhone to send video footage to a TV that is connected to the handset, rather than use the screen on the iPhone. This new feature is intended to be used when watching movies, which is ...