“In addition to the newly discovered ability to render 1080p videos on A4-powered devices by scaling down high-definition content on-the-fly, a tipster pointed out that the iOS 5 software development kit ups the maximum resolution for video exports from 720p all the way up to 1080p,” Christian Zibreg reports for 9to5Mac.
“The iOS 5 media framework now rocks a new video export option: A 1920-by-1080 full HD preset,” Zibreg reports. “Previously, programmers calling system APIs were only able to export video content up to the 720p resolution.”
Zibreg reports, “It is now clear that iOS 5 enables devices such as iPhone 4, iPad 1 and 2 and fourth-generation iPod touch to both decode 1080p videos and encode content in 1080p. This completes the picture and is another indication that the rumors of an eight-megapixel camera with 1080p video capture on iPhone 5 are likely true because there is no point in iOS 5 supporting 1080p video exports if users won’t be able to acquire full-HD content on their iPhone 5.”
Much more in the full article, including screenshots and how, if you’re running iOS 5 already, you can test it out yourself, here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]