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Record and Remote Your iPhone Screen

This article tells you how to remote your iPhone and record screencast of iPhone screen with screen recorder under Windows. It can be widely used for making iPhone video tutorials and presneations.

By: Adward Chan
Category: Computers:Software
Posted: Oct 04, 2010
Updated: Oct 04, 2010
Views: 71


Last time we talked about how to use iPhone emulator to create a demo video. And if you have an iPhone and want to share the screen on your PC, especially for screen recording purpose to show people a how-to video tutorial about iPhone apps, here is a smooth solution to remote control your iPhone under Windows.

What you need
Veency: VNC Server for iPhone
DemoCreator: Screen recorder for Windows
And make sure your iPhone has been jailbroken.

And How to
1. Download and install Veency on your iPhone.



2. Download and install VNC client (take TightVNC as example) on your PC.

3. Run VNC Viewer and it will ask you for typing your iPhone IP address in. You can find it in Settings -> Wifi. Click the icon on your selected Wifi Network to display the IP address. Leave other settings as default and click Connect.



4. Back to your iPhone and you will notice a remote control request from VNC client. Click Accept and there will be a VNC connection icon at the top-right corner on your iPhone screen.





5. Now you can see your iPhone screen on your computer. There will be a small virtual mouse and you can control your iPhone with your mouse remotely. Here are the controls:

Left click: touch screen, and holding the button while moving is like swiping.
Middle click: lock button
Right click: menu button
Keyboard: keyboard so you can make faster text typing with your keyboard compared with touch-typing.


6.Open DemoCreator, and choose Application and pick up VNC client in the pull-down menu. Click Next and you will see a 3-2-1 countdown to start recording your iPhone screen.

7. Press F10 when you finish the screen recording. You can preview your video, edit it with built-in video editor or publish it as video output and share it on YouTube or your blog.

Some more tips
Since the remote screen sharing depends on Wifi and does not require any cable, the frame rate of the video is about 15 FPS, so it is little bit hard to record games. If you want to record screencast about how to use apps or other onscreen activities which require lesser FPS, Veency plus DemoCreator will be a decent choice.

Presently, you cannot set any VNC password on Veency. And to disable Veency, you can only disable Wifi or just uninstall the program.

About Author

Adward Chan, Sameshow E-Learning software provider, a regular writer on software.

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