What is your favorite video/screen capturing tool for the iPhone simulator?

Question

I'm about to publish a new web site design with all of my iPhone apps, and I would like to display a video demonstration of the iPhone apps in an embedded video on the web page. I need recommendations for a video capturing tool that would run on a Mac, and record the interaction of the user with the app on the iPhone simulator.

I tried SimCap, and it's so buggy I cannot make it work with iOS4 and Xcode 3.23. I also tried ScreenFlow, but the video didn't turn out like I wanted.

Any recommendations of other video capturing tools for the iPhone simulator?

Answer 1

I like SimFinger: http://blog.atebits.com/2009/03/not-your-average-iphone-screencast/

As far as screen capturing goes, Snapz Pro X is decent, but its not freeware :( Especially when the trial runs out, then it just turns into annoyware.

Answer 2

You can try with Jing. I like it. The output is a flash file. The animation is recorded well, output file is small as well

Answer 3

This is probably a misuse of the site, but I'm the author of SimCap and I'd like an opportunity the respond to the part of the above question relating to my application.

SimCap should work just fine with the latest versions of the iPhone SDK. We're also currently working on an update to add support for the iPhone 4 simulator resolutions and the TV output window.

The only customer with the initials "jpm" we've received feedback from was replied to within 24 hours. The exchange ended with the customer reporting that SimCap was working fine for them. This was back in mid-March, and we haven't heard anything else from them since. So, jpm, if that's you and you're having problems with SimCap, feel free to contact me again.