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How to transfer the slow-motion video from iPhone/iPad to PC

Slow-motion mode can be used with iPhone6 or later, iPad Pro 2017 or later.

iPhone/iPad settings

  1. Settings → Camera → Format → Select "Most Compatible"
  2. Settings → Photos → Select "Keep Originals" in Transfer to Mac or PC

Transfer method

The most reliable method for file transfer is the USB-transfer method. Connect your iPhone/iPad and Mac with USB and transfer the movie files with the Photo app in Mac. The transferred pictures or movies will be stored at the following path. Confirm that from Terminal.

Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/Masters/[YYYY]/[MM]/[DD]/

Reference: http://www.idownloadblog.com/2017/11/22/how-to-shoot-slo-mo-video-1080p-at-240fps-iphone/

Another method (only iPhone6)

Each file was transfered from the "Photo" folder using Airdrop by the "Share" function or the Wifi by the "Upload" function of the iPhone App "Documents by Readdle".

Readdle's Documents: https://readdle.com/documents

Failed method

File were transfered from the iPhone/iPad's Photo App using Airdrop.

!Caution!
In this case, slow-motion-movie files (240 fps) are automatically converted to temporally distorted-video files (30 fps) whicn cannot be analyzed correctly.

Checking the authenticity

Please check with the information of the movie file in the message when executing the ffmpeg command.

The messege of a correct file. (You can confirm ~240 fps in Stream #0:1(und))

Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/AraVib/mov/movie_tmp/2018-04-26 10.04.37.mov':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : qt  
    minor_version   : 0
    compatible_brands: qt  
    creation_time   : 2018-04-26T04:17:18.000000Z
    com.apple.quicktime.make: Apple
    com.apple.quicktime.model: iPhone 6
    com.apple.quicktime.software: 11.3
    com.apple.quicktime.creationdate: 2018-04-26T10:04:37+0900
  Duration: 00:00:04.17, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 38418 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, mono, fltp, 94 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2018-04-26T04:17:18.000000Z
      handler_name    : Core Media Data Handler
    Stream #0:1(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv, bt709), 1280x720, 38306 kb/s, 239.86 fps, 240 tbr, 2400 tbn, 4800 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      rotate          : 90
      creation_time   : 2018-04-26T04:17:18.000000Z
      handler_name    : Core Media Data Handler
      encoder         : H.264
    Side data:
      displaymatrix: rotation of -90.00 degrees

The messege of a converted file. (You can see "30 fps"in Stream #0:1(und))

Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/AraVib/mov/movie_tmp/2018-04-26 14.50.54.mov':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : qt  
    minor_version   : 0
    compatible_brands: qt  
    creation_time   : 2018-04-26T08:07:43.000000Z
    com.apple.quicktime.make: Apple
    com.apple.quicktime.model: iPhone 6
    com.apple.quicktime.software: 11.3
    com.apple.quicktime.creationdate: 2018-04-26T14:50:54+0900
  Duration: 00:00:21.70, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 10824 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, mono, fltp, 176 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2018-04-26T08:07:44.000000Z
      handler_name    : Core Media Data Handler
    Stream #0:1(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv, bt709), 1280x720, 10644 kb/s, 30 fps, 30 tbr, 600 tbn, 1200 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      rotate          : 90
      creation_time   : 2018-04-26T08:07:44.000000Z
      handler_name    : Core Media Data Handler
      encoder         : H.264
    Side data:
      displaymatrix: rotation of -90.00 degrees
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