iPhone tip - Fix broken video links on iPhone and iPod touch

We can’t count the times we’ve been surfing the web on our iPhone or iPod touch to come across a web page containing a broken video. These are usually caused by an embedded video in the web page that is formated in Flash video (.flv) which is not currently supported by the Apple devices. Fortunately, there are a couple of solutions out there that can help remedy this and allow you to watch those videos after all.

The first, and easiest to use is iTransmogrigy. This works as a bookmarklet that enables you to view web embedded YouTube videos that you might find on blogs or other web sites outside of your native YouTube application on the iPhone. This doesn’t actually convert the video on the server, but rather looks for the compatible mpeg-4 version that YouTube generates for most, but not all, of its videos. Get the bookmarklet and all the details on the Transmogrify home page.

Another way to fix these broken videos is with Mux, currently in beta. Mux will actually convert the video on the server into a format of your choice, and many video formats are supported including mpeg-4. To use Mux, simply enter the url of the video, then select your output format. Since the server-side conversion process will take a little time, Mux will email you the link to the video when it is ready. You can also choose to have the link sent to you via SMS instead of email. Mux has a bookmarklet available as well, making it a bit easier to enter the data by saving you some tapping. You can find Mux at http://www.mux.am/.

The last solution, vTap (from Viveo), is one we’ve told you about before. Like Mux, vTap converts the video all on the server side. vTap will also send you a message when the video is ready (via SMS), but also gives you news items to read if you choose to wait for your video conversion to complete. The news is delivered via RSS abstracts that are customizable. One very nice feature of vTap is the option to listen to the audio only. This saves battery power if you want to listen to an audio heavy video file, such as a lecture, with your screen turned off. To use vTap, point your mobile Safari to http://vtap.com/iphone.html.
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