Video recording with pause on iPhone

Method 1: Third Party Applications

Nowadays, capturing paused video on iPhone is only possible with third-party apps, as the feature doesn't exist by default. Alternative camera clients or official social media apps like TickTock are best suited for this purpose.

Option 1: Timestamp Camera Basic

One of the best apps to create paused videos on iPhone is Timestamp Camera BasicThe only partial drawback is pop-up ads, which require a paid subscription to disable. The only partial drawback is pop-up ads, which require a paid subscription to disable.

Timestamp Camera Basic from the App Store

1. Install the app from the official store page using the provided link and provide all necessary permissions in the popups first. As you can immediately notice, although there are a significant number of settings in the app, the usual modes of operation, such as accelerated or slow-motion video, are not offered here.
2. Switch to tab "Video". at the bottom of the screen and first expand the settings using the icon on the top bar. Here it is important to change the resolution and other settings to your liking, many of which are not present on your iPhone by default.
3. On the top itself, it's important to pay attention to the individual features, the most notable of which is the flash that works when shooting video. If you don't need the extra light, it's better to disable the option to save battery.
4. Press the big red button on the screen or one of the side volume keys to start shooting. You can pause and conversely continue shooting afterwards with the extra side icon.
5. When you're done recording your video, hit the red square button to pause and save the finished video to the gallery. Normally, the video should immediately appear in the device's standard media library.

If this doesn't happen for some reason, open files on the left side of the app, select the video you created, tap "Share". and use the option "Save video".. In any case, the final video will be available in the highest possible quality and without watermarks or unnecessary inserts.

Option 2: Social networks

Partial alternatives to camera apps can be full-fledged media platforms, the best known of which are TikTok and YouTube Shorts. In both cases, the videos can be stopped at any time while being captured in the company and can be continued when needed.

Read more: Capture videos on TikTok

We will not dwell on any of the options in detail, since it is better to consider them separately. At the same time, keep in mind that only on TikTok can you save a video as private and then it to your device's media library without using other features of the social network.

Method 2: Fragment Merge

As you can understand from the above, the standard iPhone media does not allow recording paused video in the direct sense, but it can still be done by recording and merging fragments. This solution cannot be described as comfortable and is certainly not suitable for permanent use, but it can still be relevant if third-party software is not up to the task.

iMovie from the App Store

1. The first thing to do is use the standard camera of your mobile phone to create, in the usual way, several fragments that will later make up the video. It is preferable that each of these sections be previewed and processed with proprietary or third-party tools.

   Learn More: How to Edit Video on iPhone

2. Once you've got the prep work done, the free iMovie app from the App Store. Please note that this application is mainly an example within the manual, as there are other more flexible editors that are described separately.

   Read More: iPhone Video Editing Apps

3. Inside the window "Start a new project" touch the element "Film" and on the page that opens, select the previously created fragments in the desired order. To go to the editor, use the button "Create Movie" button. at the bottom of the screen.
4. If the selected snippets are placed in the wrong order, click and drag the desired section to another place, as shown in our example. Alternatively, if you want, you can split the entire video and leave only the desired segments.
5. Click the icon between the segments if you want to add some transition effect. You can use the default options or just add your own video segment.
6. Separate attention should be paid to the scaling of the video, if parts of it have been selected in vertical format. To do this, select a segment, in the right part of the preview area click on "+" and in this mode it gestures the content to scale.
7. After performing the specified action for all items, in the upper left corner, tap "Done". and, being on the project page, use the button "Share".. Here, in turn, it will suffice to select "Save video". and wait for the procedure to complete.
8. The vertical video frame problem can be solved with the built-in tools in the gallery, so now select the saved clip and press "Edit". on the right side of the top bar. In edit mode, switch to the crop tab and simply change the proportions using the frames.

Alternatively, select one of the standard templates «9: 16» followed by switching to portrait mode, as shown again on the screenshot. As a result, after pressing "Done". the video will appear with transitions between sections, as if it had been shot with a pause.