iSight capabilities
Hi all,
I needed a webcam on my pb12, so I went with an iSight...
I'm kinda regretting it. I mean, it's nice and all, but seems very limited.
Mostly this is due to IM programs available for OS X... I'm sure iChat AV would be amazing if I knew anyone else who used ti (: MSN for OS X is an ancient version, and Yahoo is... well... it crashes all the time.
Another thing I'd like to do is capture stills, and maybe even moving video. Can you do that with iSight? I'm still new to Mac, and all the places I could think of that'd do that dont' seem to acknowledge the iSight....
Anyone else having problems (or knows any solutions) with iSight?
I needed a webcam on my pb12, so I went with an iSight...
I'm kinda regretting it. I mean, it's nice and all, but seems very limited.
Mostly this is due to IM programs available for OS X... I'm sure iChat AV would be amazing if I knew anyone else who used ti (: MSN for OS X is an ancient version, and Yahoo is... well... it crashes all the time.
Another thing I'd like to do is capture stills, and maybe even moving video. Can you do that with iSight? I'm still new to Mac, and all the places I could think of that'd do that dont' seem to acknowledge the iSight....
Anyone else having problems (or knows any solutions) with iSight?
Comments
If you google for isight you'll most likely find o'really pages, they have quite good tips.
Here are applications you can use with your isight:
BTV Pro (record video/time laps etc) - shareware
uGrabIt (record video) - shareware
Camgrabber (snapshots) - freeware
Quicktime Broadcaster (broadcast live video) - freeware
Boinx istopmotion (time laps) - freeware/shareware
ophoneX (Videoconferencing with Mac / MS Netmeeting) - freeware
iMovie (you'll have to record in DV format first)
Boinx iRecordNow (record video) - shareware
I think you can get them all on versiontracker.com or macupdate.com
Try them out for free and you'll be much happier with your isight. (Don't forget that you need good light. best is sunlight, but neon-light is also a good cheap solution)
Hope this helps.
and ivisit http://www.ivisit.info as well for cross platfore video conferencing...