Recordin video clips using MacBook

[captain.joco]

Hello

I have a MacBook with integrated camera. And I gotta say that the Photo Booth is great for taking pictures, but I was wondering if there is any kind of application with which I could use my inbuilt camera to record short video clips ( with or without sound ).

Thanks in advance!

 

[nixgeek]

Have you tried with iMovie?

 

[caribooyj]

I've started using iVideoMail a few days ago... works great and records right in Mail. An icon is installed in the pref pane and the clip gets embedded in the message body. Really great app for $10.00 US. You could save the clip if you don't want to send it as an e-mail, but the I guess iMovie would do the trick as well...

http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/01/20/ivideomail-posting-video-clips-in-mailapp/

 

[captain.joco]

Thanks a lot guys. But is there any other apps besides these two?
Thanx again

 

[Lt Major Burns]

have you tried iMovie?

Quicktime Pro can record from any quicktime-compatible camera which the iSight is.

 

[eric2006]

select it as the input source to use it in iMovie. The image will be mirrored, though.

 

[Yesurbius]

I use quicktime Pro - its the best for recording video in my mind since you can fine-tune all the codecs etc.

EDIT: A solution that can record stills is iStopMotion as well - I love that prog

 

[skylark102us]

sight speed works good for short email videos. it does it all for you, sound and video. it even sends it through the email. good luck

 

[Giaguara]

One more option : AppleScript. With it you don't need the quicktime pro for recording if you have only the non-pro.

Record video

tell application "QuickTime Player"
activate
new movie recording
end tell

And other handy stuff while we are at the topic of QuickTime and AppleScript:

Audio recording

tell application "QuickTime Player"
activate
new audio recording
end tell

Movie plays in fullscreen

on run
tell application "QuickTime Player"
activate
present movie 1
end tell
end run

So save (each) as an application, then run the application.