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How to get iSight to capture at 640x480
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Hi guys. I just got an iSight camera for my DC 2GHz tower. All I can get from it so far is 320x200 recordings (iChat snapshots, Quicktime pro 7 captures). How do I tell it to use 640x480?
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I've wondered the same thing. I've never been able to get super-sharp images from mine. (1.25GHz AlBook)
It's still a great camera for video chats, though! It always looks better than the typical PC user's webcam!
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Oh yeah, it's beautiful. Figures out exposure in low light settings very well. Audio capture is very reasonable too. I did some VoIP calls with it using Skype and the experience was very good.
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Never mind: I figured it out.
In QuickTime, go to Preferences and choose "Recording". Then choose "Device Native" under "Quality". It produces huge files, but at 640x480 that you can then compress later.
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Originally Posted by darcybaston
Oh yeah, it's beautiful. Figures out exposure in low light settings very well. Audio capture is very reasonable too. I did some VoIP calls with it using Skype and the experience was very good.
Really? While I totally agree that the iSight has a great set of microphones in it, when I've tried it with Skype, the volume of my voice has been far too low -- I switched to a Logitech USB headset instead. For iChat AV audio or video chats, the iSight mike is perfect, though.
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Originally Posted by darcybaston
I'm honestly not sure. In 640x480 capture, there are definitely some jaggies, but those could just be the result of a lousy de-bayerizing algorithm. The thing is, whether it's a 640x480 or 320x240 CCD, what is pretty clear is that it's not capturing much (if any) image resolution (as in clarity, not pixel count) beyond 320x240.
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Originally Posted by tooki
Really? While I totally agree that the iSight has a great set of microphones in it, when I've tried it with Skype, the volume of my voice has been far too low -- I switched to a Logitech USB headset instead. For iChat AV audio or video chats, the iSight mike is perfect, though.
I went to system prefs, audio section, and cranked up the recording level. A little past half works great for me. I'm sure it's a much better experience with a headset to cancel out ambient-room noise though. I may do that yet.
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Thanks for the QT prefs tip! Awesome! Gave it a whirl and it works great. And yeah, huge files are generated with that setting. It allows for a shorter pause when you begin a recording too as there isn't any pre-buffer for compression to catch up on.
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Can someone post a pic taken with iSight? I dropped mine (and dented it) and now my video looks grainy. I don't remember what the picture quality is supposed to be.
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Originally Posted by Nebrie
Can someone post a pic taken with iSight? I dropped mine (and dented it) and now my video looks grainy. I don't remember what the picture quality is supposed to be.
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