Article:		Making Movies with the Apple iSight
Subject:		Very Slow Video
Date:		2003-07-17 18:14:32
From:		anonymous2
I dont' seem to be as saavy as some of you, but the video I'm recording is very slow and out of sync with the audio (im using the isight). i've been playing around with your suggestions and it's still not much better. My machine is the 800 MHz PowerPC G4 iMac. Can anyone tell me what setting might be better? I've been decreasing from the ones that were in the examples. Also the sound i'm recording has an echo... Lastly, thank you for being helpful and not charging $200 like Apple does.

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• Very Slow Video
  2003-10-12 20:42:55  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  I also have an iMac 800mhz and get the same problems.
• Very Slow Video
  2006-08-05 22:29:22  www.sonronjiggy.com [View]
  
  
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• Very Slow Video
  2003-07-24 19:24:38  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  I've run into the same problem. I am using the built in microphone that comes with iSight. Perhaps I'll try an external mike but it seems strange if the mike/camera combination work in iChat AV.
  
  --Bob

• Very Slow Video
  2003-07-21 08:23:31  Derrick Story | [View]
  
  
  Always hard to tell what's happening from a distance, but here's a few suggestions:
  
  Restart you Mac and don't have any other apps open that can draw away CPU power in the background.
  
  Don't use the iSight's built-in microphone. Use an external or the one built into your computer.
  
  Try your iSight on a different Mac and see how it does.
  
  Keep an eye on discussion boards to see if anyone using your specific set up is having the same problems.
  
  Good luck!
• Very Slow Video
  2004-01-01 15:43:01  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  i have a powerbook 1GHz, and my video is very choppy. I used the same settings as the tutorial guy, and it is very, very choppy.