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PHOTOBOOTH! NO SOUND!!!!

what is going on here? seriously? i've tried to find a trend but i can't. I've come to the conclusion, that randomly Photobooth will not record the sound during a video record. sometimes it records and plays back and other times all you see is your lips moving? what the he** is going on here? i mean i've been having this problem since i got Leopard. why hasn't Apple sent out an update for it? this is so dumb. anyone know how to fix it? or highjack it (trick it to work)-like every other part of the Mac OS.

MacBook Pro!!, Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Nov 24, 2007 9:48 PM

33 replies

wsstefan

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Aug 16, 2008 9:32 AM in response to DoTcOmNaMe

I can reproduce the problem.

Once the clip is over 2 minutes there is no audio. I record 2 clips back to back, one is 1:58 and the other 2:02 and only the first has audio. My guess is the buffer allocated for the audio only holds to minutes and when i reaches the end the audio throws an exception.

I feel like this used to work for longer clips earlier this year.

Sep 2, 2008 6:50 PM in response to wsstefan

Hmm i've had the same issue.. but odly have you guys tried playing the clips using the VLC video player rather than in quicktime. When i do this i can hear the sound.. I'm just looking at a way of converting the clip so it works in quicktime too...

A sort of mini fix at least

DoTcOmNaMe Author

Level 1

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Nov 25, 2007 12:50 PM in response to DoTcOmNaMe

anybody else having this problem?
anyone know how to correct it?
anything would be greatly appreciated. thanx.

bdevos

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Nov 25, 2007 2:57 PM in response to DoTcOmNaMe

I have the exact same problem.
That's why I found your post ... I thought I forgot to activate something or stop micro in some way before taking the video, but it appears to be random indeed ...

DoTcOmNaMe Author

Level 1

27 points

Nov 25, 2007 4:00 PM in response to bdevos

yea. i still dont know whats going on. i mean DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE THIS PROBLEM? this is verging on ridiculous.

Dec 3, 2007 6:26 PM in response to RutgerKirkels

i have never been able to record sound in the new photo booth and i've tried on an imac and a macbook pro both fully up to date.

is it supposed to record sound?
what gives?

Dec 9, 2007 10:21 PM in response to Carol Anand

no it does not have to do with the length of the clip as far as i can tell

Adam White

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1,325 points

Dec 9, 2007 10:48 PM in response to agentswitters

I don't mean to sound flip. but has everyone checked their Input settings in Sys Prefs?

I am always one for just checking the basics.

Adam

Dec 10, 2007 8:01 AM in response to Adam White

my input settings are for internal mic and sensitivity is all the way up.

+ it works sometimes and sometimes it doesn't... thats the problem

Dec 24, 2007 11:30 AM in response to DoTcOmNaMe

I just wanted to echo that I'm having the same problem. Sometimes photo booth records sound and other times it does not. Really annoying... Especially when the clips are long.

edreggi

Level 1

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Dec 24, 2007 12:17 PM in response to DoTcOmNaMe

Hey I think I have a fix. It seems if you unplug your iSight from the firewire pot and put it back in - the sound seems to come back!

Dec 24, 2007 12:43 PM in response to edreggi

That's not possible for me, as I have a built-in iSight...

deano_97

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Mar 12, 2008 4:10 PM in response to Princess Sally

yep having the same problem! just thought i'd add my name to this growing list
help us apple!

Mar 12, 2008 8:22 PM in response to deano_97

Uhmm

How are you recording audio OR a movie in Photo Booth? As far as I can tell, it takes pictures, not movies...

Mar 13, 2008 7:26 PM in response to Jeffrey Lee

There is a little icon in Photo Booth that lets you make movies.

And I have the same no recording of audio thing :-\

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