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Can macOSes (Big Sur v11.5.1) & Mojave v10.14.6) Photo Booth app export other video formats beside old QuickTime MOV?

Hello.


Can macOSes (Big Sur v11.5.1) & Mojave v10.14.6) Photo Booth app

export other video formats beside old QuickTime MOV? An over 2 minutes

selfie talking video is over 115 MB! Compressing into a zip file

didn't do much too. :( Does macOS even come with a free video

converter anywhere or does one have to get a third party? This is for

Mac users who don't know tech stuff. I even tried QT Player's export

with Photo Booth's video recordings, but it only lets me save as MOV

files. Did I miss something? :/


Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

MacBook Air (2020 or later)

Posted on Aug 2, 2021 4:31 PM

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Posted on Aug 2, 2021 6:57 PM

In Big Sur, right click on the file you exported from Photo Booth and from the drop down menu choose Encode Selected Video Files:


Choose a compression format that produces the size of file you want to end up with:


You will end up with a file that also has the .mov extension, but the file size will be changed (how much so depends on your Setting selection) - in the case above, choosing h.264 1080p reduced the file size by about half that of the original file.


MtD



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Aug 2, 2021 6:57 PM in response to antdude

In Big Sur, right click on the file you exported from Photo Booth and from the drop down menu choose Encode Selected Video Files:


Choose a compression format that produces the size of file you want to end up with:


You will end up with a file that also has the .mov extension, but the file size will be changed (how much so depends on your Setting selection) - in the case above, choosing h.264 1080p reduced the file size by about half that of the original file.


MtD



Aug 2, 2021 7:12 PM in response to Meg The Dog

Meg The Dog wrote:

In Big Sur, right click on the file you exported from Photo Booth and from the drop down menu choose Encode Selected Video Files:
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/7ed4326d-48f0-4029-81ef-ae5874244cbf

Choose a compression format that produces the size of file you want to end up with:

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/c6a567a5-ae89-451a-a837-5e3ddc84646d

You will end up with a file that also has the .mov extension, but the file size will be changed (how much so depends on your Setting selection) - in the case above, choosing h.264 1080p reduced the file size by about half that of the original file.

Thanks. Is this new in Big Sur? I will have to check in Mojave too later. I managed to get the original file down to 90 MB which is still a bit big. :(

Can macOSes (Big Sur v11.5.1) & Mojave v10.14.6) Photo Booth app export other video formats beside old QuickTime MOV?

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