Quicktime video recording stops at 10:55 in MacOS Monterey

Me too, I have the same problem with 10:55 min regardless built-in camera or external camera (Brio). It has nothing to do with the screensaver because I did test it while did my stuff... it stopped at 10:55. MacOS Monterey has to do with it. Wait to find out what is the solution. Pretty much depending on it for my projects. As of now, I am using my iphone 13 but it is inconvenient.

Getting that setting changed won't help. I'm using an M1 Mac mini on 12.0.1 so it doesn't have that same disk sleep timer in the System Report like yours, since it's always on AC power.

Yet, I still have the same 10:55 stoppage. Glad I found this thread, I was about to lose my mind! Guess I'll just have to wait for a fix...

Ok, so here's an update on mine. Not sure if this will be a quick fix for anyone else.

I have a mid-2015 15 inch MacBook Pro with the Dual Graphics (1.5 GB Intel/2GB AMD). So I have a USB 3.0 on the left and a USB 3.0 on the right. I've been recording off of a Video Capture device (It's an HDMI to USB 3.0 interface). I found that if I use the USB port on the right of the MacBook Pro, the recording stop at 10:55 every single time in Quicktime. However if I use the USB port on the left side of the MacBook Pro, there is no recording cap in Quicktime. (I'm specifying Quicktime as I don't have this issue in any other recording program on either USB port). I have to do some more testing, but that's what I have so far. If you're recording from a port (whether it be a thunderbolt port, USB-A, or USB-C port) try using a different port to test. Or if using a hub, try removing the hub to see if that makes a difference.

Looking forward to seeing if anyone has any different results.

Just tried your suggestion. Previously ran into this issue on my M1 Mac mini with my USB capture device plugged into USB-A via Thunderbolt-connected CalDigit Element hub.

I tried plugging the capture device directly into the Mac mini's rear ports, and unfortunately still stopped at 10:55.

It is resolved. I made the adjustment with the battery options... Make sure that all boxes in "Battery" option are unchecked except "Optimized battery charging" and "Show battery status in menu bar" and go to "Power Adapter" option to uncheck all boxes. It is important that "Turn display off after:" changed to "Never" on both "Battery" and "Power Adapter". I tested it and the camera recording ran more than 20 minutes without abruptly stopped it.

Mine is 2019 Macbook Pro. I did wipe out the hard drive and re-installed everything (no back up system). Before I made a change with the power preference. it still had a problem with 10:55 minute then I changed the power preference and it solved the problem. If you are considering to wipe out the format, but be sure to save data (not back up process by Time machine app), reinstall then change the power preference. Let me know how it goes. Good luck.

Same boat….MacBook Pro 2019…upgraded to MacOS Monterey. QuickTime will not record after 10:55. I’m transferring VHS to digital. I’ve change power preferences and a clean install. The more activity on this thread, more likely apple will address the issue.

there is a lot of VHS talk going on here what are you guys recording videos of time capsule porn? Haha. I have not had the 10:55 issue with recording on high, still stops on maximum at 10:55 when I use my 2020 MacBook Pro M1 running Monterey using a Logitech c920s webcam. However, the 10:55 problem I am nowhere near a solution when using same equipment and same OS on my 21.5 inch iMac 5K retina desktop. So, Apple, please make my Monterey, Monterey, Monterey…Monterey problems please make them go away..

Same issue for me on 2019 MacBook Pro i9 w/ 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD capturing 4k from Sony a6400 on an ElGato CamLink 4k.

This setup worked fine for me before upgrading to Monterey and now fails every time I get to the 10:56 mark with "Excellent" video quality setting. (file size is about 49GB)

This is a ridiculously bad bug, Apple!

I'm having the exact same issue. Ever since upgrading to Monterey, many apps that I use daily are broken and useless. I've tried using other applications like Photo Booth in place of Quicktime for video recording, but any file over the 10:55 mark ends up corrupted once recording has stopped.

I have the same problem, but only when recording is set to 1080p. I have this with two BRIOs.

Setup: Mac mini M1 16G RAM, MacOS 12.0.1 Monterrey

2x Logitech BRIO cams, going via USB hub in my monitor to port on back of Mac Mini. I use two copies of Quicktime so I can record two cameras at once (why this isn't a native feature, I'll never know).

I used Logitech Camera Settings to set the zoom on both to a custom level, so one is more cropped than the other, and both are more zoomed than minimum. Otherwise standard settings.

If I set to "High" resolution, QuickTime seems to record indefinitely. I haven't tested this, but haven't had a problem up to 20 mins.

If I use Zoom, both cameras work fine indefinitely. Again, haven't tested this, but have had meetings over 1 hour with no problems.

If I set to "Maximum Resolution", QuickTime just stops recording at 10:56, on both cams with no warning. I have a feeling that once it worked for longer, but that seems unreliable at best - most of the time it stops.

I'm having the same issue as everyone in this thread. I have a 2020 six-core Intel iMac with 16GB RAM, 500GB SSD with nearly 300GB free, a 2TB external hard disk, Radeon Pro 5300 GPU and running the latest version of Monterey. My capture setup is a generic USB HDMI capture device, which connects to an AV-to-HDMI converter box that takes the video signal out of my VHS player.

I use QuickTime as a first step in digitizing VHS tapes. I record in QT first, then import it into Final Cut Pro for further editing and color adjustment. Before Monterey, I was able to record using this setup without issues. Last night during another recording session, I too discovered that QuickTime only records up to 10:55 with the vague error "Recording Stopped". What got recorded appears to be fine both audio and video right up to the 10:55 mark. I am running no other applications other than Amphetamine to keep the display from sleeping during recording. Amphetamine never interfered with the recording process under Big Sur. I have set recording quality to "High". I have yet to test and see if "Maximum" changes anything.

I reached out to Apple Support on Twitter, and they suggested creating a new user account as a troubleshooting step. I did that, and under that account, QT recordings don't suddenly stop at 10:55 like they do under my main account.

I have yet to test and see if this recording bug affects any capture device I connect to my iMac, though judging by the other replies, those devices may see the same issue. This is a rather severe QuickTime bug that only affects my main user account. It's rather annoying that I may have to possibly create either an entire separate user account just for recording video from my device or find a different app for recording.

An update on my situation:

Now the new account trick isn't working either. Test account one began to experience the recording bug while attempting another try at video capture. I set up Amphetamine before recording, and I assumed that is what was causing the bug. So I did some test recordings after closing the Amphetamine app and using the default power settings. The bug still occurs.

Went ahead and deleted test account one and created test account two. I'm encountering the recording bug on test account two right away with no third-party apps set up or running. Amphetamine wasn't set up and is disabled completely.

Apple support was supposed to give me a phone call yesterday afternoon, but the call never came at the scheduled time. Despite that, I will let the support chat know about my test accounts experiencing the recording issue.

As a last resort, I tried running QuickTime via terminal to see if any errors or messages appeared when the recordings fail. No such messages appear.

Frustrating....