drw1976 wrote:
I have tried to use the iMovie application to record video sessions via Skype but I am not sure if this is possible. The Help instruction tsay to click the mode switch to set iMovie to built-in camera mode but i do not see this function. Does this mean I do not have the correct version of iMovie or that my computer is not compatible for this function?
You cannot use your built-in iSight for video in two applications (Skype and iMovie) at the same time.
I do not see any built-in ability to record video calls in Skype's video features page:
http://tinyurl.com/239gqgf
The easiest way for you to record Skype video is to add
http://ecamm.com/mac/callrecorder/
You will find many other possibilities if you search the web for "+how to record Skype video call?+" (without the quotation marks.) You may find many other perfectly acceptable alternatives, but I have always had good results with ecamm products and can recommend them in good conscience.
If you are determined to use iMovie, I can suggest two ways to record a Skype video call using iMovie:
(1) Run Skype on one Mac
• Run iMovie on a second Mac pointing at the first Mac's display.
(2) Connect an external webcam to your Mac. (With more than one camera, iMovie will show both.)
• Launch iMovie and select the external cam as the video recording source.
• Point the external cam at your Mac's display.
• Launch Skype and verify that your built-in iSight is the cam that Skype will use.
• Start your Skype call and set the window size, brightness, and location.
• Adjust the iMovie cam to show the part of your display you want to record and start recording.
Call Recorder seems a
much better ways to record your Skype videos than either of these.
*For Snow Leopard users wanting to record Skype video*: you can record your entire display regardless of what app is running by using the QuickTimeX (version 10.x) that is bundled with Mac OS X 10.6.x. (10.5.8's QuickTime does not offer this screen recording feature.) QTX records only the full screen, so a product like Call Recorder may still be of interest to SL users who want to record less than full screen calls.
Message was edited by: EZ Jim
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