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I was wondering there is a program to capture video from your mac.
I have Wiretap Pro and it works greatfor audio, is there a video program thats equivlent? |
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Lately, I have come to prefer iShowU.
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First of all, I'd like to say that I've bought neither product. I don't need this functionality frequently enough right now to justify that. This also means that I haven't had any contact with the developer(s), so I can't attest to support quality, responsiveness to feedback or anything like that.
But if I were to need an app like this, I would happily choose iShowU without much hesitation. The biggest reason is that Snapz hasn't seen significant updates in a long time. From VersionTracker: 2.0.0: 2004-02-02 2.0.1: 2004-07-09 2.0.2: 2005-05-31 2.0.3: 2006-08-25 While some performance enhancements were made, most of the changes between 2.0.0 and 2.0.3 amount only to bug fixes and compatibility changes (support for Tiger and Intel machines). This leaves us, essentially, with a product that's over three years old. By contrast, here's some of the recent iShowU release dates: 1.28 (2007-01-22) 1.29 (2007-01-22) 1.31 (2007-01-23) 1.32 (2007-02-19) 1.33 (2007-03-04) One could assume that it's being updated so frequently due to having many bugs, but not only is that not my experience at all (it has always seemed reasonably reliable to me); it's also the case that many of these updates bring minor but notable new features. Not to mention, of course, that thanks to Sparkle, updating is a wonderfully simpel process. So in this case in particular, the frequent updates (and, by comparison, the lack thereof when it comes to Snapz) are indicative of a dedicated development team. Snapz very much feels like an outdated app, as well. It has a long history and there's nothing wrong with that, but there's no good reason it couldn't have been modernized a long time ago. I wasn't fond of the brushed metal interface iShowU used to have, but aside from that, the app was simple yet flexible. They have since moved to a much nicer 'smooth metal' chrome. I haven't done any benchmarks to compare CPU utilization between the two, which – it goes without saying – is a major issue with these kinds of applications. I have, however, been extremely pleased with recording large H.264 files in real-time with iShowU. Small files, great quality. I have a MacBook Pro, though, so your mileage may differ especially on a PowerPC Mac. Maybe there's a Snapz 3.0 coming that will be a more modern equivalent. Until then, I couldn't possibly recommend it when there's a solution that I've found to be fairly flawless. Unless, of course, you need the still image abilities of Snapz, but I can't see much use for them either; OS X's built-in options are more than flexible enough, as far as I can tell. If there is no need for halfway professional quality, by the way, there are several alternative solutions, such as http://www.unixuser.org/~euske/vnc2swf. Last edited by chucker : 2007-03-07 at 19:10. Reason: Posts merged |
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I'm going to give iShowU a try when I get the time, because it does look pretty nice. The need for Soundflower doesn't sound as great, but I wouldn't want to complain before trying it. … engrossed in such factional acts as dreaming different dreams. |
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In that context, might I suggest giving http://boredzo.org/codec-comparison/ a read. Quote:
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Once again another satisfied customer, is ther any mac question you guys can't answer?
Thanks for the info guys. |
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It takes a heck of a lot of time to hammer out a proper comparison, but I might try at some point. At the moment I can't even manage to download ffmpegX 0.0.9x r2 (been trying for a couple of days). Looks like the server is down or something. Reason I need to download it now is that I finally got a "new" Mac (12-inch PowerBook) to replace my dead iBook. If anyone knows where I can find a torrent or something that would be cool.
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Thanks for the not-so-subtle hint to get on with the comparison, DanielSmith. I did manage to download ffmpegX a couple of days after my last post in this thread. But I still haven't done the comparison and at the moment I don't have the free time.
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