OS X :: Screen Recording Performance Choppy And Inconsistent?
Aug 27, 2010
I have been trying out all the normal programs for Mac screen recording (iShow U HD, Snapz Pro X, Screenium, Screenflow, even Adobe Captivate!) but not of them run smoothly at ~30 FPS on my 2009 MacBook Pro, they are very choppy and inconsistent. Is this just an issue of lack of hardware, and if I get a beefier machine, it will run better?
The MBP specs are: 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo w/ 4GB RAM
Also, on a slightly different note, when I go to upload some of the more simple, less choppy videos to Youtube, they lose a LOT of quality. Any tips on uploading? I use .FLV or .MOV typically, but they never look very good at all xD once they upload.
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Oct 15, 2009
Not Snow Leopard.
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Dec 10, 2009
What application do you recommend for screen recording? I'm currently using IShowU HD Pro, but was wondering if there are even better softwares out there for screen capture?
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Jan 12, 2010
I remember reading some threads pre-SL days where people mentioned a new Screen Recording tool. But I can't find it anywhere.
I'm interested in recording my desktop (keynote, videos, audio, me) for education purposes. I'm demoing Screenflow now (love it to death) but are there any native options that I'm missing? Was this tool added to SL and I just can't find it?
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Mar 3, 2010
I need some good free screen recording software for Mac OSX. I have looked on Google and some other forums, and all the decent+ ones cost money. If of course you can only get a decent one by buying it, I'll have to buy one, though if you do know of any good free ones can you post em here?
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Mar 9, 2012
Once in a while, the iMac screen is black and the machine is does not rsepond. I have this alarm going on and on. I did a screen recording of the alarm unsing my iPhone.
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To use the iMac, the only thing I can do, is hold the power button to restart the iMac. HD was erase, Lion reinstal following Kappy's tips
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-sometime, iMac is not responding very well, it is **** slow...
-I can't select Apple Screen Savers in preference, the screen saver going on is always my iPhoto library...
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Mac OS X (10.7.3), 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
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Jul 3, 2012
I want to make training videos. I still can zoom in while doing screen recording with Quicktime in my MacBookPro Lion. But when I played back, there's no zoom in in the movies.
I've tried to set the things in Universal Access-seeing-options- and tick 'use scrool keys modifier....' but still didn't work. Restarted the mbp, still didn't work.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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Jun 15, 2009
Was playing around with Quicktime X's new screen recording feature for a few days now and thought I'd share a sample video with you guys. Surprisingly good quality I think. Take a look over at
http://michaelflux.com/other/videos/sr4.mov (40MB file)
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Feb 19, 2012
I was making a screen recording for a video tutorial and when I finished, it stuck itself on "finishing." I haven't been able to force quit it in the dock or in Activity Monitor. I cannot shut my computer off or restart it. I have a 21.5' iMac running Mac OS X Lion version 10.7.3. My processor is 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5. I have 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3 memory. Here is a screenshot.
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Apr 24, 2012
With so many applications claiming superior on-screen capturing abilities, I wonder what you think are among the best.
This is one I found: [URL]
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.4)
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Jun 16, 2012
I made several screen records on Quicktime player, but now they don't work. These were all working fine and then suddenly I have video but no sound.
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Dec 22, 2010
My son wants to record his Call of Duty battles. I tried using Quicktime screen recording. It sort of worked but I have a blurry bar on the right side and bottom. Am I asking to much of my iMac (2.66 C2D with ATI 2600)? I quit other apps and made sure that I was not paging out to the HDD. How to improve the quality of the recording?
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May 24, 2010
I have the aluminum unibody macbook from I think 2008 with the 2.0 ghz and 2 gigs of ram. I was on iChat with a friend the other day and wanted to record our conversation. So I fired up QuickTime X and started the screen recording function. When we were finished (a good 15 mins later) I pressed stop on the screen recording and everything seemed fine. I went back today to make notes and it only recorded 6 minutes of our conversation!! My computer was really working hard on the fan keeping it cool from all the cpu usage but I thought everything was fine. Could it have overheated and caused QuickTime to stop recording? Or another explanation?
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Nov 5, 2010
Is there any software out there that's cheap (or free) for Mac that allows you to record a video/audio session of your desktop? I'm talking about software similar to what Adobe Captivate and Camtasia do.
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Dec 5, 2010
Does anyone know of a completely free application that will allow me to take screen recordings and have a video of me talking in the corner simultaneously? I know there are high-end versions of this, but I just want something that will get the job done.
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Jan 19, 2009
What is a good software for making demos? Mainly I'm looking for something that i can use to record screens of my mac pro and create a quicktime move out of it so that i can use it for training purposes. I read about SnapzPro but was wondering if there is anything else available.
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May 24, 2010
I want to record video and audio of what I am doing on my Screen Via IMAC. Can anyone recommend a good Application to achieve just that. Would prefer freeware but if it needs to be a paid application so be it.
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Jun 16, 2012
i would like to know if you pause a screen recording using quicktime player?
Info:MacBookPro
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Apr 24, 2009
With the introduction of Snow Leopard, QuickTime Player will assume more of a utilitarian role, with screen recording features reportedly joining the software's exiting repertoire of basic audio and video capture capabilities. People familiar with the latest betas of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard have been reporting over the past several weeks the addition of a 'Screen recording' option in the File menu of the new Quick Time X Player due to ship with the OS overhaul later this summer.
Similar in many ways to a feature long offered by Ambrosia Software through its Snapz Pro X utility, the option will allow users to capture in motion video their Mac's screen -- essentially video screenshots. Such a feature will be particularly useful for software developers and educators, as it will simplify the process of creating video tutorials, software demonstrations, and anything else best captured in live motion as opposed to still shots.
When selecting the screen recording option under recent pre-release distributions of Snow Leopard, a recording interface prompts the user to begin a video capture then disappears. A small footprint controller in the upper-right hand side of the Mac OS X menubar can be used to end the video capture. While its unclear if the feature is fully functional in build 10A335 released Thursday, it wasn't in earlier builds, often creating an empty .mov file, those familiar with the software say. An artist's mockup of the minimal QuickTime X Player window interface with the "trim" tools overlay.
QuickTime X -- along with the minimal-interfaced QuickTime X Player (renditions) -- leverages media technology pioneered by Apple for the iPhone OS. When it makes its debut on the Mac with Snow Leopard, it'll offer optimize support for modern audio and video formats resulting in extremely efficient media playback, the company has said. [ View this article at AppleInsider.com ]
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Dec 10, 2009
I'm planning on adding how to videos to my site (flash) so that its easier for my customer to understand how to use a page. Ie instead of trying to explain common things in a FAQ I would have a video actually showing them. Ideally I'll be able to record my actions on screen and my voice as I describe what I'm doing. I'm willing to pay for the app, but just not that much ie less than $100. Now I don't need an all in one, for instance if there is a free app to do screen recording and another free app that can record my voice and another to merge them together I'm fine with that. I understand that free is free and I have to deal with some of the headaches. Any advice as to what software I would need. A quick google for mac screen recording brings a bunch of results.
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Jun 27, 2010
I always thought that Apple prided itself on consistency and aesthetics. So why is there inconsistency in the look and feel of between the windows of different apps and within one app itself? I'm looking at you iMovie. Scrolling bars can also slightly vary in width between apps. Personally I like the brushed metal. I understand that some people think that it looks "dated", but what does that mean anyway? The pyramids look dated too, but they're still cool. I don't like the grey & grey-blue look (iTunes). To my eye it comes off as cheap (Windows-like) looking. I also don't like the semi-transparent charcoal look, because I don't like light text on dark backgrounds...just a preference.
Also with that look there is a different feel. The red, yellow, green buttons are dark until mouse over. This decreases a quick visual understanding, and if you prefer cmd keys, mouse over is irrelevant. Shouldn't the OS enforce consistency between apps? Couldn't the OS allow the user to choose the look and feel of the windows across all apps? Not that Apple would likely allow that choice. Anyway, whatever the future holds for the UI, I hope it's consistent and aesthetically functional. I'll also hold out against hope that Apple offers 2 or 3 choices.
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Sep 24, 2010
Just today I received a (refurbished) airport express in the mail. I had trouble setting it up at first, but finally was able to create a network. Since then I've been having numerous problems. I've tried searching the internet and this forum for a situation similar to mine.
I have a cable modem running to the airport express via ethernet. I also have a printer plugged into it. All of my software is up-to-date (including the airport express), the light on the device is green, and I've restarted the modem, airport express, and computer. I am running 10.6.4 on a MacBook Pro (2.26 GHz).
Here are some of the problems I am having:
1. When I try to connect to my network in System Preferences, it will ask for my password. Once I type in the password and click okay, the dialog box asking for a password pops up again after having already entered it.
2. When I try to connect to my network using the Airport tab in the menu bar, it will either:
A) Tell me my password is incorrect (even though it's the correct one, which is stupid because it's a password remembered in keychain).
B) Tell me that the "Connection timed out"
3. Once I finally get connected to my network, I have to ***** with "Network Diagnostics" and "System Preferences" to get the thing to actually connect to the internet. Usually this means renewing my DHCP lease, etc.
4. Once everything is in working order (I'm on the internet, printer can print wirelessly, etc) the internet will drop out after about 5-10 minutes.
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Feb 11, 2009
I'm all of the sudden having problems with the airport connection in my MacBook Pro laptop at home. In areas where it used to work---a week ago--the signal comes and goes from 4-5 bars to all of the sudden none and I am disconnected from my wireless internet. Nothing else has changed (cable modem, wireless router).
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May 28, 2010
I have been having an odd issue with iWeb and just recently Pages where letter spacing is horribly inconsistent making reading (and typing) quite difficult to do. The effect is quite random, but what happens is that all of a sudden, both of these programs will not space letters properly. For example, in the phrase: "hello world" the phrase might display correctly in program, the spacing between random characters in one word (such as e and l in the first phrase) may be scrunched close together or spread out a bit (usually the former). The only programs that I have seen exhibit this is Pages and iWeb. The odd thing is that the text shows up correctly in other extensions (like when I upload my iWeb page to mobile me), but if I convert my pages document to PDF, the character spacing problems retain.
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Aug 11, 2010
All, I'm a complete Mac newbie, just made the switch from Windows, so I apologize if similar topics have been discussed a million times, but I've been unable to find an answer to my specific issue.
I recently purchased a 13" MBP (OS X 10.6.4), and have dual 22" Acer monitors that I prefer to use when at my desk (I close the MBP and use an external keyboard/mouse). I have the Apple mini DP to DVI connector, which works fine for driving the first monitor, then I have a generic (bought on ebay) DVI to USB connector that was working for about 2 weeks, now it no longer does. It runs off of the DisplayLink 1.6.2 beta driver (1.5 wouldn't work). The first time I simply installed the driver, had the MBP open, then plugged in the USB connection and it was detected. I then closed the MBP, and would then put the MBP to sleep, return and it would still recognize it. This time I shut down the MBP, returned and it doesn't recognize the monitor.
I've tried everything I can think of, from uninstalling/reinstalling the driver, to keeping the MBP open in hopes of it recognizing the second monitor, but no luck.
I'm trying to avoid shelling out for a Matrox device, but even then I'm not convinced that it will work. I'm assuming it's a driver issue, so I'm trying to also avoid anything that requires using a driver, but of course everything seems to use the same DisplayLink driver.
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Aug 21, 2014
I am looking at files with the Finder in "column" format. When I select a file in the list, I see a preview of its content as well as details, like the kind of file, its size and the creation, modification and last access timestamps. The strange thing is that the dates are formatted differently for different files. I have seen the following variants:
Friday, August 15, 2008 at 24:47
Aug 7, 2012, 22:30
14/09/13, 06:23
I can't see any reason why the formatting would be different. Obviously ls and stat show no difference: they consistently show the same formatting. For example, for a file that the finder shows as "14/09/13, 06:23", here is what ls and stat show:
$ ls -l /Volumes/DATA/Photos/2013/57998_1789225293766_1545314_n.jpg
-rw-rw-rw-@ 1 albert staff 82025 Sep 14 2013 /Volumes/DATA/Photos/2013/57998_1789225293766_1545314_n.jpg
Alberts-MacBook-Pro:~ albert$ stat /Volumes/DATA/Photos/2013/57998_1789225293766_1545314_n.jpg
16777222 38276 -rw-rw-rw- 1 albert staff 0 82025 "Aug 21 18:01:35 2014" "Sep 14 06:23:52 2013" "Aug 21 17:43:27 2014" "Aug 21 17:43:27 2014" 4096 168 0 /Volumes/DATA/Photos/2013/57998_1789225293766_1545314_n.jpg
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1), 10.9.3 actually
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Sep 23, 2009
I recently started using iWork 09 & love the apps, but not the look. The grey toolbar buttons are inconsistent with other OS X UI elements & too bland IMO. Here you can compare Pages, TextEdit & OpenOffice. My vote goes for the Aqua buttons in TextEdit, OpenOffice and most other OS X apps.
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Dec 21, 2009
So I spilled orange juice on my 2.26ghz mid 2009 Macbook pro keyboard. I turned it off right away unplugged it and turned it upside down. I took the back off and cleaned and dried it all out. after letting it dry for a while I turned it on and everything seems to be working normally apart from a few sticky keys which I'm slowly taking off and cleaning and the facet that the keyboard lighting is no longer consistent. So my question is How does the keyboard lighting work exactly and how might I go about fixing it? here are some photos so you can see what exactly is going on.
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Apr 26, 2012
Parental controls:
1. Some apps don't show up all the in control list.
2. Logs are very inconsistent, app log many times is blank.
Very new factory install of 10.7.3.
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Aug 19, 2010
Does anyone know of any Mac software that records video games well? Something like a Mac version of FRAPS (a screen recording software that records games well). I don't care if its free or not.
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