I like recording videos of myself on Youtube. When I had my netbook, an Acer Aspire One, I used a wonderful program called Debut Video Capture Software. But I no longer have said computer and my IBM Thinkpad X32 doesn't have a camera. So I've been using Photo Booth on the Macbook. Many times, I can view the video perfectly fine in Photo Booth, but when I upload it to Youtube, it cuts off. I never know when it will do this and each cut-off point is different, even with videos of the same length. Whenever I've tried reuploading these videos, they just cut off at the same point. I love the ease of use of Photo Booth, but is there another accessible program for the Mac that I could use? I'm using Snow Leopard if that helps.
Even better would be a program that works with Windows XP, since uploading with that os is now possible with a screenreader. I tried using Debut with a program called Virtual Camera, which uses a still image to act like a webcam but it slowed down my computer so much that I was barely able to use it. I'm not sure which of the programs did this, but I'm willing to get a cheap webcam to see if that will solve the problem. My computer is running a 2ghz processor and has 512mb of ram, which I fully intend on upgrading to 2gb, but I don't have the monitary means to do that right now. At any rate, I found something that might work for my needs. It's called the Labtec 1200 and it's selling at Amazon for only 9.95 and at other places for about $16. It can make videos as well as take still pictures. They say the resolution and frame rate are bad but that doesn't matter to me, since I always cover the lens. I got sick of people telling me that it was too light/dark, that they couldn't see my face or that they only saw half my face etc. But I do care if their software is accessible, since I'm not sure if I could just plug the camera in and use it. Has anyone ever tried this camera or a Labtec product? If so, how easy was the installation and will my computer use it's built-in microphone or is there one on the camera? Thanks, Eleni For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
