MacBook Pro 2012 - video recording?

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OnceBitten

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#268607 28-Mar-2020 12:05

Ok so our Macbook Pro has heaps of stuff on it that I've never used / tried and probably don't know how use....

Now we are in the 4 week lockdown I would like to do a video recording of myself playing guitar singing a song and be able to save it and send it to some band mates past and present through messenger or e-mail / facebook

The Macbook does have a camera and we've used skype, but does it have some sort of video recording function? - it has something called garage band but that doesn't look like it will do anything.

I don't want to have to use my iphone to record it and upload it to the MacBook - would rather do it all on the macbook if possible

I don't really know where to start or what to look for on the MacBook

can someone please help? - I'm reasonably computer savvy

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#2448755 28-Mar-2020 12:38

Garageband is for music. You may be able to use QuickTime to record the video and them iMovie to edit it.

Have you kept the macOS as up-to-date as you can?

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#2448757 28-Mar-2020 12:39

The app Photo Booth on your Mac can take videos with the webcam. But, you're likely to get better quality with the iPhone, I think. May be worth trying both and seeing which gives the better result.

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#2448762 28-Mar-2020 12:46

Try QuickTime Player: File>New Movie Recording

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#2448768 28-Mar-2020 12:56

I've got quick time player so I'll try and use that and see what happens

thanks for the replies 😄

OnceBitten

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#2782492 23-Sep-2021 10:14

Yabanize:

Try QuickTime Player: File>New Movie Recording

Thanks - I finally got around to doing this last night and it worked a treat

I recorded 4 'covers' but the file sizes are huge - about 400mb each

is there some way or program I can use to condense / compress them and make them much smaller (without compromising the quality) so I'm able to post them on FB messenger or onto Youtube or something?

thanks in advance

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#2782495 23-Sep-2021 10:19

Reducing file size will almost always reduce file quality - it's a matter of finding the best compromise.

VLC will do this, but Handbrake is more intuitive to use.

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#2782523 23-Sep-2021 10:37

RunningMan:

Reducing file size will almost always reduce file quality - it's a matter of finding the best compromise.

VLC will do this, but Handbrake is more intuitive to use.

ok thanks for that - I'll look into that later tonight when I'm home

someone on a bass guitar forum I belong to said when I save the files after recording them I can save them as MP3 and that will reduce the size - but it was only my first attempt last night so I'll keep playing around and see what works best

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#2782578 23-Sep-2021 10:48

RunningMan:

Reducing file size will almost always reduce file quality - it's a matter of finding the best compromise.

VLC will do this, but Handbrake is more intuitive to use.

This,

But, Quicktime's native MOV format has little compression , using Handbrake to transcode to MP4 won't make a big quality impact, but it will make a big size reduction...

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#2783941 24-Sep-2021 22:27

OnceBitten:

is there some way or program I can use to condense / compress them and make them much smaller (without compromising the quality) so I'm able to post them on FB messenger or onto Youtube or something?

thanks in advance

YouTube and Facebook will handle large files fine, but you may want smaller ones for Messenger etc

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#2783951 24-Sep-2021 23:05

MP3 is audio only. MP4 is for video.