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Video chat on an Apple Macintosh computer with friends and family has never been easier. Thanks to bundled Mac OSX applications like iChat and PhotoBooth, and many Apple computers shipping with a built-in iSight web camera, getting started with online chat is easy.
However, not all Macintosh computers include a built-in webcam or microphone. Models such as the Mac mini and Mac Pro tower desktop systems leave it up to you to hunt down a Mac compatible video and voice solution. All can let you chat with friends, family, or business associates - and allow you easily capture video clips to post on YouTube or other video sharing websites.
Once you have a webcam working on your Mac - explore the huge range of free and low-cost video chat programs available for OSX. In addition to iChat, there's Mac compatible versions of Yahoo and MSN Messenger, CamFrog, ISPQ, SightSpeed and Logitech VID. The latest versions of these programs are Cross-Platform compatible, allowing you to chat with not only other Mac users, but Windows PC folk as well. Some websites may even allow video and voice conferencing right on the webpage using Adobe's Flash plug-in or Apple's QuickTime capture abilities! Simply choose your video source and microphone input options, adjust the image and volume settings if needed - and you're ready to go.
Websites that list known, working webcams which are the right buying choice for Macintosh owners can help. But if you are doing a video transfer on the cheap, then maybe this is the only choice.
Video capture card. Someone must physically install a new video capture card into your computer. If you don't know how to do this, a local computer shop can do it for a fee. You can explain your goal of video capture to him and then get his opinion on the ability of your computer to do this. Feel free to hand him this article. Be prepared for him to laugh. He may even make fun of my article because, after all, that is what all good computer guys do. He will especially laugh if he is a PC guy and not a Mac user. Lest I digress...
Graphics card with video capture capability. This is really the coolest choice - if you are sure you are not going to be buying a new Mac. Lest I digress...
Graphics card with video capture capability. This is really the coolest choice - if you are sure you are not going to be buying a new Mac. Graphics cards with the ability to capture analog video are more efficient since they are really optimized for peak computer performance, which will put less of a processing strain on your computer and make the whole project go more smoothly. The other choices could freeze even the most robust of computers (depending on a number of other factors) much more quickly than this special graphics card choice. The downside is that these cards are much more expensive than the other options (and you will need to pay Mr. You can explain your goal of video capture to him and then get his opinion on the ability of your computer to do this. Feel free to hand him this article. Be prepared for him to laugh. He may even make fun of my article because, after all, that is what all good computer guys do.
