Filed under: Hardware, Software, Video
iVeZeen turns your webcam into a digital camcorder
Imagine you want to create a quick, no-frills video of the kids to send off to your far-flung relatives and friends. The kind of thing for which dragging out the DV camera, exporting your footage into iMove and compressing the carefully edited result seems like overkill (and too much of a hassle). If you're in this situation, and you've got a webcam, check out iVeZeen. More after the jump.Use iVeZeen's simple interface (and we mean simple...there's one single button, labeled "Record") and list of preset recording options to create videos with your webcam. Choose from No Compression (640x480), iMovie PAL (DV Stream), web and email optimization, even a new iPod-friendly setting.
What's more, you can set iVeZeen to begin recording when it detects motion, or via a voice command or Applescript (if that one button interface is too tricky for you). iVeZeen requires Mac OS X v10.3 or later (10.4 is recommended) and QuickTime 6.4 or later (QuickTime 7 is recommended). The website notes that while the Apple iSight is fully supported, you may not be able to make use of all the features with other IIDC, firewire or USB cameras. iVeZeen costs $14.95US.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
marcello said 8:10AM on 10-21-2005
ehi! look!
it does the same things that the software that came with my cr*ppy logitech webcam did!
and it costs only 14.95$.
wow! that surely is a bargain!!!
bah...
m
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Oliver said 11:06AM on 10-21-2005
If you've got an iSight you can do this with iMovie or QuickTime broadcaster (one is a free download and the other comes free with your mac).
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nailerr said 2:18PM on 10-21-2005
I'm fairly certain this is what "New Movie Recording" does in Quicktime 7, what with it having one big record button and all..
Ok so it does not have motion detection but I'd hardly miss that feature :P
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nailerr said 2:21PM on 10-21-2005
I'm fairly certain this is what "New Movie Recording" does in Quicktime 7, what with it having one big record button and all..
Ok so it does not have motion detection but I'd hardly miss that feature :P
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Nate said 12:56PM on 10-22-2005
This software is really good. It gives you alot more options than quicktime, you can adjust everything from the white balance to the focus of your isight manually.
You can't beat that.
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