USB camera recording issues
Screenflow 10 records mac's built-in camera properly.
However, when I plug in my SONY alpha 5100 through an usb capture card, it takes the 16:9 video and stretches it to 4:3. It's annoying. Screenflow 9 recorded that same camera on the same computer properly.
Interestingly, when setting up the recording and rendering the preview of the camera image, it's shown in 16:9 ratio. But in the recording monitor and the recording itself, it's stretched to 4:3.
Best,
Mat
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Mat Milbury said:
However, when I plug in my SONY alpha 5100 through an usb capture card, it takes the 16:9 video and stretches it to 4:3. It's annoying.Which capture card?
What camera output settings and what settings in ScreenFlow Configure Recording?Mat Milbury said:
it takes the 16:9 video and stretches it to 4:3.Can you provide a visual example?
Which Mac Model and macOS?
What is the behavior in Quicktime Movie recording?Have you updated to ScreenFlow 10.0.2 and checked again?
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It's a no name capture card from amazon https://www.amazon.com/Capture-Streaming-Teaching-Conference-Broadcasting/dp/B095JL29VS/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=capture+card&qid=1624979808&sr=8-6
It's MacBook Pro 16-inch 2019, Intel i9, 64GB RAM, AMD Radeon Pro 5600M 8GB with macOS Big Sur
I'm running the latest ScreenFlow version as of time of writing - 10.0.2
Quicktime Movie records properly.
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Mat Milbury
What macOS version of BigSur?
See this button
What Options do you have there or is selected?
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BigSur 11.2.3
tried both 'Automatic' and '1280x720' - neither fixed the problem.
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Mat Milbury I have the same capture device.
When you capture it in ScreenFlow 10 what do you see here?
To get there after capture.
Tested on
M1 MBP macOS 11.4
ScreenFlow 10
Sony PXW-Z90v set to 1920x1080.
Shows as 1024x728
ScreenFlow 9 is 1920x1080
Quicktime Movie recording is 1920x1080
Looks like ScreenFlow 10 may be squishing the image.
Please check Metadata in ScreenFlow 10 as shown above to confirm
Started Investigation FLOW-11174
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ScreenFlow 10 with recording resolution set to 'Automatic':
While in ScreenFlow 9 the resulting recording is 1920x1080 and so does Quicktime Movie.
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Mat Milbury Thanks for confirming.
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I have exactly the same issue as Matt, Panasonic GX8 into no name capture card (not same one as Matt) running Catalina. It was /is fine on Screenflow 9.0.7
very disappointed having paid for upgrade this morning. Hope there is a fix soon-
mark owen The fix is coming very soon.
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CraigS I am getting these results after my paid upgrade, regardless of what settings I choose. Frustrating. Using EsthePro 1080p web camera on MacBook Pro 16 inch-2019, 2.6 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7, 16 GB 2667 MHz DDR4, BigSur 11.4
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Blaine Hoffmann
Do you have another webcam you can test with to compare?
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CraigS the built-in camera works fine, except that it is only 720, and looks terrible by itself, which is why I have been using the external 1080p with no problems until upgrading this morning.
Camera has always been connected via Apple USB dongle to USB-c. -
CraigS Using EsthePro 1080p web camera on MacBook Pro 16 inch-2019, 2.6 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7, 16 GB 2667 MHz DDR4, BigSur 11.4
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mark owen See forum private message.
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CraigS the beta fixes it for me - MANY THANKS!
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mark owen Thanks for confirming.
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Blaine Hoffmann said:
EsthePro 1080p web camerBlaine Hoffmann said:
connected via Apple USB dongle to USB-c.How does it look in Quicktime Movie Recording?
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CraigS Do you mean playing in QuickTime?
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CraigS I have not used QuickTime to record before, but it seems to just default to built-in webcam, which is not an issue with Screenflow.
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Blaine Hoffmann said:
Do you mean playing in QuickTime?Recording the webcam in Quicktime. You can choose external cameras and webcams.
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Blaine Hoffmann And in ScreenFlow 10.0.2 what frame size are you seeing after the recording?
Using a Logitech C920 I have no issue with the frame rate but the frame size is 1024x576 although it should be 1920x1080
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CraigS Where would I check this? I set it to record in 1920 x 1080, but it always inserts smaller when adding to the timeline. Color is washed out and framerate off.
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CraigS
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Blaine Hoffmann That's it. Thanks for confirming. We're testing a fix for this.
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CraigS WooHoo! Fixes color, frame rate as well? In theory that is, LOL.
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