ISight Recording Speed

Hi there.
I recently published a video on Youtube, but when I played the video back, the audio was regular speed but the video itself was in super speed. Someone on the Youtube help forum said to check and see if my iSight webcam is recording videos as "interlaced" (he said if it is, I need to change it so it's not interlaced) and if it's recording at 29.97 FPS (frames per second.)
This is all way above my head, so where would I go on my Macbook Pro to check these settings?
Thanks!

Saralaise wrote:
Hi EZ Jim,
How do I change the format of my videos?
How you do that depends on which app you use to modify your videos.
Your Mac's Help for the app you use gives you the answers.
I usually use QuickTime7 Pro: http://store.apple.com/us/product/D3380Z/A
QT7Pro Help for "Customizing Video Export Settings" gives details or you can see this web version:
  http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=QuickTime%20Player/7/en/c4qt3.html
For large projects or those I have imported into iMovie 8 (the iMovie from iLife '09) for editing,
follow the iMovie instructions for "Publishing directly to YouTube" or see this web version:
  http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iMovie/8.0/en/10338.html
Unless you are accustomed to QT Pro, you may find iMovie's YouTube menu item easier to use.
If you use some other Mac app to edit or modify you video, check its Help.
Help in Mac apps usually answers all your questions, but it is always a good place to start.
FWIW, I imported a short video clip into iMovie and tested an upload via the iMovie > Share > YouTube.... Following the instructions resulted in a YT video that worked correctly.
You might want to delete your YT problem video and upload it again from iMovie using those instructions.
We will watch for your status update.
Jim
Message was edited by: EZ Jim
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