Photo booth video recording not working

I was recording a video with photo booth and while it was recording it was showing that the record button was on and that it was recording. But when i went to view it had only recorded 30 seconds of it. I didnt change the screen or touch the computer. Someone help please.
oh and right before it had been working fine...

HI,
Try deleting this file.
com.apple.PhotoBooth.plist
~/Library/Preferences.
Move that fileo to the Trash and restart your Mac.
If you need help navigating and locating .plist files, go here.
http://web.me.com/carolynssamit/CarolynsMac_Blog/Path_for_.plistfiles.html
Carolyn

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