What freeware is best for making short iSight videos to be emailed.

I have iMovie HD but it says "No Camera Attached" when I click on "iSight" even though my iSight works fine in all other programs that use it.
I need to make <30 second videos with my iSight to email to a PC user who knows little about computers.
I don't need any bells and whistles, just the video with audio to make short clips showing the progress and operation of new product prototypes to my client.
I haven't found what I need in Google yet but still looking.

Hi
Is iRecord what you want http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23939/irecord
Also if you have Quicktime pro you can record.
Tony

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