Quicktime Broadcaster error - disk is full?

[jimthorn]

I was experimenting with Quicktime Broadcaster for the first time today as a way to record video from my iSight. I read an article about doing it here. Anyhow, it seems to work except for one big thing: when I begin broadcasting, after about one second, I get an error message telling me that "The disk is almost full. Recording has been stopped, but broadcasting will continue." I have over 20GB free, and I set the app to save files into my Movies folder. All that saves is a 4KB file before it stops, probably just file headers with no video. Anybody know what I'm doing wrong?

 

[Rower_CPU]

Hmm, that's an interesting one. I'm not seeing anything similar on Apple's support discussions.

Have you tried other cameras and/or computers?

 

[jimthorn]

I don't currently have any other Macs or cameras. I have successfully done this using iRecordNow, but that app is no longer in beta and requires a license fee of $14.95. Don't get me wrong, I have no problem paying for shareware that I use, but I wanted to try Apple's own free Quicktime Broadcaster before I shelled out the cash.

 

[Rower_CPU]

I'll have to try this at work tomorrow on my iSight there and see what happens...

 

[jimthorn]

I should point out that I'm running 10.3 Panther, but I am not using FileVault.

I also discovered another article that suggests that iRecordNow is better at recording iSight video to the HD than Quicktime Broadcaster (audio/video sync issues), so I may just give up on this and buy the other app.

It's still an odd error though.

 

[Rower_CPU]

I'm getting the same error on FileVault-less 10.3 with an iSight and a DV camcorder.

Looks like another possible Panther bug...

 

[jimthorn]

Glad to hear it's not just me. Thanks.

 

[valencio]

Possible Solution

Try running the periodic maintenance scripts from terminal:

sudo periodic monthly
sudo periodic weekly
sudo periodic daily

Doing this more than doubled the amount of time I can record using Broadcaster, although I'm still getting that stupid message after about 2.6GB.

 

[vidjan]

We have The Applecare Support and when talking to them
they transfered me to Mario at Enterprise Servers and
Said he knows what the problem is but first I need to
Pay $199.95 for The Enterprise Server Support.

Are we suppose to pay for solutions for Bugs in Panther?

 

[FuzzyBallz]

We have The Applecare Support and when talking to them
they transfered me to Mario at Enterprise Servers and
Said he knows what the problem is but first I need to
Pay $199.95 for The Enterprise Server Support.

Are we suppose to pay for solutions for Bugs in Panther?

LOL, good old AppleCare.