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(More customer reviews)I have both Mac and PC, and have tried this recorder in both systems.
With Windows (in my case, a fresh install of Windows Vista) it recorded a few things and then started freezing after about 5 minutes. I also got Blue Screens of Death in Windows. One star for working in Windows. It just didn't work, period.
Then I discovered that there was some third-party software (VideoGlide) that would work with Mac OS X. I tried that, and it has been AWESOME!!! The software (which is Mac-only) supports this device and gives me lots of options for settings. I have been capturing lots and lots of hours of footage with it.
A caveat with using this device with Mac OS X and the reason it gets four stars instead of five: I found that if I kept the Dazzle plugged in to a USB port for a long time, that sometimes my recordings would lose audio (no audio) or the audio would be out of sync. I must always check and make sure the audio is showing up (in the software's preview window) before starting to record something. As long as I do that, the recordings all seem to be successful. (And another tip for anyone who is interested: I use H.264 for video compression, at 50% quality--that is more than good enough--and IMA for audio. I wish they had a more compressed audio codec available, but it still works okay. An hour of footage at 640x480 is about 2.5 GB in size.)
The other reason it gets a four star is because I had to buy software to get it to work. But then again, this device never promised to work with the Mac. It is ironic I suppose that it basically fails in its chosen supported platform (Windows) but is quite successful in a platform it does not support (Macintosh). Ah well.
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