Photo Booth is an application that comes with Mac OS X 10.5 and higher.
Usage
It is often used to record personal videos, like entries of a video log.
It is a recreational application, not very robust: To do serious recording, it is better to use QuickTime Video Recording or iMovie or dedicated third-party applications.
It is recommended to avoid using other applications during recording, as they can steal computing bandwidth and video quality can degrade.
Formats
On Mac computer with integrated iSight camera, it takes by default video and audio from it. Otherwise, it takes video and audio from any capable device attached to the computer, for example a DV camera connected through Firewire.
Photo Booth movie files always have the same encoding settings, this is one of the Brands detected by Treasured.
Settings for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Settings for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
How to repair a corrupt Photo Booth movie
When a Photo Booth recording is interrupted before completion (for a number of reasons, like battery failure or lack of disk space), the resulting file is unplayable. In most cases, you can recover the movie following a few easy steps: