Since someone reading this might know, does anyone have any recommendations for webcams for OS X? The Logitech C920 seems to be the most modern HD webcam out there, but the Internet is conflicted on whether Mac's in-built UVC drivers will properly take advantage of it in FaceTime or not or if it will just be seen as an SD camera. Good idea in principle but needs refinement. It annoys me intensely because when it switches it usually results in unwatchable video for a period of time before it stabilises, then it suddenly realises it has enough bandwidth and switches back, and that is followed by another period of disruption. I've seen this on my Mac with its inbuilt webcam. So I'm pretty sure it's the webcam itself auto-controlling the width, and not Skype. I have also noticed this behavior when Skype was off entirely, when recording a video of myself. In my experience, Skype video quality tends to degrade by simply freezing the screen. But I started looking for this, and most "people on the side" barely move at all. When I first noticed this happening, I was surprised that many "people on the side" don't move or talk at all, thus triggering a truncation. I have sometimes been able to force the sides to appear by waving my arms off to the side. If there is no movement there, the LifeCam will truncate the sides of the image. I believe that the LifeCam looks for movement in the peripheral area.
The larger width will show "people on the sides," and the more narrow width does not.
I have actually seen this exact behavior with the Microsoft LifeCam, which often auto-changes the width of the video stream. I think this behavior comes from the webcam, and not Skype.
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