(1) Don't install any software that may have come with the external cam. Provided that your Mac is running Mac OS X 10.4.9 or later, your Mac already contains all driver software necessary for any Mac compatibile camera.
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(2) To use the external camera, simply connect it to your Mac.
If it has an on/off switch, switch to the on position.
How you select between connected cameras depends on the app you are using.
With more than one working camera recognized by your system, most camera-capable applications have settings that allow you to choose which camera to use. However, they do not all work the same way. Here follow some examples:
• iMovie 9 ('11) uses a choices bar in the 'Import from Camera' window:
More info: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iMovie/9.0/en/mov39f84285.html
• For iChat, you can choose which iSight you use in the 'Camera:' choices bar in iChat > Preferences... > Audio/Videothat appears when more than one compatible camera is connected. Although your camera choices will be different, the choices bar will look something similar to the Preferences settings shown here:
• Photo Booth uses the Photo Booth > Camera menu command to select which camera to use. Remember, camera choice for any app will be available only if more than one working camera is recognized by your system. With only one camera, the choices will not be visible.
• For FaceTime,if your Mac recognizes more than one connected compatible camera, a 'Camera' section listing the cameras from which you can choose will appear there. Clicking on the desired camera name will let you select the one you want as shown in this image from my Mac Pro and LED Cinema Display:
If your Mac recognizes only one compatible camera, the 'Camera' section will not appear in the Video menu, but FaceTime will automatically use the connected camera that is recognized by OS X.
• QuickTimeX uses Preferences to select between connected cameras.
QTX video Preference settings are visible only when you have a new video recording window open. The image below shows how to access QTX video Preferences from an open video recording window:
QTX video Preference settings are visible only when you have a new video recording window open. The image below shows how to access QTX video Preferences from an open video recording window:
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Note that only one webcam (iSight) is shown in this image because I had only one camera connected to my Mac at the time. When more than one compatible camera is connected, you will see the additional camera name and can select it in this menu.
• For cameras connected via Flash browser plugins, control-click on an open video window and adjust the camera settings to select between a connected USB and Firewire video camera:
• For other apps, launch an app and check the app's menu items or Help to find out how to select between connected cameras.
May 12, 2012 2:24 PM
*************** solution at bottom ****************
Hey, i tried searching the forum, but found nothing to be of help :(.
My problem is that for some very odd reason my camera is now extremly zoomed in, as far as i know i've not changed any settings... I have however now tried multiple things to fix it, and the closest i get is when i press ctrl+f, but then my picture is extremly pixly (as if i had the lowest possible resolution, my hand basicly becomes super-mario looking ^^. (I have resolution set at 1280 x 720)...
(btw, cam works fine in other programs such as xsplit and what not)... Help very much appriciated :). thanks
*Edit* After some more trial and error i have realised that every time i go in to settings, and click the 'update' button in the top right corner, resolution resets back to 160x120. I have ABSOLUTELY no idea why, and i've tried several diffrent resolutions, same thing happens */edit*
*edit2* Ok, i googled even more, and found something that i tried, and it WORKED FLAWLESSLY! So anyways i'm gonna leave this thread here if anyone has a similar problem, maby they will find the solution faster! :D */edit*
******* Solution ********
Ok, so the problem someone mentioned was that your output window is to small for the webcam to 'fit'. So basiclly you need to go in to settings -> video and play around with your base resolution and resolution scaling untill you have atleast as big as your webcam format or w/e. Anyways all i had to do was play around a bit in there and now cam works perfectly, hope this helps anyone :).
Hey, i tried searching the forum, but found nothing to be of help :(.
My problem is that for some very odd reason my camera is now extremly zoomed in, as far as i know i've not changed any settings... I have however now tried multiple things to fix it, and the closest i get is when i press ctrl+f, but then my picture is extremly pixly (as if i had the lowest possible resolution, my hand basicly becomes super-mario looking ^^. (I have resolution set at 1280 x 720)...
(btw, cam works fine in other programs such as xsplit and what not)... Help very much appriciated :). thanks
*Edit* After some more trial and error i have realised that every time i go in to settings, and click the 'update' button in the top right corner, resolution resets back to 160x120. I have ABSOLUTELY no idea why, and i've tried several diffrent resolutions, same thing happens */edit*
*edit2* Ok, i googled even more, and found something that i tried, and it WORKED FLAWLESSLY! So anyways i'm gonna leave this thread here if anyone has a similar problem, maby they will find the solution faster! :D */edit*
******* Solution ********
Ok, so the problem someone mentioned was that your output window is to small for the webcam to 'fit'. So basiclly you need to go in to settings -> video and play around with your base resolution and resolution scaling untill you have atleast as big as your webcam format or w/e. Anyways all i had to do was play around a bit in there and now cam works perfectly, hope this helps anyone :).