Camera used by another app

I'm with 10.2.8 and I get "camera used by another application" when I launch ichatAV 2.0. The green light on top of camera comes on for 2-3 sec, and goes off.
Then I click the iChat pref>video tab and microphone is= isight bulit in; sound output = digital out ( funny... here is missing my external speakers) bandwidth =100kpbs.
and the camera does not turn on. It used to a few months ago. (I did not use it for a while)
Also,
do the 2 parties have to be on say a .aim account or .mac account to be able to video chat together? Can a .aim account chat with a .mac account?
any help would be appreciated!
michel

Michel,
No need to double post.
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My response is at your other thread on this problem:
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