FaceTime (and Photo Booth) do not recognize my internal camera

I don't believe I have made any substantive changes to my system but my camera is no longer recognized on my iMac (late 2009, 10.8.2).  Facetime is working on my MacAir and iPhone.  It isn't working on the computer as I tried another account. 
It just stopped.  Any ideas?

If it doesn't work in multiple applications and in multiple users then it's either a general OS issue or a HW issue.
I would turn off the Mac and reset the SMC and PRAM and see if you get any better luck. If not then you could also try booting to Safe Mode and testing it there. If none of that works then you skip right ahead and reinstall the OS (won't affect your files but make sure you have a backup just incase). If after all of that it still doesn't work then you may want to look at getting it into a store for some diagnostics.
Regards,

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