Front facing camera video flashes dark during FaceTime

Happens frequently. Does not flash all the way to black, but it gets pretty dark.  Flashes between normal lighting and very dark lighting two times a second. During FaceTime call when this happens, pressing home key to return to home screen, then the green bar at top to return to face time call temporary resolves the problem every time

I found a workaround for now.   Using Cyberlink MediaEspresso 6.7, I was able to convert the file into an M4V file in HD which DOES play in Quicktime.  I also noticed that VLC media player would play the original MOV file.

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