Ichat video preview not working in FCP

I am attempting to work with a client utilizing the iChat Theater preview in Final Cut Pro. His Mobile.Me address is in my buddy list. I initiate the preview in FCP and it says that I need to invite a buddy, yet when the chat box pops up and I attempt to initiate a chat by selecting "video chat" it will immediately grey out (the video chat line) when I enter any name at the bottom, leaving only "text chat" selectable. Does the "buddy" need to be logged into their MobileMe account beforehand for this to work?

Hi,
Yes the Buddy needs to be Logged in.
In fact I would do it the other way round.
I would have FCP launched.
Start A Video Chat.
Select iChat Theatre from the File Menu of iChat.
Choose FCP in the Navigation thingy it should then go to the open item.
With smaller files and something that does not take to Launch you can drag the file over the Video Chat you are having.
Two white dotted line boxes appear giving tow option of Share with iChat Theatre or Send File.
10:02 PM Wednesday; February 3, 2010
Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"

Similar Messages

IChat video chat not working ANYMORE-can see friends, but they can't see me

My built-in iSight camera is working. Photobooth works fine. My iChat used to work perfectly, video and all. But starting two nights ago, when I bring up a video chat screen with anyone, the picture preview of me freezes and the person I am talking with can't see anything. Not even a blank screen comes up for them; they can only hear my voice. But oddly, I can see that person and hear them as well. It's just the visual part that isn't working.
Under Preferences on iChat, "Automatically open iChat when camera is turned on" is checked. So is, "Play repeated ring sound when invited to a conference." Bandwidth Limit: None. Microphone is set to "Internal microphone." Now, the preview screen works and shows me moving. But as soon as I bring up a video chat with someone, this screen freezes the picture (if I keep it open while opening video chat). Or, if I close it and then bring up a video chat, and bring up Preferences, the screen is black.
This is very odd because iChat used to work fine with video chat, but all of a sudden it is not working at all. Please let me know if you have any idea what I can do to fix it. Thanks.

lemke,
You posted in your own thread that you have a Thomson-Alcatel Speedtouch modem.
Yours is likely to be a different problem.
2:27 PM Saturday; December 29, 2007

FaceTime does not connect, iChat video does not work, Skype video does not work (LION)

Hi everyone,
I am using OS X 10.7.3 2011 Macbook Pro 2.2 Ghz Intel Core I7 8GG 1333MHz DDR3 RAM 500GB HD.
What happens when I try to call someone in FaceTime: Webcam light is on and I see myself on my screen. It rings and after a while it says "X is not available for FaceTime (or similar).
In iChat I can text chat, but video calls do not work. In Skype, I can do audio talking, but when I try to use my video, it fails to connect.
This seems to indicate to me that there is a system-wide, rather than user or program-specific problem, in which my system cannot connect to others when using my webcam.
Can anyone offer any guidance on this matter? I am pretty tech savvy. On my home network I have tried port forwarding/opening and all that, without luck. I am worried that maybe I could have made a mistake in terminal or something some time ago, but I don't go in there very often and it is usually for very specific things.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am moving away for four months, and I really need this to work so that I can chat with my lovely girlfriend. Please see the notes below prior to commenting.
Cheers
Notes:
Internet is working fine. I use three different network, one of which is wired and works fine.
I have tried to create new users, still no luck
Webcam works fine in PhotoBooth
I am logged into FaceTime properly (this is simple, right?)
Reinstalling OS X to fix this problem is not an option
I have tried FaceTime with several people with several devices (e.g., iPad, iMac, iPhone)
FaceTime on my iPhone works with other people on same network

Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of this exercise is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login. Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Boot in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. The instructions provided by Apple are as follows:
Be sure your Mac is shut down.
Press the power button.
Immediately after you hear the startup tone, hold the Shift key. The Shift key should be held as soon as possible after the startup tone, but not before the tone.
Release the Shift key when you see the gray Apple icon and the progress indicator (looks like a spinning gear).
Note: If FileVault is enabled under Mac OS X 10.7 or later, you can’t boot in safe mode.
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including wireless networking on certain Macs.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Test while in safe mode. Same problem(s)?
After testing, reboot as usual (i.e., not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of the test.

Video Preview not Working in CS6

Before AE CS6, I was using AE CS 5.5 on my MacBook Pro (model 8,3) and I could always go to AE Preferences:Video Preview and choose my additional monitor for previewing. I was previewing my Stereo 3d comps perfectly on my 3D hdtv through a HDMI to Mini Display Port cable.
I now have a Mac Pro and AE CS6 and in that preference, the "Output Device" dropdown only lists Firewire and Computer Monitor Only. With my old setup, I could choose my TV and everything was great. But this new setup won't allow me to see or choose my TV.
Please help! Has anyone else had this problem? Has something in AE CS6 changed for external monitors? I can't tell if it is CS6 or the fact that I have a new Mac Pro and it's video card might be different...

That's a great lead. I realized that Final Cut Cut Studio 6 was on my laptop before but it is not on my new Mac Pro. FC Studio 6 includes a bunch of codecs as I recall. So I went to install it on my new Mac Pro and I got an error message that said my Mac cant install Power PC architecture (or something like that) and wouldnt let me install it. Any Idea how I can get those codecs without installing FC Pro 6?
PS: I tried AE CS6 on my TV and it worked like a charm. There were lots more option in the Video Preview Preference.

Video previews not working in iTunes

Hi all,
I've seen this posted a few different ways without any resolution to the problem so I thought I would give it a shot.
Video previews are not working properly for me. When in the iTunes Store and I click on a "View Trailer" for a movie or preview for a music video, a pop-up window appears in iTunes with a white background. The audio will kick in but the video never starts. I am using iTunes 9.2 (61).
Has anyone uncovered a solution to this?
Thanks!

Just to clean this unresolved issue up, seemingly the problem disappeared after upgrading to iTunes 9.2.1 (5).
Thanks!

IChat video/audio NOT working

I just got my mac YESTERDAY and one of the big reasons was for the ichat/video features. I can't get this to work and I have no idea what to do. And this is my first mac- so i'm frustrated with it anyway. If anyone could help that would be great.

Hi,
This is the iChat 2 forum.
It is part of the iChat Category that does not include iChat 4 (Which in the Leopard category).
However what have yo done so far ?
3:45 PM Saturday; November 10, 2007

IChat video suddenly not working

Can anyone help? I'm using iChat 4.0.8 on an almost brand new MacBook Pro. The video worked perfectly fine with my parents, and then suddenly stopped working when we moved. We're still using a wireless connection with an airport extreme. Funny thing is, the video works fine with my husband's MacBook Pro, and my brother who is in California. Why would it suddenly not work with my parents when computers haven't changed?
please help!

Did the Modem change ?
10:49 PM Monday; October 19, 2009
Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"

IChat video is not working after installed the 10.6.4 update

Hi. I'd like to know, how to solve the problem for my iChat video that has stopped working after I installed the latest update. I dunno what's the problem but it shows that, when I clicked on the preferences for iChat on the Audio/Video, I got "This computer does not support video chats". But that thing is, my iSight camera's working just fine, even the indicator's also lighted up. Is there any solution to this?
I would really appreciate it.
Thanks.
Regards,
Daniel.

Hi,
The camera can only be used by one App at a time (unless you have certain Add-ons).
However if it works in other applications and not iChat I would check that the Video Menu > Camera Enabled is ticked.
This, if unticked, is the camera Off.
IF you have just done the 10.6.4 update I would Repair Permissions as well.
Try rebooting the computer.
9:06 PM Wednesday; July 7, 2010
Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"

IChat video call not working.

Hi there,
Please kindly advise on my ichat video issue.
ichat indicated this computer does not support video chat.
We have two mac connected to a router named Ericsson Broadband and the other mac ichat video is working but my isn't working and my macbook pro is newest than the other one. I have gone through the same configuration with the other mac which is working on Preference-Security, Preference-Sharing, Preference-Network. All same configuration as the other mac which ichat is working.
I did a install application download from gmail for the video but thereafter is not working i demounted it.
I did saw from youtube to delete the com.apple.ichat.plist file and is not working either so i reinstalled the ichat application again and also not working.
We can use Skype to chat and gmail video but not on ichat video only audio chat only.
I will be appreciate if you can list out the check list for me or other to check all the possible way of error on configuration.
Thanks in advance for your reply
Regards
FUIFUI

Thanks again Ralph for helping here.
Hardware - USB - USB High -Speed Bus: Built-in iSight
The log are as below:
Last login: Fri Jul 23 07:08:50 on ttys000
Chin-Lee-Fuis-MacBook-Pro:~ user$
Chin-Lee-Fuis-MacBook-Pro:~ user$ /Applications/iChat.app/Contents/MacOS/iChat -errorLogLevel 7
091600.936386 ER_AddFilter (0): Adding [Chin Lee [email protected]]->[0]
091600.936411 setLocalUserName: Chin Lee [email protected]
091600.938383 Default video size is (640 x 480)
091600.939556 H264: (640 x 480) @ 20 fps
091600.941852 H264: (320 x 240) @ 30 fps
091600.944156 H263: (352 x 288) @ 30 fps
091600.945305 H263: (176 x 144) @ 30 fps
091600.945416 ######################################
091600.945423 # SoundDec_Create(16000 --> 3) #
091600.945428 ######################################
091600.970844 Leaving SoundDec_Create
091600.974187 Audio Unit Parameter List = 7, result = 0
091600.974211 CurrentFormatmSampleRate 44100.000000
091600.974221 CurrentFormatmFormatID lpcm
091600.974225 CurrentFormatmFormatFlags 0x00000029
091600.974229 CurrentFormatmBytesPerPacket 4
091600.974233 CurrentFormatmFramesPerPacket 1
091600.974237 CurrentFormatmBytesPerFrame 4
091600.974241 CurrentFormatmChannelsPerFrame 2
091600.974244 CurrentFormatmBitsPerChannel 32
091600.974248 OurFormatmSampleRate 16000.000000
091600.974253 OurFormatmFormatID lpcm
091600.974257 OurFormatmFormatFlags 0x00000029
091600.974260 OurFormatmBytesPerPacket 4
091600.974264 OurFormatmFramesPerPacket 1
091600.974268 OurFormatmBytesPerFrame 4
091600.974271 OurFormatmChannelsPerFrame 1
091600.974275 OurFormatmBitsPerChannel 32
091600.974284 Reached err = 4294956417, 459
091600.974290 Reached err = 4294956417, 467
091600.975831 ### NEW STATE: to: VC_INIT, from: VC_INVALID
091600.975865 ### NEW STATE: to: VC_IDLE, from: VC_INIT
091600.975880 ++++++++ confStatusMapRemoveAll
091600.975885 ( ) -- mapUserIDToSecurityInfo cleared --
091600.976118 dispatch_CommNATProc
091600.979775 selectedCamera: no camera has been set yet.
091600.979876 Selected microphone is the null device microphone.
091600.979963 vcCapabilitiesOfCPU returns: 0x00000fff
091600.980113 BWD: GotBandwidth: 15962/8523144 (up/down) @[15.1.168.192:0.255.255.255]
091600.980173 BWD bandwidth: 15 kbits up, 8523 kbits down.
091600.980194 videoNetworkCapable: 0 -- 0 max participants.
091600.980200 audioNetworkCapable: 0 -- 0 max participants.
091600.980250 Supports PCMU wideband for audio: 0 / video: 0
091600.980280 vcCapabilitiesOfNetwork returns: 0x00000345
091600.980288 vcCapabilitiesOfRouter returns: 0x00000000
091600.980293 vcCapabilities returns: 0x00000345
091600.981297 Found 2 cameras:
091600.981383 Apple Screen Input Device - 0-Apple ScreenInputDevice (0x101, 0x200)
091600.981487 Built-in iSight - 0x2440000005ac8507 (0x104, 0x104)
091600.981542 selectedCamera: no camera has been set yet.
091600.981631 selectCameraWithTundraDeviceID: 0x104 returned 1
091600.985968 Microphone devices:
091600.986164 Internal microphone
091600.986268 Line In
091600.986519 Selected mic: Built-in Microphone / imic
091600.986616 Found 2 cameras:
091600.986679 Apple Screen Input Device - 0-Apple ScreenInputDevice (0x101, 0x200)
091600.986761 Built-in iSight - 0x2440000005ac8507 (0x104, 0x104)
091600.986835 selectedCamera2 GUID returned Built-in iSight
091600.986894 selectCameraWithTundraDeviceID: 0x104 returned 1
091600.990675 Microphone devices:
091600.990763 Internal microphone
091600.990823 Line In
091600.991022 Selected mic: Built-in Microphone / imic
091600.992795 Selected microphone is Internal microphone.
091600.993231 Selected microphone is Internal microphone.
091602.230195 Found 2 cameras:
091602.230245 Apple Screen Input Device - 0-Apple ScreenInputDevice (0x101, 0x200)
091602.230291 Built-in iSight - 0x2440000005ac8507 (0x104, 0x104)
091602.230321 selectedCamera2 GUID returned Built-in iSight
091602.230338 selectCameraWithTundraDeviceID: 0x104 returned 1
091602.234354 Microphone devices:
091602.234451 Internal microphone
091602.234509 Line In
091602.234706 Selected mic: Built-in Microphone / imic
091602.237567 Selected microphone is Internal microphone.
091602.239224 Found 2 cameras:
091602.239255 Apple Screen Input Device - 0-Apple ScreenInputDevice (0x101, 0x200)
091602.239298 Built-in iSight - 0x2440000005ac8507 (0x104, 0x104)
091602.239327 selectedCamera2 GUID returned Built-in iSight
091602.239345 selectCameraWithTundraDeviceID: 0x104 returned 1
091602.243263 Microphone devices:
091602.243360 Internal microphone
091602.243475 Line In
091602.243670 Selected mic: Built-in Microphone / imic
091602.244559 Selected microphone is Internal microphone.
091617.016506 Comm reporting flags: 000000CC
091617.332881 CommNAT result:
External IP: 202.152.79.3
External Ports: 59758, 59761, 59765
CNAT_BADTEST ....... 0
CNAT_ISFULLCONE .... 0
CNAT_ISPAT ......... 1
CNAT_ISPATHOST ..... 1
CNAT_TRYPRESERVE ... 0
CNAT_PATINORDER .... 0
CNAT_BLOCKIP ....... 1
CNAT_BLOCKPORT ..... 1
CNAT_LOOPBACK ...... 0
Chin-Lee-Fuis-MacBook-Pro:~ user$
Thanks for your kindness and time to help here.
FUIFUI

IChat video chat not working between two iMacs running OSX Leopard 10.5.1

My mother in law just got a 20" iMac (metal) and is connected to her wireless router.
I tried doing a video iChat with her, and it is not working. I am able to successfully test iChat with the three apple iChat test AIM buddy accounts.

Screen names of Test accounts are here http://www.ralphjohns.co.uk/ContactTesters.html
9:40 PM Wednesday; February 20, 2008

Premiere Elements 10 Video Preview Not Working

I have all my project setting correct but when I import a clip and try to preview it all I see is a white screen. The audio plays but the video does not.
System Specs:
Quicktime 7.7
Windows 8.1 64-bit
EVGA GeForce 780 Ti
ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition
I've updated all my drivers but I can't seem to figure out what wrong in any of the other threads.
Can I please get some help with a solution?

dobilia
There is an Announcement at the top of this forum which goes to the core of this type of issue. Please check Announcement at top of this forum.
The odds are that you will need to roll back your NVIDIA GeForce 780 Ti driver version as far back as necessary to get your Premiere Elements 10 Windows working again. All the details are in the Announcement at the top of this forum. But, if you have questions or need clarification on any of this, please do not hesitate to let me know.
Again, the answer to this issue targeted at the Premiere Elements 10 NVIDIA user is not to update the driver to the latest version, but instead to roll it back.
Thank you.
ATR
Add On...for your convenience...this is a copy paste of the Announcement at the top of this forum.
Announcement: Premiere Elements 10 NVIDIA Video Card Driver Roll Back
Hide Details
If you are a Premiere Elements 10 user whose Windows computer uses a NVIDIA GeForce video card and you are experiencing Premiere Elements 10 display and/or unexplained program behavior, then your first line of troubleshooting needs to be rolling back the video card driver version instead of assuring that it is up to date.
Since October 2013 to the present, there have been a growing number of reports about display and unexplained workflow glitches specific to the Premiere Elements 10 user whose Windows computer has a NVIDIA GeForce video card. If this applies to you, then the “user to user” remedy is to roll back the NVIDIA GeForce video card driver as far as is necessary to get rid of the problems. The typical driver roll back has gone back as far as March – July 2013 in order to get a working Premiere Elements 10. Neither NVIDIA nor Adobe has taken any corrective action in this regard to date, and none is expected moving forward.
Since October 2013, the following thread has tried to keep up with the Premiere Elements 10 NVIDIA reports
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1317675
Older NVIDIA GeForce drivers can be found
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us
A February 2014 overview of the situation as well as how to use the older NVIDIA GeForce drivers for the driver roll back can be found
http://atr935.blogspot.com/2014/02/pe10-nvidia-video-card-roll-back.ht ml

Video preview not working

When working on a project, the video preview is no longer working, neither for individual video preview or for overall preview of the project video composite. I have no idea what to do. It worked before. I am on Windows 7 64 bit with Premiere Elements 10.

jhughthomas
Since you are a Premiere Elements 10 user with a display problem, the first order of business is to determine if your computer uses a NVIDIA GeForce video card/graphic card. The Announcement at the top of this forum tells it all, the problem and the how to fix. For your convenience, the following is a copy/paste of that Announcement.
Premiere Elements 10 NVIDIA Video Card Driver Roll Back
If you are a Premiere Elements 10 user whose Windows computer uses a NVIDIA GeForce video card and you are
experiencing Premiere Elements 10 display and/or unexplained program behavior, then your first line of
troubleshooting needs to be rolling back the video card driver version instead of assuring that it is up to date.
Since October 2013 to the present, there have been a growing number of reports about display and unexplained
workflow glitches specific to the Premiere Elements 10 user whose Windows computer has a NVIDIA GeForce
video card. If this applies to you, then the “user to user” remedy is to roll back the NVIDIA GeForce video card
driver as far as is necessary to get rid of the problems. The typical driver roll back has gone back as far as
March – July 2013 in order to get a working Premiere Elements 10. Neither NVIDIA nor Adobe has taken any
corrective action in this regard to date, and none is expected moving forward.
Since October 2013, the following thread has tried to keep up with the Premiere Elements 10 NVIDIA reports
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1317675
Older NVIDIA GeForce drivers can be found
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us
A February 2014 overview of the situation as well as how to use the older NVIDIA GeForce drivers for
the driver roll back can be found
http://atr935.blogspot.com/2014/02/pe10-nvidia-video-card-roll-back.html
If you fall into the Premiere Elements 10 NVIDIA GeForce display problem, then your answer is to roll back your card driver
(typically that has been requiring roll back to about May 2013). This factor needs to be ruled in or out at the onset of the
troubleshooting plan.
Equally important questions include:
a. If you start a new project, do you have the same problem?
b. If you use the same source video in the project with or without going to a new project, do you have the same problem?
We will be watching for your progress. Please do not hesitate to say if you need clarification on anything written.
Thank you.
ATR

ITMS Video Previews not working

I have updated both my Macintosh computers to QT7.03 and iTunes 6. On my Mac Mini everything works great. On my PM G4 Quicksilver however, the iTunes Music Store doesn't quite work as expected.
For some reason I can not preview videos available for purchase. When I click the "Preview" button the image in the top left of the screen turns solid black and all I get is the audio of the video for 30 seconds. For some reason the video refuses to preview. That being said, if I import standalone video into iTunes it plays fine and if I go to the Trailers section of the iTMS they also play fine. It's just the previews of videos available for sale. On the Mac Mini these previews work fine so at least I know what is supposed to happen.
Can anyone recommend any solutions? I have tried reinstalling iTunes 6 and have repaired permissions to no avail.
Thanks,
Jason.

Still not working with iTMS 6.01, QT 7.03 and Tiger 10.4.2.
Can anyone help?
Please?
Thanks,
Jason.

IChat video chat not working

I am using iChat v 4.0.9 . I am using OS X 10.5.8
I have used video chat with no problems until today. I can only audio chat. I get a message saying "this Computer does not support video conferencing." I can use my iSight find in photo booth. I do not have internet sharing enabled. The bandwidth limit is greyed out under my iChat preferences along with Automatically open iChat when external camera is turned on. I saw on one forum to delete an ichat file in the USB folder (?) -- I am at a loss. Any assistance would be appreciated. ~ K

sleepholow wrote:
I am using iChat v 4.0.9 . I am using OS X 10.5.8
I have used video chat with no problems until today. I can only audio chat. I get a message saying "this Computer does not support video conferencing." I can use my iSight find in photo booth. I do not have internet sharing enabled. The bandwidth limit is greyed out under my iChat preferences along with Automatically open iChat when external camera is turned on. I saw on one forum to delete an ichat file in the USB folder (?) -- I am at a loss. Any assistance would be appreciated. ~ K
Welcome to Discussions, sleepholow
Have you tried shutting everything down and restarting your modem, router (if you use one), and Mac in that order? Let each self-test complete before restarting the next device. A modem/router restart usually restores iChat video for me without need for other action.
Message was edited by: EZ Jim
Mac Pro Quad Core (Early 2009) 2.93Ghz Mac OS X (10.6.5); MacBook Pro (13 inch, Mid 2009) 2.26GHz (10.6.5)
LED Cinema Display; G4 PowerBook 1.67GHz (10.4.11); iBookSE 366MHz (10.3.9); External iSight; iPod4touch4.2.1

Ichat video is not working

I tried to turn video on iChat or skype. How can I turn it on?

HI,
From that post and the Question and Title I can't tell what you do on don't know and what you have tried.
iChat does not appear in Mountain Lion.
The app has gained a Function (iMessages) and has changed it's name (Messages no i)
In Messages Menu > Preferences > Accounts you should list
1) the iMessages account created with your Apple ID you "registered" on the first run on Messages
2) The Bonjour Account (everyone gets Bonjour.) It may not be active (Enabled).
3) other accounts pulled through from your Lion days with iChat 6. These may be:-
a) AIM or AIM Valid Names(Includes @mac.com and @me.com)
b) Jabber based ones that include Google Talk ID and Facebook Chat IDs
IF you have AIM or Jabber accounts and they are Enabled then go to the Window Menu > Buddies (CMD+ 1)
This line (or just the Keystrokes) will show you the Combined Buddy List (depending how many Accounts are Enabled)
The Buddy Lists can be separated in the General Section of the Preferences (Untick the one about Gathering the accounts into one list)
Once you have the Buddy Lists showing you should be able to see the Buddies.
The Green iCons and the Buddies menu work the same way they did in iChat.
If you leave these Buddy Lists open when you Quit Messages then they will reappear next time you use it.
Alternative.
From the main Messages Window start a New Message (icon top left that looks like a box and pencil)
Then go to the Blue icon that appears top right.
Select Buddies
Chose Buddy
Once the Buddy is lists in the "To" spot the blue icon changes into a Video Camera icon
You can also use that.
Technically you can add more names to the "To" spot and start multiway chats.
9:32 PM Saturday; October 20, 2012
Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"
 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mountain Lion 10.8.2)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

Ichat video preview not working in FCP

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for