ISight firewire and the Xserve...

I can not get this thing to work. Anyone else try it?

Carl James wrote:
I can not get this thing to work. Anyone else try it?
Hello Carl.
I do not use Xserve, but my external iSights still work without problem on both of my Snow Leopard Macs.
All driver software for external iSight is installed as part of Mac OS. _No separate software came with either of my external iSights_. Perhaps Xserve is different?
Here follow some things that you can consider +if they make sense with Xserve+.
(1) From your posted system info, I see you have access to Macs running both Mac OS X (10.6.4) and Mac OS X (10.6.2). Does your external iSight work on any of your SL Macs?
(2) Does Apple's http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090 give any hints applicable to your Xserve issue?
(3) Have you tried installing the applicable 10.6.4 Combo Update while your external iSight is connected? I do not know whether the installer checks for Apple peripherals, but it seem possible to me that the installer might be testing Firewire to see if external iSight software components are needed.
EZ Jim
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LED Cinema Display G4 PowerBook 1.67GHz (10.4.11) iBookSE 366MHz (10.3.9) External iSight

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How can I use the built-in Isight camera and an external video camera at the same time?
I'm wanting to stream over Oovoo/Skype/etc. using 2 cameras.
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(a) If you mean that you want to run multiple apps simultaneously using a different camera with each app, you may encounter computing power limitations. Digital video is processor intensive. The only way to know if your Mac can do this it to try it. If the video does not work together but each app works when it it the only app running, you are likely overloading your Mac's ability to process and/or move all the required data in your data bus. You can get a better indication of whether this is the case by watching your Activity Monitor utility while running the apps you want to use.
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(5) I do not use Skype oir Oovoo. For those or other apps, see Help for each app for info on how to select your desired camera.
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