Macbook air 2013 camera won't show up in streaming softwares

Hi,
I just bought the new 2013 macbook air and I was trying to stream to a flash media server with Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder and Wirecast, but onfortunately both of them say that they can't find a video capture device.
What might be the cause of this?
Regards,
Zoltan

Hi Liz,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. This article has steps to try if your Mac isn't recognizing your iPhone 5s:
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Mac OS X
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1591
If that does not help you may also want to try a quick reset of SMC to see if that helps:
Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Cheers,
- Ari

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