My webcam is not working on skype or facetime, it says cannot find.

Can someone help me figure out why my webcam is not working or able to be discovered when im using skype or facetime or at all since i downloaded Lion?

I'm never really a nick-picker about internet writing, but I couldn't even understand what you said until the third time I read it through.
Anyways, back to the subject. It may be because a lot of those websites are designed for Windows computers, and do not accept the Mac OS, just like how certain MSN Messengers designed for Apple cannot communicate with Windows computers through webcam, but can with other Apple computers.

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My webcam is not working for skype and other applications i have used tinychat and tango..i have updated all version of skype as you said in other topics but all of them is not working for me...my device name is vimicro usb 2.0 and i have accidently deleted that device now i have installed that device again but its not working i have seen all topics please help me ...
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[SOLVED] USB webcam mic not working in Skype after pulseaudio install

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https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/skype#Skype_sound
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Al … ure_device
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Last edited by bpont (2014-11-17 05:44:24)

Do you have pulseaudio installed or not? both of the solutions you posted are intended to be used if one doesn't want to use pulseaudio and both aren't necessary if you are actually using pulseaudio.

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Shirsendu wrote: ... not working for Skype (Version 6.8.0.351....
Install Skype Update: Skype_6.9.0.517
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