NEED HELP!! ICHAT & SKYPE video screwed. QTPRO&ImovieHD video fine!

Unable to get help from apple support. Can't figure out how to fix video problem with isight, ichat & skype. the image is broken up into vertical lines like looking through glass. This is a recent problem. However, ichat and skype work fine with a camcorder. How can this be?
Image is perfect on qtpro & Imovie HD as well as Quicktime Broadcaster.
Support wanted me to reinstall 10.3.5 over 10.3.9 and to preserve settings. Recently installed isight update 1.0.3 and a few programs on apple website.

Hello pickmynose
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Unable to get help from apple support.
Support wanted me to reinstall 10.3.5 ...
Sounds like they are trying to help. Why have you not tried their suggestion?
... image is broken up into vertical lines like looking through glass ...
... ichat and skype work fine with a camcorder ... How can this be?
... Image is perfect on qtpro & Imovie HD ... Quicktime Broadcaster...
The fact that your iSight "image is broken up into vertical lines like looking through glass" while "ichat and skype work fine with a camcorder" coupled with your assertion that "Image is perfect on qtpro & Imovie HD as well as Quicktime Broadcaster" leads me to think (as apparently do "apple support") that you have a software problem.
If you do not want to try the suggestion offered by "apple support", consider
applying the Mac OS X Combined Update 10.3.9. Repair permissions immediately before and after updating.
Users have reported fixes to a variety of audio, video, connectivity, and software conflicts and unreliability issues after properly applying Combo Updates.
Although you report that "Image is perfect on qtpro ...", the fact that you are post this problem
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4153016#4153016
about using QT Pro, have added "a few programs on apple website," and list several accessory devices in your system information leads me to wonder if you might have a Possible hardware or software conflict. Unplug, uninstall, and disconnect everything possible while you check for potential conflicts.
I see from another of your posts that you were using FileVault. FileVault Can Affect Performance on any application that writes to disk. Turn off FileVault, at least while you are troubleshooting and until you get things working properly. I only turn FileVault on while my laptop Mac is in transit or not in my possession. I turn FileVault back off while I use it. This takes some time, but saves a lot of trouble.
Seemingly unrelated problems in multiple applications or operations can sometimes be a symptom of a startup disk that needs more free space or some other Mac OS X Maintenance. Perform maintenance now unless you know your maintenance is up to date.
Finally, try any relevant suggestions you have not already tried from Apple's How to Troubleshoot iSight kbase article. Sometimes strange problems occur in only one user account. Test to see whether the problem is resolved if you start a new user account.
If you still have the problem, unless you get better suggestions here, I think you should contact your Apple-Authorized Service Provider for professional service.
Jim
Mac OS X (10.4.9) G5 DP 1.8 External iSight

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