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FaceTime has not received any video from the connected camera.

I recently installed the facetime app. I have a MacBook Pro 5,5 (Mac OS X version 10.6.6). However, every time I try to launch the app I get the following message: “No video – facetime has not received any video from the connected camera. Restarting your computer may fix this issue.” I restarted the computer several times, but the issue still there. Any suggestions? Thank you!
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Jania

Comments: 12 Responses to “FaceTime has not received any video from the connected camera.”

    13 years ago

    Have you tried to use your camera with another application? Like Photo Booth? Or iMovie? Try that and see what happens.

      Jania
      13 years ago

      Thank you for the advice Gary. I've been learning a lot with your videos. I just tried photo booth. It does the countdown but doesn't take the picture. Could be something related to my settings?

        13 years ago

        Did you try Photo Booth in video mode? That's what I meant. I just want you to test to see if you camera is working at all.

    Jania
    13 years ago

    I tried photo booth movie and iMovie. I just get a black screen as captured image; maybe my camera is gone...

      13 years ago

      Yes. It is definitely a camera issue. I'd make a visit to the Genius Bar if you can.

    Jania
    13 years ago

    Thank you Gary!

    forkboy1965
    13 years ago

    Please excuse me if this is a stupid suggestion as I'm still fairly new to Mac, but is it possible there is a setting that isn't correct?

    I mean, could the OS have selected another input device other than the built in iSight camera and the setting needs to be changed to make it work?

      13 years ago

      No. FaceTime, Photo Booth and iMovie are set to use the built-in camera by default.

    forkboy1965
    13 years ago

    Ok. Thanks Gary.

    Ryan
    13 years ago

    My camera on facetime says camera not connected how do i fix it

      Ryan
      13 years ago

      please help

        13 years ago

        Hard to say what may be wrong. What happens if you try to record from your camera in iMovie? Or Photo Booth? Check those to see if there is a problem with your camera.

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