iSight freezes after a few seconds

[tommybo]

Okay so I am a total newbie to MAC's and made the plunge and got a MacBook Pro 15 inch with built in camera...

I am trying to run Skype or iChat and the video in preview mode freezes after it initially starts in both programs. I tried to reboot but the same result is happening...

Anything anybody knows of to help?

 

[JediMeister]

1) Have you updated to 10.5.8?
2) Try using Photo Booth, see if it encounters any lag/hanging when it accesses the iSight camera.
3) Before using iChat/Skype for the first time, did you install any QuickTime plugins? Check in /Library/QuickTime and ~/Library/QuickTime if it exists for anything other than the AppleIntermediateCodec.component and AppleMPEG2Codec.component files. Anything else, pull out to the Desktop for the time being, restart the computer and re-test. If iChat and Skype behave as expected it was probably one or more of the extra plugins you removed.

 

[tommybo]

1) Have you updated to 10.5.8?
2) Try using Photo Booth, see if it encounters any lag/hanging when it accesses the iSight camera.
3) Before using iChat/Skype for the first time, did you install any QuickTime plugins? Check in /Library/QuickTime and ~/Library/QuickTime if it exists for anything other than the AppleIntermediateCodec.component and AppleMPEG2Codec.component files. Anything else, pull out to the Desktop for the time being, restart the computer and re-test. If iChat and Skype behave as expected it was probably one or more of the extra plugins you removed.

1. I just got the CPU and it came with 10.5.8.

2. Launch photo booth...it works for about 4 seconds and then freezes. I close it and restart and it does not have any image and camera does not turn on.

3. I dont even see a /Library/QuickTime folder. I havent installed any plugins, just updated the software when I got the CPU.