Macbook heats up when webcamming

[Stevofresh]

I am just wondering if this is normal. I have a Early 2013 Macbook Pro Retina 15 inch with retina. It heats up when I webcam. Thanks

 

[coldwaves]

I am just wondering if this is normal. I have a Early 2013 Macbook Pro Retina 15 inch with retina. It heats up when I webcam. Thanks

My Macbook Pro will be hotter if I am using the webcam. When I had Mountain Lion, the fan will speed up quite a bit when I Skype. Since I upgrade to Mavericks, the fan seems not to speed up as much as in Mountain Lion but the computer definitely heat up. Unless you are talking about a very high temperature, heating up when you use webcam seems to be normal.

 

[priitv8]

Yes, because the video encoder needs to kick in to pack the moving pictures into form suitable for over-the-wire transmission and reduce required bandwidth.