Using Mac built-in camera in Parallels

Hi all -

I installed Parallels on my Mac some months ago without much problem. At the time, I wanted to use the built in isight camera and somewhere I found instructions that let me do that. There was a step to turn it off somehow in the Mac side, then find it and turn it on in Parallels. I even tested it and it worked. Then I set it back so I could use it on the mac side again - and LOST those notes. So, wondering if anyone can help me with this.

I went to the FAQ area first and searched for "camera", "isight" and "mac camera" and got no results... so I found a great post by someone out there that suggested providing lots of details about one's situation to help those that could help me...so here you go.

I've noticed that if I have Parallels running and plug in any USB device (printer, etc) it finds it and recognized it with no problem. If I plug in the device before running Parallels, it's in the "mac world" and so Parallels doesn't know it exists. Easy fix for a printer - just unplug USB and plug it back in...but need to find the equivalent for the built-in camera...

My setup:
1. Mac OS Version 10.4.11
2. Parallels Build #3214
3. What kind of computer MacBook Pro
4. Total Physical RAM 2 GB
5. Hard Drives 80 GB (about 20 free right now)
6. If you are using a BootCamp configuration or not No.
7. Did you upgrade from a BETA No.
8. With what Build did the problem start #3214
9. If Parallels Tools are installed - not sure what this is, so probably not.
10. Anything you have tried to get things working - lost those notes - in Parallels, the Window XP software doesn't recognize that there is a camera.
11. Anything specific about your set-up you think we should know - nothing really special. I run really basic software (Firefox, Thunderbird, Dreamweaver, Photoshop)

Hope you can help, thanks all!

yvonne

 

I am having problems as well...All the posted solutions seem dated.Any idea where to get the driver from

 

Hello Ycariveau and Harijay,

Did you have a look at this article?

Best regards,
Xenos

 

That worked

Thanks, that worked! Awesome.

Yvonne