All apple computers are equiped with build-in iSight cameras in the student computing lab except the iMac G5's & Power Macintosh G5s. iSight cameras are build-in in room 1745 but are secured in room 1725 to the instructors' stations in the Marriott Library Multimedia Center teaching labs listed below:

ML 1725	ML 1745

Note: Please do not try to move, over-rotate, or over-elevate the iSight. Doing so may damage the stand, the swivel mount, or the camera itself.

Operation | Troubleshooting

Operation

No one is ever watching you unless you specifically connect to another computer with a video conferencing application like iChat or Marratech.

iChat allows two or more users to chat, Marratech allows many users to chat as well as share Microsoft Office documents. Please note that a camera or microphone is not required to chat with either program and that someone with a camera or microphone can chat with someone without either one.

For information about using and configuring iChatAV in our labs is forthcoming, please click here.

Other applications that take advantage of the iSight are located in:

/Applications/Chat & Talk
/Applications/Video

Video/image capture software includes: EvoCam, GCam, iMovie, iStopMotion, KeyCamX, MiracleSight, SightSaver, ToySight Demo, and uGrabit. These applications will capture the video stream from the camera and either allow you to save the stream as a video file (QuickTime or DV), as images, or display it as a screensaver. They will also let you upload them to web servers as webcam images.

Troubleshooting

If you are having difficulties activating the iSight, please do the following:

• Check to see that the FireWire cable is securely plugged into the FireWire port on the back of the computer.
• Close and then relaunch your chosen application so that it will reconnect with the iSight.
• Test the application with the iSight.

If you are still unable to get the iSight to operate with your chosen application:

• Quit application you are having problems with the iSight.
• Log off of the computer and log back in again.
• Launch the application again and test with the iSight.

Note: If you have tried all of the above and are unable to get the iSight working, please notify a consultant at the service counter.