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by pmjordan 5614 days ago
Interestingly, FaceTime and iChat don't seem to have any trouble using the webcam while Skype is running. Since they're Apple apps, they may get priority, however.
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danpker 5614 days ago
Well, I think Skype only interferes with Flash apps, non flash apps that use the camera are unaffected.
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pmjordan 5614 days ago
This to me implies that both Skype and Flash are doing something wrong.
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Maxious 5614 days ago
Reminds me of the recent conflict between the IcedTea (Java) and Moonlight (Silverlight) plugins in Chrome/Firefox http://neugierig.org/software/chromium/notes/2011/01/plugin-...

Is there an equivalent to Video for Windows/GStreamer on OSX?

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nitrogen 5613 days ago
Is there an equivalent to Video for Windows/GStreamer on OSX?

Apple's media framework and counterpart to VfW/DirectShow/GStreamer/etc. is Quicktime.

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jackolas 5614 days ago
Tinychat was having some issues with the google talk video plugin recently. I think something must have changed about video and flash recently...
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