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iSight is a webcam, both external and internal, developed and marketed by Apple Inc. The external iSight was connected to a computer via a FireWire cable, and came with a set of mounts to place it atop any then-current Apple display, laptop computer, all-in-one desktop computer, or flat surface. Currently iSight camera are

The iSight is programmable via QTKit.

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Isight program did not read .inp file but read .cae file

I want to use Abaqus component in Isight, but it can not read .inp files. When I try to read .cae file, it reads but gives an error about rewriting input file when I run model. The error message is: I tried to example file which is already in…
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OpenCV capture from USB not iSight (OSX)

I am having trouble accessing the external USB camera instead of the built-in iSight when using OpenCV with a MacBook Pro under Mac OSX. When passing an argument to the cvCaptureFromCAM(index) function other than 0 or -1 I will always get a Warning:…
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Capture MacBook Pro iSight video with C++

I'd like to grab a frame from my MacBook Pro iSight in C++ and do some elaborations on it. I already know how to do that in ObjC with QTKit, but is there any way to do the same thing in C++? NOTE: I tried to install OpenCV with macports, but the…
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Display AVCaptureDevice live stream video in Mac Os with Swift

I would like to display a live stream video from my iSight camera. I was able to detect the AVCaptureDevice that match with the iSight camera, but I don't know how can display the iSight live stream. I found some examples for iOS…
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How to read iSight camera current focus distance (focal length)?

Let's say you're holding your hand two feet away from a Mac's iSight camera and it's the thing in focus. I would like to be able to read this distance (either directly or by getting some other focus data that allows me to calculate the distance)…
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Is it possible to programmatically turn on the iSight camera?

I want to set up automatic camera capture on my mac, I am using isightcapture program. However, I need to turn on the camera, do you know how I should do this ? I have very limited skills in Objective-C and RubyCocoa is not working in my environment…
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What's the most up-to-date way to capture an iSight/FaceTime camera image on the Mac?

I would like to present a camera preview in my app, that takes a photo when you click a button. The documentation for AVFoundation looked largely iOS-specific, even on the Mac docs site. QTKit looked like it would do what I need, but it's also an…
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