Skype Osx Does Not Recognize Firewire Camera

skype osx does not recognize firewire camera

Using a firewire camera with Skype

Some of you may have noticed that the current version of Skype (5.3) does not support camera's connected via firewire. This was a problem, as we were using Skype to host interviews for live webcasts. I found a really simple workaround. You can download a program called ManyCamthat identifies firewire devices.

Here are the steps.

Download ManyCam
Launch the program
Select your camera
Open Skype/preferences/audio-video
Select your device in the drop down menu

After the initial setup, Skype is recognizing my firewire camera without having to launch ManyCam again!

I am using this hardware/software setup:

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Skype Osx Does Not Recognize Firewire Camera