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Flancke YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 27 France, Toulouse	webcam instead of isight --- help! Apr 27th, 2010, 10:41am   Hello, I am working with openCV on Windows, and I would like to know how I can tell Processing to aquire the image of the usb-webcam instead of the isight-cam, which is choosen always automaticly...! Thanks! Alexa

PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: webcam instead of isight --- help! Reply #1 - Apr 27th, 2010, 12:49pm   This Topic was moved here from Syntax Questions by PhiLho.

pivstrun YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 4	Re: webcam instead of isight --- help! Reply #2 - Apr 27th, 2010, 5:53pm   On my mac I have to close the monitor then it realizes that it cannot use the built in one, and it reverts to whatever you have on USB. But thats mac, hopefully someone else can help you, but while you are waiting try using an ext monitor and closing the lid of your laptop.