woolybully wrote:
When I'm skyping with a friend who has an HP Windows laptop he sees me as if standing in front of me. However, on my Mac with the built-in iSight camera I see him as a mirror image with the text on his T-shirt backwards. Can this be adjusted? Since I see him backwards, is this a function of his camera or the way my Macs see his video?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Robert Kruse
Welcome to Discussions, Robert (woolybully)
My
guess is that this is a function of the way Skype for Windows® sends video to your Mac. If you want more info, read on.
(0) Your
display shows video sent by your friend.
Your
iSight captures video at your location.
Therefore, I doubt that your problem is related to iSight. The info in this link may give you a better understanding of mirror image iSight possibillites:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10574807�
If not, the following may help you track down the answer to your specific concerns.
(1) For actual iSight problems or issues, start with Apple's
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090
If your iSight problem occurs in more than one app
and more than one user account, the reset suggested there often restores proper function of inbuilt iSight.
However, if after carefully following all the suggestions in the "How to Troubleshoot iSight" article, your built-in iSight still does not work, and if it does not show as a USB device in your Mac's
System Profiler, yours is most likely a hardware problem. In that case, contact Apple or an Apple-Authorized Service Provider for service.
(2)
Applications operate iSight, so, unless the problem is related to iSight hardware or the Mac OS software drivers that enable the camera, Help for the application you are using with your iSight can often give you some ideas.
I do not use Skype, but you and your friend can check your respective computers'
Skype > Help files and other documentation to see if Skype normally transmits reversed video.
(3) If necessary, you can find other help for Skype specific questions or problems here:
http://www.skype.com/help/guides
Skype even has its own dedicated forum for help from Skype users:
http://forum.skype.com/
For any Skype questions or problems, you will probably get faster and better help from the Skype users or Skype Tech Support. Search or post in the appropriate Skype Support area.
If you
still cannot find what you need, check
https://support.skype.com/search_first/
before contacting Tech Support:
https://support.skype.com/support_selection
(4) If I misunderstood your post, or if you have any other Apple questions,
we will be happy to try to help with any here in Discussions.
EZ Jim
Mac Pro Quad Core (Early 2009) 2.93Ghz w/Mac OS X (10.6.2) MacBook Pro (13 inch, Mid 2009) 2.26GHz (10.6.2)
LED Cinema Display G4 PowerBook 1.67GHz (10.4.11) iBookSE 366MHz (10.3.9) External iSight
