No video capture devices were found!

After A LOT of searching and tinkering with things I have finally fixed this issue on my MacBook. Turned out it wasn’t caused by Apple but kaspersky in my case, the privacy settings were completely blocking the camera, as soon as I unchecked the selection in Kaspersky the camera popped straight back on! 😤

Hello RandaVictor,

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities!

It is my understanding from your post that your Mac is not recognizing your camera. I recommend testing the issue while your Mac is in safe mode and/or in a new user account. This will help determine the cause of the issue. The following articles have the steps you will need to test the issue in both safe mode and in a new user account: 

Use safe mode to isolate issues with your Mac - Apple Support

How to test an issue in another user account on your Mac - Apple Support

Best Regards.

1. Same problem here. I have a MacBook Pro mid 2012 with MacOS Catalina. Tried sudo killall VDCAssistant

in Terminal / created a new account / turned off screen time...still not working. This is not normal and apple should do something about it. They need to come up with a solution since it seams there is a bug somewhere. If for anybody worked something else, please post here. Thanks

Hello,

Is there any additional information on this issue. None of the video capturing applications on my MacBook pro can find the camera. However, Citrix can gain access to the camera. Please advise asap.

Thank you.

It's a horror story, don't waste hours running 'classic' fixes because you are not alone: check this thread if you've still have the problem:https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251186757?answerId=252726260022&page=1

"Suddenly my macbook didn't detect my build in camera, help please!

i was working and suddenly stop, no accidents and without any updates...

i only used an app related to Syphon to do connect my Gopro to macbook for a live video, but i don't know if this messed up my settings or nothing related to it...

I tried these, didn't work

• Reset NVRAM or PRAM
• Reset SMC
• macOSUpdCombo

i'm on Mojave 10.14.6

MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) - Touch bar"

Quoting all you again I had the same problem with mine. :(

Reset NVRAM or PRAM

If your Mac’s core settings got corrupted, that may explain why your built-in camera became invisible.

1. First of all, shut down your Mac.
2. Press the power button and while your machine is booting up, press and hold the Command + Option + P + R keys.
3. Release the keys when you hear the second startup chime.
4. Let your computer reboot normally and check if you can use your camera.

Hello,

Is there any additional information on this issue. None of the video capturing applications on my MacBook pro can find the camera. However, Citrix can gain access to the camera. Please advise asap.

I am having similar problem since May 12 2020( last used mothers day May 10th and was fine.) In my hardware list under camera it says "no video devices were found", and, for me, it also is not showing up in USB. Have Mojave 10.14.6

I have the same problem as yours. I tried all possible tricks from the internet, but no thing worked.

I don’t think it is an occasional issue since so many people exposed the same issue in other languages Apple Form.

I spent hours trying all the classic fixes and thinking it was a privacy and security issue. Turns out in my case it had something to do with a Catalina 10.15.2 bug. It goes away once you update your OS. Hope this helps.

I have spent an entire day looking for a solution. As you all have explained before, it suddenly stopped working. No damage or harm to my mac, so any camera damage (physical can't be the reason).

Running on the newest version: catalina 10.15.5 issue still continues.

Any update on this?

Terminal solution, reset, SMC reset etc did not work

The same happens to my macbook 13 4 thunderbolt port running last ios. What apple says?? We need a solution, its

now more important than ever to have a camera in order to comunicate with the world. Help Apple, please!!!!

I am having the same issue. No green light. It started with face time but zoom was working. Now zoom isn't finding the camera either. I checked the system report and it says "No video capture devices were found" No trauma or damage to my computer (although plenty of trauma and damage to me if I cant use zoom or FT in 2020!)

running Catalina 10.15.6 2017 macbook pro.

I am having the same issue since the beginning of 2020 in my MacBook Pro 2017 Touch Bar I have contacted apple service in February they diagnose the problem and after 3 weeks they said they must change the whole screen first they say its under quality assurance but then they change and say I must pay 850 USD for the whole screen I refused. I guess its a manufacturers defect !!! hope to find a solution so that 2020 we can't use MacBook without camera.