Built-in camera not detected !! in System Information saying "There was an error while scanning for video capture devices."

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Built-in camera not detected !! in System Information saying "There was an error while scanning for video capture devices."

my macbook air 13" mid 2011 running OSX el-capitan have some camera problem that irritated me a lot !!,

when i opening apps that built in camera related its suddenly crasing.

when i check in System Information > Hardware > Camera , it's says There was an error while scanning for video capture devices. but in System Information > Hardware > USB the FaceTime Camera (Built-in) was detected.(so.. maybe it's not the hardware problem)

I have tried sudo killall VDCAsistant on the terminal, SMC & PRAM resets, and Disk utility - repair disk and repair permissions. But everything is useless

Please Help Me!! This irritated me a lot !

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MacBook Air 13″, OS X 10.11

Posted on Jul 23, 2020 12:46 AM

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jeremy_v

Community Specialist

Jul 26, 2020 3:43 PM in response to gilbran

Hello gilbran.

Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities. We understand that your built-in camera is crashing. We will be glad to assist. You have already performed some great steps to resolve this. Please see the following resource for some additional steps:

If your built-in camera isn’t working on your Mac

If the issue persists, Contact Apple for support and service

Cheers.

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Built-in camera not detected !! in System Information saying "There was an error while scanning for video capture devices."

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