FaceTime has not received any video from the connected camera. Fix without restart.
This is a fix to FaceTime not having video from your camera.
Symptoms: upon starting FaceTime you have a black screen instead of a stream from your camera, after some time a message "FaceTime has not received any video from the connected camera. Restarting your computer may fix this issue" appears.
Solution:
- Quit FaceTime, then
- Open Terminal, then
- Execute the following command as a standard user (no privilege elevation required):
kill $(lsof | grep "AppleCamera" | grep avconfere | awk '{ print $2; }')
Start FaceTime.
iPhone XS, iOS 16