RE: I need drivers for an external isight camera on windows 7 64-bit

witkewoo wrote:
IRT http://discussions.info.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=11515278#11515278
Are the drivers from boot camp only for the internal isight camera or should the drivers work with the external firewire camera?

I installed the drivers without a problem on Windows 7 64-bit. However, windows 7 didn't recognize the drivers (either automatically or when manually found). The installer placed them in C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\

Of note, the camera does work. Using skype, the camera's LED lit up. However, the generic driver wouldn't allow the camera to "talk" with windows. The aperture opened to the max setting and "whited out" the video. Thanks!!

(1) External iSight is, as you recognize, a Firewire webcam. It has its own built-in microphone.

Built-in iSight is a USB camera. It has no mic of its own.

Windows® video drivers for both iSights are included. However, as explained in the following link, there are no Windows® audio drivers for external (Firewire) iSight’s internal microphones:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISight#iSightonWindows

(2) If you can track your problems to your Boot Camp or Windows installation, see FAQs and troubleshooting here:

  http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

As reported by user mikkel_nielsen here:

  http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=11953256#11953256

you may merely need to update and reinstall the drivers.

I do not use Windows®, but if you get no better help here, the best I have to offer is:



Check iSight with OS X apps and user accounts: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090

If all works there, consider Boot Camp/Win7 FAQ & links: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3986

Also Boot Camp 3.0, Mac OS X 10.6 FAQ & links: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3777

If all else fails, this search in Boot Camp might give you some ideas or an idea for a new topic there:

  http://tinyurl.com/39lu9fn


Message was edited by: EZ Jim


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Hi,

This is a bit of an old question.

The results from way back when were that most Windows computers with Firewire ports would "see" the camera and it would show the Video.

The OS drivers on Windows could do the video but not the Audio from the Mics (there are two) over Firewire.

There was never a work-around this part of the issue as far as I am aware.
See the original work by EZ Jim from 2005
Also Wikipedia

A Suggested Search to look at



10:40 PM Friday; September 10, 2010

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witkewoo wrote:
Thanks for the replies.

Was anyone able to use the External iSight camera under Windows 7?

Blog says yes: http://greenteapanda.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!FE41B802AD82B3D7!6338.entry


Message was edited by: EZ Jim


Mac Pro Quad Core (Early 2009) 2.93Ghz w/Mac OS X (10.6.4)  MacBook Pro (13 inch, Mid 2009) 2.26GHz (10.6.4)
LED Cinema Display  G4 PowerBook 1.67GHz (10.4.11)  iBookSE 366MHz (10.3.9)  External iSight

Hi,

I would go by the info EZ Jim has found.

However the "Drivers" for the Internal Cameras allow it (the Internal iSight) to be seen as a Device in Windows.

As that camera is USB and in fact a UVC compatible I would think that the USB Video Class (UVC) driver in windows then takes over.

The Firewire device, as noted in the Blog entry, that EZ Jim found, is a different form of Video.



9:57 PM Saturday; September 11, 2010

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