Facetime and external iSight - no sound input

Hi,

That's good to hear.

9:53 PM Saturday; August 4, 2012

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 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Lion 10.7.2)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

You can download this file from the Apple website. It's the iSight Updater 1.0.3

Here's the page..

http://support.apple.com/downloads/iSight_Updater_1_0_3

or from this link...

Download

The only issue is that you have ro install the update on a Mac running 10.4 or earlier.

But here's the catch and fix. You need a pre Lion Rosetta Stone Power PPC OS X system to install. Find one and then do this...

1) Download iSightUpdater103.dmg at: http://support.apple...t_Updater_1_0_3

2) Double click on the dmg file (duh).

3) Right mouse click on iSightUpdater103.pkg and click 'Show Package Contents'.

4) In the Contents folder copy Archive.pax.gz to your desktop.

5) Double click on it (again, duh).

6) In the extracted Applications | Utilities | 'iSight Updater 1.0.3' folder path double click on iSight Updater 1.0.3.app.

7) Follow instructions.

OR..

Upgrade from 1.0.2 to 1.0.3 with leopard. Running \System\Library\CoreServices\iSight Updaters\iSight Updater

Running this, it states iSight needed updated and whether to proceed and update. This will fix the sound problem.

vibration888,

My post is to those who don't have access to a pre-intel mac. The Intel updater is on system cd 10.5.5 that is compiled for Intel Mac's. The one found on apple's download is compiled for PowerPC macs as you've identified. Either way upgrading the firmware to 1.0.3 will fix problems with OSX 10.7 and above.

vibration888 wrote:

But here's the catch and fix. You need a pre Lion Rosetta Stone Power PPC OS X system to install. Find one and then do this...

And it will teach you a foreign language at the same time! 😁

NeoCole wrote:

...I located a 10.5.5 Mac OSX restore DVD and used an app called "PaciFist" to open the CD and view the files....

Cole:

Any tips to help me also locate the 10.5.5 Mac OS X restore DVD? I already own the retail Leopard install DVD (that is how I updated my iMac G5 from Panther; but it died last year). I can also be found at this nickname at America OnLine.

Thanks!

Tried to send it to you but it was rejected, don't see you signed in to AOL either.

Thanks for trying: I was out for a medical procedure.

I'm back now and online in iChat as MichaelLAX; same as the email.

Probably rejected due to the AOL 10 MB limit... That is why I use YouSendIt.

Please try again...

I purchased an external firewire iSight off ebay and tried to use it under OSX 10.6.8 While the video worked, the audio device did not. The firewire audio device side of the iSight showed up in Facetime, iChat, and the system preferences; but no audio level was ever detected. I could connect to other people and chat, but they could never hear me. The problem was that the iSight's firmware had never been updated and was still the 1.0.2 revison. Following vibration888's instructions, I was able to get the updater to run.

vibration888 wrote:

1) Download iSightUpdater103.dmg at: http://support.apple...t_Updater_1_0_3

2) Double click on the dmg file (duh).

3) Right mouse click on iSightUpdater103.pkg and click 'Show Package Contents'.

4) In the Contents folder copy Archive.pax.gz to your desktop.

5) Double click on it (again, duh).

6) In the extracted Applications | Utilities | 'iSight Updater 1.0.3' folder path double click on iSight Updater 1.0.3.app.

7) Follow instructions.

These instructions worked fine on a 64bit Xeon Mac Pro 1,1 running 10.6.8 -- and the iSight was updated to 1.0.3 I rebooted, and everything worked. No pre-Intel mac was required.

ciradrak wrote:

These instructions worked fine on a 64bit Xeon Mac Pro 1,1 running 10.6.8 -- and the iSight was updated to 1.0.3 I rebooted, and everything worked. No pre-Intel mac was required.

Yes, a PowerPC application will run on 10.6.8 so long as the optional Rosetta was installed into Snow Leopard.

However, I cannot get this 1.0.3 version to run on Lion, as expected.

My usual PowerPC app fix is to run it in Snow Leopard (with Rosetta) installed into Parallels for use in Lion or Mt. Lion, however, Parallels cannot emulate a Firewire port.

So, again, I need access to the same version updater file referenced by NeoCole from the Leopard 10.5.5 install DVD, or get off my butt, and move the iSight over to my Snow Leopard Mac Mini and run the 1.0.3 updater there! 😁

Thanks for this tip!

lol, yup that is sloth. XD

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Oooops!

Yes, however well intentioned, you should remove the download link...

Thanks!

Oooops!

Yes, however well intentioned, you should remove the download link...

Thanks!

Or some Nice Host will come and save the day for you.

lol, yup that is sloth. XD

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😁 😉

7:40 PM Thursday; March 7, 2013

Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"

 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mountain Lion 10.8.2)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

um, yes, thank you. On the risk of seeming foolish, the 'edit' post link had vanished... Does it only allow you to edit posts during the first day or something?

see, this message still has an edit link...

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On reflection, I am hesitant to run the 1.0.3 updater, as from previous suggestions on this thread, I have my iSight working with FaceTime in Lion. So, if "it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

But it is good to have it in my library for future needs. 🙂