kalyway Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Hey guys I got an Acer CrystalEye webcam on my Aspire 5920G. It's built-in and runs on a USB port, like System Profiler says (weird...) I open iChat, and the webcam turns on (the green light infront of the webcam) but all I get is a green screen. Also, I need help with Photo Booth... gives me an error saying my gfx card is not supported. any solution? I know there are a few hackers out there who can solve this problem in no time thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalyway Posted February 24, 2008 Author Share Posted February 24, 2008 anyone? please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalyway Posted February 24, 2008 Author Share Posted February 24, 2008 please? anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Try this: http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net/ May or may not work. Works for some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalyway Posted February 24, 2008 Author Share Posted February 24, 2008 thanks. mac os x DETECTS the webcam, and the webcam turns on... so it must be something else lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Naaa... it's just not supported by any drivers. I seem to remember some experimental drivers for Acer cams floating around a year or so ago, but I believe people just gave up on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyRach Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 I'm having this problem now, except I get a green screen I get a green screen in Photobooth as well. Any advances been made on getting the camera to work? Rach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyGlock Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 HI, I was searching around for a solution to this and came across this thread: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...;hl=acer+webcam I'm a total Newb, so I just tried what this guy says on Post #13 and somehow it fixed the problem! I can now use my Crystal Eye webcam that came with my Acer Extensa 5620! Now if I can only get my ethernet/wifi to work.... Here's what that post says: After Extensive research on this problem I have a partial fix. The built in UVC driver is the problem sorta well rather it one of its components that is my problem with photo booth. The driver it self also has issues that need to be addressed. By deleting /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreMediaIOServicesPrivate.framework/Versions/A/Resources/VDC.plugin I was able to get photo booth to work with my sonix cam for the first time ever. This is because the {censored} as UVC VDC.plugin in OSX forces my cam to work at higher res's then it is capable of doing. By deleting that plugin the cam defaults to a res it can handle and thus works. I still do not have ichat support but that i should be able to figure out soon. Some other edits to the UVC driver should fix that next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke3000 Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Hey guys I got an Acer CrystalEye webcam on my Aspire 5920G. It's built-in and runs on a USB port, like System Profiler says (weird...) I open iChat, and the webcam turns on (the green light infront of the webcam) but all I get is a green screen. Also, I need help with Photo Booth... gives me an error saying my gfx card is not supported. any solution? I know there are a few hackers out there who can solve this problem in no time thx I don't know how but I got the same Acer Crystal Eye Webcam working on Acer 4310. It's actually working right now and I am using ichat and/or yahoo messenger. I have no idea why it is detected as usb webcam but macam does not work. iusbcam probably helps but I don't know how. I was even able to use photobooth at one point because it too work but only for a while. After reboot I was not able to make it work again. Please don't ask me how I did it. I really don't know the answer. Perhaps the answer lies inside the OS itself becoz it was detected and somehow it only needs configuration. Who knows maybe someone here have figured it out already and he just need to post his answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treschny Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 I don't know how but I got the same Acer Crystal Eye Webcam working on Acer 4310. It's actually working right now and I am using ichat and/or yahoo messenger. I have no idea why it is detected as usb webcam but macam does not work. iusbcam probably helps but I don't know how. I was even able to use photobooth at one point because it too work but only for a while. After reboot I was not able to make it work again. Please don't ask me how I did it. I really don't know the answer. Perhaps the answer lies inside the OS itself becoz it was detected and somehow it only needs configuration. Who knows maybe someone here have figured it out already and he just need to post his answer. I got my Crystal Eye webcam working today with some fiddling. Works perfectly in Skype. Doesn't work in Photobooth, and half works with vertical lines in iChat (using iusbcam). Here's what I did: - Download and install Camtwist - pick Acer CrystalEye Webcam in Camera (lower right) - choose PIP (picture in Picture) as the effect. Verify that your cam is working with the Preview under Tools. - expand the PIP to take up the full size of the window by moving the Scale slider all the way to the right - set the preferences to use CamTwist for all the apps you need it for Then to get Camtwist running on bootup - in System Preferences go to Accounts, Login Items, add CamTwist to open upon login and check "Hide" It loads unobtrusively at bootup and is ready to use. if anyone knows how to get iChat working better, please share. BTW for the other Acer user who couldn't get wifi working, just replace the miniPCI wifi with another working one (ie Broadcom 1020). It's easy, I'd never done it before and it was a snap. Cost me $15 on eBay. Cheers Good luck! I got my Crystal Eye webcam working today with some fiddling. Works perfectly in Skype. Doesn't work in Photobooth, and half works with vertical lines in iChat (using iusbcam). Here's what I did: - Download and install Camtwist - pick Acer CrystalEye Webcam in Camera (lower right) - choose PIP (picture in Picture) as the effect. Verify that your cam is working with the Preview under Tools. - expand the PIP to take up the full size of the window by moving the Scale slider all the way to the right - set the preferences to use CamTwist for all the apps you need it for Then to get Camtwist running on bootup - in System Preferences go to Accounts, Login Items, add CamTwist to open upon login and check "Hide" It loads unobtrusively at bootup and is ready to use. if anyone knows how to get iChat working better, please share. BTW for the other Acer user who couldn't get wifi working, just replace the miniPCI wifi with another working one (ie Broadcom 1020). It's easy, I'd never done it before and it was a snap. Cost me $15 on eBay. Cheers Good luck! Hey - I also got Photobooth working now that I deleted that VDC plugin file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumbochilli Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 I got my Crystal Eye webcam working today with some fiddling. Works perfectly in Skype. Doesn't work in Photobooth, and half works with vertical lines in iChat (using iusbcam). Here's what I did: - Download and install Camtwist - pick Acer CrystalEye Webcam in Camera (lower right) - choose PIP (picture in Picture) as the effect. Verify that your cam is working with the Preview under Tools. - expand the PIP to take up the full size of the window by moving the Scale slider all the way to the right - set the preferences to use CamTwist for all the apps you need it for Then to get Camtwist running on bootup - in System Preferences go to Accounts, Login Items, add CamTwist to open upon login and check "Hide" It loads unobtrusively at bootup and is ready to use. if anyone knows how to get iChat working better, please share. BTW for the other Acer user who couldn't get wifi working, just replace the miniPCI wifi with another working one (ie Broadcom 1020). It's easy, I'd never done it before and it was a snap. Cost me $15 on eBay. Cheers Good luck! Hey - I also got Photobooth working now that I deleted that VDC plugin file Thanks a bunch! I got it working. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spannernick Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I have a Acer Crystal Eye Webcam on my Aspire 2930z and its not showing in the system profiler,whats the driver you are all using to get it to work..? I have iAKOS S3 Version 2 Snow Leopard on it if that makes a difference..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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