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On Wed, 25 Mar 2020 at 18:10, Grant Phillips-Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, 25 Mar 2020 at 16:50, Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, 25 March 2020 16:23:20 GMT Grant Phillips-Sewell wrote: > > > > > > Grantedly I am using a Mac, so I'm already on the Free Software naughty > > > list, but I found it odd that Jitsi Meet couldn't use the webcam when > > > everything else can. > > > > > > That is the only reason I am not using it. > > > > Sounds odd, we had a bunch of Macs using it with various random external > > webcams no problem previously. > > > > As I said fight it so others don't. > > > > Although that may well be a Mac issue. > > So the Mac in question is a Mac Pro Early 2008 (2 x Quad Core Xeons @ > 2.8GHz, with 56GB of RAM... it runs nice and smoothly) that has been > cajoled into running Catalina (using DosDude1's patched installer). > I'm using a Logitech HD Pro C920 webcam (one of the few FullHD USB > webcams that does actually work with macOS). Previously Skype, Zoom, > HouseParty (don't judge me... my family use it), Facebook, Hangouts, > Facetime, and pretty much everything else I throw at it will happily > see the webcam and use it... but Jitsi Meet just wouldn't even list > it. > > Annoyingly I have just tried both the Jitsi Meet website and the > standalone app again and the damn thing is working fine now. > > Ah, well. As I will be in the office I might as well have a Jitsi Meet > window open as well as anything else anyone wants to use for the > meeting. > > Grant. :) I think I've sussed it... it would seem that the browser (and therefore the sort-of browser the Jitsi Meet standalone app uses) is not happy sharing access to the camera at the same time as other apps. Just tried it whilst on a Skype with someone else and *boom* exactly the same symptoms as before... the camera wasn't even getting listed. Sorted! Layer 8 problem. Grant. :) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dcglug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq