In Mac OS X, support for receiving video from iSight is provided by a QuickTime video digitizer. An application that uses QuickTime for video input can work with iSight.
Support for receiving audio from iSight is provided by a Core Audio HAL Plug-in. Any Core Audio or Sound Manager-based application can use audio from iSight.
The Apple_iSight kernel extension provides notification of the iris state, as described in “Introduction.”
The application iChat AV uses all of the above services to provide live audio-video chat on the Internet.
Last updated: 2004-10-05