[gst-devel] Attaching iSight camera to a GStream

[Bastien Nocera]

On Fri, 2010-04-09 at 03:30 -0800, Wes Miller wrote:
> How does one set one's source as the built in camera (in my case the Apple
> iSight camera)?  Is there a "hook to physucal device" element?  
> 
> How about USB attached cameras?

v4l2src should do the trick on Linux. Make sure your camera is
operational and any firmware it requires are installed by checking the
dmesg output after you plugged it in (or on startup if it's builtin).