[PD] GEM camera input unavailable

[Dana Moser]

Hi.
Thanks for your reply.
Yes. In fact that blog post is the perfect example, as it shows a
screenshot of how all the other apps that use the camera input
(Processing, Max...) behave: I get a request from the system
asking me if the application has my permission to use the
camera. In launching Pd or using Gem patches, this never happens.
And it's just never available.
This is why my colleague thinks camera input with Pd broke because
of a Mac OS security change that isn't being handled properly.
Again, is _anyone_ able to get live camera input to work with
Pd/Gem on Mac OSX >10.13?
Thanks again!
-Dana

On 5/19/19 10:42 AM, Simon Iten wrote:
> hi,
>
> i guess you tried setting the permissions manually?
>
>
https://www.idownloadblog.com/2018/08/16/howto-mac-camera-microphone-permission/
>
> (just the first link that pops up)
>
> On Sat, May 18, 2019, 16:39 Dana Moser <rosalux at curiousart.org
> <mailto:rosalux at curiousart.org>> wrote:
>
>     Greetings.
>     I teach in a program that uses both Linux and
>     Mac laptops. About a year ago video input stopped
>     working ('High Sierra' version or before, apparently.)
>     I'm told it's no longer working on Windows either.
>     My colleague has suggested it's because enhanced
>     security in the OS is guarded about which devices
>     can access a given piece of software and Pd/GEM isn't
>     asking for permission correctly, so a camera never shows
>     up as an input device. Is this possible?
>     We're using Pd 0.49.4 and Gem 0.93.3.
>     Is there a known method of getting a live video camera
>     input for the Mac? It works fine on Linux.
>     Thank you for any assistance.
>     -Dana Moser