MacBook Pro, iSight, XP Pro and Build 5584

Issue: I cannot get the built-in iSight on my MacBook Pro to properly install in the Guest OS (XP Pro), despite various attempts (outlined below).

Host: MacBook Pro 2.4GHz (Santa Rosa), running Leopard 10.5.1
Guest: XP Pro SP2, with current updates as per Microsoft Update

I can see the Built-In iSight on the Parallels USB menu. When I select it, I get the New Hardware Wizard in XP. As per the Xenos recommendations, I have extracted the appleisightinstaller from the original Leopard OS DVD, and ran it in XP using the command line suggestion (open cmd, cd desktop, appleisightinstaller -p). The installer ends with a green check mark and reports that the iSight is ready to use. However, it is NOT recognized in any app, and the XP device manager shows it as missing a driver (yellow question mark).

I have also tried manually installing the driver by pointing to the folder in which the driver is already extracted, but even though there is an isight.inf, XP reports that the drivers are unavailable, so there is something about this driver that is incompatible with the MBP iSight.

I read the post that says a "hidden installer" is reported and then the installation is successful, but this point is never reached on my MBP - every time i turn on the iSight in the USB menu, the WinXP New Found Hardware wizard runs.

Has anyone had repeatable success in getting a MacBook Pro (Santa Rosa) built-in ISight to reliably work in XP SP2 as the guest OS in Parallels 5584?

Thanks in advance...

 

Are you sure you are running Leopard 10.5.2? It has not been released to the public yet.

 

Oops! Thanks for the catch, my error. I'm NOT an Apple beta tester, just a typing doofus. Thanks, edited above.

 

No one else having iSight problems? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

 

Macbook Pro & iSight Drivers 5582 & 5584

I just upgraded to 5584, was using 5582 prior, and things still seem to be working. Here's what I did, after reaching extreme frustration levels following all the other (probably good) advise, but not getting anywhere. Again, this was done under 5582, but is still working.

I took the Leopard 10.5.1 CD-1 and mounted it to the VM (XP SP2). There's an executable there aptly called setup.exe. I ran it and it started the bootcamp installation process. Besides installing the dinky boot camp tools for selecting what disk/os to boot into, it also installed ALL the necessary drivers to match the Apple hardware. After doing this, many of the devices in device manager were corrected or updated, and my isight camera is now working perfectly fine. In Device Manager, for whatever reason, it is listed under System Devices and not under audio/video. If I double click on "My Computer" there is now a "USB Video Device".

Have used it with various IM programs. Not all seem to be compatible, but that is most likely an unrelated issue.

Hope this helps!

...Alex
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HOORAY!!!

Alex, you're my hero. That trick fixed the issue perfectly for me! My iSight is now installed in Device Manager without any "Dreaded Yellow Question Mark" issues, and it works perfectly in all WinXP apps, including messengers!

Nice tip - I'll be sure to archive it and pass along to my friends with MBP's!

Thank you,

-jim.

 

Jim-

Glad it worked. Can you check and see if you can get it to work in NetMeeting? That's the one application that I have yet to get it to be recognized in.

...Alex

 

iSight Driver file name

Wrt the above discussion can anyone please tell me the name of the isight camera driver (os x 10.5.2)? That way i can easily find it on the install disk use Vistas hardware installation feature to get it working

r

 

Hello,

riisor, it should be AppleiSightInstaller.exe, for more information you can use this article.

 

> riisor, it should be AppleiSightInstaller.exe, for more information you can use this article.

This was one of (the many) things I tried, and I tried it on several of my VM's under Parallels and it did not work for any of them, although it did report running successfully each time. It was not until I ran the bootcamp install that the iSight, and other devices, were recognized.

...Alex

 

askovro1 your solution worked for me also.

After messing around for hours following blog posts, trying to follow instructions from the parallels knowledge base (http://kb.parallels.com/en/5028), and trying to work with parallels technical support it now finally works.

Thanks!

 

No way to make the iSight camera work with Microsoft Netmeeting

This didn't work for me.

I'm using Windows XP SP3 on Parallels Desktop 4.0.3810 for Mac OS 10.5.7 on a MacBook Pro.
I installed the Apple iSight drivers for Windows XP that I found in the Apple Macbook DVD and
I'm able to see my video both on Skype and MSN Live Messegnger.

What I wasn't able to do is to make the iSight camera work with Microsoft Netmeeting. No video device is found by Netmeeting.

I tried to install the iSight camera drivers that someone suggested on this url http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=6773 but the wizard procedure of installing drivers for the iSight apple built-in camera fails with the message of "required software not found".

Thus, any suggestion on how to make the iSight camera working with Microsoft Netmeeting on Parallels 4??

Any help is appreciated.

 

Sorry for not helping but I have not even successfully used the iSight inside Parallels with MSN messenger.
Every time I start the cam, it sits there "connecting" and then when the connection is established it dies (disconnected), no clue why.
I did everything the same as described above with similar config but am unable to sue it in MSN.
Oh, before I forget, the very first time it worked !
After that never again, no matter how many times I reboot, it disconnects when it should give a picture.
Both sides btw. not only sending but also receiving.
Anyone ?