http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Re-Basic-question-on-make-movie-plug-in-tp3692257p3692260.html
Thank you for the quick reply. I noticed that when I tried to go that
way, I got a message abotu having to use 32 bit Java.
> On Jun 5, 2009, at 10:05 AM, Aryeh Weiss wrote:
>
>> How is video input acquireed with ImageJ on a macbook? I found some
>> plugins for specific cameras, as well and a plugin that acquires
>> though quicktime. However, I did not understand how to get this to
>> work with the built in camara on the macbook. My search of the
>> archive on osx+video did not turn up anything.
>>
>> Having just moved to a mac from windows/PC , there are elementary
>> fuctions with which I am not yet familar, so I am sorry if this is a
>> silly question. If I missed it in the archive or on the wiki, please
>> send the appropriate link.
>
> The File>Import>Video command (QuickTime Capture plugin) should work
> with the built in MacBook camera as long as you run ImageJ in 32-bit
> mode by launching the "ImageJ" application instead of "ImageJ64".
> QuickTime for Java does not work in 64-bit mode and Java 1.6, which is
> used by "ImageJ64", only runs in 64-bit mode. There is more
> information about the QuickTime Capture plugin at
>
>
http://rsbweb.nih.gov/ij/plugins/qt-capture.html>
> -wayne
>