Webcam crash and then a fix

[bcurry]

Hi all,
I tried to connect a Logitech Brio to my new Mac Studio, and then chose that camera as the webcam in WeatherCat. When applied, it immediately caused a crash of WeatherCat that I could not recover from - the program would not run and the error file warned about a setting in the plist that was “insecure”.
Using Time Machine, I went back a couple of hours and found the file at:
 ~(username)->Library->Preferences->com.trixology.weathercat.plist
I copied that file, erased the old file and then pasted the copied file back into the current Preference. When I restarted WeatherCat it worked perfectly.
This is the second issue with the Mac Studio and the Brio, the other issue that using a Brio as a Zoom camera, it causes audio looping and frame freezing.
Essentially, I’m thinking don’t use that webcam!
Cheers,
Bill

[Blicj11]

Thanks for the info, Bill. It's getting harder to find a plain old school webcam that just does the simple stuff you need. Webcams have all migrated to the security camera genre.

[KitR]

Thanks Bill. I had a similar problem, but my crash happened as soon as I ticked the "Web-Cam Enabled", without even selecting the type of camera.

The crash was instantaneous and catastrophic. As you found, I could not restart Weather Cat. Your post pointed me to the plist file, which I deleted (not having a Time Machine backup), then restarted Weather Cat and restored from backup.

Cheers,

Kit

[elagache]

Dear Kit and WeatherCat faithful,

Since this is your first posting - let me welcome you to the WeatherCat forum! 

I'm glad that you were able to find the solution to your problem on the forum.  That is what it exists for!

Cheers, Edouard