There doesn't seem to be a system preference to choose the default
camera. However, you can change cameras in the iChat preferences. What
happens if you select your DV camera in the iChat preferences, quit
iChat, then try to scan using Books?

This might be a short term fix until I add a preference into Books.

-Chris


On Sep 27, 2008, at 1:31 PM, canalnoises wrote:

> The built in iSight camera in my aluminum iMac isn't working very
> well for scanning UPCs. Books' help file says other cameras can be
> used to scan books, but I can't figure out how to tell the program
> to use a different camera. I even disabled my iSight, and Books was
> still using it! I have a MiniDV camcorder connected with Firewire,
> and apps like iChat can use it to display live video on my computer.
> Is there any way I can force Books to use my Firewire camera?
>
> Thanks,
> Isaac