I've been programming using OpenCV on the iSight feed and after building and running from Xcode 10 or so times somewhat quickly the MacBook Pro starts to not recognize the iSight (as in completely, Photo Booth doesn't work, nor video chat within iChat, and it's not in System Profiler). The only way to recover is to do an SMC reset, normal power cycles do nothing. Has anyone experienced anything quite like this? Is it possible to not close the camera out properly so that it is unusable for other applications even after killing the process? Do you think I should get a replacement or at least checkup from Apple?
I know this isn't directly a programming question but by breaking the iSight it directly impacts my development plus it is actively caused by programming. Hopefully someone who has done extensive work with QTCaptureViews using the iSight as a feed can chime in.
Thanks.