I want to automate a personal workflow that is based on camera usage on my MBP.
Basically I want to know if any of the cameras (built-in or USB) has been turned on or off, so I can run a program or script I'll create.
I think it's OK if I need to poll for the cameras statuses but an event or callback based solution would be ideal
This seems to work.
❯ log stream | grep "Post event kCameraStream"
2020-12-01 14:58:53.137796-0500 0xXXXXXX Default 0x0 XXX 0 VDCAssistant: [com.apple.VDCAssistant:device] [guid:0xXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX] Post event kCameraStreamStart
2020-12-01 14:58:56.431147-0500 0xXXXXXX Default 0x0 XXX 0 VDCAssistant: [com.apple.VDCAssistant:device] [guid:0xXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX] Post event kCameraStreamStop
2020-12-01 14:58:56.668970-0500 0xXXXXXX Default 0x0 XXX 0 VDCAssistant: [com.apple.VDCAssistant:device] [guid:0xXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX] Post event kCameraStreamStart
Some of the numbers in the output are redacted with Xs because I don't know what they mean. :)