Using (web) cam from loaded swf file in AIR application

Hi everyone,

I am currently working on a project where a host application (AIR 3.4) loads different client applications which were created as individual .swf files to enable different interactivity without touching the host.

For example there is a video player application as client and a client which loads RSS feeds from the net and so on. Now I want to create a client that can capture footage from an installed webcam.

I've written a short test and loaded it into my host application and there I get no feed from the camera. When I test the client on it's own I have no problem with displaying the video feed in the holder movieclip. Is there an issue I've been missing?

The code to the client is something like that:

private function fnc_addedToStage(evt: Event): void{             
     fnc_dispatchErrorMessage(this.name + ": Has beend added to stage");             
     // clean up the EventListener             
     this.removeEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, fnc_addedToStage);             
     // setup the video window             
     var video = new Video();             
     video.smoothing = false;             
     video.width = outputWindow.width;             
     video.height = outputWindow.height;             
     // add it to the outputWindow holder sprite             
     outputWindow.addChild(video);              
     // setup the camera             
     var camera = Camera.getCamera();             
     // width, height, fps && maximum quality             
     camera.setMode(320, 240, 30);            
      camera.setQuality(0, 100);                        
      camera.addEventListener(StatusEvent.STATUS, statusHandler);             
     fnc_dispatchErrorMessage("Camera: " + Camera.isSupported);             
     // attach the camera             
     video.attachCamera(camera);
}

fnc_dispatchErrorMessage is a wrapper function to send my trace statements to a log file in the host application. outputWindow is a movie clip on the stage which functions as a content holder.

The loading component of the host looks like that:

private function fnc_pageLoaded(evt: Event): void{             
     // clean up the eventListener             
     pageSWFLoader.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, fnc_pageLoaded);             
     // casting it into the container movieClip, so that it's functions can be accessed             
     //pageContainer = new MovieClip();             
     pageContainer = MovieClip(pageSWFLoader.contentLoaderInfo.content);             
     // setting up the dimensions and position loaded from the xml file             
     pageContainer.width = Number(pageConfig.fnc_getSingleElement("pageWidth"));             
     pageContainer.height = Number(pageConfig.fnc_getSingleElement("pageHeight"));             
     pageContainer.x = Number(pageConfig.fnc_getSingleElement("pagePositionX"));             
     pageContainer.y = Number(pageConfig.fnc_getSingleElement("pagePositionY"));              
     pageContainer.addEventListener("calledError", fnc_pageContainerError);             
     // add it to the display list             
     addChild(pageContainer);            
     // and so on... 

fnc_getSingleElement reads a value from a configuration xml file.

Any help would be great, cause I'm totally stuck at the moment. And searching in the AS3 API and Google didn't get me any results.

Thank you.