NAME
uvideo —
USB video devices
SYNOPSIS
uvideo* at uhub?
video* at uvideo?
DESCRIPTION
The uvideo driver supports a range of USB
Video Class (UVC) devices including webcams, camcorders and other cameras.
UVC is a generic specification and many USB video devices follow it. The
following models are known to work:
- Apple built-in iSight
- Chen-Source CM12402 Eagle IR Cam
- Chicony Electronics 4807 (Lenovo X300 647815G Notebooks)
- Dynex 1.3MP Webcam
- eMPIA Technology 2761 (ASUS EeePC 701 Notebooks)
- Lenovo EasyCamera (Lenovo IdeaPad s10e Notebooks)
- Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks Pro
- Logitech QuickCam Communicate Deluxe
- Logitech QuickCam Communicate MP
- Logitech QuickCam Deluxe for Notebooks
- Logitech QuickCam E 3500 Plus
- Logitech QuickCam Fusion
- Logitech QuickCam OEM (Dell Notebooks)
- Logitech QuickCam Orbit AF
- Logitech QuickCam Orbit MP
- Logitech QuickCam Pro for Notebooks
- Logitech QuickCam Pro 5000
- Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000
- Logitech QuickCam Sphere AF
- Logitech QuickCam Sphere MP
- Logitech QuickCam Ultra Vision
- Logitech Webcam C200
- Logitech Webcam C310
- Logitech Webcam C500
- Logitech Webcam C920 Pro
- Logitech Webcam C922 Pro
- Logitech Webcam C930e
- Logitech Webcam Pro 9000
- Microsoft LifeCam NX-6000
- Microsoft LifeCam VX-500
- Microsoft LifeCam VX-700
- OmniVision OV7670 (Dell XPS M1330 Notebooks)
- Panasonic NV-GS320 Camcorder
- Rocketfish 2MP AF Webcam
- Sonix USB 2.0 Camera
- SunplusIT Inc (Lenovo X1 Carbon 6th Generation Notebooks)
- SuYin Acer Crystal Eye (Acer AspireOne Notebooks)
- Vimicro Corp USB 2.0 Camera
If the uvideo device attaches
successfully, it will attach the
video(4)
driver to provide higher-level access.
FILES
The driver needs a set of firmware for some devices which are loaded when a device gets attached:
- /etc/firmware/uvideo_isight_05ac-8300
- /etc/firmware/uvideo_r5u87x_05ca-1803
- /etc/firmware/uvideo_r5u87x_05ca-1810
- /etc/firmware/uvideo_r5u87x_05ca-1812
- /etc/firmware/uvideo_r5u87x_05ca-1835
- /etc/firmware/uvideo_r5u87x_05ca-1836
- /etc/firmware/uvideo_r5u87x_05ca-1837
- /etc/firmware/uvideo_r5u87x_05ca-1839
- /etc/firmware/uvideo_r5u87x_05ca-183a
- /etc/firmware/uvideo_r5u87x_05ca-183b
- /etc/firmware/uvideo_r5u87x_05ca-183e
- /etc/firmware/uvideo_r5u87x_05ca-1841
A prepackaged version of the firmware can be installed using fw_update(8).
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The uvideo driver first appeared in
OpenBSD 4.4.