First we needed the kernel header files provided as linuxheaders3. Somagic smi2021cbe should work in linux, but does not work with arm linux yet. Unfortunately, there is no certified driver for windows 10 regarding the smi grabber. With the release of wheezy as debian stable version 7. Compiling the whole thing using make menuconfig to change. If you would like some more information, please feel free to reply. Most of the documentation for the easycap devices are fragmented, incomplete, or old. This package contains the files needed for installing the easycap usb video capture adapter driver.
Im running cm12, and from what i can tell, there is a kernel module for the easycap with usb id 05e1. The easycap converts an rca or svideo source into a usb video and audio capture device known as a sound, video and game controller device in windows the possibilities for. Initializes the somagic easycap dc60, somagic easycap002, or ezcap esb 2. I have an easycap usb video converter but no longer have the software which came with the device. Ill continue looking for more information on that somagic based easycap. Also, you dont specify if you are testing with the somagiccapture program or the kernel driver. The driver expects a device from syntek semiconductor with usb id 05e1. I did find what appears to be a linux driver for the somagic variant, though. Many usb video capture devices are sold as easycap.
Easy driver pro will scan your computer for missing, corrupt, and outdated easycap usb 2. The problem is that chinese websites sell easycap usb capture card clones with at least 4 different hardware solutions. Download easycap smi grabber device driver 26012011 for. Both of these are supported under windows and linux and maybe mac os x. Linux kernel module driver for the somagic easycap capture device. I followed this guide easycap somagic wiki installing both the deb somagic capture and the deb somagic capturetools packages. The only thing you can try is to install it manually with driver enforcement disabled, but that wont guarantee it will work. When i look at the device in device manager i can see that the audio drivers have installed but the video driver has the following message the drivers for this device are not installed. Easycap driver for linux most of the documentation for the easycap devices are fragmented, incomplete, or old. Easycap drivers working in windows 10 connected using the rca output of the easycap device. When you run somagic init, you actualy upload the firmware, that is why the usbid changes. The driver recognised the capture device, and it worked to an extent, but with problems.
I have tried the easycap website which is not very helpful. Ubuntu beagleboard xm rev c compiling driver easycap usb. This project is a development area for a linux device driver for ibm power linux raid scsi hbas, including the ipr driver and iprutils packages. Many thanks to ivor hewitt for his great linux version. Easycap usb2 video captures my 29 year old vhs tape. I wanted to use it like a security dvr, and save all 4 inputs. This program must be run as root in order to interact with the usb capture device directly. Drivers easycap video dvr dc60 can someone give me the driver. Nov 02, 2015 unfortunately, there is no certified driver for windows 10 regarding the smi grabber. Continue to the installation portion of this instructional. For smi2021 based devices exists a proceeding linux driver project. It gives you the possibility to make recordings with audiovideo capture devices on the windows 7, 8 and 10.
This is an attempt to bring the softwarefirmware together for linux systems. I was able to get through the extracting firmware and performing user space capture sections without. Driver problem with easy cap video capture device microsoft. Jan 20, 2012 easycap video capture device is not recognised by windows 7. As this was custom kernel, by guessing i found that it was closest. Some do not store the required firmware in eeprom but expect the driver to feed the firmware into the usb hardware when inserted. Hello, i have an easycap video capture device that i would like to get working on my s5. Audio support is provided by the easycapsomagiclinux driver at an unknown stage. Audio support is provided by the easycap somagic linux driver at an. Driver problem with easy cap video capture device i have a easycap usb 2. The steps that follow combine the instructions from both the project page as well as teh fedora wiki. There are many different versions of hardware sold under the name of easycap.
Easycap model dc60, with cvbs, svideo, audiol, and audior inputs. Audio support is provided by the easycap somagic linux driver at an unknown stage. When you run somagicinit, you actualy upload the firmware, that is why the usbid changes. Below is a link to the windows 7 drivers that were compatible with my easycap device and further down a list of other easycap drivers you can. This is an appropriate point, therefore, definitively to retire the sourceforge easycapdc60 project. Easycap driver is a file conversion software tool that converts the rca or svideo source to the usb video. For smi2021 based devices exists a proceeding linuxdriver project. Syntek stk1160 used in the original device, and works in linux.
There is a newer version for the easycap that has version 6. The user has to install the easy cap driver first before recording any video files with easy cap the easy cap driver can be accessed in the disk attached with easy cap device or by online download. If sndusbaudio wins out, the easycap will not work properly. It may be a palntsc thing, because the bottom was cut and the colours were wrong. Contribute to kerpzsmi2021 development by creating an account on github. If it has been installed, updating overwriteinstalling may fix problems, add new functions, or expand existing ones. This easycap is based on a single utv007 labeled chip. You should be able to select input with both sollutions. Other driver packages and installers that might help other frustrated easycap users some are duplicates but different driver versions, good luck.
A more partial approach was to touch only relevant makefile involved in building the driver. Building easycap support with easycapsomagiclinux on. I followed this guide easycapsomagicwiki installing both the deb somagiccapture and the deb somagiccapturetools packages. I skipped both source installs and the downloading and building git sources because they didnt seem to be needed. Many easycaps are not officially supported on mac os x. You wont see a video display window if camera is connected to input 1. Feb 18, 2015 driver problem with easy cap video capture device i have a easycap usb 2. I can compile the easycap driver with no problem and the module gets loaded. An easycap cable provides three rca sockets lr audio and video and an svideo socket into which we can plug the cables from an old vcr so that we can transfer our old vhs video collection to digital. The problem is that the linux kernel includes a driver called sndusbaudio which competes with the sourceforge easycapdc60 driver for the easycap s sound channel. Right click it and choose properties compatibility. Its just a blob of data that is uploaded to the easycap. Easycap video capture device is not recognised by windows 7. Video composite rca input separate video minidin 4pin input audio stereo dual rca input.
Linux device driver for the easycap model dc60, with inputs cvbs, svideo, audiol, audior, and for the easycap002, with four cvbs inputs and microphone input. Somagic smi2021cbe cirrus logic 5340czz trident philips saa71h. I have an easycap video capture device that i would like to get working on my s5. Some easycap video recorders are usable on linux, but not all. Audio support is provided by the easycapsomagiclinux driver at an. Building easycap support with easycapsomagiclinux on fedora.
For more information on using them, check out the linux tv page here. The problem is that the linux kernel includes a driver called sndusbaudio which competes with the sourceforge easycapdc60 driver for the easycaps sound channel. This is an appropriate point, therefore, definitively to. Easycap usb video converter software february 2016. Before running this program, use wine or windows to run setup. This page is for a port of an unofficial, reverseengineered linux driver. Zephyr project the zephyr project is a new generation realtime operating system rtos that supports multiple hard. Oct 11, 20 some easycap video recorders are usable on linux, but not all. This info is for the somagic variant of the easycap dc60 video convertor.