UVIDEO(4) Device Drivers Manual UVIDEO(4)

uvideo — USB video devices

uvideo* at uhub?
video* at uvideo?

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.

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).

intro(4), usb(4), video(4)

The uvideo driver first appeared in OpenBSD 4.4.

January 5, 2022 OpenBSD 7.6