#Easycap raspberry pi drivers
In the Drivers folder, run the setup.exe to unpack the drivers. Using a Windows computer (.yeah, I know.) insert the disk that came with the Eas圜ap. Once this is done, we can make a version compatible with this 4 channel device. The basic approach is to download the current source files, then substitute some of the more recent files that are compatible with the newer driver. So having picked up some more information along the way, I uninstalled the debs and started again. But these packages do not support the newer driver included with this module. After a bit of searching on the net, I found a bunch of crazy guys are working on software for this family of devices.Īs I'm using Lubuntu, I initially installed the deb packages for this device from the repository. Once connected to my laptop, lsusb revealed this module uses the "Somagic" chip. However, I like the idea of a 4 channel unit as this may simplify my existing setup. I already have two ClimaxDigital EzCAP modules which I've been using successfully on Linux for a few years to capture bird box video.
Its only when you connect it to your Linux computer and type "lsusb" that you discover what is inside.īut last week, when I noticed Amazon were selling a 4 channel Eas圜ap for only £7.38, I took a gamble and ordered one. So you don't really know what you are getting when you order one of these. In fact one company ( ClimaxDigital) got so fed up with the number of bad copies in circulation, that it change its branding to EzCAP, and more recently, dropped the name completely. The name "Eas圜ap" is not really a product name, because there are so many companies making copies of the original device.
An Eas圜ap is a USB device that connects a composite video source (like an "analogue" cctv camera) to a computer.