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libuvc
is a cross-platform library for USB video devices, built atop libusb
.
It enables fine-grained control over USB video devices exporting the standard USB Video Class
(UVC) interface, enabling developers to write drivers for previously unsupported devices,
or just access UVC devices in a generic fashion.
Getting and Building libuvc
Prerequisites: You will need libusb
and CMake installed.
To build, you can just run these shell commands:
git clone https://github.com/libuvc/libuvc
cd libuvc
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make && sudo make install
and you're set! If you want to change the build configuration, you can edit CMakeCache.txt
in the build directory, or use a CMake GUI to make the desired changes.
There is also BUILD_EXAMPLE
and BUILD_TEST
options to enable the compilation of example
and uvc_test
programs. To use them, replace the cmake ..
command above with cmake .. -DBUILD_TEST=ON -DBUILD_EXAMPLE=ON
.
Then you can start them with ./example
and ./uvc_test
respectively. Note that you need OpenCV to build the later (for displaying image).
Developing with libuvc
The documentation for libuvc
can currently be found at https://int80k.com/libuvc/doc/.
Happy hacking!