Linux driver for EasyCap USB2.0 Video Adapter DC60

[digitalfiz]

Ok I am posting a new thread because this thread was archived here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=662531

And the solutions provided didnt work for me. I;ve tried each method with no results. I will say the audio part of the capture device seems to be working just not the video part. Here is the part of the dmesg that shows the stk driver starting:

[  644.067462] stk11xx: Syntek USB2.0 webcam driver startup
[  644.067506] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb_stk11xx_driver
[  644.067510] stk11xx: v1.3.1 : Syntek USB Video Camera

and here is the results from lsusb

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c043 Logitech, Inc. 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 059b:007e Iomega Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05e1:0408 Syntek Semiconductor Co., Ltd 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

Like I said it seems like the audio part of the device is working just not the video. there is no /dev/video* at all and it seems programs like camorama look for cameras there. I am not a super ubuntu/linux guru so if I'm not providing something just ask I'll get it.

I am using ubuntu 8.04

[digitalfiz]

No body? I was hoping someone could give some help even if they didnt have the answer, maybe things I should try or places I should look anything really

[nzjrs]

No body? I was hoping someone could give some help even if they didnt have the answer, maybe things I should try or places I should look anything really

I have one of these to, and I think we are screwed. The original guide at http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/em28xx_generique indicated the EasyCap in that photo had an em2861 USB video bridge, however as the lsusb output and our experience has shown, EasyCAP devices with usb identifiers 05e1:0408 actually use the stk1160 usb bridge IC.

In both cases, the capture is handled by a SAA7113 video encoder chip.

Now, the stk11xx driver is a webcam driver, and while being able to communicate with the stkxx bridge chips, on those webcams the image capture is handled by omnivision OVxxx sesors.

So AFAICT the em28xx-new driver has no chance of working because it does not include support for the stk1160, and the stk11xx driver has no chance of capturing video because it does not know anything about the SAA711X series of video capture devices.

A working driver would therefor need to use (I presume the communcation protocol for all stk11xx chips is similar) the usb setup routines from the stk11xx driver, and steal the SAA711x interface code from either em28xx, linux-uvc driver, or one of the other drivers that knows how to speak SAA711x

John

[shanet]

Yeah, the DC60 is the model we have, the DC60+ (which is more expensive as it is advertised as having mac drivers) is the model that works with the above driver. It's a shame because these are very affordable and good for experimentation.

[digitalfiz]

shanet, are you confirming that the DC60+ works? I can't seem to find one in the US but they are on amazon.co.uk if it works ill be buying one because I need it.

[digitalfiz]

Still no luck and I am using ubuntu 8.10 Could anybody be arsed to login to my machine and work on it? I don't have much linux skills but I am a web developer maybe we can trade services?

[19Grumpah42]

I recently purchased 2 of these DC60 devices, for two reasons: (1) they have a terrible reputation for not working at all!, and (2) they cost me less than $4 each. I chose wisely: one of them was "dead on arrival", the other seems to work very well on both WinXP and Ubuntu Lucid. [I am most grateful to "the team" for having created the drivers etc.]. They are a good little device for webcaming and security cameras. So my recommendation would be BUY THREE at that price, and one of them will most probably work very well for you. --Grahame