Linux driver for EasyCap USB2.0 Video Adapter DC60

[celem]

I have done a bit more with my EasyCap002 ( USB ID 05e1:0408 ) on 10.04. ...but the audio level remains low and thus a bit scratchy...

The cure seems to be at the link below. I need to order this plug:

Distortion-fix Guide:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoWL2CoFnlM

[rmt1947]

Hi,

I'm sorry to say there's no way of tweaking the driver in order to improve the audio signal from an EasyCAP002. As you probably know, these EasyCAPs have no dedicated AC'97 audio chip, and I never managed to find out how their microphone audio channel is handled by the hardware. In contrast, EasyCAP DC60s with CVBS, S-Video and two audio input leads do have an AC'97 audio chip if you're lucky (although in practice many don't), and for those with the AC'97 chip the driver can be configured to alter the gain within certain limits.

I've bought half a dozen EasyCAPs over the past couple of years. I've noticed that the audio quality varies considerably, as regards both volume and noise level, but I've not found a satisfactory way to make the driver compensate for these variations.

Mike

[celem]

Success was found by connecting the audio outputs into the microphone jack and then selecting the audio source as “plughw.0,0”. The EasyCap audio source of “plughw.1,0” was scratchy and of low quality.

I used mtvcgui-0.31 to set things up. The command line produced is shown below.

mencoder tv:// -tv channel=0:driver=v4l2:device=/dev/easycap1:normid=6:input=0:chanlist=us-cable:width=720:height=576:brightness=0:contrast=0 :hue=0:saturation=0:buffersize=16:alsa:amode=1:for cechan=2:audiorate=48000:adevice=plughw.0,0:forcea udio:immediatemode=0 -oac mp3lame -ovc lavc -quiet -lavcopts acodec=mp2:abitrate=128:vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1072 -lameopts cbr:br=128 -o ./capture_0_20110316_133604.avi

With this setup the audio is strong and clear.

[tttonyyy]

UPDATE >>> !!!
I took the hdd with ubuntu server 10.04 and popped it into another computer, started up the other computer and then plugged in the usb easycap from there I ran the mplayer command (no sound) and it worked great. So whatever it is it has to do with the hardware on the pc NOT ubuntu server. I can kinda tell the machine has problems also because the panels never show up in ubuntu, and they did on the other computer. So i think there are some serious problems with the video card embedded in that computer.

I will try a different video card in the machine if I ever find one, it only has pci slots and I dont have any pci video cards. I might just build another machine, I have enough parts laying around I should be able too ... but anyway dont waste any of your valuable time messing with ubuntu server that was not the culprit.

Thanks for all your help, once I get time i'll write up a blog entry and post the link here.

I've also got the green output with a Ubuntu 10.4 LTS server edition - but I don't think it's video card related as I'm using X11 tunnel over ssh to a local X server. And I know it's not this that's the problem because if I use mplayers -vo jpeg option to dump video to jpeg files and pop them on the webserver, they're all green too!

The only thing I can think of is that all the ports on this Linux server box are USB 1.1 only, perhaps the same on yours?

(I presumed this would just drop the capture framerate but it looks like it just stops it working altogether).

[latinhawk]

Did anyone manage to have EasyCap working with Natty (11.04) kernel module 'kernel/drivers/staging/easycap/easycap.ko'?
If so, how, please.

Other question, btw. What are all EasyCap dependencies? Because I'm trying using it on a basic server installation.

Thanks in advance.

Luiz

I'm having the same problem as Luiz on Natty.

Here is the error as shown in console:

~/EASYCAP/easycap_dc60.0.9$ sudo ./install_simple.sh
depmod OK
unlocked_ioctl not required
make clean OK
ERROR: step ~/EASYCAP/easycap_dc60.0.9$ sudo ./install_simple.sh
depmod OK
unlocked_ioctl not required
make clean OK
ERROR: step failed: make
/home/backend/EASYCAP/easycap_dc60.0.9/src/easycap_main.c:76:2: error: unknown field ‘ioctl’ specified in initializer
/home/backend/EASYCAP/easycap_dc60.0.9/src/easycap_main.c:76:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
make[3]: *** [/home/backend/EASYCAP/easycap_dc60.0.9/src/easycap_main.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/home/backend/EASYCAP/easycap_dc60.0.9/src] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make: *** [build] Error 2
failed: make
/home/backend/EASYCAP/easycap_dc60.0.9/src/easycap_main.c:76:2: error: unknown field ‘ioctl’ specified in initializer
/home/backend/EASYCAP/easycap_dc60.0.9/src/easycap_main.c:76:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
make[3]: *** [/home/backend/EASYCAP/easycap_dc60.0.9/src/easycap_main.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/home/backend/EASYCAP/easycap_dc60.0.9/src] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make: *** [build] Error 2

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

latinhawk

[rmt1947]

Hi latinhawk,

With a view to giving some advice I've just installed Ubuntu from

ubuntu-11.04-beta2-desktop-i386.iso

on a spare machine. Unfortunately the entire installation is unworkable - the Gnome menus just don't function at all. I guess I'll have to wait for the stable release.

Mike

[danielvulrich]

@ rmt1947
and there's noything to do with it? i mean, just wait?

[rmt1947]

Hi,

The final release of Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty) is no better than the beta on my test machine, so I installed xubuntu-11.04-desktop-i386.iso instead. This works well enough for me to install the driver.

On my test machine, version 0.9 of the driver from

http://sourceforge.net/projects/easycapdc60/

installs without any problems on Xubuntu 11.04, and mplayer gave perfect sound and vision from a PAL videotape. I did not investigate anything else.

The version of the driver in Natty's kernel tree under drivers/staging/easycap can also be installed, but it should be realized that this is an old version of the driver which does not have any ALSA capability. Since Natty supports only ALSA and not OSS audio, the driver under drivers/staging/easycap can provide only silent video output on Natty. Anybody who really wishes to activate the drivers/staging/easycap driver in Natty can try the following procedure.

Open a terminal window (Ctrl-Alt-T for Unity users) and do:

sudo apt-get install linux-source-2.6.38
cd /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.38
sudo tar jxf linux-source-2.6.38.tar.bz2

Point a browser to

http://sourceforge.net/projects/easycapdc60/

and download file easycap_dc60.0.9.tar.gz into directory ~/Downloads. Then continue in the terminal window:

cd ~
mkdir EASYCAP
mv Downloads/easycap_dc60.0.9.tar.gz EASYCAP
cd EASYCAP
tar zxf easycap_dc60.0.9.tar.gz
cd easycap_dc60.0.9/src
pwd
# check that you are in directory ~/EASYCAP/easycap_dc60.0.9/src before issuing the next command!
rm *
cp -p /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.38/linux-source-2.6.38/drivers/staging/easycap/* .
cd ..
sudo ./install.sh
sudo apt-get install mplayer
mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:norm=PAL_BGHIN:width=640:height=480:ou tfmt=uyvy:device=/dev/video0:input=0:fps=25 -hardframedrop -msglevel all=9

For me, this succeeded in getting the staging driver working on Natty (that is: gave video with no sound).

Mike

[mciverza]

FYI, mine is working with Maverick 64-bit, video and sound are present using the test4PAL.sh and sound is present with test4NTSC.sh. I only have a PAL video source at the moment, so I haven't been able to verify that video works with NTSC, but I expect it will.

2.6.35-28-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux
USBID: 05e1:0408
http://sourceforge.net/projects/easycapdc60/

A very special thank you to rmt1947 (Mike Thomas)

[htcrwn148]

I need help... i know it works... but i dont know what i did wrong. im a noob to linux somewhat. Im on Ubuntu 10.04 32bit? i think. some basic terminal knowledge. but i cant seem to get it working. i tried to install by 3 different instructions and nothing works... my best guess is that it isnt me


This what i got according to the read me intructions


tobe@Tobe:~/EASYCAP/easycap_dc60.0.9$ sudo ./install.sh
[sudo] password for tobe:
kernel directory is /lib/modules/2.6.35-28-generic/build
snd_card_new() will not be used
snd_card_create() will be used
<media/v4l2-device.h> will be included
struct v4l2_file_operations OK
unlocked_ioctl required
v4l2_file_operations.unlocked_ioctl will be used
-> regenerating top level Makefile
---> generating src/Makefile
---> generating tools/Makefile
make clean OK
make OK
ERROR: Module snd_usb_audio is in use
ERROR: snd_usb_audio module cannot be removed

Ok after trying to install this on my other pc at home (ubuntu 10.04) the install was succesfull and the lsmod | grep easycap.. shows what its supposed to show.

At work i have a webcam installed, wine installed. crossoever games. could one of these be causing th errors seen above if so how do i disable to try do i have to uninstall the webcam... (which by the way took hours to figure out) so i hope thats not it.

Please help