https://github.com/libuvc/libuvc
a cross-platform library for USB video devices
https://github.com/libuvc/libuvc
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a cross-platform library for USB video devices
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/libuvc/libuvc
- Owner: libuvc
- License: other
- Created: 2011-02-09T09:40:53.000Z (about 15 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-06-25T17:34:03.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-10-20T05:50:38.481Z (5 months ago)
- Language: C
- Homepage: https://libuvc.github.io/
- Size: 505 KB
- Stars: 1,089
- Watchers: 70
- Forks: 540
- Open Issues: 150
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: changelog.txt
- License: LICENSE.txt
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README
`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](http://www.cmake.org/) 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://libuvc.github.io/.
Happy hacking!