rpi usb webcams

RPi USB Webcams This list is not entirely reliable, working does not necessarily mean working without errors. Please contribute with your own experiences!

Brand Name Model

Number

Hardware

ID Verified OS

Verified

OS version

Verified

Resolution

Additional Information

Canyon CNR-

FWC113

0c45:6340 raspbian/whee

zy

2013-04-11 640x480 works fine out of the box. Lacks

autofocus (manual focus ring

works fine). Has auto exposure,

but seems to be optimized for

indoor use. When using

outdoors, image is completely

overexposed.

Canyon CNR-

FWC120H

raspbian/whee

zy

2013-07-26 640x480 Works well out of the box.

Tested with guvcview and also

with mjpg-streamer. Also works

outside after some manual

adjustment of exposure.

Canyon CNR-

WCAM820

raspbian/whee

zy

1280x1024 2 Mpixel camera with manual

focus; works with fswebcam

and v4l4j on Raspbian Wheezy

armhf; problems with

1600x1200 resolution in some

apps (timeouts - probably too

slow USB); 1280x1024 and

lower resolutions works OK

CBR CW 835M

Black

raspbian/whee

zy

2013-02-12 works fine without powered

hub

Creative Live! VF0470 ArchLinux works out of the box on

ArchLinux

Creative Live! Cam

Socialize

HD

VF0610 041e:4080 raspbian/whee

zy

2012-11-26 960x544 Works at 1280x720 taking stills

in fswebcam with some errors

using MJPEG, unusable with

YUYV. 960x544 works in both

MJPEG and YUYV. Has some

stabilitiy issues if powered from

RasPi (Drops USB +eth0 every

8 or so hours). Helps to append

nodrop=1 and timeout=5000 to

uvcvideo module.

Creative Live! Cam

Sync HD

041e:4095 raspbian/whee

zy

2013-04-11 1280x720 Works out of the box.

Autoexposure works well both

indoors and outdoors. By

default the image is bit too

software enhanced (they call it

"sharpness"), but this

"sharpness" level can be set to a

lower level via fswebcam tool.

Creative Go PD00040 raspbian/whee

zy

2013-04-11 Not working at all. Tried

various apps

(fswebcam/motion) - none

work. Corrupt JPEG data:

premature end of data segment.

Creative Live! Cam

Vista IM

VF0640 raspbian/whee

zy

works on Raspbian at 320x240

resolution, 15fps

Creative Live! Cam

Socialize

VF0640 raspbian/whee

zy

works on Raspbian at 320x240

resolution, 15fps

Creative Webcam

Notebook

PD1170 Detects, untested.

Creative Webcam

Pro

PD1030 ov519 driver crashes almost

immediately. ("gspca: ISOC

data error: [0] len=0, status=-

4004")

Eminent EM1089 raspbian/whee

zy

2014-05-06 640x480 Works fine without powered

hub

GE MiniCam

Pro

98756 0ac8:3420 raspbian/whee

zy

2014-01-07 640x480,

352x288,

320x240,

176x144,

160x120

Tested and works with motion.

Runs on the model B without a

powered hub (rated 100 mA).

Hercules Webcam

Deluxe

05a9:4519 raspbian/whee

zy + Arch

2013-02-09 ov519 driver "Corrupt JPEG

data: premature end of data

segment" gives corrupt image in

motion and fswebcam

HP WebcamH

D-2200

HD-2200

HP Webcam

HD-2300

HD-2300 raspbian/whee

zy

2013-08-28 1280x720 works fine without powered

hub

HP Webcam

HP-3100

HP-3100 UVCVideo /dev/video0 Needs

chmod to 666 to operate. Will

work without hub if only device

in USB ports. Works with both

Arch and Wheezy out of the

box

Kodak Webcam

S101

Kodak

S101

0979:0206 raspbian/whee

zy

2014-02-09 640x480,

320x240

/dev/video0 Works out of the

box with guvcview. Tested and

works with motion. Runs on the

model B without a powered

hub.

Logitech Webcam

C100

V-U0013 raspbian/whee

zy


hub

Logitech Webcam

C110

046d:0829 raspbian/whee

zy


hub. can be unpredictable,

however for sanity try

fswebcam -p YUYV test.jpeg

Logitech Webcam

C170

raspbian/whee

zy

1024x760 works fine without powered

hub, image/video quality is poor

Logitech Webcam

C200

046d:0802 works fine without powered

hub

Logitech Webcam C210

046d:0819 Raspbian/wheezy

2012-12-16 320x240, 640x480

works fine without powered hub

Logitech Webcam

C270

046d:0825 Raspbian/whe

ezy

1280x720 works fine with external power,

image/video quality is crisp.

Caution: Pi may hang (at least

not accessible remotely) when

using the UVC video kernel

module. Fix: load the module

using the following magic

incantation: `modprobe

uvcvideo nodrop=1

timeout=5000 quirks=0x80` .

(2014-06-01, Raspbian Linux

3.12.20+)

Logitech Webcam

C300

V-U0004 046d:0805 Raspbian/Wh

eezy

2013-02-09 320x240,

640x480,

1280x1024

Works out of the box. Does not

appear to require a powered

hub.

Logitech Webcam

C310

Does not require a powered hub

to capture snapshots

Logitech Webcam

C510

046d:081d Raspbian/Wh

eezy

2013-08-30 320x240,

640x480

Image capture works without

powered hub. Other

resolutions/video are untested.

Logitech Webcam

C525

046d:0826 Works fine without powered

hub

Logitech Webcam

C615

Works fine without powered

hub

Logitech Webcam

C905

046d:080a occidentalis v0.2 1600x1200 Works fine without powered

hub, she is uncvideo and

detected out of box as Video0

V4L device. 1600x1200 is slow

rate but he tested with motion.

Logitech Webcam

C910

With external power, is

uncvideo. 320x240 works

powered directly by the

Raspberry Pi.

Logitech Webcam

C920

raspbian/whee

zy

With powered hub, detected out

of box as Video0 V4L device

Logitech QuickCam

Orbit/Spher

e

Works with external power

Logitech QuickCam

Messenger

V-UM14 046d:08f0 raspbian/whee

zy + Arch

2013-02-09 Not working, STV06xx driver

"ioctl (VIDIOCGCAP):

Inappropriate ioctl for device",

Supported palettes: GRBG,

gives corrupt image in

fswebcam

Logitech QuickCam

Communic

ate STX

raspbian/whee

zy

2013-09-25 Not working, There is a video

image but its corrupted. Tried

with and without a usb powered

hub

Logitech QuickCam

Pro 9000

V-UBM46 046d:0990 3.10.25-1-

ARCH

Works fine without powered

hub

Logitech QuickCam

Pro 9000

raspbian/whee

zy

Powered by RasPi

Logitech QuickCam

Pro for

960-

000047

046d:0991 Raspbian

Wheezy

2012-12-16 160x120

320x240

With guvcview it shows at

about 4fps at 160x120, and at

Notebooks 640x480 about 1fps at 640x480.

GUVCViewer Controls are

available for focus and

exposure.

Logitech QuickCam

Ultra

Vision

raspbian/whee

zy

Powered by RasPi

Logitech Webcam

Pro 4000

It uses pwc driver which does

not work. Maybe it's because of

general Raspberry Pi USB bug.

Logitech Webcam

Pro 9000

046d:0809 Arch Linux Powered by RasPi, measured

~120 mA current capturing at

~5fps. Has issues capturing

images at higher than default

resolutions (using motion -

Arch and Debian).

Medion MD86511 raspbian/whee

zy

2012-07-15 Powered by RasPi

Mexxcom M-104 raspbian/whee

zy

2012-12-16 Powered by USB hub

Microsoft LifeCam

Cinemap

720p USB

HD

Webcam

H5D-

00001

raspbian/whee

zy

Microsoft LiveCam

HD-3000

HD-3000 045e:0779 Archlinux 2013-02-06 160x120 Works out of the box at the

tested resolution. Can be

powered directly by the

Raspberry Pi and works fine

also with a wifi dongle attached

to the other usb port.

Microsoft LiveCam

HD-3000

HD-3000 045e:0779 raspbian/whee

zy

2013-04-11 1280x720 Picture breaks up at the bottom.

Unable to automatically set

proper exposure, seems to be

set to a fixed level.

Microsoft LifeCam

HD-5000


zy

21-02-2014 Picture breaks up at the bottom.

EDIT: I recently acquired a Pi

and I have the LifeCam HD-

5000 Picture is NOT breaking

up on the bottom for me. But

YMMV. 21-2-14 edit

Microsoft LifeCam

HD-6000


zy

1280x720 Powered by USB hub and direct

from Pi

Microsoft LifeCam NX-3000 045e:0721 raspbian/whee

zy

2014-01-07 640*480 Powered by Raspberry

Microsoft LifeCam NX-6000 raspbian/whee

zy

1280x720 Powered by USB hub

Microsoft LifeCam VX-7000 raspbian/whee

zy

Powered by USB hub


zy

There do appear to be some

issues with image quality and

getting partial frames and such,

with fswebcam


zy

640x480. Tested with power

direct from the Raspberry Pi.


zy

Does not seem to work. Tried

with a powered USB hub.

Microsoft LifeCam VX-2000 045e:0761 raspbian/whee

zy

2013-12-20 320x240,

640x480

Works without powered hub.

Tried motion and fswebcam,

both running smoothly.

Microsoft LifeCam NX-6000 raspbian/whee

zy

Powered by USB hub


zy

352x288 Doesn't work at full resolution

Microsoft LifeCam

Studio/Cine

ma

Has UVC issues detailed

here [1]. Horizontal lines

problem [2]. Stability issues [3].

Microsoft LifeCam

Studio

1080p HD 045e:0772 Raspbian

Wheezy

2013-04-12 1280x720 Works for me without any

issues with a powered usb-hub

(Belkin).

Microsoft Xbox Live

Vision

X806235 045e:0294 Arch

Linux/Raspbi

an Wheezy

960x720 Powered by RasPi

MSI MSI

StarCam

370i

370i

(snake)

Raspbian

Wheezy

352 x 288 Works powered by RasPi or

USB Hub - set up with Motion

at 352 x 288 - works great. Has

manual infra-red leds, but

turned on through software in

Windows, so doesn't work on

Pi, but normal capture no

problems.

Novatek Webcam 0603:8124 Arch Linux 2014-09-19 640x480 Picture breaks up on at the

down in Arch Linux, powered

by either USB hub (0424:9512)

or Raspberry (not preferred:

max current draw 500mA).

Philips Webcam SPC

900NC

0471:0329 Raspbian

Wheezy

2012-12-16 160x120 Recognised as USB device ID

0471:0329 Philips (or NXP)

SPC 900NC PC Camera /

ORITE CCD

Webcam(PC370R). Works with

guvcview , but not with

luvcview. Also working using

command ~$ fswebcam -r

160x120 -d v4l2:/dev/video0

test.jpg

Philips toucam Philips

720K/40

webcam

0471:0313 Raspbian

Wheezy

2013-04-03 320x240 Recognised as lsusb ID

0471:0329 Philips (or NXP).

Works with $> guvcview -s

320x240 -f yv12 -t 5 -n

rec5sec.mkv --exit_on_close --

no_display, but not with

command $> fswebcam -r

160x120 -d v4l2:/dev/video0

test.jpg

http://www.ideasonboard.org/uvc/#devices

http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=12304

http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=12247

Realtek Generic

Camera

2SF022 0bda:5801 Raspbian

Wheezy

When started with luvcview at

15fps and 320x240 it seemed to

give a frame rate of barely 1 per

second

Silicon

Motion

SM731

Camera

090c:71b3 Raspbian

Wheezy

Required UVCVideo driver -

worked out of the box. Tested

for 320x240 using motion &

camorama for

pictures,streaming.

Sony Playstation

Eye for PS3

SLEH-

00448

wheezy-

raspbian

2014-06-20 640x480

320x240

Works out of the box directly

plugged in to the raspberry pi.

Had no problems. Tested using

motion.

Sony EyeToy for

PS2

Occasional 'mangled frame'

directly connected to Rev 2

Raspberry P

Sony EyeToy for

PS2

SLEH

00030

Arch Linux (OV519 camera). Picture

constantly breaks up on xawtv

and wxcam under Arch Linux.

Noted there were ISOC data

error len=0 status=-4004 errors

in dmesg. This happens when

powered from the Raspberry Pi

and when powered from a

Pluscom USB hub. Arch was

updated on 17th July 2012

T'nB Minipix

100K

pixels

IMWB032

992

1e4e:0100 raspbian/whee

zy

2012-12-16 RasPi freezes (reboot needed)

after a few minutes of using

Motion to stream (tested with

external power)

Trust 2 MP Auto

Focus

Webcam

Arch Linux 1600x1200 Works fine without powered

hub. 160x120 - 1600x1200. 5

days stress test without any

problems.

Trust SPACEC@

M 200

Arch Linux (OV511 camera). Picture stops

after a few seconds in xawtv

under Arch Linux and xawtv

reports libv4l2 errors. This

happens when powered from

the Raspberry Pi and when

powered from a Pluscom USB

Hub. Arch was updated on 17th

July 2012

Trust SPYC@M

100

0553:0202 Raspbian/Wh

eezy

2013-08-22 352x288 Works out of the box. Tested

with a powered hub, not tested

direct from the Raspberry Pi.

May had

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/arm-

linux-

gnueabihf/libv4l/v4l2convert.so

for motion.

Trust Spotlight 0c45:62c0 Raspbian/Wh

eezy

640x480 Works out of the box. Tested

with power direct from the

Raspberry Pi, not tested on a

hub.

Trust WB-1400T Raspbian/Wh

eezy

Cheap camera, recognised in

'lsusb' but not supported

Trust WB-1200p

Mini

Webcam

093a:2468 Raspbian/Wh

eezy

2013-12-12 Recognised in 'lsusb' as Pixart

Imaging, Inc. SoC PC-Camera.

Doesn't work. gspca_main

reports constant "ISOC data

error".

Vega USB 2.0

Camera

0ac8:c302 Raspbian

Wheezy

2014-01-01 640x480 Should be connected to

powered USB hub. Cheap no

name webcam from China.

Uses UVC driver.

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