The USB video device class (also USB video class or UVC) is a USBdevice class that describes devices capable of streaming video like webcams, digital camcorders, transcoders, analog video converters and still-image cameras.
The latest revision of the USB video class specification carries the version number 1.5 and was defined by the USB Implementers Forum in a set of documents describing both the basic protocol and the different payload formats.[1]
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Devices[edit]
Webcams[edit]
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Webcams were among the first devices to support the UVC standard and are currently the most popular UVC devices.[citation needed]
TV receivers and video recorders[edit]
UVC v1.5 supports transmission of compressed video streams, including MPEG-2 TS, H.264, MPEG-4 SLSMPTE VC1 and MJPEG.[1]
Formats[edit]
- Uncompressed YUV formats YUY2, NV12[1]
- DV formats SD-DV, SDL-DV, and HD-DV (525-60, 625-50, 1125–60, 1250-50)[1]
- Frame-based[1]
- Video stream formats like MPEG-2 TS, H.264, MPEG-4 SL, SMPTE VC1, VP8 and MJPEG[1]
Revision history[edit]
For detailed history on releases, see the revision history section of the published USB UVC documents, available from the USB.org page.
| Version | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | September 4, 2003 | Initial release |
| 1.0a | December 4, 2003 | Add Additional Descriptor Subtypes for 'Extension' types. FAQ: Added section 2.21 Interlaced Video |
| 1.0b | ? | Changes to FAQ only: Protocol STALL behavior, Current and Future Payload Header Formats |
| 1.0c | June 5, 2004 | Changes to FAQ only: Added Motion JPEG Characteristics |
| 1.1 | June 1, 2005 | Major update including among other things: New Documents specifying for Stream and Frame Based Payloads, Latency optimizations for Stream-based formats, Specification of Absolute and Relative Control relationship, Asynchronous controls behavior, change naming from 'VDC' to 'UVC', obsolete old formats and add new ones, add a flag to distinguish between dynamic and fixed frame rate devices (RR0043). |
| 1.5 | June 6, 2012 | Added H.264 and VP8 payloads, and accompanying controls for video encoders. Included references to USB 3.0 |
Operating system support[edit]
- Android
- As of the release of Android 10 (and still as of June 2020) Android does not support UVC [2](USB video devices). Earlier Android versions do support UVC.
- Linux
- USB video class support for Linux is provided by the Linux UVC driver, although as of July 2017 support for still-image capture is not yet implemented.[3] The UVC driver has been included in the Linux kernel source code since kernel version 2.6.26. Detection of UVC 1.5 devices was introduced in Linux kernel version 4.5,[4] but support in the driver for UVC 1.5 specific features or specific UVC 1.5 devices was not added and MPEG-2 TS, H.264 and VP8 payloads are not supported yet. The result is that some UVC 1.5 devices that also support UVC 1.1 work correctly.
- OS X
- OS X ships with a UVC driver included since version 10.4.3,[5] updated in 10.4.9 to work with iChat.[6]
- Windows
- Windows XP has a class driver for USB video class 1.0 devices since Service Pack 2, as does Windows Vista and Windows CE 6.0. A post-service pack 2 update that adds more capabilities is also available.[7] Windows 7 added UVC 1.1 support. Support for UVC 1.5 is currently only available in Windows 8 and 10.[8][9][10][11] Most device manufacturers do, however, provide their own drivers tailored to the capabilities of the product in question.[citation needed]:
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| UVC Version | Windows Vista/XP | Windows 7 | Windows 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| USB Video Class 1.5 (H.264 video codec) | Not supported | Not supported | Supported |
| USB Video Class 1.1 | Not supported | Supported | Supported |
| USB Video Class 1.0 | Supported | Supported | Supported |
- FreeBSD
- FreeBSD added the uvc driver for UVC devices in Jan 18, 2011; added in the 9.0 release.[12]
- NetBSD
- NetBSD added the uvideo driver for UVC devices in September 2008; added in the 5.0 release.[13]
- OpenBSD
- OpenBSD added the uvideo driver for UVC devices in April 2008; it appears in the 4.4 release.[14]
- PlayStation 3
- The PlayStation 3 added support for UVC compatible webcams in firmware version 1.54 (only works for video chat, not games.)
- MenuetOS
- MenuetOS added support for UVC compatible webcams in version 0.87
- Solaris
- Solaris includes support for UVC webcams in the form of the usbvc driver for OpenSolaris. The driver ships with Solaris Express build 56 and later.[15]
References[edit]
- ^ abcdefUSB Device Class Definition for Video Devices, Revision 1.5, June 2012.
- ^'Android 10 no UVC issue'.
- ^'Linux UVC driver & tools'. www.ideasonboard.org.
- ^'Enable UVC 1.5 device detection'.
- ^Mac OS X 10.4.3 update 'comes with native support for UVC devices', NCH Software. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
- ^Mac OS X 10.4.9 update 'Includes iChat support for USB Video Class webcams', Apple Inc. April 8, 2008. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
- ^The updated USB Video Class (UVC) driver for Windows XP with Service Pack 2 is available.
- ^USB Video Class Driver Overview. Microsoft. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
- ^barrygolden. 'USB Video Class Driver Overview - Windows drivers'. docs.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^barrygolden. 'Windows 10 UVC camera implementation guide - Windows drivers'. docs.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^barrygolden. 'Microsoft extensions to USB Video Class 1.5 specification - Windows drivers'. docs.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^'UVC(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual'. 2012-08-06. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2013-09-10.
- ^'uvideo(4) - NetBSD Manual Pages'. man.netbsd.org.
- ^'uvideo(4) - OpenBSD manual pages'. man.openbsd.org.
- ^'USB Video Class driver on Solaris'. Archived from the original on 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2007-08-23.