Identifying the device
check the device ID with this command lsusband the output should look like this.
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 1c88:0007 Somagic, Inc. SMI Grabber (EasyCAP DC60+ clone) (no firmware) [SMI-2021CBE]
- SMI: SMI Grabber Device: 1.0.8.26. 3.SMI - Video chip (Somagic SMI2021). If You need the Mac drivers for EasyCap/EzCAP, so I can say that Easycap DC60 with.
- » smi grabber device driver for win 8. Smi grabber driver mac at UpdateStar More SMI Grabber Device 1.0.0.29. ISOMagic (Remove only).
Smi Grabber Driver
If you get this same output with lsusb then follow on with these link's
The one at end that worked for me was very simple. I uninstalled the device. I downloaded a program called ‘DriverMax’ (sorry don’t remember the link) installed it and run it, it found sum drivers out dated, I looked for the Smi grabber driver in the list and select update.
Install the tar's using make and make install as instructed in the link.
In the section 'Extracting firmware' it asks the user to extract firmware from CD-ROM given by the card. If you have the CD-ROM you can go ahead and extract the firmware. I recommend using virtualbox than wine since wine is not that safe compared to virtualbox for extracting the required files.
If you don't have the CD-ROM you can download the required files from this link.Download the exact firmware files
There are 2 more varients of these files.
- SmiUsbGrabber3E.sys
- SmiUsbGrabber3C.sys
Check the CD-ROM and output of lsusb for the exact firmware file.I don't have the link for them but if you find please comment we can update the gist.
Smi Grabber Device
The simplest way to check is with mplayer give the following command
Smi Grabber Device Driver
Adjust fps, aspect ratio and cvbs id with -i [1,4]