Saida do dmesg, apos plugar a camera usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 Linux video capture interface: v1.00 sn9c102: V4L2 driver for SN9C10x PC Camera Controllers v1:1.22 usb 1-1: SN9C10[12] PC Camera Controller detected (vid/pid 0x0C45/0x602B) usb 1-1: MI-0343 image sensor detected usb 1-1: Initialization succeeded usb 1-1: V4L2 device registered as /dev/video0 usb 1-1: Optional device control through 'sysfs' interface ready usbcore: registered new driver sn9c102 saida do v4l-info ### v4l2 device info [/dev/video0] ### general info VIDIOC_QUERYCAP driver : "sn9c102" card : "SN9C10x PC Camera" bus_info : "usb-0000:00:1f.2-1" version : 1.0.22 capabilities : 0x5000001 [VIDEO_CAPTURE,READWRITE,STREAMING] standards inputs VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT(0) index : 0 name : "USB" type : unknown audioset : 0 tuner : 0 std : 0x0 [] status : 0x0 [] video capture VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT(0,VIDEO_CAPTURE) index : 0 type : VIDEO_CAPTURE flags : 0 description : "bayer rgb" pixelformat : 0x31384142 [BA81] VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT(1,VIDEO_CAPTURE) index : 1 type : VIDEO_CAPTURE flags : 1 description : "compressed" pixelformat : 0x30313953 [S910] VIDIOC_G_FMT(VIDEO_CAPTURE) type : VIDEO_CAPTURE fmt.pix.width : 384 fmt.pix.height : 288 fmt.pix.pixelformat : 0x31384142 [BA81] fmt.pix.field : NONE fmt.pix.bytesperline : 384 fmt.pix.sizeimage : 110592 fmt.pix.colorspace : unknown index : 0 type : VIDEO_CAPTURE flags : 0 description : "bayer rgb" pixelformat : 0x31384142 [BA81] VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT(1,VIDEO_CAPTURE) index : 1 type : VIDEO_CAPTURE flags : 1 description : "compressed" pixelformat : 0x30313953 [S910] VIDIOC_G_FMT(VIDEO_CAPTURE) type : VIDEO_CAPTURE fmt.pix.width : 384 fmt.pix.height : 288 fmt.pix.pixelformat : 0x31384142 [BA81] fmt.pix.field : NONE fmt.pix.bytesperline : 384 fmt.pix.sizeimage : 110592 fmt.pix.colorspace : unknown fmt.pix.priv : 8 controls Nenhum programa consegue obter uma imagem dessa webcam. Ou seja, tem um driver, mas os programas não sabem decodificar os dois formatos disponiveis, "bayer rgb" eo compressed.