I bought a Logitech Streamcam to get 1080p60 webcam input and I was used to webcams just working in Linux. It does work, but for uncompressed video, the best mode I can set is 1080p with all of 5 fps. I am not able to use the 1080p60 mode that this camera supports (it even says so above the lens). Even compressed MJPEG only goes to 30fps on 1920x1080. v4l2-ctl flat out refuses an attempt to set higher fps values and just falls back to 5fps.
dmesg says the following when I plug it in:
[ 415.860457] usb 3-4: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=0893, bcdDevice= 0.17
[ 415.860460] usb 3-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 415.860462] usb 3-4: Product: Logitech StreamCam
[ 415.860463] usb 3-4: SerialNumber: 599D4A05
[ 415.908735] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Logitech StreamCam (046d:0893)
[ 415.919323] uvcvideo 3-4:1.0: Entity type for entity Processing 3 was not initialized!
[ 415.919326] uvcvideo 3-4:1.0: Entity type for entity Extension 14 was not initialized!
[ 415.919327] uvcvideo 3-4:1.0: Entity type for entity Extension 6 was not initialized!
[ 415.919329] uvcvideo 3-4:1.0: Entity type for entity Extension 8 was not initialized!
[ 415.919330] uvcvideo 3-4:1.0: Entity type for entity Extension 9 was not initialized!
[ 415.919332] uvcvideo 3-4:1.0: Entity type for entity Extension 10 was not initialized!
[ 415.919333] uvcvideo 3-4:1.0: Entity type for entity Extension 11 was not initialized!
[ 415.919334] uvcvideo 3-4:1.0: Entity type for entity Camera 1 was not initialized!
[ 415.919400] input: Logitech StreamCam as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.2/0000:01:00.0/0000:02:08.0/0000:04:00.3/usb3/3-4/3-4:1.0/input/input19
[ 415.942811] usb 3-4: current rate 16000 is different from the runtime rate 24000
[ 415.958807] usb 3-4: current rate 16000 is different from the runtime rate 32000
[ 415.974807] usb 3-4: current rate 16000 is different from the runtime rate 48000
[ 415.997674] hid-generic 0003:046D:0893.0006: hiddev0,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Device [Logitech StreamCam] on usb-0000:04:00.3-4/input5
[ 416.646810] usb 3-4: current rate 16000 is different from the runtime rate 48000
[ 416.678806] usb 3-4: current rate 16000 is different from the runtime rate 48000
[ 416.710805] usb 3-4: current rate 16000 is different from the runtime rate 48000
This is from v4l2-ctl:
ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT
Type: Video Capture
[0]: 'YUYV' (YUYV 4:2:2)
Size: Discrete 640x480
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.042s (24.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.050s (20.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.067s (15.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.100s (10.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.133s (7.500 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 176x144
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.042s (24.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.050s (20.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.067s (15.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.100s (10.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.133s (7.500 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 320x240
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.042s (24.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.050s (20.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.067s (15.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.100s (10.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.133s (7.500 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 424x240
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.042s (24.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.050s (20.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.067s (15.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.100s (10.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.133s (7.500 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 640x360
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.042s (24.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.050s (20.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.067s (15.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.100s (10.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.133s (7.500 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 848x480
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.042s (24.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.050s (20.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.067s (15.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.100s (10.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.133s (7.500 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 960x540
Interval: Discrete 0.067s (15.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.100s (10.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.133s (7.500 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 1280x720
Interval: Discrete 0.100s (10.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.133s (7.500 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 1600x896
Interval: Discrete 0.133s (7.500 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 1920x1080
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
[1]: 'MJPG' (Motion-JPEG, compressed)
Size: Discrete 640x480
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.042s (24.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.050s (20.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.067s (15.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.100s (10.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.133s (7.500 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 176x144
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.042s (24.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.050s (20.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.067s (15.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.100s (10.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.133s (7.500 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 320x240
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.042s (24.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.050s (20.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.067s (15.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.100s (10.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.133s (7.500 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 424x240
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.042s (24.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.050s (20.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.067s (15.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.100s (10.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.133s (7.500 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 640x360
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.042s (24.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.050s (20.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.067s (15.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.100s (10.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.133s (7.500 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 848x480
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.042s (24.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.050s (20.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.067s (15.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.100s (10.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.133s (7.500 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 960x540
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.042s (24.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.050s (20.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.067s (15.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.100s (10.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.133s (7.500 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 1280x720
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.042s (24.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.050s (20.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.067s (15.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.100s (10.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.133s (7.500 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 1600x896
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.042s (24.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.050s (20.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.067s (15.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.100s (10.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.133s (7.500 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 1920x1080
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.042s (24.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.050s (20.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.067s (15.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.100s (10.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.133s (7.500 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Finally, I have both /dev/video0
and /dev/video1
after plugging in the camera, but only video0
will work.
I don't think it's because it doesn't get recognized as USB3 and therefore not having enough bandwidth for uncompressed 1080p60, because inspecting it with lsusb -vvv
I get this:
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 046d:0893 Logitech, Inc.
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 3.20
bDeviceClass 239 Miscellaneous Device
bDeviceSubClass 2
bDeviceProtocol 1 Interface Association
bMaxPacketSize0 9
idVendor 0x046d Logitech, Inc.
idProduct 0x0893
bcdDevice 3.17
iManufacturer 0
iProduct 2 Logitech StreamCam
[...]
SuperSpeed USB Device Capability:
bLength 10
bDescriptorType 16
bDevCapabilityType 3
bmAttributes 0x00
wSpeedsSupported 0x000e
Device can operate at Full Speed (12Mbps)
Device can operate at High Speed (480Mbps)
Device can operate at SuperSpeed (5Gbps)
And finally, I'm using a recent 5.6 kernel:
$ uname -r
5.6.3-2-MANJARO