`libuvc` is a cross-platform library for USB video devices, built atop `libusb`.
It enables fine-grained control over USB video devices exporting the standard USB Video Class
(UVC) interface, enabling developers to write drivers for previously unsupported devices,
or just access UVC devices in a generic fashion.
## Getting and Building libuvc
Prerequisites: You will need `libusb` and [CMake](http://www.cmake.org/) installed.
To build, you can just run these shell commands:
git clone https://github.com/libuvc/libuvc
cd libuvc
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make && sudo make install
and you're set! If you want to change the build configuration, you can edit `CMakeCache.txt`
in the build directory, or use a CMake GUI to make the desired changes.
There is also `BUILD_EXAMPLE` and `BUILD_TEST` options to enable the compilation of `example` and `uvc_test` programs. To use them, replace the `cmake ..` command above with `cmake .. -DBUILD_TEST=ON -DBUILD_EXAMPLE=ON`.
Then you can start them with `./example` and `./uvc_test` respectively. Note that you need OpenCV to build the later (for displaying image).
## Developing with libuvc
The documentation for `libuvc` can currently be found at https://int80k.com/libuvc/doc/.
Happy hacking!