PSCAM

Playstation Camera Driver for macOS.

Featuring:

• Video stream from left camera into macOS applications that use CoreMedia, such as FaceTime, Zoom, Skype and etc.
• A standalone userspace application for booting PS Camera(s) that are in USB Boot mode.
• Lots of spaghetti code.

How to use

• You need a Mac, or Hackintosh, that have USB3 port avaliable.
• An AUX to USB adapter. Luckly you can get one from Sony for free, if eligible. The AUX connector are basically pin-swapped USB, it is possible just remap the wire.
• Compile this from source code, then run PSCAM.app to boot up the camera. This need to be done everytime the camera is power cycled(Unplug, System reboot, etc.).
• Install PSCAMCMDAL.plugin to CoreMediaIO plugin folder.
• Re-launch the CoreMedia application if necessary.

Roadmap

This is just a list of feature that I think would be useful, does not mean that I am working on them.

• Combine right camera for a wider viewport.
• Perform stereo matching and output processed frame, such as blured background or virual green screen.
• Decode audio feed from 4 microphone array.

Notes

One day, I found myself suddenly in need of a webcam from video conferencing. Obviously the first solution that came to my mind was to purchase one, but then after couple of hours spent selecting I simply can not conclude a final decision. Meanwhile this old Playstation Camera was sitting there calmly, while enjoying its meal of dust. This pile of code was born to give it a new purpose and save me from making decisions buying a new webcam.

Contribution and help

• If you found this useful, or encountered any problem, please feel free to open up an issue and let me know.

Credits

• libusb
• libuvc
• Luke No... I am PlayStation Camera, part 2
• SimpleDALPlugin and coremediaio-dal-minimal-example