Does the Razer Kiyo work under Linux?
I have a Razer Kiyo and I'm using it on Linux since a couple of weeks.
So far I've used the Razer Kiyo with Google Hangouts in Chromium.
- The camera itself works just fine in Linux.
- I could not (yet?) get the microphone of the camera to work. But I cannot tell whether this is because of Razer Kiyo or something else.
- The Razer Kiyo responds to settings changes with
v4l2-ctl
. Be careful to read the min, max and step precisely, or your setting changes will be ignored.
Linux distribution: Kubuntu 17.10.
Output of lsusb
:
christian.hujer@Nelkinda-Blade-Pro-1:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 1bcf:2c98 Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc.
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 1532:0225 Razer USA, Ltd
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0cf3:e300 Atheros Communications, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 1532:0a02 Razer USA, Ltd
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f3:2355 Elan Microelectronics Corp.
Bus 001 Device 009: ID 1532:0e03 Razer USA, Ltd
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1532:005a Razer USA, Ltd
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
(This one is the Razer Kiyo: 1532:0e03
)
Output of v4l2-ctl
:
christian.hujer@Nelkinda-Blade-Pro-1:~$ v4l2-ctl --list-devices
Razer Kiyo (usb-0000:00:14.0-3):
/dev/video0
USB Camera: USB Camera (usb-0000:00:14.0-9):
/dev/video1
christian.hujer@Nelkinda-Blade-Pro-1:~$ v4l2-ctl --device=/dev/video0 --list-formats-ext
ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT
Index : 0
Type : Video Capture
Pixel Format: 'YUYV'
Name : YUYV 4:2:2
Size: Discrete 864x480
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 640x360
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Index : 1
Type : Video Capture
Pixel Format: 'MJPG' (compressed)
Name : Motion-JPEG
Size: Discrete 1280x720
Interval: Discrete 0.017s (60.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 640x360
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 864x480
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 1920x1080
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Index : 2
Type : Video Capture
Pixel Format: 'H264' (compressed)
Name : H.264
Size: Discrete 1280x720
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.042s (24.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.050s (20.000 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)
Size: Discrete 864x480
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.042s (24.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.050s (20.000 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)
RAZER supports Ubuntu with a general set of modules at https://openrazer.github.io/#devices
Their repository is at
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openrazer/stable
... or the (unstable) dailies
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openrazer/daily
After adding the PPA, install the packages:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install openrazer-meta
NOTE: If you get dependency errors when trying to install the driver packages please make sure that you have enabled the "universe" repository in Software & Updates
After the drivers are installed, please restart the computer.
This PPA supports these versions:
Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial) and newer
Linux Mint 18 and newer