--- title: Homebrew Webcam Support For The Original Xbox | daily.dev description: A homebrew developer has created a USB webcam driver for the original Xbox (2001), enabling generic USB cameras to work on the console. Currently compatible... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/homebrew-webcam-support-for-the-original-xbox-czuxtfics twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Homebrew Webcam Support For The Original Xbox | daily.dev og:description: A homebrew developer has created a USB webcam driver for the original Xbox (2001), enabling generic USB cameras to work on the console. Currently compatible... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/homebrew-webcam-support-for-the-original-xbox-czuxtfics og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/CZUXtFICS.png og:image:alt: Homebrew Webcam Support For The Original Xbox og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Homebrew Webcam Support For The Original Xbox **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A homebrew developer has created a USB webcam driver for the original Xbox (2001), enabling generic USB cameras to work on the console. Currently compatible with the Xbox Live Vision Camera and Sony's PS2 EyeToy, the project involved reverse engineering how the original Xbox communicated with its rare Japan-only camera, which shared the OV519 chipset with both supported devices. At present the driver simply displays a 320×240 image on the TV, but the open-source code opens the door for other Xbox homebrew projects to add webcam support. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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