Razr Kiyo on Ubuntu

 Woow I am very happy with this camera. 

 

 

It worked as soon I connected. The only issue was the zoom. So, I should run a couple of commands, you can crop the video with these:

sudo apt-get install v4l-utils

 

List the devices:

alejandro@minipc:~$ v4l2-ctl --list-devices
Razer Kiyo (usb-0000:00:14.0-3):
    /dev/video0
    /dev/video1
    /dev/media0
 

See for the options of the device video0

alejandro@minipc:~$ v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 --list-ctrls

User Controls

                     brightness 0x00980900 (int)    : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=128 value=128
                       contrast 0x00980901 (int)    : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=128 value=128
                     saturation 0x00980902 (int)    : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=128 value=128
        white_balance_automatic 0x0098090c (bool)   : default=1 value=1
                           gain 0x00980913 (int)    : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=0 value=0
           power_line_frequency 0x00980918 (menu)   : min=0 max=2 default=2 value=1 (50 Hz)
      white_balance_temperature 0x0098091a (int)    : min=2000 max=7500 step=10 default=4000 value=5630 flags=inactive
                      sharpness 0x0098091b (int)    : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=128 value=128
         backlight_compensation 0x0098091c (int)    : min=0 max=1 step=1 default=0 value=0

Camera Controls

                  auto_exposure 0x009a0901 (menu)   : min=0 max=3 default=3 value=3 (Aperture Priority Mode)
         exposure_time_absolute 0x009a0902 (int)    : min=3 max=2047 step=1 default=127 value=156 flags=inactive
     exposure_dynamic_framerate 0x009a0903 (bool)   : default=0 value=1
                   pan_absolute 0x009a0908 (int)    : min=-36000 max=36000 step=3600 default=0 value=0
                  tilt_absolute 0x009a0909 (int)    : min=-36000 max=36000 step=3600 default=0 value=0
                 focus_absolute 0x009a090a (int)    : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=0 value=83
     focus_automatic_continuous 0x009a090c (bool)   : default=1 value=0
                  zoom_absolute 0x009a090d (int)    : min=100 max=140 step=10 default=100 value=130
 

 The zoom_absolute value is 130, with 100 will be the minimum!

alejandro@minipc:~$ v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 -c zoom_absolute=100 

Now much better!