---
name: "macbook-isight-firmware-loader"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "linux-uvc-tools"
version: "0.1.0.svn54-3"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/macbook-isight-firmware-loader"
---

# macbook-isight-firmware-loader(8)

loads iSight firmware from Mac OS X driver

## NAME

macbook-isight-firmware-loader - loads iSight firmware from Mac OS X driver

## SYNOPSIS

**macbook-isight-firmare-loader** *Mac OS X driver file*

## DESCRIPTION

This command will take the driver file from Mac OS X and extract the firmware,  and load the data into USB iSight device which is found in MacBooks.

Driver is usually found in  **/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBVideoSupport.kext/Contents/MacOS/AppleUSBVideoSupport** and the firmware should be loaded before loading uvcvideo module.

## example

- **macbook-isight-firmware-loader** */System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBVideoSupport.kext/Contents/MacOS/AppleUSBVideoSupport*

  load firmware

- **modprobe uvcvideo**

  load USB video class driver

- **gst-launch v4l2src use-fixed-fps=false ! video/x-raw-yuv,format=‹urccUYVY,width=320,height=240 ! ffmpegcolorspace ! ximagesink**

  run gstreamer

## Author

Written by Ronald S. Bultje. This manual page contributed for Debian by Junichi Uekawa \<dancer@debian.org\>, but may be used for others.