Installing the Playstation 2 EyeToy as a Webcam

  See original guide here

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Firstly flip your EyeToy over and look at the bottom of the stand, you will need to check the Sony Part ID, so you can use the appropriate Product ID code for the drivers.

 

 

Download the appropriate drivers for your EyeToy

 
"Fixed" Drivers
    Download
SLEH-00031 PID_0155 Inf
SLEH-00030 PID_0154 Inf

 

Installation WINXP/2K
1.] Download the correct drivers for your EyeToy from above and extract them

2.] Plug your EyeToy into your USB port

 

The new hardware installation wizard wil popup on the screen

3.] Select the (Advanced) option then click next

4.] Select "Search for the best driver in these locations"
5.] Check Include this location in the search: click browse and point
it to where you extracted the edited drivers then click next
Windows will go off searching for your drivers

If successful it will change to this screen and continue the installation
You will be presented with a prompt screen, select "Continue Anyway"
Next a small box full of gibberish will popup on your screen press "OK"
You will now be looking at the configuration screen for the drivers

Answer Yes to this screen (unless you think you know better)
Installation is now complete

 

Troubleshooting
This section only applies if none of the drivers above work for your EyeToy

1.] Download SnoopyPro USB Sniffer from here and extract it
2.] Execute SnoopyPro and locate your EyeToy in the list

3.] Note the Pid_01XX, you will need this to edit the inf file next
4.] Follow the guide by ZeR0X here <---- NOTE Point 5 of this guide
5.] Substitute your new PID_01XX in the following section of ZeR0X's guide

Replace
VID_05A9&PID_8519
with
VID_054C&PID_015X

6.] Thats it, follow the rest of ZeR0X's guide and you will be fine.

 

Faq
Q. Does this work on WIN98?

A. The drivers have support for WIN98 but I don't have it installed so can't test it at this point.

Q. Does the Microphone work?

A. Yes. Once installed open sound recorder, hit record and start yappin'.

 

Trival Tricks
You can also do a replace the words "D-Link VGA Webcam" in the OV519.INF file with any title you would like "Sony PS2 EyeToy" for example. This will change the name of the device during installation only

regards,
sairuk

NB: If you encounter an EyeToy not on the list and generate a new PID for it,
please let us know so we can update these pages.

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