Xbox Cam (for Video Chat)
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Videochat - Xbox Cam
Xbox Video Chat was released June 2004 in Japan and is a Xbox live enabled/required video chat program with a camera called "Xbox Video Camera" that allowed users to voice and video chat with fellow Xbox Video Chat users. An active Xbox Live subscription was required. Up to 5 users can Xbox Video Chat with eachother.
The camera uses an Omnivision OV530 chipset and a 512byte eeprom to store the USB device descriptor. The mainboard for the camera The OV530 chipset in the Xbox Video Camera seems to be fully backwards compatible with the older OV519 chipset used in PS2 EyeToy cameras. The Xbox Video Chat software can be patched to use a camera with difference device IDs, but the hardware descriptors on the chipset must match the Xbox Video Camera descriptor of 1 USB device/video only.
"The package includes a camera, a 12-month subscription to Xbox Live, an Xbox Live Voice Communicator, Video Chat Disk with software needed to make it all work, and an Xbox Live Starter Kit Disk. The Xbox Video Chat provides for voice alteration and comes with 40 preinstalled background music tracks. It includes a function to turn the TV screen into a mirror temporarily, so players can groom themselves before joining a conversation." The Inspiration Room - Xbox Live Video Chat in Japan
- Dvd mediaset number: X10-98754
- Xbox cam: X10-71835
USB Descriptor
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 045e:028c Microsoft Corp. Xbox Video Camera
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.10
bDeviceClass 0
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x045e Microsoft Corp.
idProduct 0x028c
bcdDevice 1.00
iManufacturer 1 Microsoft
iProduct 2 Xbox Video Camera
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 0x0059
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x80
(Bus Powered)
MaxPower 500mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 0
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 1
Transfer Type Isochronous
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0000 1x 0 bytes
bInterval 1
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 1
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 0
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 1
Transfer Type Isochronous
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0180 1x 384 bytes
bInterval 1
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 2
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 0
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 1
Transfer Type Isochronous
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 1
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 3
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 0
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 1
Transfer Type Isochronous
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0300 1x 768 bytes
bInterval 1
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 4
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 0
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 1
Transfer Type Isochronous
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0380 1x 896 bytes
bInterval 1
Device Status: 0x0000
(Bus Powered)
USB Device Descriptor EEPROM
The following is an EEPROM dump from 24x04 EEPROM chip on the Xbox Camera mainboard. This contains no actual firmware, just a USB device descriptor as described in the Omnivision OV519 CAMERAMATE™ datasheet.
000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F ................ 101112131415161718191A1B1C1D1E1F ................ 006A005900120400C62200CA3200EC00 .j.Y....."..2... 011E00011E00011E00011E00011E0000 ................ 0010000011001800800111011B008001 ................ 11021C00800111031E00800111041F00 ................ 80012121185080023100288080034130 ..!!.P..1.(...A0 28808004513020808005613038048006 (...Q0 ...a08... 710038088007810018088008011E1201 q.8............. 1001000000085E048C02000101020001 ......^......... 0902590001010080FA0904000001FF00 ..Y............. 0000070581010000010904000101FF00 ................ 0000070581018001010904000201FF00 ................ 0000070581010002010904000301FF00 ................ 0000070581010003010904000401FF00 ................ 00000705810180030109040100000101 ................ 000009240100011E0001020C24020101 ...$........$... 02000100000000092403020101000100 ........$....... 09040200000102000009040201010102 ................ 0000072401020101000B240201010210 ...$......$..... 01803E00090582052800010000072501 ..>.....(.....%. 000000000403090422034D0069006300 ........".M.i.c. 72006F0073006F006600740020002000 r.o.s.o.f.t. . . 20002000200020002000320358006200 . . . . .2.X.b. 6F007800200056006900640065006F00 o.x. .V.i.d.e.o. 2000430061006D006500720061002000 .C.a.m.e.r.a. . 200020002000200020002000FFFFFFFF . . . . . ..... FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ................ FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ................ FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ................ FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ................ FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ................
Notable hex offsets:
- 0x0023 and 0x00A2 device descriptor length | 59
- 0x0096 Vendor ID | 5E04 bit swapped to 045E
- 0x0098 Product ID | 8C02 bit swapped to 028C
- 0x00A4 Number of USB devices/interfaces | 01
- 0x0158 Device Manufacturer name start | Microsoft
- 0x017C Device Product name start | Xbox Video Camera
Sources
- Borman ptoponline.com photos, he forgot he took the pictures
- eurogamer photos
- Videochat trailer on Xbox-Ism Disk2 TGS 2004
