X-Git-Url: https://git.ao2.it/kinect-audio-setup.git/blobdiff_plain/7bbe9bb942cbabfa58f8d3033333ba31f39df2d5..HEAD:/README diff --git a/README b/README index 239ec8b..3943a7d 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ kinect-audio-setup makes audio input from the Microsoft Kinect Sensor device work on GNU/Linux systems. -When the Kinect is first plugged in the USB port it shows up as a -generic USB device with a bulk endpoint; after uploading a certain +When the Kinect is first plugged in the USB port it shows up as +a generic USB device with a bulk endpoint; after uploading a certain firmware a reenumeration takes place and a USB Audio Class (UAC) device becomes available. kinect-audio-setup provides tools to download the firmware off the net -at installation time —since it is not redistributable—, and it sets up -udev rules to call the firmware loader when the device is plugged in to -finally get the USB Audio Class device. +at installation time —since the firmware is not redistributable—, and it +sets up udev rules to call the firmware loader when the device is +plugged in to finally get the USB Audio Class device. Note that for all the magic to happen automatically pulseaudio >= 1.0 is needed, as it contains the kinect-audio.conf profile which fixes audio @@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ Install kinect_upload_fw first: it will be copied to /usr/local/sbin by default, assign the PREFIX variable on the command line to install it to another location. +Then install the udev rules to automate the firmware loading: + + # make install_udev_rules \ + FIRMWARE_PATH=/lib/firmware/kinect/UACFirmware \ + LOADER_PATH=/usr/local/sbin/kinect_upload_fw + Then run the firmware fetcher script (remember this is only needed once): @@ -43,7 +49,7 @@ once): The UAC firmware is downloaded from the Microsoft Kinect SDK at http://www.kinectforwindows.org, the license of the SDK can be found at -http://www.kinectforwindows.org/download/EULA.htm +http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/legal/kinectsdk-tou_noncommercial.htm === Acknowledgements