# Install somagic-tools with Homebrew Tools to extract firmware from EasyCAP. Version 1.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:somagic-tools ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install somagic-tools ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:somagic-tools - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.1 - **Source summary:** Tools to extract firmware from EasyCAP - **Homepage:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - somagic-extract-firmware (cli) - somagic-extract-firmware (alias) ## Dependencies - libgcrypt - libusb ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-04 - Package-manager version: 1.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://code.google.com/archive/p/easycap-somagic-linux/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage somagic-tools is the firmware-extraction companion for the archived easycap-somagic-linux project. Its main command, `somagic-extract-firmware`, extracts Somagic EasyCAP firmware from a Windows driver file so Linux capture tools can initialize the USB video device. ### Project history The source tarball for somagic-easycap-tools 1.0 records an initial release on 24 February 2012, followed by version 1.1 on 10 March 2013 with a new verbose option. The README and man page describe a deliberately small utility: search a Windows driver file, verify the CRC32 signature, and write `/lib/firmware/somagic_firmware.bin` by default. ### Adoption history The project lived in Google Code and is now available through the Google Code Archive. Homebrew packages `somagic-tools` as a separate formula because the firmware extraction step is useful before running the companion `somagic` capture program; formula analytics show low but continuing niche use. ### How it is used Users obtain the Windows driver from the EasyCAP installation CD, often through Windows or Wine, then run `somagic-extract-firmware` on the driver file. The output firmware file is consumed by `somagic-init`, separating firmware extraction from actual capture. ### Why package nerds care This is the kind of tiny hardware-enablement utility package managers preserve well: one command, a legal/technical firmware boundary, and a dependency relationship that keeps the capture package from embedding vendor firmware. ### Timeline - 2012: somagic-easycap-tools 1.0 initial release. - 2013: somagic-easycap-tools 1.1 adds verbose output. - Current: Homebrew packages version 1.1 as `somagic-tools`. ### Related projects - `somagic` consumes the extracted firmware and performs capture. - The toolchain targets Somagic variants of EasyCAP USB video capture devices. - libgcrypt is used by the tools package. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for somagic-tools. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** somagic-tools - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Archive and compression packages](https://pkg.so/archive-compression-tools/) - Matched archive or compression metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Media and graphics packages](https://pkg.so/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched media, image, audio, video, or graphics metadata. - [libgcrypt](https://pkg.so/brew/libgcrypt/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [somagic](https://pkg.so/brew/somagic/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [libgphoto2](https://pkg.so/brew/libgphoto2/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, media, usb. - [airspy](https://pkg.so/brew/airspy/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, media, usb. - [airspyhf](https://pkg.so/brew/airspyhf/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, media, usb. - [ffmpeg](https://pkg.so/brew/ffmpeg/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, media. - [libpng](https://pkg.so/brew/libpng/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, media. - [jpeg-turbo](https://pkg.so/brew/jpeg-turbo/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, media. - [fontconfig](https://pkg.so/brew/fontconfig/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, media. - [clamz](https://pkg.so/brew/clamz/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. 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