# Installer somagic avec Homebrew

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de somagic pour les workflows d'agents IA.

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:somagic
```

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install somagic
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:somagic
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Page du gestionnaire de paquets:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/somagic>
- **Version:** 1.1
- **Résumé source:** Linux capture program for the Somagic variants of EasyCAP
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://code.google.com/archive/p/easycap-somagic-linux/>
- **Docs amont:** <https://code.google.com/archive/p/easycap-somagic-linux/>
- **Licence:** GPL-2.0-or-later
- **Archive source:** <https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-archive-downloads/v2/code.google.com/easycap-somagic-linux/somagic-easycap_1.1.tar.gz>
- **Généré:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## exécutables

- somagic-capture (cli)
- somagic-init (cli)
- somagic-capture (alias)
- somagic-init (alias)

## Dépendances

- libgcrypt
- libusb
- somagic-tools

## Comportement d'installation

- hook post-installation: non défini
- Précautions: Before running somagic-capture you must extract the official firmware from the CD. See https://code.google.com/archive/p/easycap-somagic-linux/wikis/GettingStarted.wiki for details.
- Bouteille: disponible sur arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-08-04
- version du gestionnaire: 1.1
- données locales: OK
- dépôt amont: 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.
## Historique du projet et usages

somagic is the Linux capture package for Somagic variants of EasyCAP USB video capture devices. It provides `somagic-init` to upload firmware and reconnect the device, and `somagic-capture` to initialize registers and stream video.

### Historique du projet

The somagic-easycap 1.0 changelog records an initial release on 24 February 2012. Version 1.1 followed on 10 March 2013 with support for the 1c88:003f EasyCAP002 variant, a skip-check option in `somagic-init`, input-selection options in `somagic-capture`, and support for the 1c88:003d EzCAP USB 2.0 capture path.

The README and manual pages present the project as a small C/libusb toolchain rather than a desktop video app: upload firmware, initialize hardware, then write captured video data for another program to consume.

### Historique d'adoption

The upstream project is archived on Google Code, but the Homebrew formula still packages version 1.1 with libusb, libgcrypt, and `somagic-tools` dependencies. Formula analytics show very small but continuing usage, typical for old hardware support packages.

### Modes d'utilisation

Before using `somagic-capture`, users must extract the official firmware from the device CD with `somagic-tools`. The man pages note that `somagic-init` and `somagic-capture` usually need root access because they interact directly with the USB capture device.

### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

somagic matters because package managers often become the last clean distribution path for obscure but useful hardware utilities. The split between firmware extraction and capture also shows a common packaging pattern: ship the open tool, require the user to supply vendor firmware.

### Chronologie

- 2012: somagic-easycap 1.0 initial release.
- 2013: somagic-easycap 1.1 adds EasyCAP002 and EzCAP USB 2.0 support.
- Current: Homebrew packages version 1.1 as `somagic` with a dependency on `somagic-tools`.

### Related projects

- `somagic-tools` extracts firmware for use by `somagic-init`.
- libusb provides USB device access.
- libgcrypt is listed as a build/runtime dependency in the upstream README and Homebrew formula.

### Sources

- <https://code.google.com/archive/p/easycap-somagic-linux>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/somagic.json>
- <https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-archive-downloads/v2/code.google.com/easycap-somagic-linux/somagic-easycap_1.1.tar.gz>


## Notes de sécurité

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Risque Geiger:** vert / faible
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Détails de la base source

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** somagic
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable


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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/somagic.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/somagic.yml)


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