# somagic を Homebrew でインストール

somagic のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。

## インストール

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

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install somagic
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:somagic
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **バージョン:** 1.1
- **ソース概要:** Linux capture program for the Somagic variants of EasyCAP
- **ホームページ:** <https://code.google.com/archive/p/easycap-somagic-linux/>
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- somagic-capture (エイリアス)
- somagic-init (エイリアス)

## インストール挙動

- Bottle: 利用不可

## バージョンと鮮度

- ページ生成日: 2026-08-03
- マネージャ版: 1.1
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

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.

### プロジェクトの歴史

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.

### 採用の歴史

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.

### 使われ方

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.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

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.

### タイムライン

- 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.

### ソース

- <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>


## セキュリティノート

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- **Geiger リスク:** グリーン / 低
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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)


## ソース

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- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph