Case study

hd60-macos: reconstructing Elgato HD60 USB control on macOS

hd60-macos recreates host control of the original Elgato Game Capture HD60 on macOS from USB traces of Elgato's application. Its libusb driver uploads a user-extracted firmware image, replays trace-derived I²C initialization sequences, and streams H.264 video and audio as MPEG-TS to stdout, UDP, or OBS.

Targets: Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 0
Last commit: 2026-10-25
Language: C
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Requires the original HD60, macOS, Homebrew, Xcode command line tools, and libusb.
Prerequisites: The firmware image must be extracted from Elgato Game Capture HD; it is not included.
Limits: Only the original HD60 is supported; the camera extension builds but is untested.
License: MIT license.

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BibTeX

@misc{hd60-macos-case,
  title = {{hd60-macos: reconstructing Elgato HD60 USB control on macOS}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/fbritoferreira/hd60-macos}},
  url = {https://github.com/fbritoferreira/hd60-macos},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/hd60-macos-case/}}
}

Plain text

hd60-macos: reconstructing Elgato HD60 USB control on macOS. https://github.com/fbritoferreira/hd60-macos (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/hd60-macos-case/

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README.md GitHub · fbritoferreira/hd60-macos · Revision 344b704