# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/fbritoferreira/hd60-macos>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/fbritoferreira/hd60-macos/blob/344b704f6075bdbd6bcc3445bfd7ba67bbbc29d4/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/hd60-macos-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/hd60-macos-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/hd60-macos-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/fbritoferreira/hd60-macos/blob/344b704f6075bdbd6bcc3445bfd7ba67bbbc29d4/README.md>

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