UDCD Video Streaming Plugin

The UDCD Video streaming plugin is a kernel plugin that allows you to stream the Vita screen over a USB cable. The Vita appears as a USB class camera and is accessible from applications that can access cameras & video capture devices (such as VLC, MPV, and OBS) on a PC or on any other device that supports the USB Video class (such as Android devices).

The plugin uses the SceUdcd module of the PSVita OS to setup the necessary USB descriptors to simulate and behave as an USB Video class device, similar to a webcam or a USB video capture card. The hardware color space converter of the PSVita's SoC is used to perform the conversion to the destination pixel format; then the USB controller directly performs a DMA transfer from the physical address of the resulting converted framebuffer, saving CPU usage and and reducing power consumption.

The plugin doesn't stream audio. For that, use a 3.5mm jack to jack adapter (a ferrite bead might help reduce the electromagnetic noise).

Supported Formats and Resolutions

• 960x544 @ 30 FPS and (less than) 60 FPS
• 896x504 @ 30 FPS and (almost) 60 FPS
• 864x488 @ 30 FPS and 60 FPS
• 480x272 @ 30 FPS and 60 FPS
• 1280x720 @ 30 FPS

Download and installation

Installation of udcd_uvc is essentially the standard plugin installation process.

Installation:

1. Download the latest version of udcd_uvc.skprx from the GitHub releases page.
   • There are also two variants of the plugin you can install that will turn off the screen while the console is being streamed over USB:
   • udcd_uvc_oled_off - For PCH-10XX/11XX models with the OLED Screen - Turns the screen off while streaming.
   • udcd_uvc_lcd_off - For PCH-20XX models with LCD screens - Turns the screen off while streaming.
2. Copy udcd_uvc.skprx to ur0:tai/udcd_uvc.skprx on your PS Vita.
3. Add the path of the plugin (ur0:tai/udcd_uvc.skprx) to taiHEN's config at ur0:/tai/config.txt under the KERNEL section.
4. Reboot your PSVita, and try connecting it to your computer to stream it.

Troubleshooting

Remember that if anything goes wrong (like the Vita not booting), you can always press L at boot to skip plugin loading.

• Not working on Windows 10
  • You might have to change the Camera access permissions on the Privacy Settings.

• Not working on Linux
  • Try using mplayer.
    • mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:device=/dev/videoX:width=960:height=544.

• Video looks glitched
  • Try to change the video player configuration to use the NV12 format or switch to another player (like PotPlayer or OBS). If the colors look wrong, set color range to full and color space to BT.601 (Rec. 601).

• Audio is noisy
  • Disable USB power supply (Settings > System)