Ps3 eye camera on docker wsl2

[jaimealbapastor]

Description

I am trying to connect my PS3 Eye camera through usb to my docker container. I am working on Windows 11, with a modified WSL2 kernel to include all USB camera drivers. (versions below)

I tried this solution but didn't work for the PS3 Eye : docker/for-win#13940 (comment)

I leave this awesome video on how to modify the kernel config in case someone needs it

I have tried these steps (which work with conventional webcams):

1. Attach USB port to WSL2 with the command usbipd attach

> usbipd attach --busid 2-2 --wsl
> usbipd list
Connected:
BUSID  VID:PID    DEVICE                                                        STATE
2-2    1415:2000  USB Camera-B4.09.24.1                                         Attached

2. When I check in the WSL terminal with the command lsusb, the camera is correctly found.

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1415:2000 Nam Tai E&E Products Ltd. or OmniVision Technologies, Inc. Sony Playstation Eye
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub

3. However the /dev/videoX file does not appear (which is not the case when I use another webcam). Here is where my issue lays.

With a conventional webcam, once i get the /dev/video0 file on the WSL2 terminal, everything works fine when I start the docker container. I am able to watch the camera feed with OpenCV (on python).

I have also checked and the file /dev/bus/usb/001/003 does exist. But I can't open it with OpenCV.

import cv2

cap = cv2.VideoCapture('/dev/bus/usb/001/003', cv2.CAP_V4L2)
cap.set(cv2.CAP_PROP_FOURCC, cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc(*'MJPG'))

if not cap.isOpened():
    print("Error: Could not open video device")
    exit()

# etc ...

I always get the 'Could not open video device' message.

I'm out of ideas. I found posts saying that the PS3 Eye camera works flawlessly with full Linux devices. But I like windows too much :)

Versions

> wsl --version
WSL version: 2.2.4.0
Kernel version: 5.15.153.1-2
WSLg version: 1.0.61
MSRDC version: 1.2.5326
Direct3D version: 1.611.1-81528511
DXCore version: 10.0.26091.1-240325-1447.ge-release
Windows 11 version: 10.0.22631.4037