07ca:1228 MPEG-2 Capture Device (M038)

AVerMedia Technologies, Inc.

Vendor ID
07ca
Product ID
1228
Combined
07ca:1228
Decimal
1994:4648

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a MPEG-2 Capture Device (M038) manufactured by AVerMedia Technologies, Inc.. The vendor ID 07ca is registered to AVerMedia Technologies, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 1228 is the product ID that AVerMedia Technologies, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 07ca:1228 AVerMedia Technologies, Inc. MPEG-2 Capture Device (M038).

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 07ca:1228 AVerMedia Technologies, Inc. MPEG-2 Capture Device (M038)

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 07ca:1228, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 07ca:1228. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=07ca, idProduct=1228.

Windows

In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:

USB\VID_07CA&PID_1228
USB\VID_07CA&PID_1228&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_07CA&PID_1228"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    MPEG-2 Capture Device (M038):
      Product ID: 0x1228
      Vendor ID: 0x07ca  (AVerMedia Technologies, Inc.)

Driver help

Having driver issues with this device? Most USB devices are handled by a generic class driver; if yours shows up as an unknown device, confirm the ID above first, then check the manufacturer's downloads page.

Raw usb.ids entry

The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:

07ca  AVerMedia Technologies, Inc.
	1228  MPEG-2 Capture Device (M038)

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