174f:5212 — USB 2.0 UVC PC Camera
Syntek
- Vendor ID
- 174f
- Product ID
- 5212
- Combined
- 174f:5212
- Decimal
- 5967:21010
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a USB 2.0 UVC PC Camera manufactured by Syntek. The vendor ID 174f is registered to Syntek with the USB Implementers Forum, and 5212 is the product ID that Syntek assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 174f:5212 Syntek USB 2.0 UVC PC Camera.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 174f:5212 Syntek USB 2.0 UVC PC Camera
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 174f:5212, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 174f:5212. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=174f, idProduct=5212.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_174F&PID_5212 USB\VID_174F&PID_5212&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_174F&PID_5212"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
USB 2.0 UVC PC Camera:
Product ID: 0x5212
Vendor ID: 0x174f (Syntek)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:
174f Syntek 5212 USB 2.0 UVC PC Camera