Does the Razer Kiyo work under Linux?

I have a Razer Kiyo and I'm using it on Linux since a couple of weeks.

So far I've used the Razer Kiyo with Google Hangouts in Chromium, with Zoom, and with OBS.

The camera and its microphone work just fine in Linux.
The Razer Kiyo responds to settings changes with v4l2-ctl. Be careful to read the min, max and step precisely, or your setting changes will be ignored.

Linux distributions: Kubuntu 17.10 and Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS.

Output of lsusb:

christian.hujer@Nelkinda-Blade-Pro-1:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 1bcf:2c98 Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 1532:0225 Razer USA, Ltd 
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0cf3:e300 Atheros Communications, Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 1532:0a02 Razer USA, Ltd 
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f3:2355 Elan Microelectronics Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 009: ID 1532:0e03 Razer USA, Ltd 
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1532:005a Razer USA, Ltd 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

(This one is the Razer Kiyo: 1532:0e03)

Output of v4l2-ctl:

christian.hujer@Nelkinda-Blade-Pro-1:~$ v4l2-ctl --list-devices
Razer Kiyo (usb-0000:00:14.0-3):
        /dev/video0

USB Camera: USB Camera (usb-0000:00:14.0-9):
        /dev/video1

christian.hujer@Nelkinda-Blade-Pro-1:~$ v4l2-ctl --device=/dev/video0 --list-formats-ext
ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT
    Index       : 0
    Type        : Video Capture
    Pixel Format: 'YUYV'
    Name        : YUYV 4:2:2
        Size: Discrete 864x480
            Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
        Size: Discrete 640x360
            Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)

    Index       : 1
    Type        : Video Capture
    Pixel Format: 'MJPG' (compressed)
    Name        : Motion-JPEG
        Size: Discrete 1280x720
            Interval: Discrete 0.017s (60.000 fps)
            Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
        Size: Discrete 640x360
            Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
        Size: Discrete 864x480
            Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
        Size: Discrete 1920x1080
            Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)

    Index       : 2
    Type        : Video Capture
    Pixel Format: 'H264' (compressed)
    Name        : H.264
        Size: Discrete 1280x720
            Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
            Interval: Discrete 0.042s (24.000 fps)
            Interval: Discrete 0.050s (20.000 fps)
        Size: Discrete 640x360
            Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
            Interval: Discrete 0.042s (24.000 fps)
            Interval: Discrete 0.050s (20.000 fps)
        Size: Discrete 864x480
            Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
            Interval: Discrete 0.042s (24.000 fps)
            Interval: Discrete 0.050s (20.000 fps)
        Size: Discrete 1920x1080
            Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
            Interval: Discrete 0.042s (24.000 fps)
            Interval: Discrete 0.050s (20.000 fps)

RAZER supports Ubuntu with a general set of modules at https://openrazer.github.io/#devices

Their repository is at

     sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openrazer/stable

... or the (unstable) dailies

     sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openrazer/daily

After adding the PPA, install the packages:

     sudo apt update

     sudo apt install openrazer-meta

NOTE: If you get dependency errors when trying to install the driver packages please make sure that you have enabled the "universe" repository in Software & Updates

After the drivers are installed, please restart the computer.

This PPA supports these versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial) and newer

Linux Mint 18 and newer

Does the Razer Kiyo work under Linux?

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