THETA USB API

Control RICOH THETA using a USB cable

Check out RICOH cameras: THETA Z1 | THETA V | THETA SC2 | THETA S | THETA SC

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RICOH THETA S, V, SC, and Z1 models can be controlled through the USB cable using the PTP or MTP protocol.

Official RICOH Documentation

Development Libraries

Linux libptp

Windows MTP Extensions or WpdMtp

Example

First, To set video mode :

ptpcam --set-property=0x5013 --val=0x8002

And start shooting :

ptpcam -R 0x101C

Finally, stop shooting :

ptpcam -R 0x1018,0xFFFFFFFF

Example on Raspberry Pi

Stop Video Capture

Verify video files were taken

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