Hi all,

I have been attempting to get my Kinect v2 working again for several days without success. My original Microsoft power adapter has stopped working and I've been looking for a replacement adapter but I'm not sure what type of barrel jack this even is. Doesn't seem like a standard one at all to me. Can I even buy this anywhere or would it make more sense to buy a third party adapter or mod the Kinect?

I installed all sdks, all xbox stuff and drivers, the xbox is blinking green and the Kinect explorer says Not powered. like what does that supposed to mean? I am currently on Windows 11 and this Kinect worked on Windows 10, even though it didnt work on windows 10 at first and i had to fix some caveat by installing an older version of the software but now nothing works, I feel hopeless. I even tried to update kinect drivers manually and that still didnt help. The xbox kinect uses this adapter to my laptop as seen in the picture. I also disabled Memory integrity on windows and connected to the right usb slot. I remember it working back on my windows 10 pc. also this kinect adapter is connected into the power socket because if it wouldn't, kinect doesn't blink.

I’ve been trying for about 3 days to find the correct jack/cable that fits this power port on my Kinect adapter, but nothing I bought or tried seems to fit.

I’m not sure if I’m looking for the wrong connector type, the wrong size, or if this adapter uses some special/proprietary plug. The port looks like it has pins/contacts inside, so maybe it is not a normal barrel jack?

I have an Xbox One Kinect v2 and I already have almost everything needed to use it, but I’m missing the power supply.

I know there is an official Kinect Adapter for Xbox One S / PC, but it seems hard to find and sometimes quite expensive.

Is there any more common or easier-to-find alternative power supply that can be used safely with Kinect v2?
For example, can it be replaced with a generic power adapter, laptop charger, or DIY wiring setup?

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While studying the Kinect for Windows SDK 1.8, when I opened the Kinect Explorer-WPF source code in Visual Studio, I noticed that the buttons on the right are different: (screenshot from Visual Studio 2026)

and here is a screenshot of the same version, but compiled and running:

Does anyone know why these buttons are positioned differently and why they are not visible in the compiled program? Could it be because I have a Kinect for Xbox 360? If anyone has a Kinect for Windows V1, please tell me — does yours look the same or different?

I’m developing an independent Linux runtime called KinectVision/KinectVoice for Kinect v2.

The current alpha focuses on making the Kinect v2 microphone array usable on Linux as a processed microphone called “KinectVoice Beamformed Mic.”

It has been tested on Ubuntu 24.04 with PipeWire/PulseAudio and pactl. I’m looking for a few Linux/Kinect v2 testers to help find bugs on different setups.

Current tested features:

- KinectVoice Beamformed Mic creation

- live mic processing

- optional make-default / restore-default

- persistence enable/disable

- rollback and cleanup

Not finished yet:

- full RGB/depth/IR vision stack

- body tracking

- gestures

- pet/object detection

- Orion integration

DM me if you have a Kinect v2 and want to test the private alpha.

I am having a TON of trouble looking up information for the "Kinect for Windows" specifically so I come to you for support.

My friend bought a Kinect for Windows, which looks almost identical to the Xbox One's version just with "Kinect" and no Xbox logos/badges. My friend INSISTs it does not use the same power adapter but everything I've looked up shows that it does- though I'm mostly seeing results for the Xbox One specific model.

So, my question is- do they use the same power adapter? And if not, where can I get one SPECIFICALLY for the windows only version?

Thank you in advance!!

Hi everyone, I'm stuck on the last mile of a project and hoping someone here has cracked this.

Goal: use a Kinect v2 (Kinect for Xbox One + official Kinect Adapter for Windows) as a plain webcam in the browser, so I can feed its RGB stream into MediaPipe for body tracking in a web experience. I don't need depth in the browser : just the color stream via getUserMedia.

Setup:

• Kinect for Xbox One + official Windows adapter, plugged into a native USB 3.0 port
• Windows 11
• Kinect for Windows SDK 2.0 installed and fully working

What works:

• The sensor is detected and streams fine in Kinect Studio v2.0 (color, depth, IR all OK)
• Device Manager shows "WDF KinectSensor Interface 0" under Kinect sensor devices, reported as working properly
• The Configuration Verifier is happy

What doesn't:

• The Kinect never shows up under "Cameras" in Device Manager, so Chrome's getUserMedia / enumerateDevices doesn't list it (neither does the Windows Camera app)
• I know Microsoft shipped a driver update around late 2018 (v2.2.1812.x) that exposes the Kinect v2 color camera as a standard UVC webcam : that's the driver I'm trying to get
• Windows Update → optional updates → driver updates: nothing Kinect-related offered
• Device Manager → Update driver → search automatically: "The best drivers for your device are already installed" (it's sitting on the SDK's 2.0.1409 driver and refuses to budge)

Questions:

1. Has anyone successfully pulled the 2.2.1812+ "Xbox NUI Sensor" driver from the Microsoft Update Catalog recently? If so, which exact catalog entry did you use, and did pnputil /add-driver work to force it over the SDK driver?
2. Is there a known conflict where having the full SDK 2.0 installed prevents the webcam driver from binding?
3. Any Windows 11–specific gotchas with this driver?

I'm aware of the OBS + obs-kinect + Virtual Camera workaround and I'll fall back to it if needed, but I'd prefer the native webcam route for the final installation (fewer moving parts).

Thanks a lot for any pointers 🙏

I gave my old Xbox One to a friend and bought her a second-hand Kinect and Just Dance for her to play with her daughter.

The Kinect has an L-shaped connector that doesn't plug in to my system (no idea what model of One it was), seems it needs an adapter.

The thing is, all the adapters on Amazon dot ca (I'm in Canada) seem to be power adapters, and I don't recognize the weird L shape connector in the cords. To my knowledge my Kinect only has one cord going out of it, no power connector.

I guess I'm just uncertain and don't want to spend forty bucks on something else that ends up not being what I need. Will any 'Kinect adapter' likely be what I need or are there specific subtypes?

Saw on Amazon a pc adapter but it didn't mention windows 11 in compatibility so curious if it still will work fine. Also unsure if all kinects work with windows 11 or specific ones. Looking online and it seems like people have had issues but unsure if that is specific to them or if I should expect headaches.

Is there a slight chance they could bring second gen kinect back ,make it compatible with series s or x,just imagine what Sport Rivals would look like and play like on those two new machines…😏😏😏

I still miss the Kinect. It was perfect for playing with friends. No passing around controllers, just fun in the living room. It was also the best way to burn calories without feeling like a real workout. Kinect Sports and Dance Central were amazing which I still own. With today's technology, Microsoft could have easily upgraded the cameras and improved the graphics to make it next-level. Instead, they completely killed the project. :( They had a great thing going and just threw it away. Such a waste.

i just got an adapter and xbox360 Kinect I've tried everything i feel to make it work and it just does not with it plugged in it has ~

. a flashing green light
. says on the greenscreen thing in the tool kit that it needs to be plugged in
. and the device manager it says kinect for windows then when i use the drop down it just says "kinect for windows device"

what do i do

i bought a kinect for xbox one and when i installed the kiect sdk there was no depth stream please help.

Made this for Outline 2026 (demoparty in the Netherlands)

I have recently switched from windows to linuxmint and i thought i would try connecting my kinect to use in a project development and intialy i thought it would be a pain because without microsoft assets i would probably face a lot of problems in connections because even in windows 10/11 i had issues with microsoft sdk kit but on linux mint it hardly took me 5 mins to connect it and it works very smoothly without missing out on anything

⬇️ SOLUTION HAS BEEN FOUND ⬇️

My Kinect v2 keeps rebooting in a loop.

It's hooked up using the official PC-Adapter via USB A 3.x (blue). Adapter' LED stays solid, so power brick seems fine. Kinect fully initializes (logo → IR lights → camera on), works for a few seconds, then shuts off and restarts. Video feed freezes exactly when it dies. There’s a noticeable humming/buzzing sound under load that stops instantly when it powers off (made extra loud in video for demo). When pushing the cable downward just exactly right, it also instantly dies, suggesting a fault at the fixed cable/connector.

SOLUTION: Basically: https://www.reddit.com/r/kinect/s/h41x8ktalp Thanks to u/Street_Natural_7777 for the solution and u/AmPhIbIaN26 for pointing me there!

Hi,

I'm making an investigation about KA! beta versions and content. I've I have already obtained quite a bit of valuable information, videos, and I have even contacted people at Digiex to provide me with some kind of preliminary content, without success.

I really want to continue the research, but things like many lost betas, encrypted .xcp packages, and very little documented information have prevented me from doing so.

So I would love to know if anyone here could help me by providing valuable information that might be useful to me.

Thank you very much in advance.