diff --git a/device/hw/device_options.c b/device/hw/device_options.c
index 49741a2..d13927d 100644
--- a/device/hw/device_options.c
+++ b/device/hw/device_options.c
@@ -38,50 +38,110 @@ void device_option_normalize_name(char *in)
   *out++ = 0;
 }
 
-int device_set_option_string_fd(device_t *dev, int fd, const char *name, const char *value)
+static int device_set_option_string_fd_by_id(device_t *dev, int fd, uint32_t *id, char *name, char *value)
 {
-  struct v4l2_query_ext_ctrl qctrl = {0};
-  struct v4l2_control ctl = {0};
+  struct v4l2_query_ext_ctrl qctrl = { .id = *id };
+  void *data = NULL;
 
-  qctrl.id = V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_NEXT_CTRL;
-  while (0 == ioctl (fd, VIDIOC_QUERY_EXT_CTRL, &qctrl)) {
-    ctl.id = qctrl.id;
-    qctrl.id |= V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_NEXT_CTRL;
+  if (0 != ioctl (fd, VIDIOC_QUERY_EXT_CTRL, &qctrl)) {
+    *id = 0;
+    return 0;
+  }
+  *id = qctrl.id;
 
-    device_option_normalize_name(qctrl.name);
+  device_option_normalize_name(qctrl.name);
 
-    if (strcmp(qctrl.name, name) != 0)
-      continue;
+  if (strcmp(qctrl.name, name) != 0)
+    return 0;
 
-    if (qctrl.flags & V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_DISABLED) {
-      E_LOG_INFO(dev, "The '%s' is disabled", name);
-      continue;
-    } else if (qctrl.flags & V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_READ_ONLY) {
-      E_LOG_INFO(dev, "The '%s' is read-only", name);
-      continue;
-    }
-
-    switch(qctrl.type) {
-    case V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER:
-    case V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_BOOLEAN:
-    case V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_MENU:
-      ctl.value = atoi(value);
-      E_LOG_VERBOSE(dev, "Configuring option %s (%08x) = %d", name, ctl.id, ctl.value);
-      E_XIOCTL(dev, fd, VIDIOC_S_CTRL, &ctl, "Can't set option %s", name);
-      return 1;
-
-    default:
-      E_LOG_INFO(dev, "The '%s' control type '%d' is not supported", name, qctrl.type);
-      return 0;
-    }
+  if (qctrl.flags & V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_DISABLED) {
+    E_LOG_INFO(dev, "The '%s' is disabled", name);
+    return 0;
+  } else if (qctrl.flags & V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_READ_ONLY) {
+    E_LOG_INFO(dev, "The '%s' is read-only", name);
+    return 0;
   }
 
-  return 0;
+  switch(qctrl.type) {
+  case V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER:
+  case V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_BOOLEAN:
+  case V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_MENU:
+    {
+      struct v4l2_control ctl = {
+        .id = *id,
+        .value = atoi(value)
+      };
+      E_LOG_INFO(dev, "Configuring option %s (%08x) = %d", name, ctl.id, ctl.value);
+      E_XIOCTL(dev, fd, VIDIOC_S_CTRL, &ctl, "Can't set option %s", name);
+    }
+    return 1;
+
+  case V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_U8:
+  case V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_U16:
+  case V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_U32:
+    {
+      struct v4l2_ext_control ctl = {
+        .id = *id,
+        .size = qctrl.elem_size * qctrl.elems,
+        .ptr = data = calloc(qctrl.elems, qctrl.elem_size)
+      };
+      struct v4l2_ext_controls ctrls = {
+        .count = 1,
+        .ctrl_class = V4L2_CTRL_ID2CLASS(*id),
+        .controls = &ctl,
+      };
+
+      char *string = value;
+      char *token;
+      int tokens = 0;
+
+      for ( ; token = strsep(&string, ","); tokens++) {
+        if (tokens >= qctrl.elems)
+          continue;
+
+        switch(qctrl.type) {
+        case V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_U8:
+          ctl.p_u8[tokens] = atoi(token);
+          break;
+
+        case V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_U16:
+          ctl.p_u16[tokens] = atoi(token);
+          break;
+
+        case V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_U32:
+          ctl.p_u32[tokens] = atoi(token);
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+
+      E_LOG_INFO(dev, "Configuring option %s (%08x) = [%d tokens, expected %d]", name, ctl.id, tokens, qctrl.elems);
+      E_XIOCTL(dev, fd, VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS, &ctrls, "Can't set option %s", name);
+      free(data);
+    }
+    return 1;
+
+  default:
+    E_LOG_INFO(dev, "The '%s' control type '%d' is not supported", name, qctrl.type);
+    return -1;
+  }
 
 error:
+  free(data);
   return -1;
 }
 
+static int device_set_option_string_fd(device_t *dev, int fd, char *name, char *value)
+{
+  int ret = 0;
+
+  uint32_t id = V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_NEXT_CTRL | V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_NEXT_COMPOUND;
+  while ((ret = device_set_option_string_fd_by_id(dev, fd, &id, name, value)) == 0 && id) {
+    id |= V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_NEXT_CTRL | V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_NEXT_COMPOUND;
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
 int device_set_option_string(device_t *dev, const char *option)
 {
   int ret = -1;
@@ -96,7 +156,8 @@ int device_set_option_string(device_t *dev, const char *option)
 
   device_option_normalize_name(name);
 
-  ret = device_set_option_string_fd(dev, dev->subdev_fd, name, value);
+  if (dev->subdev_fd >= 0)
+    ret = device_set_option_string_fd(dev, dev->subdev_fd, name, value);
   if (ret <= 0)
     ret = device_set_option_string_fd(dev, dev->fd, name, value);
   if (ret == 0)