I think you missed my point. You *could* use ethernet as well as USB . . .

On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 11:14 PM, Yiling Cao <[email protected]> wrote:

> proper IP camera/ mobile phone camera dont use USB, they use MIPI or CSI2
> to interface with MPU.
>
> USB webcam is just for some hobby/demo use.
>
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 1:23 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> id imagije if you used IP cameras, You could do a couple more. The BBB's
>> Ethernet port is as fast as fast Ethernet gets to theoretical.
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 6:00 PM, Alvaro Garcia <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> The max framerate you will get is 15 fps, no matter about USB speed. It
>>> is because of DMA problem or something. I tried several cameras and could
>>> get more than 15 fps (trying yuv, mjpeg, x264...)
>>>
>>> 2015-02-23 1:19 GMT+01:00 Alex de Geofroy <[email protected]>:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Robert,
>>>>
>>>> As a side note, thank you for all the help you provide people here and
>>>> elsewhere. I haven't been very active in this group, but I've been
>>>> subscribing and reading for a while. I guess the phrase "Long time
>>>> listener, first time caller" would be appropriate.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, USB 2.0 will transfer at 480 Mbps (in the best case) which is
>>>> twice the bandwidth I'd need to run four 1080p30 cameras streaming MJPEG at
>>>> approximately 60 Mbps, or roughly four times the bandwidth I'd need for
>>>> 720p30.
>>>>
>>>> So let's assume that we won't have a bottleneck on the USB, and I'll
>>>> save the videos to a NAS over Ethernet (USB & Ethernet are not shared,
>>>> right?) so we won't have a bandwidth issue there either. If this is true,
>>>> would the BBB have the horsepower to run motion detection on all four
>>>> streams and output to a NAS reliably? If not four cameras, how about 3, or
>>>> 2?
>>>>
>>>> I understand that this is a pretty specific case and I might just have
>>>> to try it out to see what it can handle, I'm just trying to get a feel for
>>>> whether or not it's even worth trying with a BBB, or if I should look for a
>>>> higher-end board and cough up the extra cash.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again!
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 6:56 PM, Robert Nelson <[email protected]
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 5:48 PM, Alex DG <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> > I've been playing around with my BBB for a couple months now and I
>>>>> love it.
>>>>> > I've currently got it set up streaming video to my website 24/7.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I'm now wondering how many USB cameras I could reasonably expect to
>>>>> use on
>>>>> > this thing at one time, because I want to set up a sort of improved
>>>>> IP
>>>>> > camera system. Essentially I want to create a networked array of HD
>>>>> cameras,
>>>>> > so I'm trying to decide which SBC would be able to reliably record
>>>>> 720p or
>>>>> > 1080p video from as many cameras as possible. The cameras need to
>>>>> run 24/7,
>>>>> > detect motion, perform some CV tasks (using opencv, presumably), and
>>>>> save
>>>>> > the resulting clips to a NAS, or even just to a USB hard drive.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > So let's say I want to set up an array of 720p30 cameras and record
>>>>> and
>>>>> > process video from them. Using a USB hub, would the BBB handle 2, 3,
>>>>> or even
>>>>> > 4 cameras? What if the frame rate was 60 fps? Or what about 2, 3, or
>>>>> 4
>>>>> > 1080p30 cameras?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I'm just trying to get a feel for how capable the BBB is, or if I
>>>>> should
>>>>> > look toward a different, more powerful SBC.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer!
>>>>>
>>>>> Remember, usb is a shared resource.  With only one port on the BBB,
>>>>> depending on how much bandwidth the first camera takes will let you
>>>>> know how many you can have plugged in.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
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