You'll need a separate usb card for each camera, or a card that will support the full 12 Mbps on each port (such as the Belkin Quadrabus). See www.maidment.com.au which is running 2 cameras on the Belkin card. L Hayter wrote: > > Hi, > > Hoping to have two USB cams connected to the same PC and snap shots taken > every minute or two from each. Wondering if there are any pitfalls anyone > knows of that might be avoided and/or recommendations on how to get this > all working. > > If there is a more appropriate place to ask the following questions then > please point me in the right direction. > > 1) The PC is RH7 with 2.4.2 kernel and USB (audio and video drivers for the > cams are present) and V4L2. Is there anything else that is required or > recommended ? > > 2) The cams are Creative CT6840 and Philips PCVC 675K. Both are detected > and shown in /proc/bus/usb/devices and all show drivers used-by/assigned-to > them. Are there any known problems with using these cams together ? > > 3) Which apps/tools are recommended for accessing the cams ? The intended > use is to take regular snap shots so command line non-graphical tools are > acceptable. Is there a favoured graphical app - just to speed getting > subjects of the cams lined up and focused ? > > 4) Is there anything else I should be aware of ? > > 5) Has anyone set up more than 2 USB cams ? > > Cheers, > > Luke > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
