Hi,

On Friday 20 August 2010 13:37:26 [email protected] wrote:
> I've seen some discussion about this in January 2010 on this list. Has
> this issue been resolved? For those who don't remember or haven't seen
> the post, it is here:
> 
> http://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/linux-uvc-devel/2010-January/005464.html
> 
> Essentially the camera seems to request the highest bandwidth regardless
> of fps, resolution, compression (raw or mjpeg).
> 
> Has anybody come up with a solution for this? Is there a patch, or one
> in progress?

Not that I know of.

> Anyway of ignoring the camera request, or forcing it to accept less
> bandwidth as necessary?

Yes, see http://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/linux-uvc-devel/2010-
January/005508.html

The camera can work with less bandwidth, but the driver has no way to find 
that out by itself. For uncompressed formats the driver can compute a 
bandwidth estimate based on the image size, but for compressed formats that's 
not possible.

> I have tried vlc, ffmpeg, motion - it will not allow me to use more then
> one MS Lifecam Cinema at the same time because of usb bandwidth
> limitations - even if I force mjpeg compression, low fps (down to 1) and
> low resolution (320x240). On the other hand, I have a Logitech QuickCam
> Pro 9000 (with similarly high spec) and two MS Lifecam VX-5000 - and I
> can use all three at the same time if I force mjpeg compression, with
> 640x480 and fps 10 - so it would be possible.

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart
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