4) multi-hub USB board (~$50/4-hubs) and a supported USB digitizing device,
such as the Nogatec/Zoran based systems to support security cameras or a
supported USB camera (short range)
I've seen 64 composite cameras on a single box this way, raw. (4
hubs/board, 8 cameras @ 50% bandwidth each)
--- Jodie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chris Kloiber
> Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 6:39 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [V4L] Multiple cameras
>
>
> Homer Parker wrote:
> >
> > Ok, I put a a camera for a customer of mine.. The love
> it.. Great..
> > But, now they want multiple cameras. Is there any way to get
> multiple cameras
> > working in a single computer? I'm currently just using a
> Hauppauge WinTV card
> > (though the name *really* scared me! ;).. Can I get more than
> one of them in a
> > computer? Is there a card designed to handle this situation? Am
> I going to a
> > full blown camera server? Any and all help appreciated..
>
> Well sorta. Kindof. Here's two ways:
>
> 1) Multiple grabber boards with multiple cameras. Limited to number of
> pci slots you have, but in theory you can record from both if your
> machine is fast enough.
>
> 2) Single Grabber board, multiple cameras using external hardware. You
> could get some of the hardware meant for security applications to either
> switch camera inputs or look at them all at once, etc.
>
> 3) One Grabber board, lots of X10 caeras. While these cameras aren't the
> best in the world, they aren't too bad either. You can use an X10
> Firecracker module to control which camera has power at any given time
> (only one at a time please). In this way you can control your cameras
> from the webpage you are looking at the cameras on with just a minimum
> of scripting. My boss set things up like this for his boss so she could
> watch her baby (and babysitter) in any room of her house. (At last count
> she had 9 X10 cameras in the system).
>
> Chris Kloiber
>
>
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