From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 396EB138247 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 22:38:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5A269E0AE1; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 22:37:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B7C1E0ADB for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 22:37:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (shooty.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.8]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id D9FCF22834 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 22:37:52 +0000 (GMT) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 22:37:48 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} video monitoring Message-ID: <20131125223748.79faee38@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <5293AA26.9020606@thegeezer.net> References: <5293AA26.9020606@thegeezer.net> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.2-157-g2febbe (GTK+ 2.24.22; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/d8//BT6yW7UrSWH/D10EESr"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 12938955-fdfd-48bd-845d-8376c56fbee1 X-Archives-Hash: 1cad4a0a354cdf5125fd881fce0444c2 --Sig_/d8//BT6yW7UrSWH/D10EESr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 25 Nov 2013 19:51:02 +0000, thegeezer wrote: > the bug bear for scaling up is you do need a usb controller (not just a > usb port) per camera if you want anywhere near sensible resolution with > usb webcams. This depends greatly on the specific cameras. Microsoft webcams, while giving good quality, are notorious for using whatever USB bandwidth is available, so two on one controller just doesn't work. Others are more forgiving. --=20 Neil Bothwick When puns are outlawed only outlaws will have puns. --Sig_/d8//BT6yW7UrSWH/D10EESr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlKT0UAACgkQum4al0N1GQPmLwCg087o8HxELbV2dpyvQXJfCw6K q7IAn1n/4vHAfnmXR0riBB8qIcRALtur =HmAy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/d8//BT6yW7UrSWH/D10EESr--