Re: How many Webcams can be captured simultaneously?

Daniel DeCovnick <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.macosx.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Isn't USB limited to 63 devices per controller?

-Daniel

On Apr 13, 2010, at 4:59 AM, Aya Koshigaya wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> for a new project I need to capture 80 (!) Webcams simultaneously. Not a video, just one single picture of each Webcam at the same time.
> 
> If I have enough (active) hubs to connect all those webcams to my Mac, can the mac handle that many cams? (Resolution ~10 MegaPixels)
> 
> I know how to capture a Webcam via QuickTimeSDK, so that's no problem... but 80..?! Is that possible?
> Or would I need to split the cams over 3 or 4 Macs and synchronize them?
> 
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