Re: How many Webcams can be captured simultaneously?

I don't know about the limits imposed by the OS, but I'm curious how you are planning to distribute these cameras. Are these all at a single location looking in different directions? Or are these scattered throughout an area?

USB has a pretty limited maximum distance that you can run the cables. That may be more of a limitation than just how many your OS can handle.

USB 2.0 can have cables up to 5 meters. There is also a maximum of 5 hubs in series. That gives you a theoretical maximum run length of 30 meters from the computer. You would need optical or CAT5 extenders if you wanted to go longer than that.

-Chris