Recent content by lksingh

So this was all related to usb bandwidth. The cameras take up about 150 Mb/s ... according to a usb port monitor so you can only plug 2 usb cameras per 2.0 controller. also depending on what port my cameras were plugged into, the cameras would get picked up by a usb 1.0 controller ... which...

no my computer does not have extra port header. I can try plugging in more usb external cards... but I do not need them at the moment... umm let me did further into this... and I'll try to post my discovery.

One thing I just noticed is depending on what port i plugged the camera into it uses usb 1.0 or 2.0 controllers. So i disabled most USB 1.0 controllers and made sure all cameras are routed to the 2.0 controllers. I have a max of 2 cameras per USB 2.0 controller. Question -- I know controllers...

Thanks for the help NukeMaster!!!

could it be my system bus? are there any tools out there that monitor the system bus?

CPU goes to 50%. I am using multiple instances of VLC and using capture device functionality to view the feed from the cameras. i could only get up to 6 cameras max.

So the interesting thing about my problem is I have no visibility into the issue. I does not seem like there is a tool available to prove or disapprove of my bandwidth limitation theories. Therefore, I keep trying to figure out how to prove my problem statements false and move on to the next...

I am trying to run 8 webcams on a single computer simultaneously. A maximum of 2 cameras can be used per USB controller. Because of that limitation I have extended the number of separate USB controller/hubs available on a computer by adding PCI usb cards. The problem is even though I have enough...