Re: Multiple firewire cameras
- From: "The March Hare [MVP]" <phil@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:40:17 -0700
On 19 Jan 2006 12:34:17 -0800, cybose wrote:
> When trying to hookup multiple firewire cameras (960x1280 @ 1.875fps)
> to a system, I am hitting a limit of 2 cameras per 1394 card. Adding
> more cameras than that results in garbled images. Can this bandwidth
> limitation be improved by using a different type of 1394 card or is it
> something to do with the PCI bus itself ?
It's more likely a driver issue. Are you using the standard Microsoft
driver?
What does the manufacturer of the cameras say?
With miniDV camcorders, there is usually a limit of one camera per card
because the cards put the FireWire bus into S100 mode and each camera
technically requires more than 50 Mb/s.
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