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Re: Web-Cam for PCM-5822, USB/Linux

What camera are you using? What ieee1394 board? Are you running under
linux? 

I'm looking at the basic pyro board from ADS and a firefly camera.
Any comments?

Thanks,

Felix

On -1 xxx -1  wrote:

> Jeff King wrote:
> > 
> > Hi:
> > 
> > I'm looking for a Web-Cam that (eventually) will run on a yet to be
> > purchased 5822. USB and under Linux. Prefer 640x480.
> 
> Do you a favour, and go for IEEE 1394 one. 640x480 at 30 fps gives you
> two on a 400 MBps channel, clean and crisp.
>  
> > Any recomendations?
> > 
> > Also, anyone ever use multiple USB cams? I'm hoping to be able to put
> > 4 of them. (This going to go into my car).
> 
> USB has a lousy bandwidth, so you'll get a lousy framerate (or lots of
> compression artefacts -- make sure Linux drivers can handle the proprietary
> compression). I think it will look like a sequence of stills, and annoy the
> heck out of you due to lag when you move.
> 
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