| Hardware requirements for Dual Camera recording |
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Written by admin, January 12th, 2009
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For FIREWIRE video connections you will need two firewire controllers, one per camera. Unfortunately you cannot connect two cameras to a single firewire expansion card, even if the card has multiple ports. Firewire cards simply do not provide enough performance to support two simultaneous video streams. Note that this is a hardware limitation, not a software limitation. For laptops you will require an on-board firewire port, built into the laptop. You can then add a firewire expansion card to handle the second camera. The onboard port will use a 4-pin to 4-pin cable, while the expansion card will use a 6-pin to 4-pin cable.
For USB connections you will need one USB Video Grabber per camera, along with a free USB port for each.
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