Multiple web cams on one computer?

lostwithoutaz · Post by **lostwithoutaz** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 4:43 pm

Is it possible to have multiple web cams on one computer? I have not been able to make this happen. If it is, please give me some details. Thanks

Charlie · Post by **Charlie** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:58 am

I don't know about multiple webcams but if you want to use the one webcam with different programmes, try splitcam or manycam.

kvrajan · Post by **kvrajan** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:03 pm

Hi.

Yes it is possible to have multiple webcams in one computer - each camera will go into one USB slot. And you will have to set upn one first and then copy the entire Yawcam directory and settings as another copy of the program and rename it suitably.

There is a detailed step-by-step instructions provided in this forum under the same subject 'multiple cams' and you can easily locate it by searching for it.

I have connected upto 4 cams in one computer. Then only thing you need to keep in mind is the system resources usage will be very high and you may not be able to much of anything else.

Post by **malun** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:22 pm

It is not possible to use multiple cameras with one computer at the moment.
There is however a workaround as kvrajan describes.
Some more info on how this is done can be found here:
http://www.yawcam.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1545

/malun

Multiple web cams on one computer?

Multiple web cams on one computer?

Multiple cameras in one computer.