Can you cap from two tv cards at once? [Archive]

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droolian01

27th February 2003, 07:14

Hi there

This is not strictly related to vid capture, but i am building a (cheap) 2 cam surveilence system for my crime ridden friend. Basically i have the idea of running 2 webcams with image detecting software, and just want to know if anyone has managed to use 2 tv cards at once

sorry for this being a little off topic but someone may have done this for 2 channel capping

cheers

droolian

jcsston

1st March 2003, 05:35

I've captured using two capture cards at once, ATI Aiw 128 Pro and a WinTV-Go. The only problem I had was the audio. One sound card, one input.

dar1us

2nd March 2003, 00:42

Crime, in the UK?! The worst I ever had was my bike tyres slashed a few years ago by some old school friends:)

It should be ok, you dont need sound, though differemt cam's/software would be a good idea. Having 2 webcams with the same name under WDM/Video 4 Windows would suck. I dunno how cams work so the may not have VFW/WDM access at all.

-dar1us