Multiple UVC cameras on Linux: an unexpected challenge – The Good
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Earlier this year one of our customers presented us with an unexpected problem: they weren’t able to stream video from multiple USB UVC web cameras – instead they got a “No space left on device” error. In our quest to provide a solution we learnt a little about USB and so we thought we’d share …
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Multiple UVC cameras on Linux: an unexpected challenge – The Good Penguin