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Subject: [pwc] Trouble with multiple Philips SPC900NC
From: Tommi Ilmonen <>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 16:43:21 +0300
Hello.

I am building an interactive installation that uses input from multiple cameras. I am trying to use the SPC900NCs because they have sufficient feature set and reasonable price. There is also a USB sound-card that I am trying to use at the same time.

With one camera everything works entirely ok, but as soon as I use two there are problems. I am using camstream as a test application.

- When two cameras are in use one is forced to use low resolutions, only 160x120 and 176x144 work. If I try to choose a better image format then camstream freezes. While this is an obvious bug it is not a huge problem for me, since I can work with such low resolutions. This behavior is not affected if I remove the sound-card.

- When two cameras are connected to the computer the USB sound-card (Creative Audigy 2 NX) stops working ("Permission denied"). If I detach the cameras during boot and attach them at some later stage then both the cameras and the sound-card work together without any problems. This work-a-around does not solve my problem since the system needs to run without maintenance for several months, with reboot being the only form of administration.

Any ideas / help?

The computer is a Pentium4-based system with SUSE 10.0 (HP Compaq DC 7600).
The cameras are connected to the computer via Targus USB hub (7 ports).
The computer has a USB mouse and a USB keyboard.
My pwc driver version is 10.0.12-rc1. <http://www.saillard.org/linux/pwc/files/>

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Tommi Ilmonen
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Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT) Tel: +358-50-3841543
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