There are some very good webcams available today, including the Logitech C920. We are going to be doing a good bit of video recording at PSC (interviews, instructional videos, etc.) and I had planned to use multiple cameras for different simultaneous shots. However, based upon the reviews and demos I've seen, I've changed my mind at least for in-studio recording.
I have a very good suite of video editing software that makes it easy to edit multi-camera recordings. When doing this, I just load the video from each camera and select the camera "footage" I want at particular points on the timeline. Audio is currently recorded on a Zoom H4N using various microphones, but I may switch to simply recording the audio directly on the computer also, if testing shows the quality is good.
Here's my question: is there a way to record from multiple web cameras (3 to 4) to one computer, or will I need a separate computer for each camera? Each camera will also have to capture audio so I can sync the video, even though no camera's audio will be used for production audio.
Thanks,
Chas.
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Re: Multiple webcam video recording?
Never mind. I've found a lot of information and it can be done. There is a driver issue when running more than 2 cameras of the same model, but there are ways to work around it.
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Re: Multiple webcam video recording?
Strange. My Synology file server records four simultaneous camera streams from identical Panasonic ethernet cameras. No audio though, but I can always add a separate audio stream.
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