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jaiserpe
jaiserpe

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openCV compatible webcams

I have read that openCV does not recognise some webcams.

Can you suggest some webcams for a basic stereo-vision project using the following?:

Thanks.

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rockinfresh
rockinfresh

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I posted a similar question back then.

Good and compatible webcam to do image processing/computer vision?

What kind of camera you are looking for? Any model? State the model and I let you know if it's good enough.

Also, you can find a list of compatible webcams with openCV. It's an old list though. They stopped updating it since 2013, I think. Compatible webcam with openCV

You find that most common brands like Hp, Logitech, etc should work just fine. If you are worried, just state the model you are looking at in the comments. I see if I know if it's compatible with openCV.

EDIT:

To answer your question in the comment, nope, that shouldn't be the case. All cameras can run simultaneously at the same time. Reasons that cameras can't run simultaneously at the same time is usually due to the USB bandwidth. In fact, most cameras pose the same problem.

Some methods to overcome that problem: 1)put a Sleep(ms) in between the lines of your capture line. 2)Use lower resolution which would reduce the bandwidth used by each camera. 3)Use MJPEG format(compressed frames)

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