tripletopper
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Originally I was planning to use five video sources when doing 3D shows. To those are cameras with a left and right eye. One camera is a dual camera as one unit the other are two individual cameras space approximately 10 cm apart.
I searched and found a weird restriction on obs that you're only allowed one USB camera per main USB port. So my 2007 iMac can only have three cameras according to the OBS logic, am I 2011 Mac Mini could only have four cameras according to the OBS logic.
I got some questions about that.
Since I'm using stereo vision, I know my OS could process all five cameras plus a sixth built-in camera. So other apps other than OBS could be like a stereoscopic anaglyph combining app. And then I could use the results of the window as a single capture, or even zero captures if only physical cameras actually processed by OBS count towards the USB limit.
I tried using Beano 3D but it seems like you have to be a terminal surgeon in order to work on Beto 3D to get it to work with USB cameras.
I think I got two solutions one works on both machines and one could work on my newer machine in addition to the external stereoscopic anaglyph program.
I heard there are firewire cameras somewhere available for the Macintosh. Do firewire cameras count against the physical limits of the OBS software?
Also my 2011 has a Thunderbolt 1 Port. If I could find a device that could turn a thunder one bolt Port into a USB 2.0 and an HDMI output in the same hookup then I would that count as an extra physical USB port to add to the count therefore getting my fifth camera.
trying to see if I could upgrade my system without having to buy a whole new computer for something that's going to remain relatively static as my permanent streaming computer because most of my practical stuff is done on phone now.
Just wondering if those are three technologically legal ways to circumvent the one camera per main USB port limit.
by the way what am I supposed to do with two cameras that are attached on one unit and are plugged in via One USB port there's no way you could separate them and they're supposed to be a perfect stereo camera. probably the only way I could use that is either as a mono camera or if I use an external stereoscopy app.
I searched and found a weird restriction on obs that you're only allowed one USB camera per main USB port. So my 2007 iMac can only have three cameras according to the OBS logic, am I 2011 Mac Mini could only have four cameras according to the OBS logic.
I got some questions about that.
Since I'm using stereo vision, I know my OS could process all five cameras plus a sixth built-in camera. So other apps other than OBS could be like a stereoscopic anaglyph combining app. And then I could use the results of the window as a single capture, or even zero captures if only physical cameras actually processed by OBS count towards the USB limit.
I tried using Beano 3D but it seems like you have to be a terminal surgeon in order to work on Beto 3D to get it to work with USB cameras.
I think I got two solutions one works on both machines and one could work on my newer machine in addition to the external stereoscopic anaglyph program.
I heard there are firewire cameras somewhere available for the Macintosh. Do firewire cameras count against the physical limits of the OBS software?
Also my 2011 has a Thunderbolt 1 Port. If I could find a device that could turn a thunder one bolt Port into a USB 2.0 and an HDMI output in the same hookup then I would that count as an extra physical USB port to add to the count therefore getting my fifth camera.
trying to see if I could upgrade my system without having to buy a whole new computer for something that's going to remain relatively static as my permanent streaming computer because most of my practical stuff is done on phone now.
Just wondering if those are three technologically legal ways to circumvent the one camera per main USB port limit.
by the way what am I supposed to do with two cameras that are attached on one unit and are plugged in via One USB port there's no way you could separate them and they're supposed to be a perfect stereo camera. probably the only way I could use that is either as a mono camera or if I use an external stereoscopy app.