calculation formulas

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ksc133
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calculation formulas

Post by ksc133 »

hi folks,

is there any calculations formula for the no# of cams that a system can support?

eg: baseline specs, 2ghz cpu 512mb ram : supports 10 cams at 640*480@10fps etc?

thanks
jameswilson
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Post by jameswilson »

no, and you can't really as there are so many variables. but if you were to say a 4800 x2 can do 150 fps at 320x240 then you can devide that into the number of cams. But 640x480 would need 4 fps of the 150 just to achieve 1fps.
Also network cams require more power then bttv connected cams
James Wilson

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