Networked webcams?

Invincible Sugar · March 13, 2023

Hi! I am working on a project to run 6 Windows XP stations off one computer. I want each station to have a webcam but in the past I've run into USB bandwidth issues and I'm concerned about hitting a similar limit here. IP security cameras are a thing, most PCs with 6 camera inputs are probably using networked cameras. But I don't want it to look like a security camera.

I want something that looks like a webcam, but uses Ethernet instead of USB. Does anyone know of such a device? Or perhaps something which can convert a USB webcam to act as an IP Ethernet webcam? Thank you!

SorryBella · March 13, 2023

2 hours ago, Invincible Sugar said:

I want each station to have a webcam but in the past I've run into USB bandwidth issues and I'm concerned about hitting a similar limit here.

You dont have a space for a separate USB controller?

Invincible Sugar · March 26, 2023

On 3/12/2023 at 9:18 PM, SorryClaire said:

You dont have a space for a separate USB controller?

I might. I only have one PCI slot open so I am hesitant to use it now, would prefer to leave that open for future use as I flesh out this project and better establish what I wanna actually... do, with it.