Maybe I’m just unlucky, but I ran into this problem head-on a few months back, and it took me a while to figure out exactly what was wrong, as none of the online howtos seemed to have any relevant information… so I’m posting a bit about that. I wanted to fit some of this on the conference poster I’m presenting this Friday (before Shabbes) but I couldn’t shoehorn everything into 90 x 150 cm and still keep it reasonably readable from a distance!

What to do if you experience framedropping, glitches, etc. while recording from two USB webcams at the same time which are not present when you’re only recording from one of them? 1. Don’t panic 2. read this quick howto!
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