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To: Ajith Pasqual <pasqual@hal.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
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Subject: Re: Hardware - Real Time Stereo Video Capture and Processing 
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From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
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Hi,

You can do dual video capture 640x480 30fps with Bt848 cards and I have
done it over here.

For info on the Bt848 driver project please see :
http://www.freebsd.org/~ahasty/Bt848.html

	Cheers,
	Amancio


>From The Desk Of Ajith Pasqual :
> 
> [I'm cross posting this to -multimedia as this refers to Video Capture also]
> 
> Hello!!
> 
> First some background info :
> 
>   We're doing Vision Related research using a Binocular Stereo Camera called
> "BiSight" (http://www.HelpMateRobotics.com/RC_components/RC_frameset.htm).
> 
>  We're planning to assemble a machine (PC) for the purpose of building an
> active vision system that uses :
> 
>   1. BiSight Binocular Camera
>   2. Stereo Video Capture Card - FreeBSD Driver available!!!!
> (http://www.iijnet.or.jp/argocraft/vcb/capture-e.html) - No detailed
> information in English.  
>   3. Ofcourse, FreeBSD as the OS. 
>    
>  BiSight Controller is a Delta-Tau PMAC (4/8 Axis Programmable Multi-Axis
> Controller) (http://www.deltatau.com/pmacspec.htm)
> 
> Since we're aiming at real time Image Processing, we've decided to go for a
> Pentium II based PC. Infact it is quite difficult to do this for 30 frames/s
> without the support of hardware image processor. But we would like to go for
> the maximum frame rate that is possible without this special hardware support
. 
> (say at least 10 or 15 frames/s)
> 
> I would greatly appreciate any recommedations/suggestions/advice on getting t
he
> necessary hardware for this purpose.
> 
> 1. Pentium II (Single or Dual CPU)
> 2. Motherboard (BIOS ..)
> 3. Chip Set (440LX ?)  - Limitations on PCI Bandwidth
> 4. Memory (EDO or SDRAM)
> 5. Any other relevant piece of h/w
> 
>  In particular I would like to know what pitfalls, if any, I should be lookin
g
> at.
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance.
> 
> Regards,
> Ajith Pasqual.