Microsoft USB Camera Freezing on Pi

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Originally Posted by Jayd009

The camera freezes for about 5 seconds before the stream resumes. Also, I don't think it is disconnecting because the pi always reports that it is connected when the stream freezes. Would it be possible to connect it to the RIO, send the data to the pi, and have that kind of a back-and-forth connection?

Well, if you mean stream the video from the RoboRio to the Raspberry Pi that would involve still running a stream on the RoboRio. I suppose that is better than sending the steam over the WiFi as you don't get all the inherited field bandwidth limits and the like.

Still - is the cost of a more compatible camera for the Raspberry Pi a big thing?
Cause it would seem easier (time has a cost) to get you a camera that works than dig into this design.

Could you try a different webcam for some testing and see if your situation improves?

[Jayd009]

Would any logitech camera work?

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Originally Posted by Jayd009

Would any logitech camera work?

Logitech cameras have good support for Linux both for the QuickCams with qc-usb; and for http://www.ideasonboard.org/uvc/faq/#faq1 and https://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Gspca_devices.

Specifically for the Raspberry Pi:
http://elinux.org/RPi_USB_Webcams

So I would try that.