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In this release, two reference configurations are proposed. One uses an USB web camera the other uses a video capture card, such as the Hauppauge PVR350. In both cases, using a VGA capture card model VGA2USB or superior is recommended.

Video Capture Card

Component
Known Good Hardware Notes
Processor & Motherboard
Intel i3 Processor
4GB RAM
Not much CPU is needed, since the video capture card encodes the video stream by hardware
Video Capture Card
Hauppauge PVR-250
Hauppauge PVR-350
Hauppauge HVR-1600
The audio is also captured with this card
VGA Capture Card
VGA2USB
VGA2USB-I
VGA2USB LR
VGA2USB LR-I
VGA2PCI
 

WebCam USB

Component
Known Good Hardware Notes
Processor & Motherboard
Intel i5 Processor
4GB RAM
As both video streams need encoding, there is a higher CPU demand
WebCam
USB Logitech HD Pro Webcam
Valid for all web cameras compatible with V4L2
Sound Card Linux compatible  
VGA Capture Card
VGA2USB
VGA2USB-I
VGA2USB LR
VGA2USB LR-I
VGA2PCI
 



In the cookbook section will find solutions for setting capture card in linux

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