Getting cameras to work on the BBB was (and still is) problematic. Further effort should be made to see if this can be improved.
Common issues faced:
Cannot get an image at high resolutions (e.g above 320x240 pixels) at all
Can get high resolution images (tested up to 1600x1200 pixels), but only intermittently. At other times a black image is produced
Cameras get assigned an arbitrary number, e.g /dev/video0 or /dev/video1. This makes it difficult to know which camera is which
The issue likely lies with the driver used, which must be written specifically for the architecture used (ARM). The Raspberry Pi suffers from a similar issue - see this Google search.
Getting cameras to work on the BBB was (and still is) problematic. Further effort should be made to see if this can be improved.
Common issues faced:
The issue likely lies with the driver used, which must be written specifically for the architecture used (ARM). The Raspberry Pi suffers from a similar issue - see this Google search.