How do I use multiple webcams at once on Mac OS X?

Question

I have programmed a Flash app that makes use of several webcams at the same time. The app works great on Windows. When I try to use more than one webcam on Mac OS X, I find that each webcam I plug into the computer disables the previously attached webcam.

It appears that I can only have one USB camera working at a time. Is this correct? Is there any way of bypassing this?

Answer 1

There are Mac applications that can do this, although I don't believe that any of them run on Flash.

Here's some that I found:

• Wirecast from Telestream
• BoinxTV from Boinx Software
• CamCamX from Black-Op

They're all commercial, but there's a wide range of pricing between the three.