Any problems with two apps sharing the RealSense camera?

[Robert_Oschler]

Much to my delight, I have noticed that I can fire up two separate apps that use the RealSense camera depth stream and they both appear to run fine with no noticeable lags in performance.

Are there any downsides to doing this that I should know about since I'm about to implement an architecture that will have two apps sharing the camera?  For example, any performance, reliability, etc. issues that I should know about?

[Colleen_C_Intel · Accepted solution]

Whichever app starts first is the one that controls the camera settings so if the apps had totally different focus, the second one might have less favorable camera settings.

[Robert_Oschler]

Thanks Colleen!  I never would have know that if you hadn't told me.

Is there a section in the Reference Manual that discusses nuances like that?

[Colleen_C_Intel]

They're sprinkled throughout - it's one of the things we try to gather in the various Tips and Tricks blogs.  The one about camera settings is https://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/Realsense%20Tips

[Robert_Oschler]

Thanks Colleen.