Limit on # of IP cameras being monitored?

Question

Is there a limit on the number of IP cameras that can be monitored with Motion 3.2.12 (e.g. Foscam FI890W)? When I get above 5 cameras there are some dropouts [Video signal lost - Adding grey image].

Running on Debian 3.2.60-1+deb7u1 x86_64, Intel i3-2105, 8GB RAM.

Trying to figure out if this might be a hardware issue, or if there's a practical limit on the motion software.

Environment

Motion version:	3.2.12
ffmpeg version:	ffmpeg LIBAVCODEC_BUILD 3482368 LIBAVFORMAT_BUILD 3478785
Libraries:	ffmpeg, mysql, postgresql
Server OS:	Debian 7

-- AliceAnder - 18 Jul 2014

Answer

There should not be any limit. Only resources of the hardware are the limits

-- TosiaraT - 26 Sep 2014