Re: to slow frame capturing — Video for Linux


Michael Nielsen wrote:

Jacek Dylak wrote:

    I use simple AverMedia card with BT878 chip.

    I need to capture frame by frame and process each. I try to do this
    with the
    following code, but I get only 12 frames per second. I need at least
    20 fps,
    but I don't what is wrong with my code, or what needs to be change,
    to get
    frames more frequently.

    Is it a matter of coding or the chipset?

    I would be very thankful if somebody could help me.
    Jacek

    ///////////////////
    //capture code

    dev.Open("/dev/video0");

    //get memory buffer size
    dev.GetMemoryBuffer(&stMemBuf);

    //map memory for frame buffer
    szFrame = (char*)
    mmap(0,stMemBuf.size,PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,MAP_SHARED,dev,0);

    //set channel to COMPOSITE and mode to PAL
    dev.SetSource(1,VIDEO_MODE_PAL);

    //set capture image size and pixel format
    stMemMap.width = IMAGE_WIDTH;
    stMemMap.height = IMAGE_HEIGHT;
    stMemMap.format = VIDEO_PALETTE_GREY;

    //capture frame 0
    stMemMap.frame = nFrame;
    ioctl(dev,VIDIOCMCAPTURE,&stMemMap);

    while (m_bProcessing)
    {
      stMemMap.frame = nFrame;
      ioctl(dev,VIDIOCSYNC,&stMemMap.frame);

      stMemMap.frame = 1 - nFrame;
      ioctl(dev,VIDIOCMCAPTURE,&stMemMap);

      ProcessFrame(..); //actually do nothing, simply count up frames

      nFrame = 1 - nFrame;
    }

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I'm using a WinTV grabber (BT878 I think), and I acheive about 25 fps on

a 800Mhz Linux box, with a cpu loading of 0.1 % (just capture noprocessing).

This is the max for a PAL device.

Incidentally indicating the types of the variables you have makes it alittle easier to understand

code fragments.

I found that the maximum speed comes from capturing to the currentbuffer, and THEN synchronisi ngthe last capture, synchronising your last capture first, and thencapturing, seems to cause

the system to operate at about 50% speed.  I'm not sure why.

If you have further questions, drop me an email. (mike@xxxxxxxxx)

regards
    mike.

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I have had the same problem and I have solved it. Take a look atxawtv/FAQ first. In this document a algorithem have been made, and itworks. The problem with your code is that the capture is not folded, butcontinues (that the reason for the 50%).


If you want a full source off my own program send a mail to agn@xxxxxxxx :-)

Anders Gnistrup