"sting sting" <qwejohn@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > in calling IOCTL WITH VIDIOCSYNC- should it take a long time ? > it takes more than half a second, (and the frame number parameter > passed is 0 or 1) and the other calls tp IOCTL take much less time > (less than one tenth). > > What could be the reason ? sync blocks until the hardware is done capturing the frame. half a second sounds reasonable for USB Cameras, for a TV card it is very long through. Gerd -- sigfault