Hi Alex!

I'm not sure I understand the clarification; I'm looking to grab 60 frames per 
second, to track a fast moving object.  (which I think of as 60hz).  Does that 
make sense?

Jesse



On Dec 1, 2011, at 12:26 AM, Alex Zavatone <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hz od FPS?
> 
> On Nov 30, 2011, at 2:27 PM, jesse wrote:
> 
>> (Apologies if this is the wrong list, searching around it seems like this is 
>> the list where AVFoundation is most discussed - please point me to the right 
>> list if I'm in the wrong one!) 
>> 
>> Hello List,
>> 
>> I'm hoping to grab from a webcam at greater than 30hz.  I purchased a 
>> Philips SPZ6500/27 for this purpose, which claims to support up to 90hz 
>> grabbing.  It also claims to be a UVC camera.  My initial thought is to use 
>> AVFoundation Capture, because it looks like the way to go for new 
>> development, and looks like it supports directly access/setting hardware 
>> specific parameters like frame rate.  I've tried AVRecorder to make sure 
>> that the camera works with AVFoundation, and everything works well running 
>> the example code and viewing the camera output.  However, when I added code 
>> to enumerate the formats ("AVCaptureDevice::formats"), nothing over 30hz 
>> shows up in the list.  
>> 
>> I'm hoping the collective wisdom of the list can help with some basic 
>> questions, before I go too far down a wrong path:
>> -Is it possible to grab at greater than 30hz with AVFoundation, or is that a 
>> maximum frame rate that's part of the spec?
>> -If I feel a format exists that isn't listed in the 
>> "AVCaptureDevice::formats", is there any chance of success manually defining 
>> that format and trying to get the AVCaptureDevice to accept it (or 
>> similarly, perhaps it is possible to manually inform AVFoundation of the 
>> camera capabilities earlier in the process)?
>> 
>> -Other options: 
>> - If this particular camera isn't well behaved, are there any 
>> known-compatible cameras that can capture faster than 30hz?
>> - Is there another API to look at in this case to get the camera data at 
>> higher frame rates?
>> 
>> Thanks for any tips!!
>> Jesse
>> 
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