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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