Hi Eric,

On Thursday 18 December 2008, cyberic wrote:
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> This leads me to another question:
> If I capture the stream at 1fps, will I be able to get a larger resolution?
> Does the USB1 limit the bandwidth or the size of 1 frame?

USB 1.1 limits the bandwidth, hence the size of the frame. Webcams are not 
able to buffer a full frame of data, so reducing the frame rate will not help 
much. You will really have to use MJPEG to get higher resolutions.

> What pointers do I have to know which webcams support MJPEG?

http://www.quickcamteam.net/hcl/frame-format-matrix/logitech_uvc_frame_format_matrix_v2.xls/view

Best regards,

Laurent Pinchart
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