Hi,
if u really want 25 fps - u have to use v4l2 - the normal kernel stuff ( v4l1 ) only gives u 12 fps ( my expirience ;) ).
Uh? I have absolutely no problem grabbing 25fps using V4L-1 on a Pinnacle PCTV (878-based). *PROVIDED* one uses the trick of interleaving VIDIOCMCAPTURE and VIDIOCSYNC as desribed in the Programming-FAQ which comes with xawtv.
I don't know the driver for this card ( i only used bt8xx cards till now ), u have to check if it works with 25 fps ! A good base to start reading is www.bytesex.org ( but i don't know, if u'r driver works with the v4l2 api ).
Btw. why do u want bmp images? Maybe it's better to store them as jpg,png/pnm or tga - there are good libraries to do that :). If u want ascii - try xpm ;). This is alot of data, what uwant to store, so be prepared to have a good disk/strong processor :).
Plus good test harnesses and a lot of ingenuity. One cant simply do open/write/close and leave the buffers in the kernel cache; if you do that, when the update daemon comes, it will push such a burst of data on the PCI bus, you will usually miss at least one frame. The problem is exacerbated when one uses low-compression formats such as xpm or bmp.
Michael
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