Frame capture is needlessly slow [closed]

asked 2014-03-18 23:08:55 -0600

rubinstu gravatar image

I just can't seem to figure out why I am getting SUCH a low FPS rate. I have a very simple program which just captures a frame from a webcam, and uses imshow() to display it. My calculated FPS is about 6.7. The cam reports an FPS of 15.

To be clear, I am doing NO processing, just throwing the image into a window.

In fact, if I do nothing but get the frame (cvQueryFrame), and don't even display it, I get that frame rate!

I am using OpenCV 2.4.8, 32-bit on Windows. My PC is a Toshiba Qosmio running Intel i7-4700MQ @ 2.4 GHz. 16 MB RAM. Windows 8. The PC should be smoking fast, right?

Any ideas? Thanks

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Closed for the following reason question is not relevant or outdated by sturkmen
close date 2020-09-22 17:45:50.584529

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imho, neither your computer is to blame here, nor opencv, but more the driver software of your webcam.

i got an old sigma, which runs at about 7fps, and some newer speedlink ones, which run at 35fps ( all off-the-shelf supermarket stuff)

(sidenote, not related to your question, - please make this world a better place and trade the outdated c-api for c++ !)

berak gravatar imageberak ( 2014-03-19 14:34:53 -0600 )edit

Berak, thanks for that info. This may be naive, but is there any way I can upgrade the driver? I have gone through the standard Windows stuff and the "best driver software is already installed." It is a Toshiba intergrated web camera using the Microsoft driver 6.3.9600. Any ideas? Thanks!

rubinstu gravatar imagerubinstu ( 2014-03-19 22:34:06 -0600 )edit
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