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You don't tell camera to use a specific coding. The CvCapture will decode whatever format the camera is using into IplImage or cv::Mat.

Note that CvCapture will always return decoded images.

The CV_CAP_PROP_FOURCC parameter is for VideoWriter, where you can use it to save a video in MJPG. It doesn't make any sense when you decode a stream.

You don't tell camera to use a specific coding. The CvCapture will decode whatever format the camera is using into IplImage IplImage or cv::Mat.cv::Mat.

Note that CvCapture will always return decoded images.

The CV_CAP_PROP_FOURCC parameter is for VideoWriter, where you can use it to save a video in MJPG. It doesn't make any sense when you decode a stream. stream, because you cannot change the stream - you area just reading it.