[cpia] frame rate

[sbertin@mindspring.com]

On  9 Jun, Joseph Eggleston wrote:
> I've been using the Webcam II under both linux (using cpia-1.0) and NT.
> I've noticed that NT gets about twice the frame rate that gqcam gets.
> Adding vic on linux cuts the frame rate in half again (about 5fps using
> vic on linux). Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get better
> frame rate?

If a reduction in image quality is acceptable, you can try enabling
YUV420 (echo "sub_sample: 420" > /proc/cpia/video0) or decimation (echo
"decimation_enable: on" > /proc/cpia/video0).  Both of these settings
are new with 1.0.

Scott J. Bertin
sbertin@mindspring.com