Video capture too slow

[Rene]

I have a 3Com Web Camera connected to my computer via USB. When I turn on
the camera and start capturing video I notice that the image is very choppy.
It gets really bad if I start capturing at resolutions like 640 x 480.



I did a test where I tried to capture 30 frames per second. The resulting
file had 5226 frames that were dropped out of 5717 (91.4%)!!!



The thing is, I have a fairly fast computer (AMD 3000+) with a fairly fast
video card (ATI Radion 9600 TX).



My question is, what do I have to do to be able to record 30 frame per
second using a web camera?



Thanks.

 

[Jim Macklin]

You need Firewire or USB 2.0, you also need to have the
video conversion done in the camera. You also need to use
320x240.

Why not buy a real camera.



| I have a 3Com Web Camera connected to my computer via USB.
When I turn on
| the camera and start capturing video I notice that the
image is very choppy.
| It gets really bad if I start capturing at resolutions
like 640 x 480.
|
|
|
| I did a test where I tried to capture 30 frames per
second. The resulting
| file had 5226 frames that were dropped out of 5717
(91.4%)!!!
|
|
|
| The thing is, I have a fairly fast computer (AMD 3000+)
with a fairly fast
| video card (ATI Radion 9600 TX).
|
|
|
| My question is, what do I have to do to be able to record
30 frame per
| second using a web camera?
|
|
|
| Thanks.
|
|