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awayand

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Registered: 2009-09-25

Posts: 398

newbie trying to optimize webcam with ffplay

I am playing with ffplay to view my webcam:

ffplay -f video4linux2 /dev/video0 -x 320 -y 240

According to v4l-info, this is my webcam's native resolution.

I noticed, however, that the display is very delayed, i.e. if I move my head it takes more than a second for my head to follow on the screen.

Which options are relevant in ffplay to experiment with, to make my webcam more responsive? Any pointers? I am completely new to the whole world of video, things like bitrate, pixel type, etc. throw up more questions than could be answered with google, so I want to slowly get the ball rolling by doing something more hands-on.

Any help greatly appreciated!

PS: I know there has to be a way to make this work as on windows the webcam is very smooth...