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Unfortunately, it still does not list frame rates above 30 fps. I also get an error when attempting to use the 30 fps rates:
80070057: Cannot set frame rate for preview
Any help in resolving this issue would be greatly appreciated as I need this camera to operate at 90 fps.
Thanks,
Chas
“As you may seen it before, here are the specs:
- 640 x 480 at 60 frames/second
- 320 x 240 at 120 frames/second
...”
but with the CL Eye Driver, when I use CL-Eye Test, or when I use Directshow filter with Graphedit or VLC I always find only a max frame rate of 30 for the 640 x 480 mode.
I have just discover these site today bought this cam this afternoon. So it’s my first try with it. perhaps I miss something.
All works very well in 5 minutes under WIN XP SP3 and a recent dual core.
A very good driver ! thank you!
But only 30 frames/sec in 640 x 480.
I have seen in the SDK that we can configure the framerate parameter
Camera Framerate - Depending on the selected resolution modes here is the list of allowed framerate values:
LEYE_QVGA - 15, 30, 60, 75, 100, 125
CLEYE_VGA - 15, 30, 40, 50, 60, 75
So my question is :
Does the PS3 Eye Cam can work in 640 x480 with 60 frames/sec parameter but the standard driver don’t allow that? (and we must develop with the API to be able to use the 60 value)
or
No the PS3 Eye Cam cannot run in 640 x 480 - 60 fps and thay are errors in the specs and the big values ( 60, 75..) in the API are for other cam?
Or do I have miss thomething?
Thanks for help.
JP
]]>This driver includes the change in frame rate selection. By default the driver runs in basic mode.
For your convenience in the latest driver (v4.0.1.0215) we have added basic/advanced mode selection via ‘cleye.config’ file.
Simply place ‘cleye.config’ file in the same directory where your executable file resides to enable the ‘advanced’ mode.
Basic mode (default)
- 640x480 fps: 15, 30
- 320x240 fps: 15, 30
Advanced Mode
- 640x480 fps: 15, 30, 40, 50, 60, 75
- 320x240 fps: 15, 30, 60, 75, 100, 125
cleye.config file content:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<cleye>
<item name="mode" value="advanced" />
</cleye>
AlexP
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thanks for your time!!
Second, I hope I’m not infringing on any copyrights or licenses by basing this little program on the examples provided in the CL Eye Platform SDK. I could not find any licensing information except the copyright notice in the source files.
Third, If I am infringing on something or someone, please be gentle, and know that I’m not out to make any money from this.
That said, I present to you EyeCapture
It is not shiny and equipped with a fancy GUI, but it provides some interactive control of the capture settings, and allows the capture of image sequences directly from the PS3 Eye Camera, and it provides a timestamp for each individual frame (conveniently listed in a .txt file).
I made the program for a research project where we are tracking the rotation speed of a spindle (don’t ask, it’s very geeky). We needed reasonably accurate time information for each picture, and reasonably high speed image acquisition, on a reasonably tiny budget.
Beware that the timing information seems to have high precision, but the accuracy of it does not match the number of digits. It is based on the QueryPerformanceCount whatchamacallit, and the exactness if QPC has been questioned (especially on speed-stepping CPUs).
The images are written directly to disk without any buffering(works for the speed and resolution I needed, I might add buffered write in the future.) Monochrome images and low resolution allows for capture in up to 187Hz, though I have not verified it empirically.
For now EyeCapture is Vista/Win 7 only, and it has only been tested on Windows 7.
If it complans about MSVCsomething.dll you need the Visual C++ 2010 Runtime Libraries (x86), run setup.exe when installing to avoid this problem completely.
I would attach the files to the post, but I get an error which I think means I’m not trusted so here is a link instead:
http://conceptotheorist.com/download/EyeCapture.zip
Anyways, enjoy, and post feedback in this thread.
- peb.
Edit:
I’m guessing most people doesn’t trust my installer, here is a link to the raw program:
http://conceptotheorist.com/download/eyecapture_noinstall.zip
I also forgot to mention that the source was included in the installer, here is a direct download of that too:
http://conceptotheorist.com/download/eyecapture_source.zip
Cheers,
peb.
]]>The reason for asking is I’m interested in using this camera for astrophotography and having the ability to set long exposures would be a great benefit.
I notice that the lowest FPS for the SDK is 0.1fps but is there any way to get this even lower? For example to 1 frame a minute or even 1 frame every 10 minutes?
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