I am trying to save some footage from a webcam but am coming across some issues. My webcam supports compressed (MJPG) and raw (YUYv 4:2:2) formats and I am trying to get MJPG due to the faster fps. I have simplified my code (below) and have reproduced the issue.
import cv2from datetime import datetime, timedeltafourcc = cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc(*'avc1') fn = "out.mp4"cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0, cv2.CAP_V4L2)cap.set(cv2.CAP_PROP_FOURCC, cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc(*"MJPG"))fps = int(cap.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FPS))out = cv2.VideoWriter(fn, fourcc, fps, (int(cap.get(3)), int(cap.get(4))))frames_written = 0print(f"FPS {fps}")show = Falseend = datetime.utcnow() + timedelta(seconds=20)while end >= datetime.utcnow(): ret, frame = cap.read() if not ret: raise Exception("NO FRAME") out.write(frame) frames_written+=1 if show: cv2.imshow("f", frame) cv2.waitKey(33)cap.release()out.release()cv2.destroyAllWindows()When I try to use the webcam video device directly in OpenCV, the recorded footage although smooth, is sped up.
I have also tried creating a dummy video device and sending ffmpeg output to it using the following command:
ffmpeg -f v4l2 -input_format mjpeg -framerate 30 -video_size 1920x1080 -i /dev/video0 -pix_fmt yuyv422 -f v4l2 /dev/video4 When I try to use the dummy video device as the src the first couple seconds seem normal speed but is choppy but then speeds up and then is less choppy. Any help would be appreciated. I have been banging my head for the last couple of days.
My output for v4l2-ctl --list-formats-exts are:
ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUM_FMTType: Video Capture[0]: 'MJPG' (Motion-JPEG, compressed) Size: Discrete 2592x1944 Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps) Size: Discrete 2560x1440 Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps) Size: Discrete 1920x1080 Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps) Size: Discrete 1280x1024 Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps) Size: Discrete 1280x720 Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps) Size: Discrete 960x540 Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps) Size: Discrete 848x480 Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps) Size: Discrete 800x600 Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps) Size: Discrete 640x480 Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps) Size: Discrete 320x240 Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps) Size: Discrete 160x120 Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)[1]: 'YUYV' (YUYV 4:2:2) Size: Discrete 2592x1944 Interval: Discrete 0.500s (2.000 fps) Size: Discrete 2560x1440 Interval: Discrete 0.500s (2.000 fps) Size: Discrete 1920x1080 Interval: Discrete 0.500s (2.000 fps) Size: Discrete 1280x1024 Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps) Size: Discrete 1280x720 Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps) Size: Discrete 960x540 Interval: Discrete 0.067s (15.000 fps) Size: Discrete 848x480 Interval: Discrete 0.050s (20.000 fps) Size: Discrete 800x600 Interval: Discrete 0.050s (20.000 fps) Size: Discrete 640x480 Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps) Size: Discrete 320x240 Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps) Size: Discrete 160x120 Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)