[FFmpeg-user] video4linux2 framerate

[Tobias Rapp]

kqt4at5v at gmail.com wrote:
> I see in top that ffmpeg is using more resources. Is that because it is 
> receiving 15 fps and writing 1?

Yes, that matches my experience.

> Is there a better, less resources, way to capture 1 fps?

According to my knowledge not. The problem with implementing an
optimization is that it only works for intra-frame-only video streams (see
http://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-user/2014-February/020158.html).

Regards,
Tobias