Hmm....I have ffdshow installed. Maybe I will uninstall ffdshow and see how that goes. Actually I shouldn't say 2fps. It is more like I get smooth video for a brief moment and then the video stops for a brief pause ,maybe 2 seconds, and repeats like that.
We have seen instances where video codecs slowed down the processing (or even caused crashes). In particular, we've heard reports that ffdshow can hijack the image processing, causing slowdowns. It's hard to say, 2 fps isn't too far where I'd expect the framerate to be. The theoretical max. is 10 fps, but most people won't see that. 2 fps is a little sow, but I'd still say it's within the normal range.
How often does the image refresh when you're viewing in fullscreen?
Does the "Better Frame Rate -> Better Image Quality" slider have any effect on the fullscreen framerate?
I would say maybe 2fps when zoomed in. The slider does seem to make some difference. I wonder if this could be related to video codecs installed on my system?
I unsinstalled 2.1.6 and installed 2.1.5 from the link provided, but it made no difference. Also I noticed that the iCamsource window still reports it as version 2.1.6?
Hi I uninstalled 2.1.6 and installed 2.1.5 from the link provided, but the issue persists. Interestingly the icamsource still reports it as version 2.1.6??
What is the % CPU usage of the iCamSource in the Task Manager when you are zoomed-out and zoomed-in on a camera? If you run the iCamSource just with one webcam connected, does that improve the frame rate when zoomed in?
The CPU utilization doesn't change when zooming in or out. It typical hovers between 9 -12% on my Core i7 920 CPU. Whether I have one webcam or two connected doesn't change the performance.
I have the same problem. Running icamsource 2.1.6 on Windows 7 64 bit. I am actually only running two cameras. Both cameras are wired, icam is running on my iphone4 connected over local wifi.
Don't believe it is related to my wifi network as I am able to stream 1080p movies with a bit rate exceeding 30mbit/sec over my wifi network
Does anyone know why my cam runs almost real-time when viewing the 4 windows.
When I make the video full screen it slows to around 1 frame every 3-4 seconds....wierd.
I'm new to iPhone 4 last few days so still figuring stuff out. Played around with image quality that didnt do anything apart from make the image quality h0rrible, and still slow.
If you lower your fps (to say, 5 fps) and that doesn't help, then that isn't the issue. You shouldn't expect to see exactly what the iCamSource is seeing in terms of frame rate, but you should be getting more than 1 fps. Is your WiFi network 802.11b, 802.11g or 802.11n? I experienced spotty frame rates when I had 3 WiFi cameras all transmitting over the same 802.11g WiFi network, and moving them to a different router cleared things up tremendously. I understand that your camera is hard-wired, but is there a lot of other traffic on your WiFi network that the iPhone might be fighting with?
I have only the one active client on my wifi network and that is my iPhone. Lowering the frame rate to 5fps doesn't help. It seems as though the motion is smooth for a brief moment (maybe a second) and then it freezes momentarily (probably for another second) and then the cycle repeats. There is no fluid motion. If I view the mjpeg url from my neighbours Wifi network (ie viewing across the internet) the motion is quite smooth.
Is the iCamSource transcoding the mjpeg stream? If so I wonder if this transcode is the problem?
Also what exactly is the role of the broker server? I assume that iCamSource maintains a connection with the broker and when the icam client on the iphone connects to the broker the broker matches the hash (from the user/pword) and then the video is "bridged" from the iCamSource <--> Broker connection to the Broker <--> iCam connection?? so the iphone is never directly connected to my camera, but is connected through the broker?
What are the image size and frame rate settings of the network camera? If you try lowering the fps or image size, does that have a positive effect?
set to 320x240 @ 15 fps on normal quality. Lowering these settings doesn't improve my experience. Motion is still very jerky. Should I be expecting to see motion similar to the icamsource?
Are you connecting via the same local WiFi network? Are you connecting to a USB or network IP camera? Is the % CPU usage of the iCamSource running high when you are connected with iCam? What are the specs (CPU, memory, operating system) of the computer running the iCamSource?
The iphone is connected via wifi to the same network subnet as the camera. The camera is wired (ethernet). No the CPU usage is low, typically between 2-5%. iCamSource is running on my Windows Vista x64 PC...specs:
Mobo - Intel DX58SO CPU - Intel Core i7 920 Memory - DDR3 6GB Video - Nvidia GTX 260
logging in to the mjpeg URL directly from the iphone using Safari yields a much better result.
I just purchased this application and I am having a problem getting an acceptable frame rate over a wifi connection. The icamsource framerate on the PC is great, but the icam frame rate on the iPhone is terrible.......probably 1 fps.
FWIW I am using a Linksys WVC54GCA connected via ethernet.
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