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• How to retrieve, process and display frames from a capture device with minimal latency

  14 mars 2024, par valle

  I'm currently working on a project where I need to retrieve frames from a capture device, process them, and display them with minimal latency and compression. Initially, my goal is to maintain the video stream as close to the source signal as possible, ensuring no noticeable compression or latency. However, as the project progresses, I also want to adjust framerate and apply image compression.

  


  I have experimented using FFmpeg, since that was the first thing that came to my mind when thinking about capturing video(frames) and processing them.

  


  However I am not satisfied yet, since I am experiencing delay in the stream. (No huge delay but definately noticable)
The command that worked best so far for me :

  


  ffmpeg -rtbufsize 512M -f dshow -i video="Blackmagic WDM Capture (4)" -vf format=yuv420p -c:v libx264 -preset ultrafast -qp 0 -an -tune zerolatency -f h264 - | ffplay -fflags nobuffer -flags low_delay -probesize 32 -sync ext -

  


  I also used OBS to capture the video stream from the capture device and when looking into the preview there was no noticable delay. I then tried to simulate the exact same settings using ffmpeg :

  


  ffmpeg -rtbufsize 512M -f dshow -i video="Blackmagic WDM Capture (4)" -vf format=yuv420p -r 60 -c:v libx264 -preset veryfast -b:v 2500K -an -tune zerolatency -f h264 - | ffplay -fflags nobuffer -flags low_delay -probesize 32 -sync ext -

  


  But the delay was kind of similar to the one of the command above.
I know that OBS probably has a lot complexer stuff going on (Hardware optimization etc.) but atleast I know this way that it´s somehow possible to display the stream from the capture device without any noticable latency (On my setup).

  


  The approach that so far worked best for me (In terms of delay) was to use Python and OpenCV to read frames of the capture device and display them. I also implemented my own framerate (Not perfect I know) but when it comes to compression I am rather limited compared to FFmpeg and the frame processing is also too slow when reaching framerates about 20 fps and more.

  


  import cv2
import time

# Set desired parameters
FRAME_RATE = 15  # Framerate in frames per second
COMPRESSION_QUALITY = 25  # Compression quality for JPEG format (0-100)
COMPRESSION_FLAG = True   # Enable / Disable compression

# Set capture device index (replace 0 with the index of your capture card)
cap = cv2.VideoCapture(4, cv2.CAP_DSHOW)

# Check if the capture device is opened successfully
if not cap.isOpened():
    print("Error: Could not open capture device")
    exit()

# Create an OpenCV window
# TODO: The window is scaled to fullscreen here (The source video is 1920x1080, the display is 1920x1200)
#       I don´t know the scaling algorithm behind this, but it seems to be a simple stretch / nearest neighbor
cv2.namedWindow('Frame', cv2.WINDOW_NORMAL)
cv2.setWindowProperty('Frame', cv2.WND_PROP_FULLSCREEN, cv2.WINDOW_FULLSCREEN)

# Loop to capture and display frames
while True:
    # Start timer for each frame processing cycle
    start_time = time.time()

    # Capture frame-by-frame
    ret, frame = cap.read()

    # If frame is read correctly, proceed
    if ret:
        if COMPRESSION_FLAG:
            # Perform compression
            _, compressed_frame = cv2.imencode('.jpg', frame, [int(cv2.IMWRITE_JPEG_QUALITY), COMPRESSION_QUALITY])
            # Decode the compressed frame
            frame = cv2.imdecode(compressed_frame, cv2.IMREAD_COLOR)

        # Display the frame
        cv2.imshow('Frame', frame)

        # Calculate elapsed time since the start of this frame processing cycle
        elapsed_time = time.time() - start_time

        # Calculate available time for next frame
        available_time = 1.0 / FRAME_RATE

        # Check if processing time exceeds available time
        if elapsed_time > available_time:
            print("Warning: Frame processing time exceeds available time.")

        # Calculate time to sleep to achieve desired frame rate -> maintain a consistent frame rate
        sleep_time = 1.0 / FRAME_RATE - elapsed_time

        # If sleep time is positive, sleep to control frame rate
        if sleep_time > 0:
            time.sleep(sleep_time)

    # Break the loop if 'q' is pressed
    if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
        break

# Release the capture object and close the display window
cap.release()
cv2.destroyAllWindows()


  


  I also thought about getting the SDK of the capture device in order to upgrade the my performance.
But Since I am not used to low level programming but rather to scripting languages, I thought I would reach out to the StackOverflow community at first, and see if anybody has some hints to better approaches or any tips how I could increase my performance.

  


  Any Help is appreciated !

  


• FFMPEG - 2-pass video conversion final file size is larger than expected

  14 juin 2022, par Kevin Korb

  We are converting files and the target filesize is important. For one version of the video it can not be above 750KB.

  


  We are using the 2-pass encoding and specifying the target audio bitrate and target video bitrate, however the longer the duration of the video, the larger the file becomes and exceeds our 750KB target.

  


  


  For example, our file is 53.3 seconds, we know our final target of
750KB. We like our audio at 48kbps (mono).

  


  So we calculate our target (total) bitrate at : 750*8/53.3 = 112.57
total kbps Audio bitrate = 48kbps Video bitrate = 112-48 = 64kbps
video

  


  We would expect the file produced to be 746.2KB. (112*53.3 / 8)

  


  The file produced is 850k(ish).

  


  


  Is there something that takes up space in the file that isn't video or audio that we need to take into consideration ?

  


• FFmpeg synthesizes multiple videos, the final result is only sound, no picture display

  6 juillet 2023, par Halifax

  1、I first converted mp4 to ts：

  


  -i MyVideo.mp4 -vcodec copy -acodec aac -b:v 10000k MyVideo.ts


  


  2、Then scale the ts and fill the empty space：

  


  -i MyVideo.ts -vf pad=width=iw:height=ih:x=-1:y=0:color='White' -b:v 10000k MyVideo_transform.ts


  


  3、Finally use concat to merge into mp4 files：

  


  -i "concat:MyVideo_transform1.ts|MyVideo_transform2.ts" -acodec copy -vcodec copy -absf aac_adtstoasc -b:v 10000k $outputFilePath"


  


  Finally use concat to merge into mp4 files。

  


  I hope that the final merged result can see the video picture。