Webcams and python

[ianmurrays at gmail.com (Synt4x)]

On 18 mar, 04:24, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <bj_... at gmx.net> wrote:
> In <1174182674.500068.252... at p15g2000hsd.googlegroups.com>, Synt4x wrote:
> > from VideoCapture import Device
> > cam = Device()
>
> > while 1:
> >     img = cam.getImage()
>
> > Now, by doing this, my processor fires up to 100% load, which
> > obviously makes my pc useless.
>
> > Is there any way or algorithm to lower the cpu load?
>
> Just throw a small `time.sleep()` into the loop.
>
> Ciao,
>         Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch

The problem with adding a sleep() instrucction is that the "video
feed" looks lagged, if you know what I mean. It looks interrupted.