Webcams and python

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

In <1174182674.500068.252550 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