<![CDATA[Arduino & TimerCameraX - webcam examples just don't work]]>I'm trying to use a TimerCameraX with Arduino, with the latest versions of everything.

Both of the Timer-CAM webcam examples (sta and ap) work for a little while, then become very intermittent, then stop delivering frames altogether.

Are these examples meant to work correctly with the TimerCameraX ? Should I be looking somewhere else for decent examples ?

Thanks,
Richard

]]>https://community.m5stack.com/topic/6309/arduino-timercamerax-webcam-examples-just-don-t-workRSS for NodeWed, 29 Apr 2026 10:04:07 GMTSun, 07 Apr 2024 15:56:32 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Arduino & TimerCameraX - webcam examples just don't work on Wed, 17 Apr 2024 12:54:23 GMT]]>Hello @jarkman

I am afraid I am out of ideas at this point in time. Sorry.

Thanks
Felix

]]>https://community.m5stack.com/post/24847https://community.m5stack.com/post/24847Wed, 17 Apr 2024 12:54:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Arduino & TimerCameraX - webcam examples just don't work on Tue, 16 Apr 2024 17:21:54 GMT]]>@felmue - thanks. I had PSRAM enabled but perhaps not the right partition scheme.

I now have PSRAM enabled and I'm using the default partition scheme ('default 4MB with spiffs...').

I see it

  • working with FRAMESIZE_QVGA (320x200)
  • working but frequently blocking for several seconds with FRAMESIZE_SVGA (800x600) as in the original sample
  • crashing instantly with FRAMESIZE_QXGA (2048x1536)

Any thoughts ?

thanks,
Richard

]]>https://community.m5stack.com/post/24831https://community.m5stack.com/post/24831Tue, 16 Apr 2024 17:21:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Arduino & TimerCameraX - webcam examples just don't work on Fri, 12 Apr 2024 21:17:36 GMT]]>Hello @jarkman

I assume you already have PSRAM enabled in your build, yes?

BTW: Not sure why but changing the frame_size from FRAMESIZE_QVGA to the camera native FRAMESIZE_QXGA helped a lot.

Thanks
Felix

]]>https://community.m5stack.com/post/24771https://community.m5stack.com/post/24771Fri, 12 Apr 2024 21:17:36 GMT