AVCapture capturing and getting framebuffer at 60 fps in iOS 7

Question

I\'m developping an app which requires capturing framebuffer at as much fps as possible. I\'ve already figured out how to force iphone to capture at 60 fps but

Answer 1

I have developed the same function for Swift 2.0. I post here the code for who could need it:

// Set your desired frame rate
func setupCamera(maxFpsDesired: Double = 120) {
var captureSession = AVCaptureSession()
    captureSession.sessionPreset = AVCaptureSessionPreset1920x1080
    let backCamera = AVCaptureDevice.defaultDeviceWithMediaType(AVMediaTypeVideo)
    do{ let input = try AVCaptureDeviceInput(device: backCamera)
        captureSession.addInput(input) }
    catch { print("Error: can't access camera")
        return
    }
    do {
        var finalFormat = AVCaptureDeviceFormat()
        var maxFps: Double = 0
        for vFormat in backCamera!.formats {
            var ranges      = vFormat.videoSupportedFrameRateRanges as!  [AVFrameRateRange]
            let frameRates  = ranges[0]
            /*
                 "frameRates.maxFrameRate >= maxFps" select the video format
                 desired with the highest resolution available, because
                 the camera formats are ordered; else
                 "frameRates.maxFrameRate > maxFps" select the first
                 format available with the desired fps 
            */
            if frameRates.maxFrameRate >= maxFps && frameRates.maxFrameRate <= maxFpsDesired {
                maxFps = frameRates.maxFrameRate
                finalFormat = vFormat as! AVCaptureDeviceFormat
            }
        }
        if maxFps != 0 {
           let timeValue = Int64(1200.0 / maxFps)
           let timeScale: Int64 = 1200
           try backCamera!.lockForConfiguration()
           backCamera!.activeFormat = finalFormat
           backCamera!.activeVideoMinFrameDuration = CMTimeMake(timeValue, timeScale)
           backCamera!.activeVideoMaxFrameDuration = CMTimeMake(timeValue, timeScale)              backCamera!.focusMode = AVCaptureFocusMode.AutoFocus
           backCamera!.unlockForConfiguration()
        }
    }
    catch {
         print("Something was wrong")
    }
    let videoOutput = AVCaptureVideoDataOutput()
    videoOutput.alwaysDiscardsLateVideoFrames = true
    videoOutput.videoSettings = NSDictionary(object: Int(kCVPixelFormatType_32BGRA),
        forKey: kCVPixelBufferPixelFormatTypeKey as String) as [NSObject : AnyObject]
    videoOutput.setSampleBufferDelegate(self, queue: dispatch_queue_create("sample buffer delegate", DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL))
    if captureSession.canAddOutput(videoOutput){
        captureSession.addOutput(videoOutput) }
    let previewLayer = AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer(session: captureSession)
    view.layer.addSublayer(previewLayer)
    previewLayer.transform =  CATransform3DMakeRotation(-1.5708, 0, 0, 1);
    previewLayer.frame = self.view.bounds
    previewLayer.videoGravity = AVLayerVideoGravityResizeAspectFill;
    self.view.layer.addSublayer(previewLayer)
    captureSession.startRunning()
}