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

Had the same problem. Fixed by using this function after [AVCaptureSession addInput:cameraDeviceInput]. Somehow I could not change the framerate on my iPad pro before capture session was started. So at first I changed video format after the device was added to the capture session.

- (void)switchFormatWithDesiredFPS:(CGFloat)desiredFPS
{
    BOOL isRunning = _captureSession.isRunning;

    if (isRunning)  [_captureSession stopRunning];

    AVCaptureDevice *videoDevice = [AVCaptureDevice defaultDeviceWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo];
    AVCaptureDeviceFormat *selectedFormat = nil;
    int32_t maxWidth = 0;
    AVFrameRateRange *frameRateRange = nil;

    for (AVCaptureDeviceFormat *format in [videoDevice formats]) {

        for (AVFrameRateRange *range in format.videoSupportedFrameRateRanges) {

            CMFormatDescriptionRef desc = format.formatDescription;
            CMVideoDimensions dimensions = CMVideoFormatDescriptionGetDimensions(desc);
            int32_t width = dimensions.width;

            if (range.minFrameRate <= desiredFPS && desiredFPS <= range.maxFrameRate && width >= maxWidth) {

                selectedFormat = format;
                frameRateRange = range;
                maxWidth = width;
            }
        }
    }

    if (selectedFormat) {

        if ([videoDevice lockForConfiguration:nil]) {

            NSLog(@"selected format:%@", selectedFormat);
            videoDevice.activeFormat = selectedFormat;
            videoDevice.activeVideoMinFrameDuration = CMTimeMake(1, (int32_t)desiredFPS);
            videoDevice.activeVideoMaxFrameDuration = CMTimeMake(1, (int32_t)desiredFPS);
            [videoDevice unlockForConfiguration];
        }
    }

    if (isRunning) [_captureSession startRunning];
}