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IgnoreDroppedFrames

Continue acquiring frames when acquisition drops a frame

Description

Note

This property is only supported on videoinput objects using the gige adaptor and is not supported on gigecam objects.

The IgnoreDroppedFrames property indicates whether the acquisition continues when it encounters a dropped frame.

If this property is set to 'off', the acquisition stops when it encounters a dropped frame. If this property is set to 'on', the acquisition continues by ignoring the dropped frames.

When this property is 'on', keep track of the number of frames dropped while the acquisition is running with the NumDroppedFrames property.

Characteristics

Default value is enclosed in braces ({}).

Access

Read/write

Data type

Character vector

Values

[ {'off'} | 'on' ]