Streaming video using a web camera is choppy

Question

Hello,
I have an swf program built with flex which displays video from a web camera. The problem is that the the video is being displayed a bit choppy. You can see an example at https://www.completelyonlinetestserver.com/Flex/videobox.html. Try holding a piece of paper with writing in front of the camera and you will see that the writing is very choppy.
What can I do to make the video clearer?  Any help would be very appreciated.
Thanks
Armen  

Answer 1

Hmmm...I dont have the drivers installed on my computer for my web cam to work, but when I compile that example do get the trace output, "You need a camera.".  So that part works.  Below is the code ported into an MXML file.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
                layout="absolute"
                applicationComplete="CameraExample();">
     <mx:Script>
          <![CDATA[
          private var video:Video;
        public function CameraExample()
            stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
            stage.align      = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
            var camera:Camera = Camera.getCamera();
            if (camera != null)
                camera.addEventListener(ActivityEvent.ACTIVITY, activityHandler);
                video = new Video(camera.width * 2, camera.height * 2);
                video.attachCamera(camera);
                addChild(video);
            else
                trace("You need a camera.");
        private function activityHandler(event:ActivityEvent):void {
            trace("activityHandler: " + event);
          ]]>
     </mx:Script>
</mx:Application>