Why do I receive the error "GETDATA timed out before FRAMES
Why do I receive the error "GETDATA timed out before FRAMES were available" when using GETDATA in Image Acquisition Toolbox 4.3 (R2012a)? I'm using a camera on a Linux machine. I would like to get image data frame by frame in a for-loop. However, I get errors as follows at the same line of different iterations. What should I do to avoid the error? Warning: Unable to start acquisition: Error event occurred at 13:57:18 for video input object: YUYV_640x480-linuxvideo-2. The image acquisition device failed to start acquiring images. The image acquisition device failed to start acquiring images. Error in imaqdevice/getdata (line 139) frames = getdata(imaqgate('privateGetField', obj, 'uddobject'),varargin{:}); Error in test (line 8) imageData1=getdata(vid1,1); Error using imaqdevice/getdata (line 146) OBJ is not running and no frames are available. Error in test (line 10) imageData2=getdata(vid2,1);
Kshitij Singh answered .
2025-11-20
set(vid,'Timeout',50); %set the Timeout property of VIDEOINPUT object 'vid' to 50 seconds
2. Before GETDATA, wait until there's an available frame
while get(vid,'FramesAvailable')<1 %Wait until at least 1 frame is available
unavailable=1;
end