Capture or Record 1920x1080 (1080p) at 60 frames per second

Hello,

  1. Has anyone overclocked (without breaking the warranty) a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B and successfully captured or recorded video at a resolution of 1080p, 1920x1080 at 60 frames per second (fps)?
    [href=https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/raspberry-pi-4-b-overclocking,6188.html]Overclocking Raspberry Pi 4 Model B - Toms Hardware[/href]

I have read an article where a person has attained 1000fps, however the resolution was very small.
[href=https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=212518&p=1310445#p1320034]1000fps - raspberrypi.org[/href]

The specifications of the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B state that it is incapable of processing 1080p at 60fps, but I was unsure if overclocking the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B would allow it to capture video at 1080p with 60fps.
[href=https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=166485]Not at 60fps! - raspberrypi.org[/href]

  1. Has anyone used threading, two or more threads, to allow the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B to capture, and record, video resolution of 1080p at 60fps?
    [href=
    https://www.pyimagesearch.com/2015/12/28/increasing-raspberry-pi-fps-with-python-and-opencv/]Increase Raspberry Pi fps - pyimagesearch.com[/href]

  2. If the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B will not capture video at a resolution of 1920x1080 at 60 frames per second with any of the above methods, are there any other boards that will allow capture, and recording, of video at a resolution of 1080p at 60fps?

Mark.

Hi Mark,

The big challenge in recording 1080p at 60fps is the data throughput and the computationally intensive task of compressing that big fat video stream. Since you’re going outside the bounds of normal, it’s going to be experimentation time - you’ll just have to try it and see!

I’ve done a bit of googling and found some interesting articles on this subject, some on streaming 1080p at 30fps on the Pi 3B+ (which is going to be generally applicable to the Pi 4).

https://www.arrow.com/en/research-and-events/articles/pi-bandwidth-with-video

https://kodi.wiki/view/Raspberry_Pi#Maximizing_performance

I’d be very surprised if an Odyssey or a Latte Panda Alpha couldn’t do it out of the box, but you’re going to pay a premium. The Banana Pi’s are also a good alternative, but don’t have as broad software support as the Raspberry Pis do.

If you start tinkering, let us know if you get stuck and we’ll see how far we can push your Pi :slight_smile:

Regards,
Oliver
Support | Core Electronics