# Recommended Method for Stable 1080p+ Front Camera Capture (No AR Rendering)

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**Created:** [June 30, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.magicleap.cloud/t/recommended-method-for-stable-1080p-front-camera-capture-no-ar-rendering/5978 "2025-06-30T22:35:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![yanghouze](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.magicleap.cloud/yanghouze/32/1470_2.png) [@yanghouze](https://forum.magicleap.cloud/u/yanghouze)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.magicleap.cloud/t/recommended-method-for-stable-1080p-front-camera-capture-no-ar-rendering/5978/1 "2025-06-30T22:35:13Z")

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Hi,

I need to **capture high-resolution (1080p or higher) video from the front camera** on Magic Leap 2 with a **stable frame rate (30fps+ with minimal fluctuation)**. No AR rendering or mixed reality is required—just the raw camera feed.

Given this setup, which method is more **reliable and stable** for my use case?

- **[System Capture](https://developer-docs.magicleap.cloud/docs/12-Dec-2024/guides/features/capture-overview/?_highlight=video#video)**
- **[Magic Leap Hub 3 Capture](https://developer-docs.magicleap.cloud/docs/12-Dec-2024/guides/developer-tools/ml-hub-3/ml-hub3-capture/?_highlight=capture)**
- **Custom capture via Unity (e.g., using RGBA\_8888 format and camera APIs)**

Has anyone compared their performance in terms of **resolution stability and FPS consistency**?

**Environment:**

- Magic Leap OS: 1.12.0
- Host: Windows 10

Thanks for your help!

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**Author:** ![cfeist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.magicleap.cloud/cfeist/32/1768_2.png) [@cfeist](https://forum.magicleap.cloud/u/cfeist)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.magicleap.cloud/t/recommended-method-for-stable-1080p-front-camera-capture-no-ar-rendering/5978/2 "2025-07-02T18:36:54Z")

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Hey @yanghouze,

I don’t have any benchmarks for this that I can share, but I can say that just real world camera capture at 30fps+ with any configuration should be feasible for you.

Here’s some specs on what resolutions and what frame rates are supported for each camera stream that the Magic Leap 2 hardware offers:

> **[Camera2 | MagicLeap Developer Documentation](https://developer-docs.magicleap.cloud/docs/guides/features/android-camera/#main-camera-stream)**
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> The Magic Leap 2 supports the Android Camera2 NDK APIs. With Android Camera allows developers to capture real and virtual content inside their applications. While the Magic Leap 2 has only one physical, it is presented as 3 separate devices in the...

Note that with higher resolution, more memory and processing power is required. As such, performance will degrade accordingly with each captured/saved frame.  
For example, capturing 1080p @ 30fps will be more performant and reliable than 4k @ 30fps.

Hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any more questions.

Best,  
Corey