{
 "id": "rgb565-capture-on-the-esp32-s3-is-limited",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "RGB565 capture on the ESP32-S3 is limited by frame WIDTH, not by memory: 1280x720 fails with 6.5 MB of PSRAM free while 864x1536 succeeds",
 "symptom": "esp_camera_fb_get returns NULL for a large RGB565 frame. The obvious explanation is that the frame buffer will not fit, and the obvious response is to free memory or reduce the frame size -- neither of which helps, because a LARGER frame at a different aspect ratio then succeeds.",
 "hw": [
  "esp32-s3",
  "ov3660"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "esp32-camera",
  "esp-idf"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "about": [
  "ESP32-S3 LCD_CAM raw capture"
 ],
 "intent": "Understand why a large raw capture returns NULL when there is plenty of memory",
 "date": "2026-08-23",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check",
  "body"
 ],
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}