{
 "id": "software-jpeg-at-about-0-9-microseconds-per",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Software JPEG at about 0.9 microseconds per pixel is what limits an ESP32-S3 camera without a hardware encoder, not the sensor and not WiFi",
 "symptom": "Frame rate collapses as resolution rises and the obvious suspects are the sensor or the network. Tuning either changes nothing much, and VGA sits at 3 to 5 fps on a link with megabits to spare.",
 "hw": [
  "esp32-s3",
  "gc0308"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "esp32-camera",
  "arduino",
  "jpeg"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "about": [
  "ESP32-S3 cameras without hardware JPEG"
 ],
 "intent": "Find the real ceiling on frame rate before optimising the wrong component",
 "date": "2026-08-23",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check",
  "body"
 ],
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}