# Camera.currentFps

#### Availability

Flash Player 6.

#### Usage

    active_cam.currentFps

#### Description

Read-only property; the rate at which the camera is capturing data, in frames per second. This property cannot be set; however, you can use the `Camera.setMode()` method to set a related property—`Camera.fps`—which specifies the maximum frame rate at which you would like the camera to capture data.

#### See also

`Camera.fps`, `Camera.setMode()`