http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/reading_and_writing_images_and_video.html
bool VideoCapture::set(int property_id, double value)
Parameters:
property_id –
Property identifier. Can be one of the following:
CV_CAP_PROP_POS_MSEC Film current position in milliseconds or video capture timestamp
CV_CAP_PROP_POS_FRAMES 0-based index of the frame to be decoded/captured next
CV_CAP_PROP_POS_AVI_RATIO Relative position of the video file (0 - start of the film, 1 - end of the film)
CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH Width of the frames in the video stream
CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT Height of the frames in the video stream
CV_CAP_PROP_FPS Frame rate
CV_CAP_PROP_FOURCC 4-character code of codec
CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_COUNT Number of frames in the video file
CV_CAP_PROP_FORMAT The format of the Mat objects returned by retrieve()
CV_CAP_PROP_MODE A backend-specific value indicating the current capture mode
CV_CAP_PROP_BRIGHTNESS Brightness of the image (only for cameras)
CV_CAP_PROP_CONTRAST Contrast of the image (only for cameras)
CV_CAP_PROP_SATURATION Saturation of the image (only for cameras)
CV_CAP_PROP_HUE Hue of the image (only for cameras)
CV_CAP_PROP_GAIN Gain of the image (only for cameras)
CV_CAP_PROP_EXPOSURE Exposure (only for cameras)
CV_CAP_PROP_CONVERT_RGB Boolean flags indicating whether images should be converted to RGB
CV_CAP_PROP_WHITE_BALANCE Currently unsupported
CV_CAP_PROP_RECTIFICATION TOWRITE (note: only supported by DC1394 v 2.x backend currently)
value – value of the property.
Sets a property in the VideoCapture backend.