how to access frame buffer data directly?

[Faf_esp]

Hello!

I am new to ESP32 CAM..I have just started using it.
So I am doing a project which involves accessing the pixel data directly. After going through the https://github.com/espressif/esp32-came ... p_camera.h I found that the pixel data is stored in a variable named buf.
I want to find to find the average value of pixel data, and thus need to access the pixel data.

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typedef struct {
    uint8_t * buf;              /*!< Pointer to the pixel data */
    size_t len;                 /*!< Length of the buffer in bytes */
    size_t width;               /*!< Width of the buffer in pixels */
    size_t height;              /*!< Height of the buffer in pixels */
    pixformat_t format;         /*!< Format of the pixel data */
    struct timeval timestamp;   /*!< Timestamp since boot of the first DMA buffer of the frame */
} camera_fb_t;

This code snippet shows that data is stored as a 1D array. So i am doing *(fb->buf) to get the pixel data. But this gives only one value.
Also the image is of dimensions 600x800 and is a colour image..(I took the photo of the image, stored it in an SDcard and viewed later...) which means the image is of dimensions 600x800x3 .This implies it should be a 3D array That means image data is a 3D array which is flattened into a 1D array.

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  fb = esp_camera_fb_get();
  Serial.println((String)"Length of the buffer in bytes: " + fb->len);

I got the length of buf from the above code..

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int i,j;
long avgr=0,avgg=0,avgb=0;
  for(i=0;i<600;i++)
  {
    for(j=0;j<800;j++)
    avgr = avgr + *(fb->buf + (800*i + j)*3); //average of R channel
    avgg = avgg + *(fb->buf + (800*i + j)*3 + 1); //average of G channel
    avgb = avgb + *(fb->buf + (800*i + j)*3 + 2); //average of B channel
    
    }

I am doing this to get average data (Considering the dimensions of image are 600x800x3). But this gives me a "Guru meditation error." I am guessing the problem is with the way I am trying to access pixel data

Can someone please tell me how exactly the pixel data is stored and how can i access all the values?
Also why is the length of buffer different for different images though they are are all of the same dimensions?
Thanks in Advance...

[ESP_Sprite]

You make a lot of assumptions... does fb->len indeed read 1440000? Does fb->format indicate this is rgb24 data, and not for instance a JPEG?