Hi Adam,
On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 11:14:03AM -0500, Adam Ford wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 4:17 PM Sakari Ailus <sakari.ai...@iki.fi> wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 04:10:23PM -0500, Adam Ford wrote:
> >> On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 4:00 PM Sakari Ailus <sakari.ai...@iki.fi> wrote:
> >>> On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 02:38:57PM -0500, Adam Ford wrote:
> >>>> I have a DM3730 with a parallel mt9p031 sensor attached. I am trying
> >>>> to troubleshoot some issues with streaming video with G-streamer, but
> >>>> I I think the issue is in how the ISP driver reports the video info.
> >>>>
> >>>> I have the pipeline to grab from the resizer:
> >>>>
> >>>> media-ctl -v -V '"mt9p031 1-0048":0 [SGRBG8 1280x720
> >>>> (664,541)/1280x720], "OMAP3 ISP CCDC":2 [SGRBG8 1280x720], "OMAP3 ISP
> >>>> preview":1 [UYVY 1280x720], "OMAP3 ISP resizer":1 [UYVY 480x272]'
> >>>>
> >>>> This make /dev/video6 the output of the resizer and shows the format
> >>>> and resolution of the output of the resizer as:
> >>>>
> >>>> Setting up format UYVY8_1X16 480x272 on pad OMAP3 ISP resizer/1
> >>>> Format set: UYVY8_1X16 480x272
> >>>>
> >>>> I used 480x272 because it's the resolution of my LCD, and I was hoping
> >>>> the resizer would be able to scale this so the ARM would not need to
> >>>> do the work, and it appears to not have any issues with this
> >>>> resolution.
> >>>>
> >>>> However, if I query the video format, I don't get UYVY:
> >>>>
> >>>> # v4l2-ctl -d6 --list-formats-ext
> >>>> ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT
> >>>> Type: Video Capture
> >>>>
> >>>> [0]: 'RGB3' (RGB3, emulated)
> >>>> [1]: 'BGR3' (BGR3, emulated)
> >>>> [2]: 'YU12' (YU12, emulated)
> >>>> [3]: 'YV12' (YV12, emulated)
> >>>>
> >>>> This becomes an issue when I attempt to stream video from my camera to
> >>>> anything, include fake sink:
> >>>>
> >>>> gst-launch-1.0 -v v4l2src device=/dev/video6 ! fakesink
> >>>> Tried to capture in RGB3, but device returned format UYVY
> >>>>
> >>>> So for some reason, when queried, it reports different values than
> >>>> UYVY, but when attempting to set the video capture to the listed
> >>>> formats, it returns an error.
> >>>>
> >>>> gst-launch-1.0 -v v4l2src device=/dev/video6 ! video/x-raw,
> >>>> format=UYVY ! fakesink
> >>>
> >>> I don't have any experience on v4l2src recently but I can comment on the
> >>> omap3isp driver.
> >>>
> >>> In general, the format the omap3isp may produce on a given video node
> >>> depends on the format of data which the block associated with the video
> >>> node is fed with.
> >>>
> >>> For instance, in case of the raw Bayer formats, the pixel order does not
> >>> change, and thus the pixel order remains all the way from the sensor to
> >>> the
> >>> video node.
> >>
> >> From what I can tell, it looks like the output of the resizer is only
> >> capable of two formats,
> >> from ispresizer.c:
> >>
> >> /* resizer pixel formats */
> >> static const unsigned int resizer_formats[] = {
> >> MEDIA_BUS_FMT_UYVY8_1X16,
> >> MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUYV8_1X16,
> >> };
> >>
> >> Also:
> >>
> >> * resizer_try_format - Handle try format by pad subdev method
> >> * @res : ISP resizer device
> >> * @cfg: V4L2 subdev pad configuration
> >> * @pad : pad num
> >> * @fmt : pointer to v4l2 format structure
> >> * @which : wanted subdev format
> >>
> >> switch (pad) {
> >> case RESZ_PAD_SINK:
> >> if (fmt->code != MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUYV8_1X16 &&
> >> fmt->code != MEDIA_BUS_FMT_UYVY8_1X16)
> >> fmt->code = MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUYV8_1X16;
> >>
> >> So it looks to me like if we're trying to do anything other than
> >> either of those,we set it to MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUYV8_1X16
> >>
> >> Am I missing something?
> >
> > I guess for this particular video node there's no need for V4L2 extensions
> > to implement ENUM_FMT. Ideally the other nodes would support ENUM_FMT that
> > could provide meaningful information as well.
>
> I applied a variation of the patch in question, and I was able to both
> successfully use g-streamer-1.0 and I was able to see UYVY appear in
> the list. in fact, G-Streamer-1.0 was faster than FFPEG with less
> lag.
>
> ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT
> Type: Video Capture
>
> [0]: 'UYVY' (UYVY 4:2:2)
> [1]: 'RGB3' (RGB3, emulated)
> [2]: 'BGR3' (BGR3, emulated)
> [3]: 'YU12' (YU12, emulated)
> [4]: 'YV12' (YV12, emulated)
>
> I don't know enough about VL2. It looks like all the V4L stuff is in
> the common isp files and not unique to the preview output, resizer
> output or the CCDC output. I don't have a CSI camera, so I cannot
> test anything.
>
> I checked all the video outputs, and they are all showing the same
> information. I realize the patch I found won't be accepted upstream
> as-is, but it would be nice to have some mechanism in place that can
> determine which output node is being used and somehow return the
> correct data for each node.
>
> I would like to do something to help improve this driver and/or make
> it more compatible with some of the V4L tools (like G-Streamer), so if
> someone has a recommendation on how we could move forward, I'm willing
> work on it.
While I'm not totally opposed to implementing VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT for the
resizer video node, I'm not sure it would be the best solution to your
problem. Sure, it will fix an existing issue, but we already know that
it won't scale, as the other video nodes can't be supported the same
way.
So far, our position was mostly that userspace should grow support for
MC-based devices where VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT isn't implemented. Maybe I'm
relaxing my standards because I'm growing older and wiser (or possibly
just older and lazier :-)), but we need a better solution than this in
any case. Compared to the last time I made this statement, we now have
one possible solution in view in the form of libcamera ([1]). The
project is still young, doesn't support the OMAP3 ISP, and isn't
integrated with GStreamer, but fixing all that is on our roadmap.
What I would like to know is whether libcamera would fit your use cases,
or if you have needs that would require a different solution.
[1] https://www.libcamera.org/
> >>> This also means that there is no way to provide an enumeration of
> >>> supported
> >>> formats without knowing the media bus format. There have been proposals to
> >>> support ENUM_FMT in such cases by providing the source media bus format,
> >>> but those proposals haven't materialised into patches.
> >>>
> >>> So for now, the format needs to be simply set using S_FMT.
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Setting pipeline to PAUSED ...
> >>>> Pipeline is live and does not need PREROLL ...
> >>>> Setting pipeline to PLAYING ...
> >>>> New clock: GstSystemClock
> >>>> ERROR: from element /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstV4l2Src:v4l2src0:
> >>>> Internal data stream error.
> >>>> Additional debug info:
> >>>> gstbasesrc.c(3055): gst_base_src_loop ():
> >>>> /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstV4l2Src:v4l2src0:
> >>>> streaming stopped, reason not-negotiated (-4)
> >>>>
> >>>> This leads me to believe that v4l2 is trying to set the format to
> >>>> something it does not think it is able to negotiate, and it's being
> >>>> rejected.
> >>>>
> >>>> I can even explicitly set the output video format to UYVY with:
> >>>>
> >>>> v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video6
> >>>> --set-fmt-video=width=480,height=272,pixelformat=UYVY --verbose
> >>>>
> >>>> VIDIOC_QUERYCAP: ok
> >>>> VIDIOC_G_FMT: ok
> >>>> VIDIOC_S_FMT: ok
> >>>> Format Video Capture:
> >>>> Width/Height : 480/272
> >>>> Pixel Format : 'UYVY'
> >>>> Field : None
> >>>> Bytes per Line : 960
> >>>> Size Image : 261120
> >>>> Colorspace : JPEG
> >>>> Transfer Function : Default (maps to sRGB)
> >>>> YCbCr/HSV Encoding: Default (maps to ITU-R 601)
> >>>> Quantization : Default (maps to Full Range)
> >>>> Flags :
> >>>> #
> >>>>
> >>>> This shows me the UYVY format, but upon a follow-up query, it does not
> >>>> appear to retain the pixel format of UYVY.
> >>>>
> >>>> v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video6 --list-formats-ext
> >>>> ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT
> >>>> Type: Video Capture
> >>>>
> >>>> [0]: 'RGB3' (RGB3, emulated)
> >>>> [1]: 'BGR3' (BGR3, emulated)
> >>>> [2]: 'YU12' (YU12, emulated)
> >>>> [3]: 'YV12' (YV12, emulated)
> >>>> #
> >>>>
> >>>> If I use ffmpeg to stream video, I the video codec there recognizes it
> >>>> as uyvy and I can convert it to RGB to display on my LCD, but it has
> >>>> limited framerate, and it seems to me like this should be do-able in
> >>>> G-Streamer with v4l2src.
> >>>>
> >>>> # ffmpeg -an -re -i /dev/video6 -f v4l2 -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt bgra
> >>>> -f fbdev /dev/fb0
> >>>>
> >>>> Input #0, video4linux2,v4l2, from '/dev/video6':
> >>>> Duration: N/A, start: 908.826490, bitrate: N/A
> >>>> Stream #0:0: Video: rawvideo (UYVY / 0x59565955), uyvy422,
> >>>> 480x272, 17.42 tbr, 1000k tbn, 1000k tbc
> >>>> Stream mapping:
> >>>> Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (rawvideo (native) -> rawvideo (native))
> >>>> Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
> >>>> Output #0, fbdev, to '/dev/fb0':
> >>>> Metadata:
> >>>> encoder : Lavf57.83.100
> >>>> Stream #0:0: Video: rawvideo (BGRA / 0x41524742), bgra, 480x272,
> >>>> q=2-31, 72765 kb/s, 17.42 fps, 17.42 tbn, 17.42 tbc
> >>>> Metadata:
> >>>> encoder : Lavc57.107.100 rawvideo
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> This shows me the information is available in some ways from v4l2, but
> >>>> I wonder if there is a missing IOCTL for VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT for the isp
> >>>> driver somewhere. Shouldn't VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT return UYVY?
> >>>>
> >>>> I noticed vpbe_display.c has a function that appears to correspond to
> >>>> this. There is a patch at [1] for an older kernel. Is this something
> >>>> worth pursuing?
> >>>>
> >>>> [1] -
> >>>> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20693155/gstreamer-failed-to-enumerate-video-formats-and-inappropriate-ioctl-for-device
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Regards,
Laurent Pinchart
