The idea, to my understanding, has been that HW specifics in this area would be 
hidden behind CameraBin...

Regards, Jari

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shin Minjung (Nokia-MS-Qt/Brisbane)
> Sent: 03. marraskuuta 2010 17:11
> To: ext Teemu Tuominen; Palojarvi Jari (Nokia-MS/Tampere)
> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; Poplavskiy Dmytro (Nokia-
> MS/Brisbane); ext Zhao, Halley
> Subject: RE: [MeeGo-dev] camera subdev solution ?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Qt Mobility camera support prefers camerabin based implementation as
> backend so that we do not need to have hardware specific
> implementation. Intel wanted to contribute to the camera backend but
> the solution was implemented as a customized pipeline using
> QGstreamerCaptureService to utilize hardware acceleration. We decided
> to accept the contribution. It would be better if we have camerabin
> based implementation in the future.
> 
> For more information please refer to this mail in Mobility mailing
> list. http://web.archiveorange.com/archive/v/6jz3kNo0p2e8fZMe8fWd
> 
> Regards,
> Min
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of ext Teemu Tuominen
> Sent: Thursday, 4 November 2010 12:27 AM
> To: Palojarvi Jari (Nokia-MS/Tampere)
> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [MeeGo-dev] camera subdev solution ?
> 
> 
>   good point, they will surely differ. And I surely hope it stays on
> gst
> level as you refer.
> 
> However, Meego tends to generalize packetizing as far as possible and
> also gst-plugins packaging tend to gather stuff. So, I had a feeling
> the
> camera stuff is not an exception.
> 
> If we consider...
> 
> qt-mobility (camera API, multimedia/gstreamer/camerabin)
> gstreamer
> gst-plugins-bad-free (camerabin, libphotography)
> gst-plugins-camera (generic source elements and other oss source
> elements for different hw)
> kernel
> 
> And when the request comes to use specific implementation - it would
> mean additional packages, not replacive. Doesn't that look good ?
> 
> Although deve's are not having fun with this ideology in Meego, I felt
> it isn't far from possible if we get humble and sync up to iterate
> things for camera features. And yet, man could enable all features
> using
> HW specific replacive solution.
> 
> In mean time, we will likely push another specific package basing on
> gst-nokia-videosrc and try to enable ways of utilizing it through
> higher
> level API's as planned. Unfortunately from my point of view it requires
> a bit of studying and takes some time. During this workout I have also
> got a bit diverged input about how things are implemented within
> top-level components, so its time to read the code myself. However, I'm
> all ears to anyone working with the field.
> 
> 
> regards,
> -Teemu
> 
> 
> 
> On 11/03/2010 02:45 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> > Just a quick note highlighting the obvious: the camera source
> component in GStreamer and the subdev drivers are a part of camera HW
> adaptation. So they may (and likely will) differ between different HW
> platforms.
> >
> > Regards, Jari
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:meego-dev-
> [email protected]]
> >> On Behalf Of ext Zhang, Vivian
> >> Sent: 27. lokakuuta 2010 04:25
> >> To: Teemu Tuominen; Development for the MeeGo Project
> >> Cc: Hu, Gang A
> >> Subject: Re: [MeeGo-dev] camera subdev solution ?
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>     The source of gst-v4l2-camsrc project in OBS is located at
> >> http://meego.gitorious.org/maemo-multimedia/mfldv4l2camsrc which is
> >> branched from gst-nokia-videosrc. Intel engineers are working on
> this
> >> project to do more enhancements/fixings for Intel Medfield ISP.
> >>    Also cc'd hu, gang for more technical details.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> vivian
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:meego-dev-
> [email protected]]
> >> On Behalf Of Teemu Tuominen
> >> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 8:53 PM
> >> To: Development for the MeeGo Project
> >> Subject: [MeeGo-dev] camera subdev solution ?
> >>
> >>    Hello,
> >>
> >> I've been working with camera stack for Meego/N900. Recently the
> >> gst-v4l2-camsrc was added to meego obs and I was a little confused
> >> about
> >> the naming and different affiliations of the project.
> >>
> >> However, I assume kind of generalization is about to happen with
> v4l2
> >> subdev&  mediacontroller api's, but I would be delighted if someone
> >> could sync me up to the work and roadmap of previously committed
> >> projects.
> >>
> >> I have build modified gst-nokia-videosrc project in my obs home
> >> (home:teemu.tuominen) for Meego/N900 to gain raw viewfinder mode
> >> through
> >> gst components (camerabin, subdevsrc). Is gst-v4l2-camsrc now the
> place
> >> to add such patches ?
> >>
> >> regards,
> >> Teemu Tuominen
> >> Cybercom Plenware
> >>
> >>
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