[libcamera-devel] [PATCH 6/7] cam: Print user-friendly camera names

[Jacopo Mondi]

Hi Niklas,

On Thu, Aug 06, 2020 at 03:09:36PM +0200, Niklas Söderlund wrote:
> Instead of only printing the camera ID which is not intended for humans
> to read and parse create a more user friendly string when prating camera
> names. The ID is still printed as it is one option used to select camera
> using the --camera option.
>
> Signed-off-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund at ragnatech.se>
> ---
>  src/cam/main.cpp | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/src/cam/main.cpp b/src/cam/main.cpp
> index cc3facd5a5b22092..5af76f6965ef2387 100644
> --- a/src/cam/main.cpp
> +++ b/src/cam/main.cpp
> @@ -21,6 +21,39 @@
>
>  using namespace libcamera;
>
> +std::string cameraName(const Camera *camera)
> +{
> +	const ControlList &props = camera->properties();
> +	std::string name;
> +
> +	if (props.contains(properties::Model))
> +		name += props.get(properties::Model) + " ";
> +
> +	if (props.contains(properties::Location)) {
> +		switch (props.get(properties::Location)) {
> +		case properties::CameraLocationFront:
> +			name += "facing front ";
> +			break;
> +		case properties::CameraLocationBack:
> +			name += "facing back ";
> +			break;
> +		case properties::CameraLocationExternal:
> +			name += "external ";
> +			break;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	if (props.contains(properties::Rotation))
> +		name += "rotated " + std::to_string(props.get(properties::Rotation)) + " degrees ";
> +
> +	if (!name.empty())
> +		name += "with id ";

Just a quick question while skimming through the series. cam can
printout camera properties, do we need to make 'friendly' names
100 characters to repeat what's already available there ?


> +
> +	name += camera->id();
> +
> +	return name;
> +}
> +
>  class CamApp
>  {
>  public:
> @@ -117,7 +150,7 @@ int CamApp::init(int argc, char **argv)
>  			return -EINVAL;
>  		}
>
> -		std::cout << "Using camera " << camera_->id() << std::endl;
> +		std::cout << "Using camera " << cameraName(camera_.get()) << std::endl;
>
>  		ret = prepareConfig();
>  		if (ret) {
> @@ -323,12 +356,12 @@ int CamApp::infoConfiguration()
>
>  void CamApp::cameraAdded(std::shared_ptr<Camera> cam)
>  {
> -	std::cout << "Camera Added: " << cam->id() << std::endl;
> +	std::cout << "Camera Added: " << cameraName(cam.get()) << std::endl;
>  }
>
>  void CamApp::cameraRemoved(std::shared_ptr<Camera> cam)
>  {
> -	std::cout << "Camera Removed: " << cam->id() << std::endl;
> +	std::cout << "Camera Removed: " << cameraName(cam.get()) << std::endl;
>  }
>
>  int CamApp::run()
> @@ -340,7 +373,7 @@ int CamApp::run()
>
>  		unsigned int index = 1;
>  		for (const std::shared_ptr<Camera> &cam : cm_->cameras()) {
> -			std::cout << index << ": " << cam->id() << std::endl;
> +			std::cout << index << ": " << cameraName(cam.get()) << std::endl;
>  			index++;
>  		}
>  	}
> --
> 2.28.0
>
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