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

[Jacopo Mondi]

Hi Niklas,

On Thu, Aug 06, 2020 at 03:32:49PM +0200, Niklas Söderlund wrote:
> Hi Jacopo,
>
> Thanks for your feedback.
>
> On 2020-08-06 15:28:04 +0200, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> > 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 ?
>
> I know it can print properties :-)
>
> I'm happy to change this to contain more or less information, my main
> goal of throwing in everything here is to showcase with cam how
> applications can create names.
>
> What properties would you like to see make up the user-friendly name?

None if not useful to distinguish between cameras with the same name ?

ie
        1- ov5670 (front)
        2- ov5670 (back)

I know we could have
        1- ov5670 (external)
        2- ov5670 (external)

but at that point, I think we've done the best we could

>
> >
> >
> > > +
> > > +	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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> --
> Regards,
> Niklas Söderlund