[libcamera-devel] [PATCH] README: Document GST_DEBUG values to debug libcamerasrc

[Laurent Pinchart]

Problems with libcamerasrc are reported quite frequently. To help users
diagnosing them, document how to obtain libcamerasrc debug messages
through GST_DEBUG.

Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com>
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GStreamer-related documentation should eventually be moved to
Documentation/.
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 README.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 341ecd926da4..ddee5538d7b9 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ if desired with a pipeline such as:
   gst-launch-1.0 libcamerasrc ! 'video/x-raw,width=1280,height=720' ! \
         glimagesink
 
+The libcamerasrc element has two log categories, named libcamera-provider (for
+the video device provider) and libcamerasrc (for the operation of the camera).
+All corresponding debug messages can be enabled by setting the ``GST_DEBUG``
+environment variable to ``libcamera*:7``.
+
 .. section-end-getting-started
 
 Troubleshooting

base-commit: 962df634bd0afe12e6f38464f5e602cf1460c430
prerequisite-patch-id: 6ad689b8c9be17165b330a16c7cef62dbdfb5d8f
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Regards,

Laurent Pinchart