[libcamera-devel] [PATCH] libcamera: color_space: Rename Jpeg to Sycc

Umang Jain umang.jain at ideasonboard.com
Thu Aug 18 16:01:05 CEST 2022


Hi Laurent

Thank you for the patch and detailed commit message.

On 8/18/22 02:48, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> The JPEG color space is badly name, as the JPEG specification (ITU-T
> T.81) doesn't define any particular color space:
>
>      The interchange format does not specify a complete coded image
>      representation. Application-dependent information, e.g. colour
>      space, is outside the scope of this Specification.
>
> The JFIF specification (ITU-T T.871) is clearer as it requires ITU-R
> BT.601 YCbCr encoding and a full quantization range:
>
>    The interpretations of Y, CB, and CR are derived from the E'Y, E'Cb,
>    and E'Cr signals defined in the 625-line specification of Rec. ITU-R
>    BT.601, but these signals are normalized so as to permit the usage of
>    the full range of 256 levels of the 8-bit binary encoding of the Y
>    component.
>
> It however doesn't specify color primaries or a transfer function
> explicitly. It only mentions the latter when describing the conversion
> from YCbCr to RGB:
>
>    The inverse relationship for computing full scale 8-bit per colour
>    channel gamma pre-corrected RGB values (following Rec. ITU-R BT.601
>    gamma pre-correction and colour primary specifications) from YCbCr
>    colours (with 256 levels per component) can be computed as follows:
>    [...]
>
> Given that ITU-R BT.601-5 (1995) didn't specify color primaries or a
> transfer function, and that the later ITU-R BT.601-7 (2011) version
> specifies color primaries for the 625-line variant that do not match
> sRGB, the JPEG color space in libcamera is badly named.
>
> Rename the color space to sYCC, as its definition matches the sYCC
> standard, and indicate that it is typically used to encode JPEG images.
>
> Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com>


Reviewed-by: Umang Jain <umang.jain at ideasonboard.com>

CC'ing David from RPi especially (for heads-up) because this patch will 
affects libcamera-apps.

> ---
>
> Hans, following our discussion on IRC, I double-check the JFIF standard,
> and my findings are described in the commit message above. It seems that
> naming the color space "JPEG" in V4L2 is actually incorrect, as JFIF
> expects the 626-line ITU-R BT.601 chromaticities for the primary colors,
> which are slightly different than sRGB (the 525-line chromaticities
> match SMPTE 170M and SMPTE 240M, but not sRGB either). It seems that we
> are missing a V4L2_COLORSPACE_* value to describe the 625-line ITU-R
> BT.601 chromaticities, is that an oversight ?
>
> ---
>   include/libcamera/color_space.h               |  2 +-
>   src/libcamera/color_space.cpp                 | 28 +++++++++----------
>   .../pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp      | 10 +++----
>   src/libcamera/v4l2_device.cpp                 |  4 +--
>   src/py/libcamera/py_main.cpp                  |  2 +-
>   5 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/libcamera/color_space.h b/include/libcamera/color_space.h
> index 0d39fbc02220..8030a264c66f 100644
> --- a/include/libcamera/color_space.h
> +++ b/include/libcamera/color_space.h
> @@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ public:
>   	}
>   
>   	static const ColorSpace Raw;
> -	static const ColorSpace Jpeg;
>   	static const ColorSpace Srgb;
> +	static const ColorSpace Sycc;
>   	static const ColorSpace Smpte170m;
>   	static const ColorSpace Rec709;
>   	static const ColorSpace Rec2020;
> diff --git a/src/libcamera/color_space.cpp b/src/libcamera/color_space.cpp
> index caf397607b10..6ace40dcb0fb 100644
> --- a/src/libcamera/color_space.cpp
> +++ b/src/libcamera/color_space.cpp
> @@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ namespace libcamera {
>    * \brief Assemble and return a readable string representation of the
>    * ColorSpace
>    *
> - * If the color space matches a standard ColorSpace (such as ColorSpace::Jpeg)
> - * then the short name of the color space ("JPEG") is returned. Otherwise
> + * If the color space matches a standard ColorSpace (such as ColorSpace::Sycc)
> + * then the short name of the color space ("sYCC") is returned. Otherwise
>    * the four constituent parts of the ColorSpace are assembled into a longer
>    * string.
>    *
> @@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ std::string ColorSpace::toString() const
>   
>   	static const std::array<std::pair<ColorSpace, const char *>, 6> colorSpaceNames = { {
>   		{ ColorSpace::Raw, "RAW" },
> -		{ ColorSpace::Jpeg, "JPEG" },
>   		{ ColorSpace::Srgb, "sRGB" },
> +		{ ColorSpace::Sycc, "sYCC" },
>   		{ ColorSpace::Smpte170m, "SMPTE170M" },
>   		{ ColorSpace::Rec709, "Rec709" },
>   		{ ColorSpace::Rec2020, "Rec2020" },
> @@ -242,17 +242,6 @@ const ColorSpace ColorSpace::Raw = {
>   	Range::Full
>   };
>   
> -/**
> - * \brief A constant representing the JPEG color space used for
> - * encoding JPEG images
> - */
> -const ColorSpace ColorSpace::Jpeg = {
> -	Primaries::Rec709,
> -	TransferFunction::Srgb,
> -	YcbcrEncoding::Rec601,
> -	Range::Full
> -};
> -
>   /**
>    * \brief A constant representing the sRGB color space
>    *
> @@ -266,6 +255,17 @@ const ColorSpace ColorSpace::Srgb = {
>   	Range::Limited
>   };
>   
> +/**
> + * \brief A constant representing the sYCC color space, typically used for
> + * encoding JPEG images
> + */
> +const ColorSpace ColorSpace::Sycc = {
> +	Primaries::Rec709,
> +	TransferFunction::Srgb,
> +	YcbcrEncoding::Rec601,
> +	Range::Full
> +};
> +
>   /**
>    * \brief A constant representing the SMPTE170M color space
>    */
> diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp
> index e895584d4fbc..b4094898ca6c 100644
> --- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp
> +++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp
> @@ -593,11 +593,11 @@ CameraConfiguration *PipelineHandlerRPi::generateConfiguration(Camera *camera,
>   			fmts = data->isp_[Isp::Output0].dev()->formats();
>   			pixelFormat = formats::NV12;
>   			/*
> -			 * Still image codecs usually expect the JPEG color space.
> +			 * Still image codecs usually expect the sYCC color space.
>   			 * Even RGB codecs will be fine as the RGB we get with the
> -			 * JPEG color space is the same as sRGB.
> +			 * sYCC color space is the same as sRGB.
>   			 */
> -			colorSpace = ColorSpace::Jpeg;
> +			colorSpace = ColorSpace::Sycc;
>   			/* Return the largest sensor resolution. */
>   			size = sensorSize;
>   			bufferCount = 1;
> @@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ CameraConfiguration *PipelineHandlerRPi::generateConfiguration(Camera *camera,
>   		case StreamRole::Viewfinder:
>   			fmts = data->isp_[Isp::Output0].dev()->formats();
>   			pixelFormat = formats::ARGB8888;
> -			colorSpace = ColorSpace::Jpeg;
> +			colorSpace = ColorSpace::Sycc;
>   			size = { 800, 600 };
>   			bufferCount = 4;
>   			outCount++;
> @@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ int PipelineHandlerRPi::configure(Camera *camera, CameraConfiguration *config)
>   		format.size = maxSize;
>   		format.fourcc = dev->toV4L2PixelFormat(formats::YUV420);
>   		/* No one asked for output, so the color space doesn't matter. */
> -		format.colorSpace = ColorSpace::Jpeg;
> +		format.colorSpace = ColorSpace::Sycc;
>   		ret = dev->setFormat(&format);
>   		if (ret) {
>   			LOG(RPI, Error)
> diff --git a/src/libcamera/v4l2_device.cpp b/src/libcamera/v4l2_device.cpp
> index 3fc8438f6579..b22a981ff1a6 100644
> --- a/src/libcamera/v4l2_device.cpp
> +++ b/src/libcamera/v4l2_device.cpp
> @@ -745,8 +745,8 @@ void V4L2Device::eventAvailable()
>   
>   static const std::map<uint32_t, ColorSpace> v4l2ToColorSpace = {
>   	{ V4L2_COLORSPACE_RAW, ColorSpace::Raw },
> -	{ V4L2_COLORSPACE_JPEG, ColorSpace::Jpeg },
>   	{ V4L2_COLORSPACE_SRGB, ColorSpace::Srgb },
> +	{ V4L2_COLORSPACE_JPEG, ColorSpace::Sycc },
>   	{ V4L2_COLORSPACE_SMPTE170M, ColorSpace::Smpte170m },
>   	{ V4L2_COLORSPACE_REC709, ColorSpace::Rec709 },
>   	{ V4L2_COLORSPACE_BT2020, ColorSpace::Rec2020 },
> @@ -771,8 +771,8 @@ static const std::map<uint32_t, ColorSpace::Range> v4l2ToRange = {
>   
>   static const std::vector<std::pair<ColorSpace, v4l2_colorspace>> colorSpaceToV4l2 = {
>   	{ ColorSpace::Raw, V4L2_COLORSPACE_RAW },
> -	{ ColorSpace::Jpeg, V4L2_COLORSPACE_JPEG },
>   	{ ColorSpace::Srgb, V4L2_COLORSPACE_SRGB },
> +	{ ColorSpace::Sycc, V4L2_COLORSPACE_JPEG },
>   	{ ColorSpace::Smpte170m, V4L2_COLORSPACE_SMPTE170M },
>   	{ ColorSpace::Rec709, V4L2_COLORSPACE_REC709 },
>   	{ ColorSpace::Rec2020, V4L2_COLORSPACE_BT2020 },
> diff --git a/src/py/libcamera/py_main.cpp b/src/py/libcamera/py_main.cpp
> index 505cc3dc1a0d..2a58e34a7cdb 100644
> --- a/src/py/libcamera/py_main.cpp
> +++ b/src/py/libcamera/py_main.cpp
> @@ -602,8 +602,8 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(_libcamera, m)
>   		.def_readwrite("ycbcrEncoding", &ColorSpace::ycbcrEncoding)
>   		.def_readwrite("range", &ColorSpace::range)
>   		.def_static("Raw", []() { return ColorSpace::Raw; })
> -		.def_static("Jpeg", []() { return ColorSpace::Jpeg; })
>   		.def_static("Srgb", []() { return ColorSpace::Srgb; })
> +		.def_static("Sycc", []() { return ColorSpace::Sycc; })
>   		.def_static("Smpte170m", []() { return ColorSpace::Smpte170m; })
>   		.def_static("Rec709", []() { return ColorSpace::Rec709; })
>   		.def_static("Rec2020", []() { return ColorSpace::Rec2020; });
>


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