[libcamera-devel] [PATCH v2] gstreamer: Provide colorimetry <> ColorSpace mappings

Laurent Pinchart laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com
Sun Jul 31 21:44:43 CEST 2022


Hi Umang and Rishikesh,

(Cc'ing David)

Thank you for the patch.

On Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 04:08:46PM +0530, Umang Jain via libcamera-devel wrote:
> From: Rishikesh Donadkar <rishikeshdonadkar at gmail.com>
> 
> Provide colorimetry <=> libcamera::ColorSpace mappings via:
> - GstVideoColorimetry colorimetry_from_colorspace(colorspace);
> - ColorSpace colorspace_from_colorimetry(colorimetry);
> 
> Read the colorimetry field from caps into the stream configuration.
> After stream validation, the sensor supported colorimetry will
> be retrieved and the caps will be updated accordingly.
> 
> Colorimetry support for gstlibcamerasrc currently undertakes only one

s/gstlibcamerasrc/libcamerasrc/ (or gstlibcamera if you meant the
library, not the element name)

> argument. Multiple colorimetry support shall be introduced in
> subsequent commits.

I'm probably missing something here, what do you mean by multiple
colorimetry support ?

> Signed-off-by: Rishikesh Donadkar <rishikeshdonadkar at gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Umang Jain <umang.jain at ideasonboard.com>
> ---
> 
> Changes in v2:
>  - Drop "Default" Colorspace
>  - Improve function signature of colorimetry_from_colorspace() and
>    colorspace_from_colorimetry()
>  - Map GST_VIDEO_COLOR_MATRIX_RGB to Colorspace::YcbcrEncoding::Rec601
>    (comes from the kernel)
>  - Map GST_VIDEO_COLOR_PRIMARIES_UNKNOWN to Raw colorspace
>  - Map ColorSpace::YcbcrEncoding::Rec601 to GST_VIDEO_COLOR_MATRIX_RGB
>    if colorspace is "sRGB". GST_VIDEO_COLOR_MATRIX_BT601 for all other
>    cases
>  - Minor nits regarding error reporting strings.
> ---
>  src/gstreamer/gstlibcamera-utils.cpp | 164 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 164 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamera-utils.cpp b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamera-utils.cpp
> index c97c0d43..e4ff1269 100644
> --- a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamera-utils.cpp
> +++ b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamera-utils.cpp
> @@ -45,6 +45,146 @@ static struct {
>  	/* \todo NV42 is used in libcamera but is not mapped in GStreamer yet. */
>  };
>  
> +static GstVideoColorimetry
> +colorimetry_from_colorspace(const ColorSpace &colorSpace)
> +{
> +	GstVideoColorimetry colorimetry;
> +
> +	switch (colorSpace.primaries) {
> +	case ColorSpace::Primaries::Rec709:
> +		colorimetry.primaries = GST_VIDEO_COLOR_PRIMARIES_BT709;
> +		break;
> +	case ColorSpace::Primaries::Rec2020:
> +		colorimetry.primaries = GST_VIDEO_COLOR_PRIMARIES_BT2020;
> +		break;
> +	case ColorSpace::Primaries::Smpte170m:
> +		colorimetry.primaries = GST_VIDEO_COLOR_PRIMARIES_SMPTE170M;
> +		break;
> +	case ColorSpace::Primaries::Raw:
> +		colorimetry.primaries = GST_VIDEO_COLOR_PRIMARIES_UNKNOWN;
> +		break;
> +	}

I'd sort the cases with the order of the enum in color_space.h (below
too). That's very minor.

> +
> +	switch (colorSpace.transferFunction) {
> +	case ColorSpace::TransferFunction::Rec709:
> +		colorimetry.transfer = GST_VIDEO_TRANSFER_BT709;
> +		break;
> +	case ColorSpace::TransferFunction::Srgb:
> +		colorimetry.transfer = GST_VIDEO_TRANSFER_SRGB;
> +		break;
> +	case ColorSpace::TransferFunction::Linear:
> +		colorimetry.transfer = GST_VIDEO_TRANSFER_GAMMA10;
> +		break;
> +	}
> +
> +	switch (colorSpace.ycbcrEncoding) {
> +	case ColorSpace::YcbcrEncoding::None:
> +		colorimetry.matrix = GST_VIDEO_COLOR_MATRIX_RGB;
> +		break;
> +	case ColorSpace::YcbcrEncoding::Rec709:
> +		colorimetry.matrix = GST_VIDEO_COLOR_MATRIX_BT709;
> +		break;
> +	case ColorSpace::YcbcrEncoding::Rec2020:
> +		colorimetry.matrix = GST_VIDEO_COLOR_MATRIX_BT2020;
> +		break;
> +	case ColorSpace::YcbcrEncoding::Rec601:
> +		if (colorSpace == ColorSpace::Srgb)
> +			colorimetry.matrix = GST_VIDEO_COLOR_MATRIX_RGB;

I don't think this one is right. GST_VIDEO_COLOR_MATRIX_RGB is the
identity matrix, which means no encoding to YCbCr, and
ColorSpace::YcbcrEncoding::Rec601 clearly defines an encoding.

I think the problem is caused by our definition of ColorSpace::Srgb:

const ColorSpace ColorSpace::Srgb = {
	Primaries::Rec709,
	TransferFunction::Srgb,
	YcbcrEncoding::Rec601,
	Range::Limited
};

I propose modifying it to

const ColorSpace ColorSpace::Srgb = {
	Primaries::Rec709,
	TransferFunction::Srgb,
	YcbcrEncoding::None,
	Range::Full
};

and adapting the rest of libcamera accordingly.

David, this will affect Raspberry Pi, so I'd appreciate your opinion.

> +		else
> +			colorimetry.matrix = GST_VIDEO_COLOR_MATRIX_BT601;
> +		break;
> +	}
> +
> +	switch (colorSpace.range) {
> +	case ColorSpace::Range::Full:
> +		colorimetry.range = GST_VIDEO_COLOR_RANGE_0_255;
> +		break;
> +	case ColorSpace::Range::Limited:
> +		colorimetry.range = GST_VIDEO_COLOR_RANGE_16_235;
> +		break;
> +	}
> +
> +	return colorimetry;
> +}
> +
> +static ColorSpace
> +colorspace_from_colorimetry(const GstVideoColorimetry &colorimetry)
> +{
> +	ColorSpace colorspace = ColorSpace::Raw;
> +
> +	switch (colorimetry.primaries) {
> +	case GST_VIDEO_COLOR_PRIMARIES_BT709:
> +		colorspace.primaries = ColorSpace::Primaries::Rec709;
> +		break;
> +	case GST_VIDEO_COLOR_PRIMARIES_BT2020:
> +		colorspace.primaries = ColorSpace::Primaries::Rec2020;
> +		break;
> +	case GST_VIDEO_COLOR_PRIMARIES_SMPTE170M:
> +		colorspace.primaries = ColorSpace::Primaries::Smpte170m;
> +		break;
> +	case GST_VIDEO_COLOR_PRIMARIES_UNKNOWN:
> +		/* Unknown primaries map to raw colorspace in gstreamer */
> +		return colorspace;

I would

		return ColorSpace::Raw;

here to make it more explicit.

> +	default:
> +		g_error("Unsupported colorimetry primaries: %d", colorimetry.primaries);

g_error() seems very harsh, do we really need to abort() if the user
asks for unsupported primaries (or other colorimetry fields below) ?
This is probably a question for Nicolas.

> +	}
> +
> +	switch (colorimetry.transfer) {
> +	/* Transfer function mappings inspired from v4l2src plugin */
> +	case GST_VIDEO_TRANSFER_GAMMA18:
> +	case GST_VIDEO_TRANSFER_GAMMA20:
> +	case GST_VIDEO_TRANSFER_GAMMA22:
> +	case GST_VIDEO_TRANSFER_GAMMA28:
> +		GST_WARNING("GAMMA 18, 20, 22, 28 transfer functions not supported");
> +	/* fallthrough */
> +	case GST_VIDEO_TRANSFER_GAMMA10:
> +		colorspace.transferFunction = ColorSpace::TransferFunction::Linear;
> +		break;
> +	case GST_VIDEO_TRANSFER_BT601:
> +	case GST_VIDEO_TRANSFER_BT2020_12:
> +	case GST_VIDEO_TRANSFER_BT2020_10:
> +	case GST_VIDEO_TRANSFER_BT709:
> +		colorspace.transferFunction = ColorSpace::TransferFunction::Rec709;
> +		break;
> +	case GST_VIDEO_TRANSFER_SRGB:
> +		colorspace.transferFunction = ColorSpace::TransferFunction::Srgb;
> +		break;
> +	default:
> +		g_error("Unsupported colorimetry transfer function: %d", colorimetry.transfer);
> +	}
> +
> +	switch (colorimetry.matrix) {
> +	/* FCC is about the same as BT601 with less digit */
> +	case GST_VIDEO_COLOR_MATRIX_FCC:
> +	case GST_VIDEO_COLOR_MATRIX_BT601:
> +	/* v4l2_ycbcr_encoding of sRGB is ENC_601 in the kernel */

That's right, but I don't think we need to be concerned by that here.
GST_VIDEO_COLOR_MATRIX_RGB should be mapped to
ColorSpace::YcbcrEncoding::None, and we should handle the V4L2 sRGB YUV
encoding internally in libcamera.

> +	case GST_VIDEO_COLOR_MATRIX_RGB:
> +		colorspace.ycbcrEncoding = ColorSpace::YcbcrEncoding::Rec601;
> +		break;
> +	case GST_VIDEO_COLOR_MATRIX_BT709:
> +		colorspace.ycbcrEncoding = ColorSpace::YcbcrEncoding::Rec709;
> +		break;
> +	case GST_VIDEO_COLOR_MATRIX_BT2020:
> +		colorspace.ycbcrEncoding = ColorSpace::YcbcrEncoding::Rec2020;
> +		break;
> +	default:
> +		g_error("Unsupported colorimetry matrix: %d", colorimetry.matrix);
> +	}
> +
> +	switch (colorimetry.range) {
> +	case GST_VIDEO_COLOR_RANGE_0_255:
> +		colorspace.range = ColorSpace::Range::Full;
> +		break;
> +	case GST_VIDEO_COLOR_RANGE_16_235:
> +		colorspace.range = ColorSpace::Range::Limited;
> +		break;
> +	default:
> +		g_error("Unsupported colorimetry range %d", colorimetry.range);
> +	}
> +
> +	return colorspace;
> +}
> +
>  static GstVideoFormat
>  pixel_format_to_gst_format(const PixelFormat &format)
>  {
> @@ -139,6 +279,18 @@ gst_libcamera_stream_configuration_to_caps(const StreamConfiguration &stream_cfg
>  			  "width", G_TYPE_INT, stream_cfg.size.width,
>  			  "height", G_TYPE_INT, stream_cfg.size.height,
>  			  nullptr);
> +
> +	if (stream_cfg.colorSpace) {
> +		GstVideoColorimetry colorimetry = colorimetry_from_colorspace(stream_cfg.colorSpace.value());
> +		gchar *colorimetry_str = gst_video_colorimetry_to_string(&colorimetry);
> +
> +		if (colorimetry_str)
> +			gst_structure_set(s, "colorimetry", G_TYPE_STRING, colorimetry_str, nullptr);
> +		else
> +			g_error("Got invalid colorimetry from ColorSpace: %s",
> +				ColorSpace::toString(stream_cfg.colorSpace).c_str());

Same question as above about g_error(). As far as I understand,
gst_video_colorimetry_to_string() will return null either if it can't
alocate memory for the string (in which case we're screwed anyway, so
g_error() is fine) or if colorimetry is all UNKNOWN. The latter should
never happen given the implementation of colorimetry_from_colorspace(),
so I suppose it's fine ?

> +	}
> +
>  	gst_caps_append_structure(caps, s);
>  
>  	return caps;
> @@ -222,6 +374,18 @@ gst_libcamera_configure_stream_from_caps(StreamConfiguration &stream_cfg,
>  	gst_structure_get_int(s, "height", &height);
>  	stream_cfg.size.width = width;
>  	stream_cfg.size.height = height;
> +
> +	/* Configure colorimetry */
> +	if (gst_structure_has_field(s, "colorimetry")) {
> +		const gchar *colorimetry_caps = gst_structure_get_string(s, "colorimetry");
> +		GstVideoColorimetry colorimetry;
> +
> +		if(gst_video_colorimetry_from_string(&colorimetry, colorimetry_caps)) {

Missing space after "if".

> +			stream_cfg.colorSpace = colorspace_from_colorimetry(colorimetry);
> +		} else {
> +			g_critical("Invalid colorimetry %s", colorimetry_caps);
> +		}
> +	}
>  }
>  
>  #if !GST_CHECK_VERSION(1, 17, 1)

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart


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