[RFC v3 1/4] pipeline: Add support for dumping capture script and metadata

Jacopo Mondi jacopo.mondi at ideasonboard.com
Mon Oct 21 11:49:49 CEST 2024


From: Paul Elder <paul.elder at ideasonboard.com>

Add support for dumping capture scripts and metadata. The capture
scripts can then be fed into the cam application and a capture can thus
be "replayed". Metadata can also be dumped.

Camera configuration is also dumped to the capture script. The cam
application currently does not support loading configuration from the
capture script, but support for that will be added in a subsequent
patch.

These can be enabled by a new environment variable.

Signed-off-by: Paul Elder <paul.elder at ideasonboard.com>
---
 include/libcamera/internal/camera.h           |  3 +
 include/libcamera/internal/pipeline_handler.h | 16 ++++
 src/libcamera/camera.cpp                      | 13 +++
 src/libcamera/pipeline_handler.cpp            | 93 ++++++++++++++++++-
 4 files changed, 124 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/libcamera/internal/camera.h b/include/libcamera/internal/camera.h
index 0add0428bb5d..a42f03d4c755 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/internal/camera.h
+++ b/include/libcamera/internal/camera.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 namespace libcamera {
 
+enum class Orientation;
+
 class CameraControlValidator;
 class PipelineHandler;
 class Stream;
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ private:
 	std::string id_;
 	std::set<Stream *> streams_;
 	std::set<const Stream *> activeStreams_;
+	Orientation orientation_;
 
 	bool disconnected_;
 	std::atomic<State> state_;
diff --git a/include/libcamera/internal/pipeline_handler.h b/include/libcamera/internal/pipeline_handler.h
index 0d38080369c5..fb3914185a01 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/internal/pipeline_handler.h
+++ b/include/libcamera/internal/pipeline_handler.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <memory>
 #include <queue>
+#include <set>
 #include <string>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <vector>
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@
 
 namespace libcamera {
 
+enum class Orientation;
+
 class Camera;
 class CameraConfiguration;
 class CameraManager;
@@ -68,6 +71,9 @@ public:
 
 	CameraManager *cameraManager() const { return manager_; }
 
+	void dumpConfiguration(const std::set<const Stream *> &streams,
+			       const Orientation &orientation);
+
 protected:
 	void registerCamera(std::shared_ptr<Camera> camera);
 	void hotplugMediaDevice(MediaDevice *media);
@@ -81,6 +87,11 @@ protected:
 	CameraManager *manager_;
 
 private:
+	enum DumpMode {
+		Controls,
+		Metadata,
+	};
+
 	void unlockMediaDevices();
 
 	void mediaDeviceDisconnected(MediaDevice *media);
@@ -89,6 +100,8 @@ private:
 	void doQueueRequest(Request *request);
 	void doQueueRequests();
 
+	void dumpRequest(Request *request, DumpMode mode);
+
 	std::vector<std::shared_ptr<MediaDevice>> mediaDevices_;
 	std::vector<std::weak_ptr<Camera>> cameras_;
 
@@ -97,6 +110,9 @@ private:
 	const char *name_;
 	unsigned int useCount_;
 
+	std::ostream *dumpCaptureScript_;
+	std::ostream *dumpMetadata_;
+
 	friend class PipelineHandlerFactoryBase;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/libcamera/camera.cpp b/src/libcamera/camera.cpp
index 7507e9ddae77..9d28b1202397 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/camera.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/camera.cpp
@@ -1215,6 +1215,9 @@ int Camera::configure(CameraConfiguration *config)
 		d->activeStreams_.insert(stream);
 	}
 
+	/* TODO Save sensor configuration for dumping it to capture script */
+	d->orientation_ = config->orientation;
+
 	d->setState(Private::CameraConfigured);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1356,6 +1359,16 @@ int Camera::start(const ControlList *controls)
 
 	ASSERT(d->requestSequence_ == 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * Invoke method in blocking mode to avoid the risk of writing after
+	 * streaming has started.
+	 * This needs to be here as PipelineHandler::start is a virtual function
+	 * so it is impractical to add the dumping there.
+	 * TODO Pass the sensor configuration, once it is supported
+	 */
+	d->pipe_->invokeMethod(&PipelineHandler::dumpConfiguration,
+			       ConnectionTypeBlocking, d->activeStreams_, d->orientation_);
+
 	ret = d->pipe_->invokeMethod(&PipelineHandler::start,
 				     ConnectionTypeBlocking, this, controls);
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline_handler.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline_handler.cpp
index e5940469127e..7002b4323bdd 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline_handler.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline_handler.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "libcamera/internal/pipeline_handler.h"
 
 #include <chrono>
+#include <fstream>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/sysmacros.h>
 
@@ -68,14 +69,36 @@ LOG_DEFINE_CATEGORY(Pipeline)
  * through the PipelineHandlerFactoryBase::create() function.
  */
 PipelineHandler::PipelineHandler(CameraManager *manager)
-	: manager_(manager), useCount_(0)
+	: manager_(manager), useCount_(0),
+	  dumpCaptureScript_(nullptr), dumpMetadata_(nullptr)
 {
+	/* TODO Print notification that we're dumping capture script */
+	const char *file = utils::secure_getenv("LIBCAMERA_DUMP_CAPTURE_SCRIPT");
+	if (!file)
+		return;
+
+	dumpCaptureScript_ = new std::ofstream(file);
+
+	/*
+	 * Metadata needs to go into a separate file because otherwise it'll
+	 * flood the capture script
+	 */
+	dumpMetadata_ = new std::ofstream(std::string(file) + ".metadata");
+	std::string str = "frames:\n";
+	dumpMetadata_->write(str.c_str(), str.size());
+	dumpMetadata_->flush();
 }
 
 PipelineHandler::~PipelineHandler()
 {
 	for (std::shared_ptr<MediaDevice> media : mediaDevices_)
 		media->release();
+
+	if (dumpCaptureScript_)
+		delete dumpCaptureScript_;
+
+	if (dumpMetadata_)
+		delete dumpMetadata_;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -464,6 +487,8 @@ void PipelineHandler::doQueueRequest(Request *request)
 
 	request->_d()->sequence_ = data->requestSequence_++;
 
+	dumpRequest(request, DumpMode::Controls);
+
 	if (request->_d()->cancelled_) {
 		completeRequest(request);
 		return;
@@ -555,6 +580,8 @@ void PipelineHandler::completeRequest(Request *request)
 
 	request->_d()->complete();
 
+	dumpRequest(request, DumpMode::Metadata);
+
 	Camera::Private *data = camera->_d();
 
 	while (!data->queuedRequests_.empty()) {
@@ -758,6 +785,70 @@ void PipelineHandler::disconnect()
  * \return The CameraManager for this pipeline handler
  */
 
+void PipelineHandler::dumpConfiguration(const std::set<const Stream *> &streams,
+					const Orientation &orientation)
+{
+	if (!dumpCaptureScript_)
+		return;
+
+	std::stringstream ss;
+	ss << "configuration:" << std::endl;
+	ss << "  orientation: " << orientation << std::endl;
+
+	/* TODO Dump Sensor configuration */
+
+	ss << "  streams:" << std::endl;
+	for (const auto &stream : streams) {
+		const StreamConfiguration &streamConfig = stream->configuration();
+		ss << "    - pixelFormat: " << streamConfig.pixelFormat << std::endl;
+		ss << "      size: " << streamConfig.size << std::endl;
+		ss << "      stride: " << streamConfig.stride << std::endl;
+		ss << "      frameSize: " << streamConfig.frameSize << std::endl;
+		ss << "      bufferCount: " << streamConfig.bufferCount << std::endl;
+		if (streamConfig.colorSpace)
+			ss << "      colorSpace: " << streamConfig.colorSpace->toString() << std::endl;
+	}
+
+	dumpCaptureScript_->write(ss.str().c_str(), ss.str().size());
+
+	std::string str = "frames:\n";
+	dumpCaptureScript_->write(str.c_str(), str.size());
+	dumpCaptureScript_->flush();
+}
+
+void PipelineHandler::dumpRequest(Request *request, DumpMode mode)
+{
+	ControlList &controls =
+		mode == DumpMode::Controls ? request->controls()
+					   : request->metadata();
+	std::ostream *output =
+		mode == DumpMode::Controls ? dumpCaptureScript_
+					   : dumpMetadata_;
+
+	if (!output || controls.empty())
+		return;
+
+	std::stringstream ss;
+	/* TODO Figure out PFC */
+	ss << "  - " << request->sequence() << ":" << std::endl;
+
+	const ControlIdMap *idMap = controls.idMap();
+	for (const auto &pair : controls) {
+		const ControlId *ctrlId = idMap->at(pair.first);
+		/* TODO Prettify enums (probably by upgrading ControlValue::toString()) */
+		ss << "      " << ctrlId->name() << ": " << pair.second.toString() << std::endl;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * TODO Investigate the overhead of flushing this frequently
+	 * Controls aren't going to be queued too frequently so it should be
+	 * fine to dump controls every frame. Metadata on the other hand needs
+	 * to be investigated.
+	 */
+	output->write(ss.str().c_str(), ss.str().size());
+	output->flush();
+}
+
 /**
  * \class PipelineHandlerFactoryBase
  * \brief Base class for pipeline handler factories
-- 
2.47.0



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