gstreamer/sys/v4l2
Nicolas Dufresne b3e089d415 v4l2src: Speedup camera startup by skipping try_fmt
In this commit, we enabled skip_try_fmt_probes quirk in order to speed
up the start which is known to be disastrously slow with certain USB
cameras.

This has the side effect that we needed to rewrite the entire
negotiation process in a way that we iterate over the possible caps
until we find one that works.

The new negotiation method consist of extracting a preferred structure
from the peer caps and using this to fixate and sort the caps. To
reflect the old behaviour, we sort all resolution strictly bigger
to the preferred one with the closes one first. The rest is appended,
keeping the same order. We then normalize the caps in case there was
some list of interlace-mode or colorimetry left. We finally iterate
over all fixed caps and try it. 99% of the time, the first or the
second one should work, whit the result of a single S_FMT being issues.

From there, it will be relatively easy to introduce new negotiation
algorithm. The current algorithm is made for optimal image quality
with a scaling sink that sets it's window resolution as preference.
This the case if for:

  v4l2src ! videoconvert ! videoscale ! ximagesink

Other strategy would be needed to optimize for non-scaling sink like
ximagesink or kmssink when the driver does not scale.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=785156
2017-07-21 15:29:10 -04:00
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ext v4l2: Don't redefine __bitwise if already set 2017-05-24 14:00:22 -04:00
gstv4l2.c v4l2: Merge v4l2_calls.h into gstv4l2object.h 2017-07-17 20:48:28 -04:00
gstv4l2allocator.c v4l2: Merge v4l2_calls.h into gstv4l2object.h 2017-07-17 20:48:28 -04:00
gstv4l2allocator.h gstv4l2bufferpool: handle -EPIPE from DQBUF to signal EOS 2015-06-09 21:56:40 -04:00
gstv4l2bufferpool.c v4l2: Merge v4l2_calls.h into gstv4l2object.h 2017-07-17 20:48:28 -04:00
gstv4l2bufferpool.h Update Edgard Lima's email 2017-02-27 00:34:19 +00:00
gstv4l2colorbalance.c Update Edgard Lima's email 2017-02-27 00:34:19 +00:00
gstv4l2colorbalance.h v4l2: Merge v4l2_calls.h into gstv4l2object.h 2017-07-17 20:48:28 -04:00
gstv4l2deviceprovider.c v4l2: Merge v4l2_calls.h into gstv4l2object.h 2017-07-17 20:48:28 -04:00
gstv4l2deviceprovider.h pulse, v4l2: add missing G_END_DECLS in some places 2014-10-28 21:32:06 +00:00
gstv4l2h264enc.c v4l2: Merge v4l2_calls.h into gstv4l2object.h 2017-07-17 20:48:28 -04:00
gstv4l2h264enc.h v4l2: Add Video Encoder support 2017-05-24 14:00:22 -04:00
gstv4l2object.c v4l2object: Introduce quirk to skip slow probes 2017-07-21 15:29:10 -04:00
gstv4l2object.h v4l2object: Introduce quirk to skip slow probes 2017-07-21 15:29:10 -04:00
gstv4l2radio.c v4l2: Merge v4l2_calls.h into gstv4l2object.h 2017-07-17 20:48:28 -04:00
gstv4l2radio.h Fix FSF address 2012-11-04 00:07:18 +00:00
gstv4l2sink.c v4l2sink: Block in preroll_wait on unlock 2017-04-05 09:05:03 -04:00
gstv4l2sink.h v4l2: De-duplicate caps probing between src and sink 2013-08-19 13:08:18 -04:00
gstv4l2src.c v4l2src: Speedup camera startup by skipping try_fmt 2017-07-21 15:29:10 -04:00
gstv4l2src.h Update Edgard Lima's email 2017-02-27 00:34:19 +00:00
gstv4l2transform.c v4l2: Merge v4l2_calls.h into gstv4l2object.h 2017-07-17 20:48:28 -04:00
gstv4l2transform.h v4l2transform: Check if caps have changes before asserting 2014-05-08 15:56:36 -04:00
gstv4l2tuner.c v4l2: Merge v4l2_calls.h into gstv4l2object.h 2017-07-17 20:48:28 -04:00
gstv4l2tuner.h Update Edgard Lima's email 2017-02-27 00:34:19 +00:00
gstv4l2videodec.c v4l2videodec: add some useful debug messages 2017-07-19 10:25:11 -04:00
gstv4l2videodec.h v4l2dec: Fix race when going from PAUSED to READY 2017-04-07 11:31:03 -03:00
gstv4l2videoenc.c v4l2: Merge v4l2_calls.h into gstv4l2object.h 2017-07-17 20:48:28 -04:00
gstv4l2videoenc.h v4l2: Add Video Encoder support 2017-05-24 14:00:22 -04:00
gstv4l2vidorient.c v4l2: Merge v4l2_calls.h into gstv4l2object.h 2017-07-17 20:48:28 -04:00
gstv4l2vidorient.h Update Edgard Lima's email 2017-02-27 00:34:19 +00:00
Makefile.am v4l2: Merge v4l2_calls.h into gstv4l2object.h 2017-07-17 20:48:28 -04:00
meson.build v4l2: Add Video Encoder support 2017-05-24 14:00:22 -04:00
README Fix level for multi-channel case. 2007-02-22 14:35:28 +00:00
tuner.c v4l2: Use G_DEFINE_ macros for added thread safety 2013-08-19 12:48:35 -04:00
tuner.h v4l2: remove unused enumtypes and use generic marshaller 2013-08-04 11:03:49 +01:00
tunerchannel.c v4l2: Use G_DEFINE_ macros for added thread safety 2013-08-19 12:48:35 -04:00
tunerchannel.h Fix FSF address 2012-11-04 00:07:18 +00:00
tunernorm.c v4l2: Use G_DEFINE_ macros for added thread safety 2013-08-19 12:48:35 -04:00
tunernorm.h Fix FSF address 2012-11-04 00:07:18 +00:00
v4l2-utils.c v4l2: consistently check #ifdef HAVE_GUDEV instead of #if 2016-08-18 20:20:20 +01:00
v4l2-utils.h v4l2-util: Introduce GstV4l2Error 2016-06-07 17:02:34 -04:00
v4l2_calls.c v4l2: UVC driver is named uvcvideo these days 2017-07-17 20:48:28 -04:00

v4l2 plugins
============

The idea is a bit the same as the idea for the v4l1 plugins. We want
one generic v4l2element, and a few child objects (probably only two:
v4l2src and v4l2sink):

                /-------- v4l2src
v4l2element ---=
                \-------- v4l2sink

Both v4l2src and v4l2sink have a uncompressed and a compressed
recording-/playback-mode. Since this is all part of v4l2, the 'client'
of these elements, i.e. an application using v4l2src/v4l2sink, will
hardly notice this. All capsnego stuff is done inside, and the plugin
knows which formats are compressed and which are not.

Please note that the v4l1 and the v4l2 plugins are *not* compatible
concerning properties. Naming has been kept the same where possible,
but in some cases, properties had to be removed or added to make
full use of v4l2.

V4L2 API: http://linux.bytesex.org/v4l2/.
          http://v4l2spec.bytesex.org/
          /usr/include/linux/videodev2.h or

Kernel patches available from
          http://dl.bytesex.org/patches/.

Articles:
          http://lwn.net/Articles/203924/