From ab21acb9c0efa4bef944c17ef3ac3ed8550a81d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tomi Valkeinen Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2022 10:24:16 +0300 Subject: py: examples: Add simple-capture.py Add an example to showcase the more-or-less minimal capture case. Signed-off-by: Tomi Valkeinen Reviewed-by: Jacopo Mondi Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart --- src/py/examples/simple-capture.py | 162 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 162 insertions(+) create mode 100755 src/py/examples/simple-capture.py (limited to 'src/py/examples') diff --git a/src/py/examples/simple-capture.py b/src/py/examples/simple-capture.py new file mode 100755 index 00000000..a6a9b33e --- /dev/null +++ b/src/py/examples/simple-capture.py @@ -0,0 +1,162 @@ +#!/usr/bin/env python3 + +# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause +# Copyright (C) 2022, Tomi Valkeinen + +# A simple capture example showing: +# - How to setup the camera +# - Capture certain number of frames in a blocking manner +# - How to stop the camera +# +# This simple example is, in many ways, too simple. The purpose of the example +# is to introduce the concepts. A more realistic example is given in +# simple-continuous-capture.py. + +import argparse +import libcamera as libcam +import sys + +# Number of frames to capture +TOTAL_FRAMES = 30 + + +def main(): + parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() + parser.add_argument('-c', '--camera', type=str, default='1', + help='Camera index number (starting from 1) or part of the name') + parser.add_argument('-f', '--format', type=str, help='Pixel format') + parser.add_argument('-s', '--size', type=str, help='Size ("WxH")') + args = parser.parse_args() + + cm = libcam.CameraManager.singleton() + + try: + if args.camera.isnumeric(): + cam_idx = int(args.camera) + cam = next((cam for i, cam in enumerate(cm.cameras) if i + 1 == cam_idx)) + else: + cam = next((cam for cam in cm.cameras if args.camera in cam.id)) + except Exception: + print(f'Failed to find camera "{args.camera}"') + return -1 + + # Acquire the camera for our use + + ret = cam.acquire() + assert ret == 0 + + # Configure the camera + + cam_config = cam.generate_configuration([libcam.StreamRole.Viewfinder]) + + stream_config = cam_config.at(0) + + if args.format: + fmt = libcam.PixelFormat(args.format) + stream_config.pixel_format = fmt + + if args.size: + w, h = [int(v) for v in args.size.split('x')] + stream_config.size = libcam.Size(w, h) + + ret = cam.configure(cam_config) + assert ret == 0 + + print(f'Capturing {TOTAL_FRAMES} frames with {stream_config}') + + stream = stream_config.stream + + # Allocate the buffers for capture + + allocator = libcam.FrameBufferAllocator(cam) + ret = allocator.allocate(stream) + assert ret > 0 + + num_bufs = len(allocator.buffers(stream)) + + # Create the requests and assign a buffer for each request + + reqs = [] + for i in range(num_bufs): + # Use the buffer index as the cookie + req = cam.create_request(i) + + buffer = allocator.buffers(stream)[i] + ret = req.add_buffer(stream, buffer) + assert ret == 0 + + reqs.append(req) + + # Start the camera + + ret = cam.start() + assert ret == 0 + + # frames_queued and frames_done track the number of frames queued and done + + frames_queued = 0 + frames_done = 0 + + # Queue the requests to the camera + + for req in reqs: + ret = cam.queue_request(req) + assert ret == 0 + frames_queued += 1 + + # The main loop. Wait for the queued Requests to complete, process them, + # and re-queue them again. + + while frames_done < TOTAL_FRAMES: + # cm.get_ready_requests() blocks until there is an event and returns + # all the ready requests. Here we should almost always get a single + # Request, but in some cases there could be multiple or none. + + reqs = cm.get_ready_requests() + + for req in reqs: + frames_done += 1 + + buffers = req.buffers + + # A ready Request could contain multiple buffers if multiple streams + # were being used. Here we know we only have a single stream, + # and we use next(iter()) to get the first and only buffer. + + assert len(buffers) == 1 + + stream, fb = next(iter(buffers.items())) + + # Here we could process the received buffer. In this example we only + # print a few details below. + + meta = fb.metadata + + print("seq {:3}, bytes {}, frames queued/done {:3}/{:<3}" + .format(meta.sequence, + '/'.join([str(p.bytes_used) for p in meta.planes]), + frames_queued, frames_done)) + + # If we want to capture more frames we need to queue more Requests. + # We could create a totally new Request, but it is more efficient + # to reuse the existing one that we just received. + if frames_queued < TOTAL_FRAMES: + req.reuse() + cam.queue_request(req) + frames_queued += 1 + + # Stop the camera + + ret = cam.stop() + assert ret == 0 + + # Release the camera + + ret = cam.release() + assert ret == 0 + + return 0 + + +if __name__ == '__main__': + sys.exit(main()) -- cgit v1.2.1