Re: [PATCH v2] [RFC v2] v4l2: add support for colorspace conversion for video capture

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Em Thu, 6 Sep 2018 11:02:28 +0200
Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xxxxxxxxx> escreveu:

> Hi Philipp,
> 
> It is much appreciated that this old RFC of mine is picked up again.
> I always wanted to get this in, but I never had a driver where it would
> make sense to do so.

What's the status of this?

Hans,
As this is an old RFC from you, I'll delegate it to you at patchwork,
for you to track it.

Regards,
Mauro

> 
> On 09/05/2018 07:09 PM, Philipp Zabel wrote:
> > For video capture it is the driver that reports the colorspace,  
> 
> add: "transfer function,"
> 
> > Y'CbCr/HSV encoding and quantization range used by the video, and there
> > is no way to request something different, even though many HDTV
> > receivers have some sort of colorspace conversion capabilities.
> > 
> > For output video this feature already exists since the application
> > specifies this information for the video format it will send out, and
> > the transmitter will enable any available CSC if a format conversion has
> > to be performed in order to match the capabilities of the sink.
> > 
> > For video capture we propose adding new pix_format flags:
> > V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_CSC_COLORSPACE, V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_CSC_YCBCR_ENC,
> > V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_CSC_HSV_ENC, V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_CSC_QUANTIZATION, and
> > V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_CSC_XFER_FUNC. These are set by the driver to indicate
> > its conversion features. When set by the application, the driver will
> > interpret the colorspace, ycbcr_enc/hsv_enc, quantization and xfer_func
> > fields as the requested colorspace information and will attempt to do
> > the conversion it supports.
> > 
> > Drivers do not have to actually look at the flags: if the flags are not
> > set, then the colorspace, ycbcr_enc and quantization fields are set to
> > the default values by the core, i.e. just pass on the received format
> > without conversion.  
> 
> Thinking about this some more, I don't think this is quite the right approach.
> Having userspace set these flags with S_FMT if they want to do explicit
> conversions makes sense, and that part we can keep.
> 
> But to signal the capabilities I think should be done via new flags for
> VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT. Basically the same set of flags, but for the flags field
> of struct v4l2_fmtdesc.
> 
> One thing that's not clear to me is what happens if userspace sets one or
> more flags and calls S_FMT for a driver that doesn't support this. Are the
> flags zeroed in that case upon return? I don't think so, but I think that
> is already true for the existing flag V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_PREMUL_ALPHA.
> 
> I wonder if V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_PREMUL_ALPHA should also get an equivalent
> flag for v4l2_fmtdesc.
> 
> Then we can just document that v4l2_format flags are only valid if they
> are also defined in v4l2_fmtdesc.
> 
> Does anyone have better ideas for this?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 	Hans
> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <Hans Verkuil@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Changes since v1 [1]
> >  - convert to rst
> >  - split V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_REQUEST_CSC into four separate flags for
> >    colorspace, ycbcr_enc/hsv_enc, quantization, and xfer_func
> >  - let driver set flags to indicate supported features
> > 
> > [1] https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/28847/
> > ---
> >  .../media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-reserved.rst        | 41 +++++++++++++++++++
> >  .../media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-v4l2-mplane.rst     | 16 ++------
> >  Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-v4l2.rst  | 37 ++++++++++++++---
> >  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c          | 12 ++++++
> >  include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h                |  5 +++
> >  5 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-reserved.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-reserved.rst
> > index 38af1472a4b4..c1090027626c 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-reserved.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-reserved.rst
> > @@ -261,3 +261,44 @@ please make a proposal on the linux-media mailing list.
> >  	by RGBA values (128, 192, 255, 128), the same pixel described with
> >  	premultiplied colors would be described by RGBA values (64, 96,
> >  	128, 128)
> > +    * - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_CSC_COLORSPACE``
> > +      - 0x00000002
> > +      - Set by the driver to indicate colorspace conversion support. Set by the
> > +	application to request conversion to the specified colorspace. It is
> > +	only used for capture and is ignored for output streams. If set by the
> > +	application, then request the driver to do colorspace conversion from
> > +	the received colorspace to the requested colorspace by setting the
> > +	``colorspace`` field of struct :c:type:`v4l2_pix_format`.
> > +    * - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_CSC_YCBCR_ENC``
> > +      - 0x00000004
> > +      - Set by the driver to indicate Y'CbCr encoding conversion support. Set
> > +	by the application to request conversion to the specified Y'CbCr
> > +	encoding.  It is only used for capture and is ignored for output
> > +	streams. If set by the application, then request the driver to convert
> > +	from the received Y'CbCr encoding to the requested encoding by setting
> > +	the ``ycbcr_enc`` field of struct :c:type:`v4l2_pix_format`.
> > +    * - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_CSC_HSV_ENC``
> > +      - 0x00000004
> > +      - Set by the driver to indicate HSV encoding conversion support. Set
> > +	by the application to request conversion to the specified HSV encoding.
> > +	It is only used for capture and is ignored for output streams. If set
> > +	by the application, then request the driver to convert from the
> > +	received HSV encoding to the requested encoding by setting the
> > +	``hsv_enc`` field of struct :c:type:`v4l2_pix_format`.
> > +    * - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_CSC_QUANTIZATION``
> > +      - 0x00000008
> > +      - Set by the driver to indicate quantization range conversion support.
> > +	Set by the application to request conversion to the specified
> > +	quantization range. It is only used for capture and is ignored for
> > +	output streams. If set by the application, then request the driver to
> > +	convert from the received quantization range to the requested
> > +	quantization by setting the ``quantization`` field of struct
> > +	:c:type:`v4l2_pix_format`.
> > +    * - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_CSC_XFER_FUNC``
> > +      - 0x00000010
> > +      - Set by the driver to indicate transfer function conversion support.
> > +	Set by the application to request conversion to the specified transfer
> > +	function. It is only used for capture and is ignored for output
> > +	streams. If set by the application, then request the driver to convert
> > +	from the received transfer function to the requested transfer function
> > +	by setting the ``xfer_func`` field of struct :c:type:`v4l2_pix_format`.
> > diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-v4l2-mplane.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-v4l2-mplane.rst
> > index ef52f637d8e9..7ff07411db77 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-v4l2-mplane.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-v4l2-mplane.rst
> > @@ -81,30 +81,22 @@ describing all planes of that format.
> >      * - __u8
> >        - ``ycbcr_enc``
> >        - Y'CbCr encoding, from enum :c:type:`v4l2_ycbcr_encoding`.
> > -        This information supplements the ``colorspace`` and must be set by
> > -	the driver for capture streams and by the application for output
> > -	streams, see :ref:`colorspaces`.
> > +	See struct :c:type:`v4l2_pix_format`.
> >      * - __u8
> >        - ``hsv_enc``
> >        - HSV encoding, from enum :c:type:`v4l2_hsv_encoding`.
> > -        This information supplements the ``colorspace`` and must be set by
> > -	the driver for capture streams and by the application for output
> > -	streams, see :ref:`colorspaces`.
> > +	See struct :c:type:`v4l2_pix_format`.
> >      * - }
> >        -
> >        -
> >      * - __u8
> >        - ``quantization``
> >        - Quantization range, from enum :c:type:`v4l2_quantization`.
> > -        This information supplements the ``colorspace`` and must be set by
> > -	the driver for capture streams and by the application for output
> > -	streams, see :ref:`colorspaces`.
> > +	See struct :c:type:`v4l2_pix_format`.
> >      * - __u8
> >        - ``xfer_func``
> >        - Transfer function, from enum :c:type:`v4l2_xfer_func`.
> > -        This information supplements the ``colorspace`` and must be set by
> > -	the driver for capture streams and by the application for output
> > -	streams, see :ref:`colorspaces`.
> > +	See struct :c:type:`v4l2_pix_format`.
> >      * - __u8
> >        - ``reserved[7]``
> >        - Reserved for future extensions. Should be zeroed by drivers and
> > diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-v4l2.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-v4l2.rst
> > index 826f2305da01..932b6a546e61 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-v4l2.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-v4l2.rst
> > @@ -88,7 +88,12 @@ Single-planar format structure
> >        - Image colorspace, from enum :c:type:`v4l2_colorspace`.
> >          This information supplements the ``pixelformat`` and must be set
> >  	by the driver for capture streams and by the application for
> > -	output streams, see :ref:`colorspaces`.
> > +	output streams, see :ref:`colorspaces`. If the application sets the
> > +	flag ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_CSC_COLORSPACE`` then the application can set
> > +	this field for a capture stream to request a specific colorspace for
> > +	the captured image data. The driver will attempt to do colorspace
> > +	conversion to the specified colorspace or return the colorspace it will
> > +	use if it can't do the conversion.
> >      * - __u32
> >        - ``priv``
> >        - This field indicates whether the remaining fields of the
> > @@ -126,13 +131,25 @@ Single-planar format structure
> >        - Y'CbCr encoding, from enum :c:type:`v4l2_ycbcr_encoding`.
> >          This information supplements the ``colorspace`` and must be set by
> >  	the driver for capture streams and by the application for output
> > -	streams, see :ref:`colorspaces`.
> > +	streams, see :ref:`colorspaces`. If the application sets the
> > +	flag ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_CSC_YCBCR_ENC`` then the application can set
> > +	this field for a capture stream to request a specific Y'CbCr encoding
> > +	for the captured image data. The driver will attempt to do the
> > +	conversion to the specified Y'CbCr encoding or return the encoding it
> > +	will use if it can't do the conversion. This field is ignored for
> > +	non-Y'CbCr pixelformats.
> >      * - __u32
> >        - ``hsv_enc``
> >        - HSV encoding, from enum :c:type:`v4l2_hsv_encoding`.
> >          This information supplements the ``colorspace`` and must be set by
> >  	the driver for capture streams and by the application for output
> > -	streams, see :ref:`colorspaces`.
> > +	streams, see :ref:`colorspaces`. If the application sets the flag
> > +	``V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_CSC_HSV_ENC`` then the application can set this
> > +	field for a capture stream to request a specific HSV encoding for the
> > +	captured image data. The driver will attempt to do the conversion to
> > +	the specified HSV encoding or return the encoding it will use if it
> > +	can't do the conversion. This field is ignored for non-HSV
> > +	pixelformats.
> >      * - }
> >        -
> >        -
> > @@ -141,10 +158,20 @@ Single-planar format structure
> >        - Quantization range, from enum :c:type:`v4l2_quantization`.
> >          This information supplements the ``colorspace`` and must be set by
> >  	the driver for capture streams and by the application for output
> > -	streams, see :ref:`colorspaces`.
> > +	streams, see :ref:`colorspaces`. If the application sets the flag
> > +	``V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_CSC_QUANTIZATION`` then the application can set
> > +	this field for a capture stream to request a specific quantization
> > +	range for the captured image data. The driver will attempt to do the
> > +	conversion to the specified quantization range or return the
> > +	quantization it will use if it can't do the conversion.
> >      * - __u32
> >        - ``xfer_func``
> >        - Transfer function, from enum :c:type:`v4l2_xfer_func`.
> >          This information supplements the ``colorspace`` and must be set by
> >  	the driver for capture streams and by the application for output
> > -	streams, see :ref:`colorspaces`.
> > +	streams, see :ref:`colorspaces`. If the application sets the flag
> > +	``V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_CSC_XFER_FUNC`` then the application can set
> > +	this field for a capture stream to request a specific transfer function
> > +	for the captured image data. The driver will attempt to do the
> > +	conversion to the specified transfer function or return the transfer
> > +	function it will use if it can't do the conversion.
> > diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
> > index 54afc9c7ee6e..39def068f13e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
> > +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
> > @@ -1019,6 +1019,18 @@ static void v4l_sanitize_format(struct v4l2_format *fmt)
> >  	 * isn't used by applications.
> >  	 */
> >  
> > +	if (fmt->type == V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE ||
> > +	    fmt->type == V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE_MPLANE) {
> > +		if (!(fmt->fmt.pix.flags & V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_CSC_COLORSPACE))
> > +			fmt->fmt.pix.colorspace = V4L2_COLORSPACE_DEFAULT;
> > +		if (!(fmt->fmt.pix.flags & V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_CSC_YCBCR_ENC))
> > +			fmt->fmt.pix.ycbcr_enc = V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_DEFAULT;
> > +		if (!(fmt->fmt.pix.flags & V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_CSC_QUANTIZATION))
> > +			fmt->fmt.pix.quantization = V4L2_QUANTIZATION_DEFAULT;
> > +		if (!(fmt->fmt.pix.flags & V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_CSC_XFER_FUNC))
> > +			fmt->fmt.pix.xfer_func = V4L2_XFER_FUNC_DEFAULT;
> > +	}
> > +
> >  	if (fmt->type != V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE &&
> >  	    fmt->type != V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT)
> >  		return;
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
> > index 622f0479d668..4cbc8f23b828 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
> > @@ -709,6 +709,11 @@ struct v4l2_pix_format {
> >  
> >  /* Flags */
> >  #define V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_PREMUL_ALPHA	0x00000001
> > +#define V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_CSC_COLORSPACE	0x00000002
> > +#define V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_CSC_YCBCR_ENC		0x00000004
> > +#define V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_CSC_HSV_ENC		0x00000004
> > +#define V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_CSC_QUANTIZATION	0x00000008
> > +#define V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_CSC_XFER_FUNC		0x00000010
> >  
> >  /*
> >   *	F O R M A T   E N U M E R A T I O N
> >   
> 



Thanks,
Mauro



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