Re: [Motion-user] raspberry pi libcamera motion bulseye

[Ed K. <ed...@ka...>]

Some of the observations i made are described in the known issues 
section [1], so i will

try to contact the libcamera team.


Kind regards,

Ed


[1] 
https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/accessories/camera.html#known-issues

On 11/15/21 6:39 PM, Ed Kapitein via Motion-user wrote:
> Hi,
>
> sudo v4l2-ctl --list-formats-ex -d /dev/video0
> ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT
>         Type: Video Capture
>
>         [0]: 'pBAA' (10-bit Bayer BGBG/GRGR Packed)
>                 Size: Discrete 3280x2464
>                 Size: Discrete 1920x1080
>                 Size: Discrete 1640x1232
>                 Size: Discrete 640x480
>         [1]: 'BG10' (10-bit Bayer BGBG/GRGR)
>                 Size: Discrete 3280x2464
>                 Size: Discrete 1920x1080
>                 Size: Discrete 1640x1232
>                 Size: Discrete 640x480
>         [2]: 'BA81' (8-bit Bayer BGBG/GRGR)
>                 Size: Discrete 3280x2464
>                 Size: Discrete 1920x1080
>                 Size: Discrete 1640x1232
>                 Size: Discrete 640x480
>
> But only BA81  640x480 is working. ( i did try all the other 
> resolutions )
>
> So is it possible that something has changed and that motion is not 
> selecting the right resolution?
>
> Some of the other resolutions do not *fail*, but the image is just a 
> bunch of stripes like a monitor out of sync.
>
> I did try setting the format with sudo  v4l2-ctl --device /dev/video0  
> --set-fmt-video=width=......
>
> and use the same setting for width and height in motion.conf, but to 
> no avail.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Ed
>
>
> On 11/15/21 4:39 PM, tosiara wrote:
>> Also, you can check which formats are available:
>>
>> v4l2-ctl --list-formats-ex -d /dev/video0
>>
>> Maybe there are other resolutions that would get wider picture from 
>> the sensor
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 4:59 PM tosiara <to...@gm...> wrote:
>>>> Before the upgrade to bullseye i also used 640x480 and got the 
>>>> whole FOV.
>>> Unfortunately, there is nothing motion can do if this is the FOV that
>>> camera provides over V4L2 interface (since MPlayer shows the same)
>>>
>>> You could ask Raspberry community, maybe someone came across this
>>> issue and has a fix
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 3:58 PM Ed Kapitein <ed...@ka...> wrote:
>>>> Yes, mplayer plays it just fine:
>>>>
>>>> Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
>>>> VO: [xv] 640x480 => 640x480 Planar YV12
>>>>
>>>> and is has the same FOV as the motion picture. [1]
>>>>
>>>> Before the upgrade to bullseye i also used 640x480 and got the 
>>>> whole FOV.
>>>>
>>>> [3] is a video clips made with the old setup.
>>>>
>>>> More info on FOV and binning (which i think is happening) is on [1]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>
>>>> Ed
>>>>
>>>> [1] http://www.kapitein.org/pictures/motion.jpg
>>>>
>>>> [2] https://picamera.readthedocs.io/en/release-1.12/fov.html
>>>>
>>>> [3] http://www.kapitein.org/pictures/04-20211028034157.mp4
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> PS
>>>>
>>>> Motion gives me a signal when the mouse is caught, so we can 
>>>> release it
>>>> into the wild.
>>>>
>>>> No animals where harmed during the recording of this clip ;-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 11/15/21 1:52 PM, tosiara wrote:
>>>>> Are you able to play 640x480 mode in ffplay or vlc? Does it give you
>>>>> the same FOV as motion or different?
>>>>>
>>>>> Which resolution did you use in motion prior to upgrade to bullseye?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 2:42 PM Ed Kapitein <ed...@ka...> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Tosiara,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The motion log file is attached as requested.
>>>>>> The only way i can get motion to work is to use 640x480 as the 
>>>>>> width/height.
>>>>>> [1] is a picture, taken with libcamera-still, that shows the 
>>>>>> complete FOV
>>>>>> [2] is a picture from motion, which only has a small FOV.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you have a raspberry pi (3B+) with a V2 camera module? (2B 
>>>>>> should be good too)
>>>>>> If you do, you could download the official raspberry pi OS from 
>>>>>> [3] and use a fresh SD card to try the new libcamera setup with 
>>>>>> motion.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [1] http://www.kapitein.org/pictures/libcamera-still.jpg
>>>>>> [2] http://www.kapitein.org/pictures/motion.jpg
>>>>>> [3] 
>>>>>> https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspios_lite_armhf/images/raspios_lite_armhf-2021-11-08/2021-10-30-raspios-bullseye-armhf-lite.zip
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>> Ed
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <SNIP><
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