V4L2 mode for Raspberry Pi
How to use VEYE and CS series camera module on Raspberry Pi(V4L2 mode)
1 Introduction
For the use of VEYE series and CS series camera modules on the raspberry Pi platform, we provide veye_raspicam software, an application layer open source software similar to the raspicam. This series of software, without driver support, has good compatibility with different versions of piOS.
However, we think that the V4L2 driver mode also has a wide range of applications. The two modes cannot be used at the same time, which is embodied in whether the driver is installed or not. It will be described in detail later.
This article describes how to call the camera modules of VEYE series and CS series through V4L2 on the raspberry Pi platform.
2 Hardware Setup
VEYE series camera module setup on rpi
CS series camera module setup on rpi
3 RaspberryPi System Setup and Configuration
RaspberryPi System Setup and Configuration
4 Driver Installation
4.1 Download the driver
git clone https://github.com/veyeimaging/raspberrypi_v4l2.git
4.2 Install the driver
cd raspberrypi_v4l2/release/
chmod +x *
sudo ./install_driver.sh [camera module]
camera module：could be veye327,csimx307,cssc132,veyecam2m.
Note: veyecam2m is a new version driver that can replace veye327 and supports all modules of the VEYE series with 200W resolution.
please use veyecam2m instead of veye327 which will be discarded.
Note: For VEYE-MIPI-IMX327S or VEYE-MIPI-IMX462, please make sure hdver must >= 0x5.
http://wiki.veye.cc/index.php/VEYE-MIPI-IMX327S_version_log
4.3 Uninstall the driver
If you need to change to using the camera by veye_raspicam software, or if you want to change to a driver of another camera module model, you must first uninstall the current driver.
sudo ./uninstall_driver.sh [camera module]
camera module：could be veye327,csimx307,cssc132,veyecam2m.
5 Check and Test the Camera
Check the camera probe status
- VEYE-MIPI-327
dmesg | grep veye
You can see:
veye327 camera probed
- CS-MIPI-IMX307
dmesg | grep 307
You can see:
camera id is cs-mipi-imx307
- CS-MIPI-SC132
dmesg | grep 132
You can see:
camera id is cs-mipi-sc132
5.1 List the video device
ls /dev/video0
The device node exsit.
5.2 List the available video modes
v4l2-ctl --list-formats-ext
6 Preview using VLC
1. Open VLC with command line vlc , or click the icon to launch.
2. Hit the ▶(Play) button to call the open media window.
3. In Capture Device >> Device Selection >> Video device name, select the camera video node.
4. Hit Advanced Options... button
5. In Advanced Options window >> Video input chroma format, type UYUV.
6. Type in the width and height, for example, 1920 and 1080.
7. Hit OK to save the settings and see the video feed.
7 Gstreamer usage sample
export DISPLAY=:0
7.1 install gstreamer
sudo apt-get install gstreamer1.0-tools
sudo apt-get install libx264-dev libjpeg-dev
sudo apt-get install libgstreamer1.0-devlibgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-dev gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-tools gstreamer1.0-gl gstreamer1.0-gtk3
7.2 Run gstreamer videotest command
gst-launch-1.0 videotestsrc ! videoconvert ! autovideosink
7.3 Snap a picture (VEYE-MIPI-327,CS-MIPI-IMX307 @1080p mode)
gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src num-buffers=1 device=/dev/video0 ! 'video/x-raw, format=(string)UYVY, width=1920,height=1080' ! jpegenc ! filesink location=test_image.jpg
7.4 Frame rate test (VEYE-MIPI-327,CS-MIPI-IMX307 @1080p mode)
gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src device=/dev/video0 ! "video/x-raw,format=(string)UYVY, width=(int)1920, height=(int)1080,framerate=(fraction)30/1" ! videoconvert ! fpsdisplaysink video-sink=fakesink -v
7.5 Preview (VEYE-MIPI-327,CS-MIPI-IMX307 @1080p mode)
gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src device=/dev/video0 ! "video/x-raw,format=(string)UYVY, width=(int)1920, height=(int)1080,framerate=(fraction)30/1" ! videoconvert ! autovideosink sync=false -v
7.6 Preview and Scale with timestamp on (VEYE-MIPI-327,CS-MIPI-IMX307 @1080p mode)
gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src device=/dev/video0 ! "video/x-raw,format=(string)UYVY, width=(int)1920, height=(int)1080,framerate=(fraction)30/1" ! videoconvert ! videoscale ! clockoverlay time-format="%D %H:%M:%S" ! video/x-raw, width=640, height=360 ! autovideosink
7.7 Preview (CS-MIPI-IMX307,CS-MIPI-SC132 @720p mode)
gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src device=/dev/video0 ! "video/x-raw,format=(string)UYVY, width=(int)1280, height=(int)720,framerate=(fraction)60/1" ! videoconvert ! autovideosink sync=false -v
7.8 Preview (CS-MIPI-IMX307,CS-MIPI-SC132 @vga mode)
gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src device=/dev/video0 ! "video/x-raw,format=(string)UYVY, width=(int)640, height=(int)480" ! videoconvert ! autovideosink sync=false -v
7.9 Preview (CS-MIPI-SC132 @1280*1080@45 mode)
gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src device=/dev/video0 ! "video/x-raw,format=(string)UYVY, width=(int)1280, height=(int)1080,framerate=(fraction)45/1" ! videoconvert ! autovideosink sync=false -v
7.10 Streaming to file，save as mkv file(VEYE-MIPI-X,CS-MIPI-IMX307 @1080p mode)
gst-launch-1.0 -e v4l2src device=/dev/video0 num-buffers=300 ! "video/x-raw,format=(string)UYVY, width=(int)1920, height=(int)1080,framerate=(fraction)30/1" ! v4l2h264enc extra-controls="controls, h264_profile=4, video_bitrate=6200000" ! 'video/x-h264, profile=high, level=(string)4' ! h264parse ! matroskamux ! filesink location=output.mkv
7.11 Streaming to file，save as mp4 file(VEYE-MIPI-X,CS-MIPI-IMX307 @1080p mode)
gst-launch-1.0 -e v4l2src device=/dev/video0 num-buffers=300 ! "video/x-raw,format=(string)UYVY, width=(int)1920, height=(int)1080,framerate=(fraction)30/1" ! v4l2h264enc extra-controls="controls, h264_profile=4, video_bitrate=6200000" ! 'video/x-h264, profile=high, level=(string)4' ! h264parse ! mp4mux ! filesink location=video.mp4
7.12 TCP streaming
raspberrypi（sender）
gst-launch-1.0 -v v4l2src device=/dev/video0 num-buffers=-1 ! "video/x-raw,format=(string)UYVY, width=(int)1920, height=(int)1080,framerate=(fraction)30/1" ! v4l2h264enc extra-controls="controls, h264_profile=4, video_bitrate=4000000" ! 'video/x-h264, profile=high, level=(string)4' ! h264parse ! rtph264pay config-interval=1 pt=96 ! gdppay ! tcpserversink host=x.x.x.x port=5000
The bandwidth of the stream is 4Mbps, continuous transmission, and the listening port is 5000.
Client
gst-launch-1.0 -v tcpclientsrc host=x.x.x.x port=5000 ! gdpdepay ! rtph264depay ! avdec_h264 ! autovideosink sync=false
Where x.x.x.x is the IP address of the Raspberry Pi (Server).
It is recommended to use powershell if client is a windows system. gstreamer windows version download here.
7.13 Stream to OpenCV
gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src device=/dev/video0 ! "video/x-raw,format=(string)UYVY, width=(int)1920, height=(int)1080,framerate=(fraction)30/1" ! videoscale ! "video/x-raw,width=640,height=480" ! videoconvert ! "video/x-raw, format=(string)BGR" ! appsink
8 Video Control Toolkits Manual
Because of the high flexibility of our camera parameters, we do not use V4L2 parameters to control, but use scripts to configure parameters.
https://github.com/veyeimaging/raspberrypi/tree/master/i2c_cmd
VEYE Series Video Control Toolkits Manual
CS Series Video Control Toolkits Manual
9 Notes for CM4
Cm4 supports the use of two cameras at the same time. Following above steps will only be able to use CAM1. To use two cameras, follow the following steps:
9.1 Upgrade dt-blob.bin
wget https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/computemodule/dt-blob-dualcam.bin
sudo cp dt-blob-dualcam.bin /boot/dt-blob.bin
9.2 Upgrade dual camera version dtbo file
Use csimx307,5.10.17-v7l+ kernel as an example：
sudo cp raspberrypi_v4l2/release/driver_bin/5.10.17-v7l+/csimx307-dual-cm4.dtbo /boot/overlays/csimx307.dtbo
sudo reboot
9.3 Device node description
The CM4 module uses two I2C channels to communicate with the two cameras respectively.
| description | i2c bus num | video node |
|---|---|---|
| CAM0 | 0 | video0 |
| CAM1 | 10 | video2 |
Note: If there is only one camera, video node is always video0.
9.4 Gstreamer usage Demo
export DISPLAY=:0
- CAM0 preview(VEYE-MIPI-327,CS-MIPI-IMX307 @1080p mode)
gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src device=/dev/video0 ! "video/x-raw,format=(string)UYVY, width=(int)1920, height=(int)1080,framerate=(fraction)30/1" ! videoconvert ! fpsdisplaysink videosink=autovideosink sync=false text-overlay=false -v
- CAM1 preview(VEYE-MIPI-327,CS-MIPI-IMX307 @1080p mode)
gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src device=/dev/video2 ! "video/x-raw,format=(string)UYVY, width=(int)1920, height=(int)1080,framerate=(fraction)30/1" ! videoconvert ! fpsdisplaysink videosink=autovideosink sync=false text-overlay=false -v
10 Source code cross compilation
The main resources in this section are the official piOS building method. We use the method of cross-compilation, and the 5.4.72 version of 32bitOS is taken as an example.
The following operations are done on ubuntu PC.
10.1 Build cross-compilation environment on Ubuntu 64-bitoperating system)
sudo apt install git bc bison flex libssl-dev make libc6-dev libncurses5-dev
- 32-bit piOS target version
sudo apt install crossbuild-essential-armhf
- 64-bit piOS target version
sudo apt install crossbuild-essential-arm64
10.2 Download the standard version of the piOS source code
10.2.1 Confirm the piOS version of your raspberry Pi
Release version
$ uname -a
Linux raspberrypi 5.4.72-v7l+ #1356 SMP Thu Oct 22 13:57:51 BST 2020 armv7l GNU/Linux
Code tag
$ cp /usr/share/doc/raspberrypi-bootloader/changelog.Debian.gz ./
gunzip changelog.Debian.gz
Check the top lines and you will know the tag.
10.2.2 There are two ways to get the source code of the version you want:
- using git to clone the corresponding branch and checkout the corresponding tag.
git clone --branch rpi-5.4.y https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux
git checkout raspberrypi-kernel_1.20201022-1
PS: Please replace the above two commands with your own corresponding versions.
2. Manually download the version code of the corresponding tag directly from the link below.
https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/tags
10.3 Patch our code to kernel
- Driver source code
camera driver path is ： linux/drivers/media/i2c，copy our camera module drivers to this path.
- Modify the the Makefile and Kconfig files
Modify the Config and Makefile in the same path，add the corresponding camera driver.
- dts file
dts file path is ：linux/arch/arm/boot/dts/overlays，copy our [camera]-overlay.dts files to this path.
- Modify dts Makefile
Modify the Makefile in the same path，add the corresponding dts compilation option.
10.4 Building
10.5 Preparing
- For Raspberry Pi 1, Zero and Zero W, and Raspberry Pi Compute Module 1 default (32-bit only) build configuration
KERNEL=kernel
make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- bcmrpi_defconfig
- For Raspberry Pi 2, 3, 3+ and Zero 2 W, and Raspberry Pi Compute Modules 3 and 3+ default 32-bit build configuration
KERNEL=kernel7
make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- bcm2709_defconfig
- For Raspberry Pi 4 and 400, and Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 default 32-bit build configuration
KERNEL=kernel7l
make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- bcm2711_defconfig
- For Raspberry Pi 3, 3+, 4, 400 and Zero 2 W, and Raspberry Pi Compute Modules 3, 3+ and 4 default 64-bit build configuration
KERNEL=kernel8
make ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- bcm2711_defconfig
10.6 Add compilation options
- 32-bit version
make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- menuconfig
- 64-bit version
make ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- menuconfig
Add the compilation options by the corresponding camera module, for 5.4 version kernel the path is driver-- > multimedia-- > i2C.
For 5.10 version kernel,the path is Device Drivers --> Multimedia Support --> Media ancillary drivers --> Camera sensor devices.
10.6.1 Build
32-bit version
make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- zImage modules dtbs -j4
64-bit version
make ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- Image modules dtbs -j4
11 Frequently Asked Questions
- disagrees about version of symbol module_layout
After the system has been booted, dmesg can see this error reported when the driver of camera is loaded. It is caused by the mismatch between the original piOS version on the board and the compiled camera driver version.
It is recommended to refer to this link to recompile from the code and install Image, dtb, modules as a whole.
12 References
https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/linux/kernel/building.md
13 Document History
- 20220301
Support 64-bit piOS
- 20220225
Add the application samples of gstreamer.
- 20211125
Add VLC preview section.