Release Release 1.0.0 · TheImagingSource/tiscamera

Added

General:

internal dependency to fmt
environment variable TCAM_ARV_STREAM_OPTIONS, allows setting of ArvStream options
environment variable TCAM_GIGE_HEARTBEAT_MS, allows setting the heartbeat timeout
tiscamera threads now have names for easier identification during debugging.

CMake:

clang-format definition, call make clang-format for formatting
cmake flag TCAM_DOWNLOAD_MESON for legacy systems to allow modern aravis installations.
for the referenced aravis version, meson-version=0.56 is necessary
Module configuration string to log and version info

GStreamer:

GstTcamDeviceProvider, see documentation for usage.
tcamconvert gstreamer conversion element
replaces tcamwhitebalance and provides color-conversion services.
tcambin property conversion-element
Used to select the internal conversion elements.
Available options are tcamconvert, tcamdutils, tcamdutils-cuda and auto.
tcambin property available-caps to fetch available device caps
tcambin/tcamsrc property tcam-device to directly set a GstDevice instance to open
tcambin/tcamsrc property tcam-properties. GstStructure like description of properties.
See documentation for more details.
tcambin/tcamsrc signals device-open/device-close
support for tcamdutils-cuda
example on how to retrieve GstMeta data in python
GstQuery for AcceptCaps and Caps in tcammainsrc

Tools:

tcam-ctrl --packages - list all installed 'The Imaging Source' packages and their version
tcam-ctrl --version now lists configured modules

General:

CMake:

GStreamer:

gstreamer buffers are now marked as "live"
tcamsrc/tcammainsrc 'do-timestamp' default changed to false.
tcambin/tcamsrc/tcammainsrc must be in GST_STATE_READY or higher before you can access a device
tcambin/tcamsrc property-state renamed to tcam-properties-json
tcambin version tcamdutils does not check for parity anymore,
but for minimum version to ensure compatability.
tcamautoexposure gstreamer element - functionality now in tcammainsrc
tcamwhitebalance gstreamer element - functionality now in tcammainsrc,
application in tcamconvert/tcamdutils
tcamautofocus gstreamer element - functionality now in tcammainsrc
gstreamer resolution ranges now contain a step size
polarization caps have been renamed, check caps descriptions for new ones

Tools:

renamed gige-daemon to tcam-gige-daemon for consistency.
tcam-gigetool rewrite. Now implemented with C++.
Output has changed.
tcam-gige-daemon maximum for devices increased to 50.
tcam-capture rewrite. Now implemented with C++.
Aimed to be as simple as possible.
For more complex use cases use tis-measure.
https://www.theimagingsource.com/support/downloads-for-linux/end-user-software/icmeasureappimage/

"device-lost" notifications could take over 3 minutes for aravis cameras.
Should now appear within 5 seconds.
generated debian packages are now installable when no systemd exists.
This is only relevant when compiling with aravis.

gstreamer elements tcamautoexposure, tcamwhitebalance, tcamautofocus
tcamprop 0.1 API
firmware-update
Moved to a separate repository: https://github.com/theimagingsource/tcam-firmware-update
camera-ip-conf
Use tcam-gigetool instead.
tcambin property use-dutils
Use tcambin property conversion-element instead.
environment variable TCAM_ARV_PACKET_REQUEST_RATIO, replaced with TCAM_ARV_STREAM_OPTIONS
environment variable TCAM_LOG, replaced with gstreamer logging category tcam-libtcam
unmaintained unit tests
TCAM_LOG environment variable.
Use GST_DEBUG category tcam-libtcam instead.
Legacy uvc extension descriptions for uvcdynctrl

In camera Auto Functions ROI may not correctly lock properties
In camera Auto Functions ROI Top/Left/Width/Height may not correctly update when using preset
AFU050: image/jpeg,width=1280,height=960 may cause segfault when used.
Cause is in external library.
GstQueryCaps for Usb3Vision devices via aravis does not work correctly