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    How to: test GStreamer-droid based camera support in Ubuntu Touch (for Halium 7.1 based port)

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    • flohackF
      flohack @Stef7773
      last edited by

      @Stef7773 the best thing is to connect it via a USB cable, and then do an ssh phablet@10.15.19.82 and see if that works - password should be your pincode.

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          Stef7773 @flohack
          last edited by

          @Flohack Hello, i have already connected via USB cable and then i run what you send me but when i put the password it doesn t work, i get a message. Screenshot from 2020-08-04 23-20-18.png

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          • FlaF
            Fla @Stef7773
            last edited by

            Hello @Stef7773 see the documentation about how to enable SSH access on your phone: http://docs.ubports.com/en/latest/userguide/advanceduse/ssh.html

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              Stef7773 @Fla
              last edited by

              @Fla Hello, thank you. But i still having problems. this time:
              ~$ ssh phablet@192.168.0.102
              ssh: connect to host 192.168.0.102 port 22: Connection refused

              But i check it and everything seems right: ssh service is up etc...
              Why i have a Connection refused ?

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              • FlaF
                Fla @Stef7773
                last edited by

                @Stef7773 add -v to the ssh command to make it verbose and be able to debug. Also, we're pretty off-topic there, maybe you want to join the Telegram group to have real time support and not pollute that topic?

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                  konradybcio
                  last edited by

                  Getting this while trying to open camera on Kagura:

                  https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/Rykm2N66F6/

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                    joe @konradybcio
                    last edited by

                    @konradybcio said in How to: test GStreamer-droid based camera support in Ubuntu Touch (for Halium 7.1 based port):

                    Getting this while trying to open camera on Kagura:

                    https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/Rykm2N66F6/

                    Same output for me on Kagura. Camera loads but all black.

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                      A Former User
                      last edited by

                      Just out of curiosity; what is keeping the xenial_-_gst-droid from being merged for the OnePlus 3T images?

                      Because the camera app on the 3T is completely broken. It can't take pictures and it can't record videos. But in order to have that working, one has to give up system-image updates, which is also not desirable.

                      There's only an edge channel for the 3T anyway, so it would make sense to me to just merge this at least for that channel.

                      For reference, it has also been merged for the PinePhone's development channel. The stock camera app still worked there, although the gstdroid version linked in the OP works better. But on the 3T currently nothing works, other than taking screenshots of the viewfinder.

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                        A Former User
                        last edited by A Former User

                        The OnePlus 3(T), among other aarch64 devices, now has an RC channel. After switching to it and re-installing xenial_-_gst-droid with ubports-qa, I found that the camera wasn't working, even though I was still using the 3.1.3+gstdroid Camera app. It just showed the blue spinner infinitely like what happens without using gst-droid.

                        After reverting to the Development channel and installing xenial_-_gst-droid again, I was able to take pictures like before.

                        The RC channel only seems to be a couple of days behind on Development. Why isn't it possible to use this branch on RC?

                        I also read that @Flohack said elsewhere that gst-droid will not be merged in OTA-13, which would be the first stable image for the OnePlus 3(T). If gst-droid doesn't work on RC and then probably also not on Stable, does that mean I have to keep using the Development channel for the next months?

                        Like I posted a couple of weeks ago: why don't we merge this branch at least for the devices that have zero working camera support without gst-droid? The OnePlus 3T can't even take pictures on the stock RC, Development and edge images, which is quite limiting.

                        When I look at /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubports.list on my PinePhone, I see the following:

                        deb http://repo.ubports.com/ xenial main
deb http://repo.ubports.com/ xenial_-_edge main
deb http://repo.ubports.com/ xenial_-_edge_-_pine main
deb http://repo.ubports.com/ xenial_-_edge_-_wayland main

                        This is because the PinePhone needs those branches to function, even though they're not stable and not suitable for all other devices.

                        On the 3T it's only

                        deb http://repo.ubports.com/ xenial main

                        If we'd add

                        deb http://repo.ubports.com/ xenial_-_gst-droid main

                        on the image overlay, the images could probably just be built with gst-droid support integrated. It's not like we have much to lose on the 3T. Without it the camera doesn't work at all. This is likely true for other Halium 7.1 / aarch64 devices as well.

                        I understand that gst-droid may cause regressions on older devices, but now we're shipping images with broken basic functionality for newer devices - that people are more likely to use in the current day - to avoid breaking the older ones. That doesn't seem right to me.

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                        • flohackF
                          flohack @A Former User
                          last edited by

                          @peat_psuwit can you elaborate a bit? Thx!

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                          • flohackF
                            flohack
                            last edited by

                            By the way you could install the branch on RC or stable as well, did you try it?

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                              A Former User @flohack
                              last edited by A Former User

                              @Flohack I tried it on RC and it did not work. It installed, but the camera app didn't take pictures. It just showed the spinner and got stuck.

                              That is also what happens without gst-droid.

                              There are no Stable images yet for the OnePlus 3T. See here.

                              But am I correct that OTA-13 is expected to be the first stable image for all the phones here? I can't speak for all of them, but I do have two OnePlus 3T's, and without gst-droid the camera does not work at all. Not for pictures and not for videos.

                              We'd be shipping a "Stable" release with a completely broken basic functionality - the ability to take pictures - without adding the gst-droid branch to at least the op3t images.

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                              • poVoqP
                                poVoq
                                last edited by

                                With the delays on OTA-13, can this maybe be included after all on the OnePlus3/3T image by default?
                                Since the images are device specific I don't see any disadvantage on enabling this on these devices like @kkeijzer was already saying, or am I missing something?

                                Fairphone 5 (waiting for port)

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                                • flohackF
                                  flohack @poVoq
                                  last edited by

                                  @poVoq The problem is we only have one common rootfs, so this would need to be added specifically for only one device or 2. We can have a discussion about it how this can be solved, but no ETA on it, sorry.

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                                    tigerpro
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                                    out of curiosity, does this have any effect on the devices that are already supported?

                                    Whether you think you can, or you can't, if you do not try, you will never truly know. So give it a Go.

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                                    • flohackF
                                      flohack @tigerpro
                                      last edited by

                                      @tigerpro yes, unfortunately we had some regressions with that, thats one of the reasons it takes so long to get into the main rootfs.

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                                      • poVoqP
                                        poVoq @peat_psuwit
                                        last edited by

                                        @peat_psuwit said in How to: test GStreamer-droid based camera support in Ubuntu Touch (for Halium 7.1 based port):

                                        UPDATED: If you're running arm64 image, please also run apt install gstreamer1.0-droid nemo-qtmultimedia-plugins.

                                        This seems to be unnecessary as of OTA-13.
                                        I have installed this on my OnePlus3 and it seems to be working fine for photos.
                                        Only that the orientation of the photo seems to be always stuck in landscape instead of how the picture was actually taken is a bit annoying.
                                        Trying to record a video crashes the app, but that was expected according to the OnePlus3 device page.

                                        Fairphone 5 (waiting for port)

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                                        • flohackF
                                          flohack @poVoq
                                          last edited by

                                          @poVoq Yes this is unnecessary meanwhile @peat_psuwit can you take out this sentence for arm64 devices in the first post? Thx!

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                                            Guf
                                            last edited by Guf

                                            Hello @peat_psuwit I'm porting BQ U Plus (tenshi) and camera is the last issue: with version 3.1.1 it worked smoothly (some months ago when I needed to apt-mark hold nemo-qtmultimedia-plugins), but recently it stopped to work.
                                            I used your debug command and the output was:

                                            phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ (cd /opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.camera/current && GST_DEBUG=droidcamsrc:4 ./camera-app --desktop_file_hint=com.ubuntu.camera_camera)
Loading module: 'libubuntu_application_api_touch_mirclient.so.3.0.0'
library "libgui.so" wasn't loaded and RTLD_NOLOAD prevented it
Creating a QMirClientScreen now
Import path added "/opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.camera/3.1.3+gstdroid2/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf"
Camera app directory "/opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.camera/3.1.3+gstdroid2"
unity::action::ActionManager::ActionManager(QObject*):
	Could not determine application identifier. HUD will not work properly.
	Provide your application identifier in $APP_ID environment variable.
QFSFileEngine::map: Mapping a file beyond its size is not portable

(camera-app:8333): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: g_object_class_override_property: Can't find property to override for 'GstDroidCamSrc::exposure-mode'
0:00:00.353958385  8333   0x536600 WARN             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrcquirks.c:238:gst_droidcamsrc_quirks_new: failed to load configuration file /etc/gst-droid/gstdroidcamsrcquirks.conf: No such file or directory
0:00:00.362872604  8333   0x536600 WARN             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrcphotography.c:1287:gst_droidcamsrc_set_white_balance_mode:<camera_source> params for whitebalance not yet available. deferred applying value 0
0:00:00.363590364  8333   0x536600 WARN             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrcquirks.c:238:gst_droidcamsrc_quirks_new: failed to load configuration file /etc/gst-droid/gstdroidcamsrcquirks.conf: No such file or directory
0:00:00.364567135  8333   0x536600 INFO             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrc.c:363:gst_droidcamsrc_set_property:<droidcamsrc0> camera device set to 0
0:00:00.365497916  8333   0x536600 INFO             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrc.c:572:gst_droidcamsrc_get_hw:<droidcamsrc0> Found 2 cameras
0:00:00.365795208  8333   0x536600 INFO             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrc.c:550:gst_droidcamsrc_fill_info:<droidcamsrc0> camera 0 is facing 0 with orientation 0
0:00:00.366648958  8333   0x536600 INFO             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrc.c:550:gst_droidcamsrc_fill_info:<droidcamsrc0> camera 1 is facing 1 with orientation 3
0:00:00.366790364  8333   0x536600 INFO             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrc.c:363:gst_droidcamsrc_set_property:<droidcamsrc0> camera device set to 1
0:00:00.643576041  8333   0x536600 INFO             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrc.c:363:gst_droidcamsrc_set_property:<camera_source> camera device set to 0
qq= QDeclarativeCamera_QML_31(0x592b68) 0x6d1d18
APP_ID isn't set, the handler can not be registered
APP_ID isn't set, the handler ignored
file:///opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.camera/3.1.3+gstdroid2/ViewFinderExportConfirmation.qml:75:17: QML Item: Binding loop detected for property "height"
file:///opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.camera/3.1.3+gstdroid2/ViewFinderExportConfirmation.qml:75:17: QML Item: Binding loop detected for property "height"
file:///opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.camera/3.1.3+gstdroid2/ViewFinderExportConfirmation.qml:75:17: QML Item: Binding loop detected for property "height"
qml: updateViewfinderResolution: viewfinder resolutions is not known yet.
qml: updateViewfinderResolution: viewfinder resolutions is not known yet.
0:00:01.573445416  8333   0x536600 INFO             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrc.c:375:gst_droidcamsrc_set_property:<camera_source> setting capture mode to: 1
0:00:01.573573958  8333   0x536600 INFO             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrc.c:378:gst_droidcamsrc_set_property:<camera_source> not resetting the same mode

(camera-app:8333): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_caps_is_equal: assertion 'GST_IS_CAPS (caps1)' failed
0:00:01.574062447  8333   0x536600 INFO             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrcphotography.c:1524:gst_droidcamsrc_set_and_apply:<camera_source> setting zoom to 0

(camera-app:8333): GStreamer-WARNING **: Name 'video-encodebin' is not unique in bin 'camerabin', not adding

(camera-app:8333): GStreamer-WARNING **: Name 'videobin-filesink' is not unique in bin 'camerabin', not adding

(camera-app:8333): GStreamer-WARNING **: Name 'image-encodebin' is not unique in bin 'camerabin', not adding

(camera-app:8333): GStreamer-WARNING **: Name 'imagebin-filesink' is not unique in bin 'camerabin', not adding

(camera-app:8333): GStreamer-WARNING **: Name 'viewfinderbin-queue' is not unique in bin 'camerabin', not adding
0:00:01.645777968  8333   0x536600 WARN             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrcquirks.c:238:gst_droidcamsrc_quirks_new: failed to load configuration file /etc/gst-droid/gstdroidcamsrcquirks.conf: No such file or directory
0:00:01.646809895  8333   0x536600 INFO             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrc.c:363:gst_droidcamsrc_set_property:<droidcamsrc1> camera device set to 0
0:00:01.647172031  8333   0x536600 INFO             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrc.c:572:gst_droidcamsrc_get_hw:<droidcamsrc1> Found 2 cameras
0:00:01.647382864  8333   0x536600 INFO             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrc.c:550:gst_droidcamsrc_fill_info:<droidcamsrc1> camera 0 is facing 0 with orientation 0
0:00:01.648015624  8333   0x536600 INFO             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrc.c:550:gst_droidcamsrc_fill_info:<droidcamsrc1> camera 1 is facing 1 with orientation 3
0:00:01.648139322  8333   0x536600 INFO             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrc.c:363:gst_droidcamsrc_set_property:<droidcamsrc1> camera device set to 1
qq= ResponsiveGridView_QMLTYPE_121_QML_126(0xa944c8) 0xa96380
QFileSystemWatcher::removePaths: list is empty
file:///opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.camera/3.1.3+gstdroid2/MediaInfoPopover.qml:30:5: QML Item: Binding loop detected for property "height"
file:///usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/qt5/qml/Ubuntu/Components/Popups/1.3/Popover.qml:250:9: QML Item: Binding loop detected for property "height"
QFileSystemWatcher::addPaths: list is empty
file:///opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.camera/3.1.3+gstdroid2/MediaInfoPopover.qml:57: TypeError: Cannot read property 'Exif.Image.ImageWidth' of undefined
file:///opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.camera/3.1.3+gstdroid2/MediaInfoPopover.qml:57: TypeError: Cannot read property 'Exif.Image.ImageLength' of undefined
file:///opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.camera/3.1.3+gstdroid2/MediaInfoPopover.qml:57: TypeError: Cannot read property 'Exif.Image.DateTime' of undefined
file:///opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.camera/3.1.3+gstdroid2/MediaInfoPopover.qml:57: TypeError: Cannot read property 'Exif.Image.Model' of undefined
file:///opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.camera/3.1.3+gstdroid2/MediaInfoPopover.qml:57: TypeError: Cannot read property 'Exif.Image.Copyright' of undefined
file:///opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.camera/3.1.3+gstdroid2/MediaInfoPopover.qml:57: TypeError: Cannot read property 'Exif.Image.ExposureTime' of undefined
file:///opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.camera/3.1.3+gstdroid2/MediaInfoPopover.qml:57: TypeError: Cannot read property 'Exif.Image.FNumber' of undefined
file:///opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.camera/3.1.3+gstdroid2/MediaInfoPopover.qml:57: TypeError: Cannot read property 'Exif.Image.NewSubfileType' of undefined
file:///opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.camera/3.1.3+gstdroid2/SlideshowView.qml:47: TypeError: Cannot read property 'isSelected' of null
file:///opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.camera/3.1.3+gstdroid2/MediaInfoPopover.qml:62: TypeError: Cannot read property 'Exif.Photo.Flash' of undefined
file:///opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.camera/3.1.3+gstdroid2/MediaInfoPopover.qml:11: TypeError: Cannot read property 'url' of undefined
file:///opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.camera/3.1.3+gstdroid2/SlideshowView.qml:388: TypeError: Cannot call method 'getMedia' of null
file:///opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.camera/3.1.3+gstdroid2/SlideshowView.qml:422: TypeError: Cannot read property 'actions' of null
file:///opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.camera/3.1.3+gstdroid2/OptionButton.qml:24:39: Unable to assign [undefined] to QString
file:///opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.camera/3.1.3+gstdroid2/OptionButton.qml:33: TypeError: Cannot read property 'value' of undefined
file:///opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.camera/3.1.3+gstdroid2/OptionButton.qml:24:39: Unable to assign [undefined] to QString
file:///opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.camera/3.1.3+gstdroid2/ViewFinderOverlay.qml:241: TypeError: Cannot call method 'split' of undefined
[PERFORMANCE]: Last frame took 38 ms to render.
qml: optionsOverlayClose
0:00:27.347974833  8333   0x536600 WARN             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrcquirks.c:238:gst_droidcamsrc_quirks_new: failed to load configuration file /etc/gst-droid/gstdroidcamsrcquirks.conf: No such file or directory
0:00:27.349571031  8333   0x536600 INFO             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrc.c:363:gst_droidcamsrc_set_property:<droidcamsrc2> camera device set to 0
0:00:27.350257021  8333   0x536600 INFO             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrc.c:572:gst_droidcamsrc_get_hw:<droidcamsrc2> Found 2 cameras
0:00:27.351440823  8333   0x536600 INFO             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrc.c:550:gst_droidcamsrc_fill_info:<droidcamsrc2> camera 0 is facing 0 with orientation 0
0:00:27.352224156  8333   0x536600 INFO             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrc.c:550:gst_droidcamsrc_fill_info:<droidcamsrc2> camera 1 is facing 1 with orientation 3
0:00:27.352695562  8333   0x536600 INFO             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrc.c:363:gst_droidcamsrc_set_property:<droidcamsrc2> camera device set to 1
file:///opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.camera/3.1.3+gstdroid2/ViewFinderOverlay.qml:241: TypeError: Cannot call method 'split' of undefined
0:00:27.362486708  8333   0x536600 INFO             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrc.c:363:gst_droidcamsrc_set_property:<camera_source> camera device set to 1

(camera-app:8333): GStreamer-WARNING **: Name 'video-encodebin' is not unique in bin 'camerabin', not adding

(camera-app:8333): GStreamer-WARNING **: Name 'videobin-filesink' is not unique in bin 'camerabin', not adding

(camera-app:8333): GStreamer-WARNING **: Name 'image-encodebin' is not unique in bin 'camerabin', not adding

(camera-app:8333): GStreamer-WARNING **: Name 'imagebin-filesink' is not unique in bin 'camerabin', not adding

(camera-app:8333): GStreamer-WARNING **: Name 'viewfinderbin-queue' is not unique in bin 'camerabin', not adding
qml: optionsOverlayClose
0:00:35.957019934  8333   0x536600 INFO             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrc.c:375:gst_droidcamsrc_set_property:<camera_source> setting capture mode to: 2
0:00:35.970346497  8333   0x536600 WARN             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrcphotography.c:1310:gst_droidcamsrc_set_flash_mode:<camera_source> params for flash-mode not yet available. deferred applying value 1
qml: updateViewfinderResolution: viewfinder resolutions is not known yet.
0:00:35.975825351  8333   0x536600 INFO             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrcphotography.c:1524:gst_droidcamsrc_set_and_apply:<camera_source> setting zoom to 0
0:00:37.759285715  8333   0x536600 INFO             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrc.c:375:gst_droidcamsrc_set_property:<camera_source> setting capture mode to: 1
0:00:37.767823475  8333   0x536600 WARN             droidcamsrc gstdroidcamsrcphotography.c:1310:gst_droidcamsrc_set_flash_mode:<camera_source> params for flash-mode not yet available. deferred applying value 0
qml: updateViewfinderResolution: viewfinder resolutions is not known yet.
qml: optionsOverlayClose
qml: optionsOverlayClose
qml: optionsOverlayClose
qml: optionsOverlayClose
qt.qpa.mirclient: Attempted to deliver an event to a non-existent window, ignoring.
qt.qpa.mirclient: Attempted to deliver an event to a non-existent window, ignoring.
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$

                                            The system is up to date (edge): screen is black when opening the app and during all the command/tap I tried.
                                            Any guidance how to fix it? Thnx

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