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Video encoding, e.g. encoding multiple buffers in parallel.\n2. Clients requesting a single buffer - e.g. in multi-stream scenarios.\n\nThus allow buffer counts between 1 and 32 buffers - following the default\nmaximum from vb2 core - while keeping the default to the previous 4.\n\nWhile on it mark the config as adjusted when appropriate.\n\nSigned-off-by: Robert Mader \nReviewed-by: Milan Zamazal \nReviewed-by: Kieran Bingham \n---\n src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp | 18 ++++++++++++++++--\n 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)","diff":"diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp\nindex 6a2ffe624..dec9f6514 100644\n--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp\n+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp\n@@ -378,6 +378,9 @@ public:\n \tconst Transform &combinedTransform() const { return combinedTransform_; }\n \n private:\n+\tstatic constexpr unsigned int kNumBuffersDefault = 4;\n+\tstatic constexpr unsigned int kNumBuffersMax = 32;\n+\n \t/*\n \t * The SimpleCameraData instance is guaranteed to be valid as long as\n \t * the corresponding Camera instance is valid. In order to borrow a\n@@ -1240,7 +1243,7 @@ CameraConfiguration::Status SimpleCameraConfiguration::validate()\n \t\t cfg.size != pipeConfig_->captureSize)\n \t\t\tneedConversion_ = true;\n \n-\t\t/* Set the stride, frameSize and bufferCount. */\n+\t\t/* Set the stride and frameSize. */\n \t\tif (needConversion_) {\n \t\t\tstd::tie(cfg.stride, cfg.frameSize) =\n \t\t\t\tdata_->converter_\n@@ -1263,7 +1266,18 @@ CameraConfiguration::Status SimpleCameraConfiguration::validate()\n \t\t\tcfg.frameSize = format.planes[0].size;\n \t\t}\n \n-\t\tcfg.bufferCount = 4;\n+\t\tconst auto bufferCount = cfg.bufferCount;\n+\t\tif (bufferCount <= 0)\n+\t\t\tcfg.bufferCount = kNumBuffersDefault;\n+\t\telse if (bufferCount > kNumBuffersMax)\n+\t\t\tcfg.bufferCount = kNumBuffersMax;\n+\n+\t\tif (cfg.bufferCount != bufferCount) {\n+\t\t\tLOG(SimplePipeline, Debug)\n+\t\t\t\t<< \"Adjusting bufferCount from \" << bufferCount\n+\t\t\t\t<< \" to \" << cfg.bufferCount;\n+\t\t\tstatus = Adjusted;\n+\t\t}\n \t}\n \n \treturn status;\n","prefixes":["v5","3/3"]}