[libcamera-devel,v1,03/23] gst: Add initial device provider

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Nicolas Dufresne Jan. 29, 2020, 3:31 a.m. UTC
From: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>

This feature is used with GstDeviceMonitor in order to enumerate
and monitor devices to be used with the source element. The resulting
GstDevice implementation is also used by application to abstract the
configuration of the source element.

Implementations notes:
  - libcamera does not support polling yet
  - The device ID isn't unique in libcamera
  - The "name" property does not yet exist in libcamerasrc

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>
---
 src/gstreamer/gstlibcamera.c           |  10 +-
 src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.cpp | 227 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.h   |  23 +++
 src/gstreamer/meson.build              |   1 +
 4 files changed, 259 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.cpp
 create mode 100644 src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.h

Comments

Laurent Pinchart Feb. 10, 2020, 11:28 p.m. UTC | #1
Hi Nicolas,

Thank you for the patch.

On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 10:31:50PM -0500, Nicolas Dufresne wrote:
> From: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>
> 
> This feature is used with GstDeviceMonitor in order to enumerate
> and monitor devices to be used with the source element. The resulting
> GstDevice implementation is also used by application to abstract the
> configuration of the source element.
> 
> Implementations notes:

s/Implementations/Implementation/

>   - libcamera does not support polling yet
>   - The device ID isn't unique in libcamera

yet :-)

>   - The "name" property does not yet exist in libcamerasrc
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>
> ---
>  src/gstreamer/gstlibcamera.c           |  10 +-
>  src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.cpp | 227 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.h   |  23 +++
>  src/gstreamer/meson.build              |   1 +
>  4 files changed, 259 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.cpp
>  create mode 100644 src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.h
> 
> diff --git a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamera.c b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamera.c
> index 953fb29..7356374 100644
> --- a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamera.c
> +++ b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamera.c
> @@ -7,12 +7,18 @@
>   */
>  
>  #include "gstlibcamerasrc.h"
> +#include "gstlibcameraprovider.h"

Could you please keep the headers alphabetically sorted ? Please see
Documentation/coding-style.rst, section "Order of Includes".

>  
>  static gboolean
>  plugin_init(GstPlugin *plugin)
>  {
> -	return gst_element_register(plugin, "libcamerasrc", GST_RANK_PRIMARY,
> -				    GST_TYPE_LIBCAMERA_SRC);
> +	if (!gst_element_register(plugin, "libcamerasrc", GST_RANK_PRIMARY,
> +				  GST_TYPE_LIBCAMERA_SRC) ||
> +	    !gst_device_provider_register(plugin, "libcameraprovider",
> +					  GST_RANK_PRIMARY,
> +					  GST_TYPE_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER))
> +		return FALSE;
> +
>  	return TRUE;
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.cpp b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.cpp
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..3e27912
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.cpp
> @@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) 2020, Collabora Ltd.
> + *     Author: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>
> + *
> + * gstlibcameraprovider.c - GStreamer Device Provider
> + */
> +
> +#include "gstlibcamera-utils.h"
> +#include "gstlibcameraprovider.h"
> +#include "gstlibcamerasrc.h"
> +
> +#include <libcamera/camera.h>
> +#include <libcamera/camera_manager.h>
> +
> +using namespace libcamera;
> +
> +GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC(provider_debug);
> +#define GST_CAT_DEFAULT provider_debug
> +
> +/**************************************/
> +/* GstLibcameraDevice internal Object */
> +/**************************************/

Is this standard gstreamer coding style ? Would it make sense to instead
use a doxygen-style comment with a bit of documentation to describe the
object ?

/**
 * \struct _GstLibcameraDevice
 * \brief ...
 *
 * This structure describes ...
 */

It could be useful for developers who are less familiar with gstreamer
(that is, all the rest of us :-)).

> +
> +enum {
> +	PROP_DEVICE_NAME = 1,
> +};
> +
> +#define GST_TYPE_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE gst_libcamera_device_get_type()
> +G_DECLARE_FINAL_TYPE(GstLibcameraDevice, gst_libcamera_device,
> +		     GST_LIBCAMERA, DEVICE, GstDevice);
> +
> +struct _GstLibcameraDevice {
> +	GstDevice parent;
> +	gchar *name;
> +};
> +
> +G_DEFINE_TYPE(GstLibcameraDevice, gst_libcamera_device, GST_TYPE_DEVICE);
> +
> +static GstElement *
> +gst_libcamera_device_create_element(GstDevice *device, const gchar *name)
> +{
> +	GstElement *source;
> +
> +	source = gst_element_factory_make("libcamerasrc", name);
> +	g_assert(source);
> +
> +	g_object_set(source, "camera-name", GST_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE(device)->name, NULL);
> +
> +	return source;
> +}
> +
> +static gboolean
> +gst_libcamera_device_reconfigure_element(GstDevice *device,
> +					 GstElement *element)
> +{
> +	if (!GST_LIBCAMERA_IS_SRC(element))
> +		return FALSE;
> +
> +	g_object_set(element, "camera-name", GST_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE(device)->name, NULL);
> +
> +	return TRUE;
> +}
> +
> +static void
> +gst_libcamera_device_set_property(GObject *object, guint prop_id,
> +				  const GValue *value, GParamSpec *pspec)
> +{
> +	GstLibcameraDevice *device;
> +
> +	device = GST_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE(object);

You could merge the two lines:

	GstLibcameraDevice *device = = GST_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE(object);

> +
> +	switch (prop_id) {
> +	case PROP_DEVICE_NAME:
> +		device->name = g_value_dup_string(value);
> +		break;
> +	default:
> +		G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID(object, prop_id, pspec);
> +		break;
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +static void
> +gst_libcamera_device_init(GstLibcameraDevice *self)
> +{
> +}
> +
> +static void
> +gst_libcamera_device_finalize(GObject *object)
> +{
> +	GstLibcameraDevice *self = GST_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE(object);
> +	gpointer klass = gst_libcamera_device_parent_class;
> +
> +	g_free(self->name);
> +
> +	G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS(klass)->finalize(object);
> +}
> +
> +static void
> +gst_libcamera_device_class_init(GstLibcameraDeviceClass *klass)
> +{
> +	GParamSpec *pspec;

Can't this be named just "spec" ?

> +	GstDeviceClass *device_class = (GstDeviceClass *)klass;

Same question as for the previous patch, should this be deviceClass ?

> +	GObjectClass *object_class = (GObjectClass *)klass;
> +
> +	device_class->create_element = gst_libcamera_device_create_element;
> +	device_class->reconfigure_element = gst_libcamera_device_reconfigure_element;
> +
> +	object_class->set_property = gst_libcamera_device_set_property;
> +	object_class->finalize = gst_libcamera_device_finalize;
> +
> +	pspec = g_param_spec_string("name", "Name",

As this is C++, we usually don't declare all variables at the top of
functions, so this would become

	GParamSpec *pspec = g_param_spec_string("name", "Name",

Up to you.

> +				    "The name of the camera device", "",
> +				    (GParamFlags)(G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS | G_PARAM_WRITABLE |
> +						  G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY));
> +	g_object_class_install_property(object_class, PROP_DEVICE_NAME, pspec);
> +}
> +
> +static GstDevice *
> +gst_libcamera_device_new(const std::shared_ptr<Camera> &camera)
> +{
> +	g_autoptr(GstCaps) caps = gst_caps_new_empty();
> +	g_autoptr(GstStructure) props = NULL;

As this is always null (as far as I can tell), does it need to be an
auto pointer ?

> +	const gchar *name = camera->name().c_str();
> +	StreamRoles roles;
> +
> +	roles.push_back(StreamRole::VideoRecording);
> +	std::unique_ptr<CameraConfiguration> config = camera->generateConfiguration(roles);
> +
> +	for (const StreamConfiguration &stream_cfg : *config) {
> +		GstCaps *sub_caps = gst_libcamera_stream_formats_to_caps(stream_cfg.formats());
> +		if (sub_caps)
> +			gst_caps_append(caps, sub_caps);
> +	}
> +
> +	return (GstDevice *)g_object_new(GST_TYPE_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE,

C++ code should use C++ casts instead of C-style casts. This would use
static_cast<GstDevice *> (assuming that the GObject is the first member
of GstDevice).

> +					 /* FIXME not sure name is unique */
> +					 "name", name,
> +					 "display-name", name,
> +					 "caps", caps,
> +					 "device-class", "Source/Video",
> +					 "properties", props,
> +					 NULL);
> +}
> +
> +/*************************************/
> +/* GstLibcameraDeviceProvider Object */
> +/*************************************/
> +
> +struct _GstLibcameraProvider {
> +	GstDeviceProvider parent;
> +	CameraManager *cm;
> +};
> +
> +G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE(GstLibcameraProvider, gst_libcamera_provider,
> +			GST_TYPE_DEVICE_PROVIDER,
> +			GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT(provider_debug, "libcamera-provider", 0,
> +						"LibCamera Device Provider"));
> +
> +static GList *
> +gst_libcamera_provider_probe(GstDeviceProvider *provider)
> +{
> +	GstLibcameraProvider *self = GST_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER(provider);
> +	CameraManager *cm = self->cm;
> +	GList *devices = NULL;
> +	gint ret;
> +
> +	GST_INFO_OBJECT(self, "Probing cameras using LibCamera");
> +
> +	/* FIXME as long as the manager isn't able to handle hot-plug, we need to
> +	 * cycle start/stop here in order to ensure wthat we have an up to date

s/wthat/that/

> +	 * list */

This should be

	/*
	 * FIXME as long as the manager isn't able to handle hot-plug, we need to
	 * cycle start/stop here in order to ensure that we have an up to date
	 * list.
	 */

according to the coding style (period at the end, and opening and
closing markers on a line of their own). Even better would be to replace
FIXME with \todo as that's the marker we use through the library.

> +	ret = cm->start();
> +	if (ret) {
> +		GST_ERROR_OBJECT(self, "Failed to retrieve device list: %s",
> +				 g_strerror(-ret));
> +		return NULL;
> +	}
> +
> +	for (const std::shared_ptr<Camera> &camera : cm->cameras()) {
> +		GST_INFO_OBJECT(self, "Found camera '%s'", camera->name().c_str());
> +		devices = g_list_append(devices,
> +					g_object_ref_sink(gst_libcamera_device_new(camera)));
> +	}
> +
> +	cm->stop();
> +
> +	return devices;
> +}
> +
> +static void
> +gst_libcamera_provider_init(GstLibcameraProvider *self)
> +{
> +	GstDeviceProvider *provider = GST_DEVICE_PROVIDER(self);
> +
> +	self->cm = new CameraManager();
> +
> +	/* Avoid devices being duplicated */

s/duplicated/duplicated./

(This applies to the rest of the series.)

> +	gst_device_provider_hide_provider(provider, "v4l2deviceprovider");
> +}
> +
> +static void
> +gst_libcamera_provider_finalize(GObject *object)
> +{
> +	GstLibcameraProvider *self = GST_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER(object);
> +	gpointer klass = gst_libcamera_provider_parent_class;
> +
> +	delete self->cm;
> +
> +	return G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS(klass)->finalize(object);
> +}
> +
> +static void
> +gst_libcamera_provider_class_init(GstLibcameraProviderClass *klass)
> +{
> +	GstDeviceProviderClass *provider_class = (GstDeviceProviderClass *)klass;
> +	GObjectClass *object_class = (GObjectClass *)klass;
> +
> +	provider_class->probe = gst_libcamera_provider_probe;
> +	object_class->finalize = gst_libcamera_provider_finalize;
> +
> +	gst_device_provider_class_set_metadata(provider_class,
> +					       "LibCamera Device Provider",
> +					       "Source/Video",
> +					       "List camera device using LibCamera",
> +					       "Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>");
> +}
> diff --git a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.h b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..6dd232d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) 2020, Collabora Ltd.
> + *     Author: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>
> + *
> + * gstlibcameraprovider.h - GStreamer Device Provider
> + */
> +
> +#include <gst/gst.h>
> +
> +#ifndef __GST_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER_H__
> +#define __GST_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER_H__
> +
> +G_BEGIN_DECLS
> +
> +#define GST_TYPE_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER gst_libcamera_provider_get_type()
> +G_DECLARE_FINAL_TYPE(GstLibcameraProvider, gst_libcamera_provider,
> +		     GST_LIBCAMERA, PROVIDER, GstDeviceProvider)
> +
> +G_END_DECLS
> +
> +#endif /* __GST_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER_H__ */
> +
> diff --git a/src/gstreamer/meson.build b/src/gstreamer/meson.build
> index 39a34e7..7769b78 100644
> --- a/src/gstreamer/meson.build
> +++ b/src/gstreamer/meson.build
> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ libcamera_gst_sources = [
>      'gstlibcamera.c',
>      'gstlibcamera-utils.cpp',
>      'gstlibcamerasrc.cpp',
> +    'gstlibcameraprovider.cpp',

Alphabetically sorted here too ?

>  ]
>  
>  libcamera_gst_c_args = [
Nicolas Dufresne Feb. 25, 2020, 5:39 p.m. UTC | #2
Le mardi 11 février 2020 à 01:28 +0200, Laurent Pinchart a écrit :
> Hi Nicolas,
> 
> Thank you for the patch.
> 
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 10:31:50PM -0500, Nicolas Dufresne wrote:
> > From: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>
> > 
> > This feature is used with GstDeviceMonitor in order to enumerate
> > and monitor devices to be used with the source element. The resulting
> > GstDevice implementation is also used by application to abstract the
> > configuration of the source element.
> > 
> > Implementations notes:
> 
> s/Implementations/Implementation/
> 
> >   - libcamera does not support polling yet
> >   - The device ID isn't unique in libcamera
> 
> yet :-)
> 
> >   - The "name" property does not yet exist in libcamerasrc
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>
> > ---
> >  src/gstreamer/gstlibcamera.c           |  10 +-
> >  src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.cpp | 227 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.h   |  23 +++
> >  src/gstreamer/meson.build              |   1 +
> >  4 files changed, 259 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >  create mode 100644 src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.cpp
> >  create mode 100644 src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.h
> > 
> > diff --git a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamera.c b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamera.c
> > index 953fb29..7356374 100644
> > --- a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamera.c
> > +++ b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamera.c
> > @@ -7,12 +7,18 @@
> >   */
> >  
> >  #include "gstlibcamerasrc.h"
> > +#include "gstlibcameraprovider.h"
> 
> Could you please keep the headers alphabetically sorted ? Please see
> Documentation/coding-style.rst, section "Order of Includes".
> 
> >  
> >  static gboolean
> >  plugin_init(GstPlugin *plugin)
> >  {
> > -	return gst_element_register(plugin, "libcamerasrc", GST_RANK_PRIMARY,
> > -				    GST_TYPE_LIBCAMERA_SRC);
> > +	if (!gst_element_register(plugin, "libcamerasrc", GST_RANK_PRIMARY,
> > +				  GST_TYPE_LIBCAMERA_SRC) ||
> > +	    !gst_device_provider_register(plugin, "libcameraprovider",
> > +					  GST_RANK_PRIMARY,
> > +					  GST_TYPE_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER))
> > +		return FALSE;
> > +
> >  	return TRUE;
> >  }
> >  
> > diff --git a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.cpp b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.cpp
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..3e27912
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.cpp
> > @@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
> > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
> > +/*
> > + * Copyright (C) 2020, Collabora Ltd.
> > + *     Author: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>
> > + *
> > + * gstlibcameraprovider.c - GStreamer Device Provider
> > + */
> > +
> > +#include "gstlibcamera-utils.h"
> > +#include "gstlibcameraprovider.h"
> > +#include "gstlibcamerasrc.h"
> > +
> > +#include <libcamera/camera.h>
> > +#include <libcamera/camera_manager.h>
> > +
> > +using namespace libcamera;
> > +
> > +GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC(provider_debug);
> > +#define GST_CAT_DEFAULT provider_debug
> > +
> > +/**************************************/
> > +/* GstLibcameraDevice internal Object */
> > +/**************************************/
> 
> Is this standard gstreamer coding style ? Would it make sense to instead
> use a doxygen-style comment with a bit of documentation to describe the
> object ?
> 
> /**
>  * \struct _GstLibcameraDevice
>  * \brief ...
>  *
>  * This structure describes ...
>  */
> 
> It could be useful for developers who are less familiar with gstreamer
> (that is, all the rest of us :-)).
> 
> > +
> > +enum {
> > +	PROP_DEVICE_NAME = 1,
> > +};
> > +
> > +#define GST_TYPE_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE gst_libcamera_device_get_type()
> > +G_DECLARE_FINAL_TYPE(GstLibcameraDevice, gst_libcamera_device,
> > +		     GST_LIBCAMERA, DEVICE, GstDevice);
> > +
> > +struct _GstLibcameraDevice {
> > +	GstDevice parent;
> > +	gchar *name;
> > +};
> > +
> > +G_DEFINE_TYPE(GstLibcameraDevice, gst_libcamera_device, GST_TYPE_DEVICE);
> > +
> > +static GstElement *
> > +gst_libcamera_device_create_element(GstDevice *device, const gchar *name)
> > +{
> > +	GstElement *source;
> > +
> > +	source = gst_element_factory_make("libcamerasrc", name);
> > +	g_assert(source);
> > +
> > +	g_object_set(source, "camera-name", GST_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE(device)->name, NULL);
> > +
> > +	return source;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static gboolean
> > +gst_libcamera_device_reconfigure_element(GstDevice *device,
> > +					 GstElement *element)
> > +{
> > +	if (!GST_LIBCAMERA_IS_SRC(element))
> > +		return FALSE;
> > +
> > +	g_object_set(element, "camera-name", GST_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE(device)->name, NULL);
> > +
> > +	return TRUE;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void
> > +gst_libcamera_device_set_property(GObject *object, guint prop_id,
> > +				  const GValue *value, GParamSpec *pspec)
> > +{
> > +	GstLibcameraDevice *device;
> > +
> > +	device = GST_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE(object);
> 
> You could merge the two lines:
> 
> 	GstLibcameraDevice *device = = GST_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE(object);
> 
> > +
> > +	switch (prop_id) {
> > +	case PROP_DEVICE_NAME:
> > +		device->name = g_value_dup_string(value);
> > +		break;
> > +	default:
> > +		G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID(object, prop_id, pspec);
> > +		break;
> > +	}
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void
> > +gst_libcamera_device_init(GstLibcameraDevice *self)
> > +{
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void
> > +gst_libcamera_device_finalize(GObject *object)
> > +{
> > +	GstLibcameraDevice *self = GST_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE(object);
> > +	gpointer klass = gst_libcamera_device_parent_class;
> > +
> > +	g_free(self->name);
> > +
> > +	G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS(klass)->finalize(object);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void
> > +gst_libcamera_device_class_init(GstLibcameraDeviceClass *klass)
> > +{
> > +	GParamSpec *pspec;
> 
> Can't this be named just "spec" ?
> 
> > +	GstDeviceClass *device_class = (GstDeviceClass *)klass;
> 
> Same question as for the previous patch, should this be deviceClass ?
> 
> > +	GObjectClass *object_class = (GObjectClass *)klass;
> > +
> > +	device_class->create_element = gst_libcamera_device_create_element;
> > +	device_class->reconfigure_element = gst_libcamera_device_reconfigure_element;
> > +
> > +	object_class->set_property = gst_libcamera_device_set_property;
> > +	object_class->finalize = gst_libcamera_device_finalize;
> > +
> > +	pspec = g_param_spec_string("name", "Name",
> 
> As this is C++, we usually don't declare all variables at the top of
> functions, so this would become
> 
> 	GParamSpec *pspec = g_param_spec_string("name", "Name",
> 
> Up to you.
> 
> > +				    "The name of the camera device", "",
> > +				    (GParamFlags)(G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS | G_PARAM_WRITABLE |
> > +						  G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY));
> > +	g_object_class_install_property(object_class, PROP_DEVICE_NAME, pspec);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static GstDevice *
> > +gst_libcamera_device_new(const std::shared_ptr<Camera> &camera)
> > +{
> > +	g_autoptr(GstCaps) caps = gst_caps_new_empty();
> > +	g_autoptr(GstStructure) props = NULL;
> 
> As this is always null (as far as I can tell), does it need to be an
> auto pointer ?
> 
> > +	const gchar *name = camera->name().c_str();
> > +	StreamRoles roles;
> > +
> > +	roles.push_back(StreamRole::VideoRecording);
> > +	std::unique_ptr<CameraConfiguration> config = camera->generateConfiguration(roles);
> > +
> > +	for (const StreamConfiguration &stream_cfg : *config) {
> > +		GstCaps *sub_caps = gst_libcamera_stream_formats_to_caps(stream_cfg.formats());
> > +		if (sub_caps)
> > +			gst_caps_append(caps, sub_caps);
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	return (GstDevice *)g_object_new(GST_TYPE_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE,
> 
> C++ code should use C++ casts instead of C-style casts. This would use
> static_cast<GstDevice *> (assuming that the GObject is the first member
> of GstDevice).

It seems that static_cast don't work for void* to something. I could
use the type checking GST_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE() cast, it's overlay safe
though. In C with gcc/clang we instrument the g_object_new() function
so the compiler will warn if the implicit cast is wrong, but in C++ you
are forced to cast, which forces us to make it type unsafe (or use
runtime checks).

static_cast also don't generally work, since you cannot downcast a
type, and you cannot cast if the structure definition is not public.

> 
> > +					 /* FIXME not sure name is unique */
> > +					 "name", name,
> > +					 "display-name", name,
> > +					 "caps", caps,
> > +					 "device-class", "Source/Video",
> > +					 "properties", props,
> > +					 NULL);
> > +}
> > +
> > +/*************************************/
> > +/* GstLibcameraDeviceProvider Object */
> > +/*************************************/
> > +
> > +struct _GstLibcameraProvider {
> > +	GstDeviceProvider parent;
> > +	CameraManager *cm;
> > +};
> > +
> > +G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE(GstLibcameraProvider, gst_libcamera_provider,
> > +			GST_TYPE_DEVICE_PROVIDER,
> > +			GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT(provider_debug, "libcamera-provider", 0,
> > +						"LibCamera Device Provider"));
> > +
> > +static GList *
> > +gst_libcamera_provider_probe(GstDeviceProvider *provider)
> > +{
> > +	GstLibcameraProvider *self = GST_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER(provider);
> > +	CameraManager *cm = self->cm;
> > +	GList *devices = NULL;
> > +	gint ret;
> > +
> > +	GST_INFO_OBJECT(self, "Probing cameras using LibCamera");
> > +
> > +	/* FIXME as long as the manager isn't able to handle hot-plug, we need to
> > +	 * cycle start/stop here in order to ensure wthat we have an up to date
> 
> s/wthat/that/
> 
> > +	 * list */
> 
> This should be
> 
> 	/*
> 	 * FIXME as long as the manager isn't able to handle hot-plug, we need to
> 	 * cycle start/stop here in order to ensure that we have an up to date
> 	 * list.
> 	 */
> 
> according to the coding style (period at the end, and opening and
> closing markers on a line of their own). Even better would be to replace
> FIXME with \todo as that's the marker we use through the library.
> 
> > +	ret = cm->start();
> > +	if (ret) {
> > +		GST_ERROR_OBJECT(self, "Failed to retrieve device list: %s",
> > +				 g_strerror(-ret));
> > +		return NULL;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	for (const std::shared_ptr<Camera> &camera : cm->cameras()) {
> > +		GST_INFO_OBJECT(self, "Found camera '%s'", camera->name().c_str());
> > +		devices = g_list_append(devices,
> > +					g_object_ref_sink(gst_libcamera_device_new(camera)));
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	cm->stop();
> > +
> > +	return devices;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void
> > +gst_libcamera_provider_init(GstLibcameraProvider *self)
> > +{
> > +	GstDeviceProvider *provider = GST_DEVICE_PROVIDER(self);
> > +
> > +	self->cm = new CameraManager();
> > +
> > +	/* Avoid devices being duplicated */
> 
> s/duplicated/duplicated./
> 
> (This applies to the rest of the series.)
> 
> > +	gst_device_provider_hide_provider(provider, "v4l2deviceprovider");
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void
> > +gst_libcamera_provider_finalize(GObject *object)
> > +{
> > +	GstLibcameraProvider *self = GST_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER(object);
> > +	gpointer klass = gst_libcamera_provider_parent_class;
> > +
> > +	delete self->cm;
> > +
> > +	return G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS(klass)->finalize(object);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void
> > +gst_libcamera_provider_class_init(GstLibcameraProviderClass *klass)
> > +{
> > +	GstDeviceProviderClass *provider_class = (GstDeviceProviderClass *)klass;
> > +	GObjectClass *object_class = (GObjectClass *)klass;
> > +
> > +	provider_class->probe = gst_libcamera_provider_probe;
> > +	object_class->finalize = gst_libcamera_provider_finalize;
> > +
> > +	gst_device_provider_class_set_metadata(provider_class,
> > +					       "LibCamera Device Provider",
> > +					       "Source/Video",
> > +					       "List camera device using LibCamera",
> > +					       "Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>");
> > +}
> > diff --git a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.h b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.h
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..6dd232d
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.h
> > @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
> > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
> > +/*
> > + * Copyright (C) 2020, Collabora Ltd.
> > + *     Author: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>
> > + *
> > + * gstlibcameraprovider.h - GStreamer Device Provider
> > + */
> > +
> > +#include <gst/gst.h>
> > +
> > +#ifndef __GST_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER_H__
> > +#define __GST_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER_H__
> > +
> > +G_BEGIN_DECLS
> > +
> > +#define GST_TYPE_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER gst_libcamera_provider_get_type()
> > +G_DECLARE_FINAL_TYPE(GstLibcameraProvider, gst_libcamera_provider,
> > +		     GST_LIBCAMERA, PROVIDER, GstDeviceProvider)
> > +
> > +G_END_DECLS
> > +
> > +#endif /* __GST_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER_H__ */
> > +
> > diff --git a/src/gstreamer/meson.build b/src/gstreamer/meson.build
> > index 39a34e7..7769b78 100644
> > --- a/src/gstreamer/meson.build
> > +++ b/src/gstreamer/meson.build
> > @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ libcamera_gst_sources = [
> >      'gstlibcamera.c',
> >      'gstlibcamera-utils.cpp',
> >      'gstlibcamerasrc.cpp',
> > +    'gstlibcameraprovider.cpp',
> 
> Alphabetically sorted here too ?
> 
> >  ]
> >  
> >  libcamera_gst_c_args = [
Laurent Pinchart Feb. 25, 2020, 5:41 p.m. UTC | #3
Hi Nicolas,

On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 12:39:52PM -0500, Nicolas Dufresne wrote:
> Le mardi 11 février 2020 à 01:28 +0200, Laurent Pinchart a écrit :
> > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 10:31:50PM -0500, Nicolas Dufresne wrote:
> > > From: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>
> > > 
> > > This feature is used with GstDeviceMonitor in order to enumerate
> > > and monitor devices to be used with the source element. The resulting
> > > GstDevice implementation is also used by application to abstract the
> > > configuration of the source element.
> > > 
> > > Implementations notes:
> > 
> > s/Implementations/Implementation/
> > 
> > >   - libcamera does not support polling yet
> > >   - The device ID isn't unique in libcamera
> > 
> > yet :-)
> > 
> > >   - The "name" property does not yet exist in libcamerasrc
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>
> > > ---
> > >  src/gstreamer/gstlibcamera.c           |  10 +-
> > >  src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.cpp | 227 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.h   |  23 +++
> > >  src/gstreamer/meson.build              |   1 +
> > >  4 files changed, 259 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >  create mode 100644 src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.cpp
> > >  create mode 100644 src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.h
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamera.c b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamera.c
> > > index 953fb29..7356374 100644
> > > --- a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamera.c
> > > +++ b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamera.c
> > > @@ -7,12 +7,18 @@
> > >   */
> > >  
> > >  #include "gstlibcamerasrc.h"
> > > +#include "gstlibcameraprovider.h"
> > 
> > Could you please keep the headers alphabetically sorted ? Please see
> > Documentation/coding-style.rst, section "Order of Includes".
> > 
> > >  
> > >  static gboolean
> > >  plugin_init(GstPlugin *plugin)
> > >  {
> > > -	return gst_element_register(plugin, "libcamerasrc", GST_RANK_PRIMARY,
> > > -				    GST_TYPE_LIBCAMERA_SRC);
> > > +	if (!gst_element_register(plugin, "libcamerasrc", GST_RANK_PRIMARY,
> > > +				  GST_TYPE_LIBCAMERA_SRC) ||
> > > +	    !gst_device_provider_register(plugin, "libcameraprovider",
> > > +					  GST_RANK_PRIMARY,
> > > +					  GST_TYPE_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER))
> > > +		return FALSE;
> > > +
> > >  	return TRUE;
> > >  }
> > >  
> > > diff --git a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.cpp b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.cpp
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 0000000..3e27912
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.cpp
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
> > > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
> > > +/*
> > > + * Copyright (C) 2020, Collabora Ltd.
> > > + *     Author: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>
> > > + *
> > > + * gstlibcameraprovider.c - GStreamer Device Provider
> > > + */
> > > +
> > > +#include "gstlibcamera-utils.h"
> > > +#include "gstlibcameraprovider.h"
> > > +#include "gstlibcamerasrc.h"
> > > +
> > > +#include <libcamera/camera.h>
> > > +#include <libcamera/camera_manager.h>
> > > +
> > > +using namespace libcamera;
> > > +
> > > +GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC(provider_debug);
> > > +#define GST_CAT_DEFAULT provider_debug
> > > +
> > > +/**************************************/
> > > +/* GstLibcameraDevice internal Object */
> > > +/**************************************/
> > 
> > Is this standard gstreamer coding style ? Would it make sense to instead
> > use a doxygen-style comment with a bit of documentation to describe the
> > object ?
> > 
> > /**
> >  * \struct _GstLibcameraDevice
> >  * \brief ...
> >  *
> >  * This structure describes ...
> >  */
> > 
> > It could be useful for developers who are less familiar with gstreamer
> > (that is, all the rest of us :-)).
> > 
> > > +
> > > +enum {
> > > +	PROP_DEVICE_NAME = 1,
> > > +};
> > > +
> > > +#define GST_TYPE_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE gst_libcamera_device_get_type()
> > > +G_DECLARE_FINAL_TYPE(GstLibcameraDevice, gst_libcamera_device,
> > > +		     GST_LIBCAMERA, DEVICE, GstDevice);
> > > +
> > > +struct _GstLibcameraDevice {
> > > +	GstDevice parent;
> > > +	gchar *name;
> > > +};
> > > +
> > > +G_DEFINE_TYPE(GstLibcameraDevice, gst_libcamera_device, GST_TYPE_DEVICE);
> > > +
> > > +static GstElement *
> > > +gst_libcamera_device_create_element(GstDevice *device, const gchar *name)
> > > +{
> > > +	GstElement *source;
> > > +
> > > +	source = gst_element_factory_make("libcamerasrc", name);
> > > +	g_assert(source);
> > > +
> > > +	g_object_set(source, "camera-name", GST_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE(device)->name, NULL);
> > > +
> > > +	return source;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static gboolean
> > > +gst_libcamera_device_reconfigure_element(GstDevice *device,
> > > +					 GstElement *element)
> > > +{
> > > +	if (!GST_LIBCAMERA_IS_SRC(element))
> > > +		return FALSE;
> > > +
> > > +	g_object_set(element, "camera-name", GST_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE(device)->name, NULL);
> > > +
> > > +	return TRUE;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static void
> > > +gst_libcamera_device_set_property(GObject *object, guint prop_id,
> > > +				  const GValue *value, GParamSpec *pspec)
> > > +{
> > > +	GstLibcameraDevice *device;
> > > +
> > > +	device = GST_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE(object);
> > 
> > You could merge the two lines:
> > 
> > 	GstLibcameraDevice *device = = GST_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE(object);
> > 
> > > +
> > > +	switch (prop_id) {
> > > +	case PROP_DEVICE_NAME:
> > > +		device->name = g_value_dup_string(value);
> > > +		break;
> > > +	default:
> > > +		G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID(object, prop_id, pspec);
> > > +		break;
> > > +	}
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static void
> > > +gst_libcamera_device_init(GstLibcameraDevice *self)
> > > +{
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static void
> > > +gst_libcamera_device_finalize(GObject *object)
> > > +{
> > > +	GstLibcameraDevice *self = GST_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE(object);
> > > +	gpointer klass = gst_libcamera_device_parent_class;
> > > +
> > > +	g_free(self->name);
> > > +
> > > +	G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS(klass)->finalize(object);
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static void
> > > +gst_libcamera_device_class_init(GstLibcameraDeviceClass *klass)
> > > +{
> > > +	GParamSpec *pspec;
> > 
> > Can't this be named just "spec" ?
> > 
> > > +	GstDeviceClass *device_class = (GstDeviceClass *)klass;
> > 
> > Same question as for the previous patch, should this be deviceClass ?
> > 
> > > +	GObjectClass *object_class = (GObjectClass *)klass;
> > > +
> > > +	device_class->create_element = gst_libcamera_device_create_element;
> > > +	device_class->reconfigure_element = gst_libcamera_device_reconfigure_element;
> > > +
> > > +	object_class->set_property = gst_libcamera_device_set_property;
> > > +	object_class->finalize = gst_libcamera_device_finalize;
> > > +
> > > +	pspec = g_param_spec_string("name", "Name",
> > 
> > As this is C++, we usually don't declare all variables at the top of
> > functions, so this would become
> > 
> > 	GParamSpec *pspec = g_param_spec_string("name", "Name",
> > 
> > Up to you.
> > 
> > > +				    "The name of the camera device", "",
> > > +				    (GParamFlags)(G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS | G_PARAM_WRITABLE |
> > > +						  G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY));
> > > +	g_object_class_install_property(object_class, PROP_DEVICE_NAME, pspec);
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static GstDevice *
> > > +gst_libcamera_device_new(const std::shared_ptr<Camera> &camera)
> > > +{
> > > +	g_autoptr(GstCaps) caps = gst_caps_new_empty();
> > > +	g_autoptr(GstStructure) props = NULL;
> > 
> > As this is always null (as far as I can tell), does it need to be an
> > auto pointer ?
> > 
> > > +	const gchar *name = camera->name().c_str();
> > > +	StreamRoles roles;
> > > +
> > > +	roles.push_back(StreamRole::VideoRecording);
> > > +	std::unique_ptr<CameraConfiguration> config = camera->generateConfiguration(roles);
> > > +
> > > +	for (const StreamConfiguration &stream_cfg : *config) {
> > > +		GstCaps *sub_caps = gst_libcamera_stream_formats_to_caps(stream_cfg.formats());
> > > +		if (sub_caps)
> > > +			gst_caps_append(caps, sub_caps);
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > > +	return (GstDevice *)g_object_new(GST_TYPE_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE,
> > 
> > C++ code should use C++ casts instead of C-style casts. This would use
> > static_cast<GstDevice *> (assuming that the GObject is the first member
> > of GstDevice).
> 
> It seems that static_cast don't work for void* to something. I could
> use the type checking GST_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE() cast, it's overlay safe
> though. In C with gcc/clang we instrument the g_object_new() function
> so the compiler will warn if the implicit cast is wrong, but in C++ you
> are forced to cast, which forces us to make it type unsafe (or use
> runtime checks).
> 
> static_cast also don't generally work, since you cannot downcast a
> type, and you cannot cast if the structure definition is not public.

static_cast indeed requires definitions of both types. You can use a
GStreamer- or glib-specific casting macro if you have one, or
alternatively use reinterpret_cast<GstDevice *> in this specific case.

> > > +					 /* FIXME not sure name is unique */
> > > +					 "name", name,
> > > +					 "display-name", name,
> > > +					 "caps", caps,
> > > +					 "device-class", "Source/Video",
> > > +					 "properties", props,
> > > +					 NULL);
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +/*************************************/
> > > +/* GstLibcameraDeviceProvider Object */
> > > +/*************************************/
> > > +
> > > +struct _GstLibcameraProvider {
> > > +	GstDeviceProvider parent;
> > > +	CameraManager *cm;
> > > +};
> > > +
> > > +G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE(GstLibcameraProvider, gst_libcamera_provider,
> > > +			GST_TYPE_DEVICE_PROVIDER,
> > > +			GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT(provider_debug, "libcamera-provider", 0,
> > > +						"LibCamera Device Provider"));
> > > +
> > > +static GList *
> > > +gst_libcamera_provider_probe(GstDeviceProvider *provider)
> > > +{
> > > +	GstLibcameraProvider *self = GST_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER(provider);
> > > +	CameraManager *cm = self->cm;
> > > +	GList *devices = NULL;
> > > +	gint ret;
> > > +
> > > +	GST_INFO_OBJECT(self, "Probing cameras using LibCamera");
> > > +
> > > +	/* FIXME as long as the manager isn't able to handle hot-plug, we need to
> > > +	 * cycle start/stop here in order to ensure wthat we have an up to date
> > 
> > s/wthat/that/
> > 
> > > +	 * list */
> > 
> > This should be
> > 
> > 	/*
> > 	 * FIXME as long as the manager isn't able to handle hot-plug, we need to
> > 	 * cycle start/stop here in order to ensure that we have an up to date
> > 	 * list.
> > 	 */
> > 
> > according to the coding style (period at the end, and opening and
> > closing markers on a line of their own). Even better would be to replace
> > FIXME with \todo as that's the marker we use through the library.
> > 
> > > +	ret = cm->start();
> > > +	if (ret) {
> > > +		GST_ERROR_OBJECT(self, "Failed to retrieve device list: %s",
> > > +				 g_strerror(-ret));
> > > +		return NULL;
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > > +	for (const std::shared_ptr<Camera> &camera : cm->cameras()) {
> > > +		GST_INFO_OBJECT(self, "Found camera '%s'", camera->name().c_str());
> > > +		devices = g_list_append(devices,
> > > +					g_object_ref_sink(gst_libcamera_device_new(camera)));
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > > +	cm->stop();
> > > +
> > > +	return devices;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static void
> > > +gst_libcamera_provider_init(GstLibcameraProvider *self)
> > > +{
> > > +	GstDeviceProvider *provider = GST_DEVICE_PROVIDER(self);
> > > +
> > > +	self->cm = new CameraManager();
> > > +
> > > +	/* Avoid devices being duplicated */
> > 
> > s/duplicated/duplicated./
> > 
> > (This applies to the rest of the series.)
> > 
> > > +	gst_device_provider_hide_provider(provider, "v4l2deviceprovider");
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static void
> > > +gst_libcamera_provider_finalize(GObject *object)
> > > +{
> > > +	GstLibcameraProvider *self = GST_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER(object);
> > > +	gpointer klass = gst_libcamera_provider_parent_class;
> > > +
> > > +	delete self->cm;
> > > +
> > > +	return G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS(klass)->finalize(object);
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static void
> > > +gst_libcamera_provider_class_init(GstLibcameraProviderClass *klass)
> > > +{
> > > +	GstDeviceProviderClass *provider_class = (GstDeviceProviderClass *)klass;
> > > +	GObjectClass *object_class = (GObjectClass *)klass;
> > > +
> > > +	provider_class->probe = gst_libcamera_provider_probe;
> > > +	object_class->finalize = gst_libcamera_provider_finalize;
> > > +
> > > +	gst_device_provider_class_set_metadata(provider_class,
> > > +					       "LibCamera Device Provider",
> > > +					       "Source/Video",
> > > +					       "List camera device using LibCamera",
> > > +					       "Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>");
> > > +}
> > > diff --git a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.h b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.h
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 0000000..6dd232d
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.h
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
> > > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
> > > +/*
> > > + * Copyright (C) 2020, Collabora Ltd.
> > > + *     Author: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>
> > > + *
> > > + * gstlibcameraprovider.h - GStreamer Device Provider
> > > + */
> > > +
> > > +#include <gst/gst.h>
> > > +
> > > +#ifndef __GST_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER_H__
> > > +#define __GST_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER_H__
> > > +
> > > +G_BEGIN_DECLS
> > > +
> > > +#define GST_TYPE_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER gst_libcamera_provider_get_type()
> > > +G_DECLARE_FINAL_TYPE(GstLibcameraProvider, gst_libcamera_provider,
> > > +		     GST_LIBCAMERA, PROVIDER, GstDeviceProvider)
> > > +
> > > +G_END_DECLS
> > > +
> > > +#endif /* __GST_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER_H__ */
> > > +
> > > diff --git a/src/gstreamer/meson.build b/src/gstreamer/meson.build
> > > index 39a34e7..7769b78 100644
> > > --- a/src/gstreamer/meson.build
> > > +++ b/src/gstreamer/meson.build
> > > @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ libcamera_gst_sources = [
> > >      'gstlibcamera.c',
> > >      'gstlibcamera-utils.cpp',
> > >      'gstlibcamerasrc.cpp',
> > > +    'gstlibcameraprovider.cpp',
> > 
> > Alphabetically sorted here too ?
> > 
> > >  ]
> > >  
> > >  libcamera_gst_c_args = [

Patch

diff --git a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamera.c b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamera.c
index 953fb29..7356374 100644
--- a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamera.c
+++ b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamera.c
@@ -7,12 +7,18 @@ 
  */
 
 #include "gstlibcamerasrc.h"
+#include "gstlibcameraprovider.h"
 
 static gboolean
 plugin_init(GstPlugin *plugin)
 {
-	return gst_element_register(plugin, "libcamerasrc", GST_RANK_PRIMARY,
-				    GST_TYPE_LIBCAMERA_SRC);
+	if (!gst_element_register(plugin, "libcamerasrc", GST_RANK_PRIMARY,
+				  GST_TYPE_LIBCAMERA_SRC) ||
+	    !gst_device_provider_register(plugin, "libcameraprovider",
+					  GST_RANK_PRIMARY,
+					  GST_TYPE_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER))
+		return FALSE;
+
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.cpp b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e27912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@ 
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020, Collabora Ltd.
+ *     Author: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>
+ *
+ * gstlibcameraprovider.c - GStreamer Device Provider
+ */
+
+#include "gstlibcamera-utils.h"
+#include "gstlibcameraprovider.h"
+#include "gstlibcamerasrc.h"
+
+#include <libcamera/camera.h>
+#include <libcamera/camera_manager.h>
+
+using namespace libcamera;
+
+GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC(provider_debug);
+#define GST_CAT_DEFAULT provider_debug
+
+/**************************************/
+/* GstLibcameraDevice internal Object */
+/**************************************/
+
+enum {
+	PROP_DEVICE_NAME = 1,
+};
+
+#define GST_TYPE_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE gst_libcamera_device_get_type()
+G_DECLARE_FINAL_TYPE(GstLibcameraDevice, gst_libcamera_device,
+		     GST_LIBCAMERA, DEVICE, GstDevice);
+
+struct _GstLibcameraDevice {
+	GstDevice parent;
+	gchar *name;
+};
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE(GstLibcameraDevice, gst_libcamera_device, GST_TYPE_DEVICE);
+
+static GstElement *
+gst_libcamera_device_create_element(GstDevice *device, const gchar *name)
+{
+	GstElement *source;
+
+	source = gst_element_factory_make("libcamerasrc", name);
+	g_assert(source);
+
+	g_object_set(source, "camera-name", GST_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE(device)->name, NULL);
+
+	return source;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_libcamera_device_reconfigure_element(GstDevice *device,
+					 GstElement *element)
+{
+	if (!GST_LIBCAMERA_IS_SRC(element))
+		return FALSE;
+
+	g_object_set(element, "camera-name", GST_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE(device)->name, NULL);
+
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_libcamera_device_set_property(GObject *object, guint prop_id,
+				  const GValue *value, GParamSpec *pspec)
+{
+	GstLibcameraDevice *device;
+
+	device = GST_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE(object);
+
+	switch (prop_id) {
+	case PROP_DEVICE_NAME:
+		device->name = g_value_dup_string(value);
+		break;
+	default:
+		G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID(object, prop_id, pspec);
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
+static void
+gst_libcamera_device_init(GstLibcameraDevice *self)
+{
+}
+
+static void
+gst_libcamera_device_finalize(GObject *object)
+{
+	GstLibcameraDevice *self = GST_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE(object);
+	gpointer klass = gst_libcamera_device_parent_class;
+
+	g_free(self->name);
+
+	G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS(klass)->finalize(object);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_libcamera_device_class_init(GstLibcameraDeviceClass *klass)
+{
+	GParamSpec *pspec;
+	GstDeviceClass *device_class = (GstDeviceClass *)klass;
+	GObjectClass *object_class = (GObjectClass *)klass;
+
+	device_class->create_element = gst_libcamera_device_create_element;
+	device_class->reconfigure_element = gst_libcamera_device_reconfigure_element;
+
+	object_class->set_property = gst_libcamera_device_set_property;
+	object_class->finalize = gst_libcamera_device_finalize;
+
+	pspec = g_param_spec_string("name", "Name",
+				    "The name of the camera device", "",
+				    (GParamFlags)(G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS | G_PARAM_WRITABLE |
+						  G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY));
+	g_object_class_install_property(object_class, PROP_DEVICE_NAME, pspec);
+}
+
+static GstDevice *
+gst_libcamera_device_new(const std::shared_ptr<Camera> &camera)
+{
+	g_autoptr(GstCaps) caps = gst_caps_new_empty();
+	g_autoptr(GstStructure) props = NULL;
+	const gchar *name = camera->name().c_str();
+	StreamRoles roles;
+
+	roles.push_back(StreamRole::VideoRecording);
+	std::unique_ptr<CameraConfiguration> config = camera->generateConfiguration(roles);
+
+	for (const StreamConfiguration &stream_cfg : *config) {
+		GstCaps *sub_caps = gst_libcamera_stream_formats_to_caps(stream_cfg.formats());
+		if (sub_caps)
+			gst_caps_append(caps, sub_caps);
+	}
+
+	return (GstDevice *)g_object_new(GST_TYPE_LIBCAMERA_DEVICE,
+					 /* FIXME not sure name is unique */
+					 "name", name,
+					 "display-name", name,
+					 "caps", caps,
+					 "device-class", "Source/Video",
+					 "properties", props,
+					 NULL);
+}
+
+/*************************************/
+/* GstLibcameraDeviceProvider Object */
+/*************************************/
+
+struct _GstLibcameraProvider {
+	GstDeviceProvider parent;
+	CameraManager *cm;
+};
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE(GstLibcameraProvider, gst_libcamera_provider,
+			GST_TYPE_DEVICE_PROVIDER,
+			GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT(provider_debug, "libcamera-provider", 0,
+						"LibCamera Device Provider"));
+
+static GList *
+gst_libcamera_provider_probe(GstDeviceProvider *provider)
+{
+	GstLibcameraProvider *self = GST_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER(provider);
+	CameraManager *cm = self->cm;
+	GList *devices = NULL;
+	gint ret;
+
+	GST_INFO_OBJECT(self, "Probing cameras using LibCamera");
+
+	/* FIXME as long as the manager isn't able to handle hot-plug, we need to
+	 * cycle start/stop here in order to ensure wthat we have an up to date
+	 * list */
+	ret = cm->start();
+	if (ret) {
+		GST_ERROR_OBJECT(self, "Failed to retrieve device list: %s",
+				 g_strerror(-ret));
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	for (const std::shared_ptr<Camera> &camera : cm->cameras()) {
+		GST_INFO_OBJECT(self, "Found camera '%s'", camera->name().c_str());
+		devices = g_list_append(devices,
+					g_object_ref_sink(gst_libcamera_device_new(camera)));
+	}
+
+	cm->stop();
+
+	return devices;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_libcamera_provider_init(GstLibcameraProvider *self)
+{
+	GstDeviceProvider *provider = GST_DEVICE_PROVIDER(self);
+
+	self->cm = new CameraManager();
+
+	/* Avoid devices being duplicated */
+	gst_device_provider_hide_provider(provider, "v4l2deviceprovider");
+}
+
+static void
+gst_libcamera_provider_finalize(GObject *object)
+{
+	GstLibcameraProvider *self = GST_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER(object);
+	gpointer klass = gst_libcamera_provider_parent_class;
+
+	delete self->cm;
+
+	return G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS(klass)->finalize(object);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_libcamera_provider_class_init(GstLibcameraProviderClass *klass)
+{
+	GstDeviceProviderClass *provider_class = (GstDeviceProviderClass *)klass;
+	GObjectClass *object_class = (GObjectClass *)klass;
+
+	provider_class->probe = gst_libcamera_provider_probe;
+	object_class->finalize = gst_libcamera_provider_finalize;
+
+	gst_device_provider_class_set_metadata(provider_class,
+					       "LibCamera Device Provider",
+					       "Source/Video",
+					       "List camera device using LibCamera",
+					       "Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>");
+}
diff --git a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.h b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dd232d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcameraprovider.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ 
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020, Collabora Ltd.
+ *     Author: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>
+ *
+ * gstlibcameraprovider.h - GStreamer Device Provider
+ */
+
+#include <gst/gst.h>
+
+#ifndef __GST_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER_H__
+#define __GST_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER_H__
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+#define GST_TYPE_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER gst_libcamera_provider_get_type()
+G_DECLARE_FINAL_TYPE(GstLibcameraProvider, gst_libcamera_provider,
+		     GST_LIBCAMERA, PROVIDER, GstDeviceProvider)
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __GST_LIBCAMERA_PROVIDER_H__ */
+
diff --git a/src/gstreamer/meson.build b/src/gstreamer/meson.build
index 39a34e7..7769b78 100644
--- a/src/gstreamer/meson.build
+++ b/src/gstreamer/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@  libcamera_gst_sources = [
     'gstlibcamera.c',
     'gstlibcamera-utils.cpp',
     'gstlibcamerasrc.cpp',
+    'gstlibcameraprovider.cpp',
 ]
 
 libcamera_gst_c_args = [