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Stack 3/3 — depends on #1078 (which depends on #1077). Review that order; this PR's diff is only the plugin.

New C++ plugin camera_plugin_sensing for the SENSING SG8A-AGON-G2Y-A1 GMSL carrier on a Jetson AGX Orin (JetPack 7.2.1 / L4T R39.2.1). It captures two Astra SHW5G at 2560×1984 @ 60 through SIPL and either encodes H.264 on the V4L2 M2M engine or publishes frames over the CUDA IPC transport from #1078.

The carrier ships no kernel sensor drivers and no /dev/video* — SIPL owns the sensors from userspace — so there is no daemon, no per-boot module load and no V4L2 controls.

Four SIPL requirements look arbitrary and are not: call ordering around Init(), mandatory ICP buffers, NeedCpuAccess on the producer attribute list, and REC709_ER on ISP0. Each is commented where it is enforced; getting any of them wrong fails silently or with a status code that names nothing.

--add-stream sensor=N is the SIPL pipeline index (0 and 1), not the GMSL link index, CSI virtual channel, or JSON sensorInfo.id — all of which are 2 and 3 on this rig.

Auto-exposure saturates with sensor gain pinned at 1.0. That reproduces in NVIDIA's own nvsipl_camera, so it is upstream; tracked in #1076.

Type of change

  • Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
  • New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
  • Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to change)
  • Documentation update

Testing

AGX Orin, JetPack 7.2.1 / L4T R39.2.1, SG8A carrier with two Astra SHW5G:

  • Both sensors at 60 fps, zero drops, rendered by camera_viz in window mode and in XR.
  • Runs as the ordinary container user: no root, no capabilities, only video / i2c / gpio.
  • --list-sensors and ctest -R sipl_query assert pipeline indices and geometry with no camera attached.
  • SKIP=check-copyright-year pre-commit run --all-files passes.

H.264 recording and the MCAP metadata path are not yet verified end to end on this rig.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added a Jetson-only SENSING camera plugin for capturing camera streams, saving H.264 video, sharing RGBA frames, and recording frame metadata.
    • Added sensor discovery and support for configuring multiple streams.
  • Documentation
    • Expanded setup, build, testing, and troubleshooting guidance for the SENSING plugin and camera visualization.
  • Tests
    • Added sensor-query coverage and broadened camera configuration checks to support multiple enabled cameras.

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The change adds a Jetson SENSING camera plugin. It captures and converts SIPL frames, then supports H.264 file output, CUDA IPC publishing, and optional MCAP metadata recording. The plugin adds an executable, configuration and installation rules, sensor-query testing, and documentation for setup, operation, and troubleshooting.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant SensingCamera
  participant SiplCamera
  participant IpcPublisher
  participant JetsonEncoder
  participant FrameSink
  participant RawDataWriter
  participant McapMetadataPusher
  SensingCamera->>SiplCamera: Poll for the latest sensor frame
  SiplCamera-->>SensingCamera: Return frame image, sequence, and timestamps
  SensingCamera->>IpcPublisher: Publish the new frame when IPC is configured
  SensingCamera->>JetsonEncoder: Submit frame when H.264 output is configured
  JetsonEncoder-->>SensingCamera: Return encoded units with timestamps
  SensingCamera->>FrameSink: Dispatch encoded data and frame metadata
  FrameSink->>RawDataWriter: Write H.264 bytes when an output path is configured
  FrameSink->>McapMetadataPusher: Record metadata when MCAP output is configured
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 2af9d

The new camera plugin's H.264 recordings would store zero capture timestamps, so the two eyes cannot be paired from MCAP metadata. A busy encoder can stall capture or shutdown, and a configured SDK requirement blocks the camera-free development build. Resolve these issues before merging.

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@jiwenc-nv jiwenc-nv changed the title sensing: add the SENSING SG10A GMSL camera plugin sensing: add the SENSING SIPL GMSL camera plugin Sep 4, 2026
@jiwenc-nv jiwenc-nv changed the title sensing: add the SENSING SIPL GMSL camera plugin sensing: add the SENSING SG8A SIPL camera plugin Sep 4, 2026
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Actionable comments posted: 4

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src/plugins/sensing/core/CMakeLists.txt: 1

29-29: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Remove parent-directory paths from the new CMake targets. The exported header path and both config paths use ...

  • src/plugins/sensing/core/CMakeLists.txt#L29-L29: expose headers through a canonical target include path.
  • src/plugins/sensing/app/CMakeLists.txt#L15-L15: stage configs from a canonical source-tree path.
  • src/plugins/sensing/app/CMakeLists.txt#L23-L23: install configs from that same path.

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Replace parent-directory references with canonical source-tree paths: update the
header include path in src/plugins/sensing/core/CMakeLists.txt at line 29, and
update both config source paths in src/plugins/sensing/app/CMakeLists.txt at
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Review comments at @src/plugins/sensing/app/main.cpp:
- Line 358: Replace the raw stderr output in the uncaught-exception handler with
an `isaaccapture::Logger` diagnostic, and route the failed-check message in the
`test_sipl_query.cpp` test through the same logger. Preserve the existing
diagnostic messages and their context.

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- Line 15: Give the transport and sensing_ipc_testsrc targets an independent
configuration gate so they can be configured and built without SIPL or encoder
SDKs when BUILD_PLUGIN_SENSING is enabled. Keep the camera target gated by the
existing SIPL checks.

Review comments at @src/plugins/sensing/core/jetson_encoder.cpp:
- Around line 219-222: Update the encoder setup used by createVideoEncoder and
the submit path so output-buffer dequeue is nonblocking and bounded, allowing
submit to drop a frame and increment encoder_drops without stalling
SensingCamera::update(). Update end_of_stream() to use an available output
buffer for the EOS marker when fewer than six input buffers were queued, and
avoid an unbounded dequeue when none is available; do not rely on a fixed
timeout value of 10.

Review comments at @src/plugins/sensing/core/sensing_camera.cpp:
- Around line 116-123: Update the timestamp comparison in the pending-stamp
lookup to match timestamps at microsecond granularity, consistent with the
encoder’s timeval round trip. Keep the existing queue consumption and return
behavior unchanged.

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- Line 29: Replace parent-directory references with canonical source-tree paths:
update the header include path in src/plugins/sensing/core/CMakeLists.txt at
line 29, and update both config source paths in
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Route the new failure diagnostics through isaaccapture::Logger.

The root logging rule applies to both the new plugin executable and the test. It reserves raw terminal output for deliberate user-interface text, not diagnostics. Use isaaccapture::Logger for the uncaught-exception message in src/plugins/sensing/app/main.cpp and the failed-check message in tests/cpp/plugins/sensing/test_sipl_query.cpp.

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Replace the raw stderr output in the uncaught-exception handler with an
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# app/ camera_plugin_sensing
# tools/ sensing_ipc_testsrc — links cuda_ipc only, no SIPL, no encoder
#
# The Jetson SDK checks below gate the whole plugin, tools/ included.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Keep the CUDA-only test source buildable without SIPL.

With BUILD_PLUGIN_SENSING=ON, the SIPL and encoder checks can stop CMake configuration before it creates sensing_ipc_testsrc. The documented CUDA-only development workflow therefore cannot build without those SDKs, even when the developer requests only that target. Give the transport and test source an independent configuration gate; keep the camera target behind the SIPL checks. (cmake.org)

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Give the transport and sensing_ipc_testsrc targets an independent configuration
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else if (enc->output_plane.dqBuffer(v4l2_buf, &buffer, nullptr, 0) < 0)
{
return false; // encoder still busy; drop this frame rather than block
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NvVideoEncoder createVideoEncoder flags O_NONBLOCK dqBuffer num_retries blocking behavior Jetson Multimedia API

💡 Result:

**Short answer:** `createVideoEncoder(..., O_NONBLOCK)` asks the encoder device to open in nonblocking mode, but that flag alone does **not** guarantee every `dqBuffer()` call returns immediately.

- NVIDIA documents `createVideoEncoder(name, flags=0)` as opening the device in blocking mode by default, with `O_NONBLOCK` as the way to request nonblocking mode. ([docs.nvidia.com](https://docs.nvidia.com/jetson/archives/r36.4/ApiReference/classNvVideoEncoder.html))
- In V4L2 terms, a nonblocking dequeue with no completed buffer should return an error (typically `EAGAIN`); it should not wait for an encoded buffer. But actual behavior depends on the specific Multimedia API/JetPack release. For example, NVIDIA acknowledged that `O_NONBLOCK` was **not well implemented in JetPack 3.3 / r28.2.1** and advised using blocking mode. ([forums.developer.nvidia.com](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/dqbuffer-is-blocking-mostly/70447))
- `num_retries` is a separate `dqBuffer()` parameter—not a setting that makes the device nonblocking. Its precise retry/timeout semantics are **not established by the encoder documentation cited here**; check the `NvV4l2ElementPlane::dqBuffer()` declaration/implementation for your installed release. The current reference documents `createVideoEncoder`, but the source page alone doesn’t establish `num_retries` behavior. ([docs.nvidia.com](https://docs.nvidia.com/jetson/archives/r38.2/ApiReference/NvVideoEncoder_8h_source.html))

So if `dqBuffer()` still blocks with `O_NONBLOCK`, verify the JetPack/API version and inspect that version’s implementation; don’t assume the flag overrides wrapper retry logic or release-specific bugs. Older TX1/TX2 reports document this discrepancy, but they should not be generalized to newer releases. ([forums.developer.nvidia.com](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/question-about-v4l2-api-for-encode-of-tx1/47175))

Citations:

- 1: https://docs.nvidia.com/jetson/archives/r36.4/ApiReference/classNvVideoEncoder.html
- 2: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/dqbuffer-is-blocking-mostly/70447
- 3: https://docs.nvidia.com/jetson/archives/r38.2/ApiReference/NvVideoEncoder_8h_source.html
- 4: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/question-about-v4l2-api-for-encode-of-tx1/47175

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rg -n -F --glob '*.{cpp,cxx,cc,h,hpp,hxx,CMakeLists.txt,cmake}' -e 'createVideoEncoder' -e 'dqBuffer' -e 'm_queued' -e 'end_of_stream' src/plugins/sensing
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git diff --no-ext-diff --unified=40 c7425da5235b75c6df8875e9af898464b3c3cc2a 2af9deffa06d1514c9e6e598a5f2fe275d591248 -- src/plugins/sensing/core/jetson_encoder.cpp

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official NVIDIA Jetson Multimedia API NvV4l2ElementPlane dqBuffer num_retries timeout behavior R38.2 or JetPack 7.2.1 R39.2.1

💡 Result:

**The documented contract is the same in both API references.** NVIDIA’s Jetson Linux **R38.2** and **R39.2** docs describe `NvV4l2ElementPlane::dqBuffer(..., uint32_t num_retries)` as follows:

- It blocks until a buffer is dequeued or a timeout occurs.
- `num_retries` is the number of dequeue attempts before failure; in **non-blocking mode**, it corresponds to the number of milliseconds to keep trying.
- Return value: `0` on success, `-1` on failure. ([docs.nvidia.com](https://docs.nvidia.com/jetson/archives/r38.2/ApiReference/classNvV4l2ElementPlane.html))

**Important limitation:** The docs don’t specify the exact timeout or retry mechanics in blocking mode—so `num_retries` should not be assumed to mean a fixed millisecond timeout there. They also don’t establish how values such as `0` behave internally. The published reference documents the API contract, not the implementation details.

JetPack **7.2.1** maps to Jetson Linux **39.2.1**; the cited API reference is for **39.2**, so it’s the closest available API documentation, not an implementation-level verification of the 39.2.1 package. ([developer.nvidia.com](https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/jetpack/downloads))

Citations:

- 1: https://docs.nvidia.com/jetson/archives/r38.2/ApiReference/classNvV4l2ElementPlane.html
- 2: https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/jetpack/downloads

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Do not rely on dqBuffer to drop frames without blocking.

createVideoEncoder("enc0") uses blocking mode. After all six output buffers are queued, submit() can wait in output_plane.dqBuffer(...) for an encoded buffer. This stalls SensingCamera::update(), delays other streams and later IPC publishes, and prevents encoder_drops from incrementing. Use O_NONBLOCK with a bounded dequeue/poll path.

end_of_stream() also dequeues unconditionally. When fewer than six input buffers were queued, use the next free output buffer for the EOS marker instead of dequeuing. Otherwise, when no output buffer is available, this call can wait at shutdown. Do not treat 10 as a fixed blocking-mode timeout.

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Review comment at @src/plugins/sensing/core/jetson_encoder.cpp around lines 219
- 222:
Update the encoder setup used by createVideoEncoder and the submit path so
output-buffer dequeue is nonblocking and bounded, allowing submit to drop a
frame and increment encoder_drops without stalling SensingCamera::update().
Update end_of_stream() to use an available output buffer for the EOS marker when
fewer than six input buffers were queued, and avoid an unbounded dequeue when
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while (!stream.pending_stamps.empty())
{
auto entry = stream.pending_stamps.front();
stream.pending_stamps.pop_front();
if (entry.first == timestamp_ns)
return entry.second;
}
return 0;

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Encoded units never find their capture TSC, so capture_tsc_ns is always 0 for encoder streams.

Line 152 stores the key as the full-nanosecond view->timestamp_ns. JetsonEncoder::submit carries the stamp in a timeval, so only microseconds survive (jetson_encoder.cpp Lines 238-239). capture_dq then rebuilds it as tv_usec * 1000 (jetson_encoder.cpp Lines 84-85). The returned unit.timestamp_ns therefore equals the stored key only when the monotonic stamp is an exact multiple of 1000 ns. In practice it almost never is.

Each lookup at Line 120 fails. The loop then pops every pending entry and returns 0. As a result, every H.264 stream writes capture_tsc_ns = 0 and sample_time_raw_device_clock = 0 to MCAP. Those are the fields that pair the two eyes. The zero also looks like the documented "encoder dropped this frame" value, so readers cannot tell the two cases apart.

Store and compare the key at the same microsecond granularity that the encoder round trip keeps.

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--- "a/src/plugins/sensing/core/sensing_camera.cpp"
+++ "b/src/plugins/sensing/core/sensing_camera.cpp"
@@ -113,13 +113,14 @@
     // The encoder returns units in submission order, so the match is at the
     // front. Anything older than the match was dropped by the encoder and is
     // discarded with it, which is what keeps this bounded.
     while (!stream.pending_stamps.empty())
     {
         auto entry = stream.pending_stamps.front();
         stream.pending_stamps.pop_front();
-        if (entry.first == timestamp_ns)
+        // The V4L2 timeval round trip keeps microseconds only.
+        if (entry.first / 1000 == timestamp_ns / 1000)
             return entry.second;
     }
     return 0;
 }
 
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while (!stream.pending_stamps.empty())
{
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while (!stream.pending_stamps.empty())
{
auto entry = stream.pending_stamps.front();
stream.pending_stamps.pop_front();
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if (entry.first / 1000 == timestamp_ns / 1000)
return entry.second;
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New C++ plugin camera_plugin_sensing for the SENSING SG8A-AGON-G2Y-A1 GMSL
carrier on a Jetson AGX Orin (JetPack 7.2.1 / L4T R39.2.1). It captures two
Astra SHW5G at 2560x1984@60 through SIPL and either encodes H.264 on the
V4L2 M2M engine or publishes frames over the CUDA IPC transport.

The carrier ships no kernel sensor drivers and no /dev/video*: SIPL owns the
sensors from userspace, so there is no daemon, no per-boot module load and no
V4L2 controls. Capture runs as the ordinary container user, needing only the
video, i2c and gpio groups.

Four SIPL requirements look arbitrary and are not -- call ordering around
Init(), mandatory ICP buffers, NeedCpuAccess on the producer attribute list,
and REC709_ER on ISP0. Each is commented where it is enforced; getting any of
them wrong fails silently or with a status code that names nothing.

sensing.rst and the plugin README carry the rig details. shw5g.json is a
verbatim copy of the vendor platform config; configs/README.md records its
provenance and the rule against editing it in place.

Auto-exposure saturates with sensor gain pinned at 1.0. That reproduces in
NVIDIA's own nvsipl_camera, so it is upstream; tracked in #1076.

Signed-off-by: Jiwen Cai <jiwenc@nvidia.com>
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