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Use small preview buffer for HQ camera, so long exposures can complete with 128MB GPU RAM #638

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use small preview buffer when out of resources
chrisruk Jul 22, 2020
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Use smaller preview buffer size, for 76MB GPU RAM
chrisruk Jul 28, 2020
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Switch small preview resolution to 1080p
chrisruk Aug 6, 2020
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23 changes: 17 additions & 6 deletions picamera/camera.py
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Expand Up @@ -2232,7 +2232,7 @@ def _get_config(self):
colorspace=self._camera.outputs[0].colorspace
)

def _configure_camera(self, old, new):
def _configure_camera(self, old, new, small_preview=False):
"""
An internal method for setting a new camera mode, framerate,
resolution, clock_mode, and/or ISP blocks.
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2304,13 +2304,19 @@ def _configure_camera(self, old, new):
cc.max_stills_h = new.resolution.height
cc.stills_yuv422 = 0
cc.one_shot_stills = 1
cc.max_preview_video_w = new.resolution.width
cc.max_preview_video_h = new.resolution.height
if small_preview:
cc.max_preview_video_w = 1920
cc.max_preview_video_h = 1080
else:
cc.max_preview_video_w = new.resolution.width
cc.max_preview_video_h = new.resolution.height
cc.num_preview_video_frames = max(3, fps_high // 10)
cc.stills_capture_circular_buffer_height = 0
cc.fast_preview_resume = 0
cc.use_stc_timestamp = new.clock_mode
self._camera.control.params[mmal.MMAL_PARAMETER_CAMERA_CONFIG] = cc
if small_preview:
preview_resolution = mo.to_resolution((1920,1080))

# Clamp preview resolution to camera's resolution
if (
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2613,9 +2619,14 @@ def _set_resolution(self, value):
"Invalid resolution requested: %r" % (value,))
config = self._get_config()
self._disable_camera()
self._configure_camera(config, config._replace(resolution=value))
self._configure_splitter()
self._enable_camera()
try:
self._configure_camera(config, config._replace(resolution=value))
self._configure_splitter()
self._enable_camera()
except PiCameraMMALError:
self._configure_camera(config, config._replace(resolution=value), small_preview=True)
self._configure_splitter()
self._enable_camera()
resolution = property(_get_resolution, _set_resolution, doc="""
Retrieves or sets the resolution at which image captures, video
recordings, and previews will be captured.
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