3-1 Introduction to GStreamer
GStreamer is a highly powerful and versatile framework for creating streaming media applications. We have a developed MOIL Equirectangular GStreamer plugin and aim to extend its applications to more use cases.
This chapter introduces the MOIL fisheye image processing technology implemented on the Renesas RZ/G2L hardware platform.
Architecture
Given the limited development and runtime performance of embedded systems, we initially develop and test the software on a PC. Later, we will deploy it to the target hardware through cross-platform compilation.
Our goal is to implement MOIL image processing technology on the Renesas RZ/G2L, enabling image streaming over a network and fostering further system development on PCs or other hardware platforms.
The architecture is as follows:
Development Process
The development process is outlined step-by-step below:
- Generating the remap mapping files
- Setting up the development environment using the
gst-plugins-bad-devproject for GStreamer - Preparing the Renesas version of the
gst-plugins-badproject and integrating the MOIL source code - Compiling the Yocto project on a PC and writing the bootable image to an SD card
- Booting the Renesas RZ/G2L with the Yocto image and testing it on the target board
Knowledge of C and C++ will be extremely useful as we will be using them frequently during the development process.