Qcarcam Api ((hot)) -

Bind the camera's unique IMEI to your platform via the API.

| API | Platform | Latency | Overhead | Multi‑cam sync | HDR | |-----|----------|---------|----------|----------------|-----| | | Qualcomm | Very low | Low | Hardware | Native | | V4L2 | Generic Linux | Low | Medium | Software | No | | GStreamer (v4l2src) | Cross‑platform | Medium | High | No | No | | NVIDIA Argus | Jetson | Low | Low | Hardware | Yes | | Raspberry Pi MMAL | BCM | Low | Low | Limited | No | qcarcam api

qcarcam exposes QCARCAM_CMD_SET_LUT which allows you to upload a Look-Up Table to the ISP. The hardware can then warp the fisheye image into a top-down bird's-eye view with zero CPU load. Bind the camera's unique IMEI to your platform via the API

Failure to release buffers is the most common cause of "frozen streams" in early development. If the pool runs dry, the ISP stalls. Failure to release buffers is the most common