Value for constant ARV_PIXEL_FORMAT_MONO_10_PACKED is wrong

[schneider-coder]

Describe the bug I am using a Basler camera which is set to pixelformat MONO10p. When I am accessing the camera using the aravis client I get the right value 0x010A0046 according to the spec.

https://www.emva.org/wp-content/uploads/GenICam_PFNC_1_1_01.pdf

In the code the value of this pixelformat MONO10p is set to 0x010c0004 which is not defined in the spec at all.

#define ARV_PIXEL_FORMAT_MONO_10_PACKED ((ArvPixelFormat) 0x010c0004u)

So, the bottom line is, the value I get from the camera is correct and the value defined in ARV_PIXEL_FORMAT_MONO_10_PACKED is wrong. The value 0x010c0004 doesn't even exist in the spec.

Update: It seems that I was using an obsolete spec. In the current spec the values matches with the implementation. https://www.emva.org/wp-content/uploads/GenICam_Package_2023.07a.zip

But this leads to another issue: How can I check to which standard the camera is developed?

To Reproduce Either check the spec and compare the values or connect to a GIGE Vision cam which is set to pixelformat MONO10p and check the value you get using

ArvPixelFormat pixelFormat = arv_buffer_get_image_pixel_format(buffer);

Expected behavior The value for the constant must be this #define ARV_PIXEL_FORMAT_MONO_10_PACKED ((ArvPixelFormat) 0x010A0046u)

Camera description:

• Basler
• a2A2448-105g5c
• GIGE Vision

Platform description:

• Aravais sdk v0.8
• OS: Ubuntu22
• x86_64

[charliebudd]

Just bumped into this too, I just switched to using the string Mono10p. It's a shame the standard changed something like this, I'm sure there was a good reason. I don't think there is anything in the camera to indicate which version of the standard was used.

I guess a fix could be implemented in the aravis API. ARV_PIXEL_FORMAT_MONO_10_PACKED_LEGACY could be defined and If setting to ARV_PIXEL_FORMAT_MONO_10_PACKED, arv_buffer_set_image_pixel_format could catch the error if thrown and try the legacy value before returning the error to the user.

[charliebudd]

Actually, my camera at least exposes some versioning info for the standard in use...

DeviceGenCPVersionMajor [Integer]
DeviceGenCPVersionMinor [Integer]
DeviceU3VVersionMajor [Integer]
DeviceU3VVersionMinor [Integer]

If exposing this is part of the standard, and therefore should be expected on all cameras, it could be a way to determine which value should be used.