GstNvTracker does not have enable-batch-process nor enable-past-frame properties in DeepStream-Python

TL;DR

  • In DeepStream-Python, batch_meta.batch_user_meta_lis returns NULL.
  • enable_past_frame needs to be 1 in order to retrieve a tracking information.
  • enable_past_frame isn’t available for GstNvTracker in Python.
  • I’ve tried interval with 0 and other values, but the error persists.

Please provide complete information as applicable to your setup.

My environment is the same as this previous post. (basically, deepstream:7.0-gc-triton-devel)

Post1 and Post2 mention that I need to set enable_past_frame to 1.

But in DeepStream Python, no such attribute exist for NvTracker.

# deepstream_python_apps/apps/deepstream-test2/deepstream_test_2.py

    ....

    #Set properties of tracker
    tracker_config = configparser.ConfigParser()
    tracker_config.read('tracker_config.txt')
    tracker_config.sections()
    tracker.set_property('enable_past_frame', 1)
 
    for key in tracker_config['tracker']:
        if key == 'tracker-width' :
            tracker_width = tracker_config.getint('tracker', key)
            tracker.set_property('tracker-width', tracker_width)
        if key == 'tracker-height' :
            tracker_height = tracker_config.getint('tracker', key)
            tracker.set_property('tracker-height', tracker_height)
        if key == 'gpu-id' :
            tracker_gpu_id = tracker_config.getint('tracker', key)
            tracker.set_property('gpu_id', tracker_gpu_id)
        if key == 'll-lib-file' :
            tracker_ll_lib_file = tracker_config.get('tracker', key)
            tracker.set_property('ll-lib-file', tracker_ll_lib_file)
        if key == 'll-config-file' :
            tracker_ll_tracker_config_file = tracker_config.get('tracker', key)
            tracker.set_property('ll-config-file', tracker_ll_tracker_config_file)

TypeError: object of type `GstNvTracker' does not have property `enable-past-frame'
def osd_sink_pad_buffer_probe(pad, info, u_data):
    frame_number = 0
    num_rects = 0

    gst_buffer = info.get_buffer()
    if not gst_buffer:
        print("Unable to get GstBuffer ")
        return

    # Retrieve batch metadata from the gst_buffer
    # Note that pyds.gst_buffer_get_nvds_batch_meta() expects the
    # C address of gst_buffer as input, which is obtained with hash(gst_buffer)
    batch_meta = pyds.gst_buffer_get_nvds_batch_meta(hash(gst_buffer))
    l_frame = batch_meta.frame_meta_list
    while l_frame is not None:
        ....

    # This returns NULL!
    print(batch_meta.batch_user_meta_list)

    #past tracking meta data
    l_user=batch_meta.batch_user_meta_list
    while l_user is not None:
        print("HERE!")
        try:
            # Note that l_user.data needs a cast to pyds.NvDsUserMeta
            # The casting is done by pyds.NvDsUserMeta.cast()
            # The casting also keeps ownership of the underlying memory
            # in the C code, so the Python garbage collector will leave
            # it alone
            user_meta=pyds.NvDsUserMeta.cast(l_user.data)
        except StopIteration:
            break
        if(user_meta and user_meta.base_meta.meta_type==pyds.NvDsMetaType.NVDS_TRACKER_PAST_FRAME_META):
            try:
                # Note that user_meta.user_meta_data needs a cast to pyds.NvDsTargetMiscDataBatch
                # The casting is done by pyds.NvDsTargetMiscDataBatch.cast()
                # The casting also keeps ownership of the underlying memory
                # in the C code, so the Python garbage collector will leave
                # it alone
                pPastDataBatch = pyds.NvDsTargetMiscDataBatch.cast(user_meta.user_meta_data)
            except StopIteration:
                break
            for miscDataStream in pyds.NvDsTargetMiscDataBatch.list(pPastDataBatch):
                print("streamId=",miscDataStream.streamID)
                print("surfaceStreamID=",miscDataStream.surfaceStreamID)
                for miscDataObj in pyds.NvDsTargetMiscDataStream.list(miscDataStream):
                    print("numobj=",miscDataObj.numObj)
                    print("uniqueId=",miscDataObj.uniqueId)
                    print("classId=",miscDataObj.classId)
                    print("objLabel=",miscDataObj.objLabel)
                    for miscDataFrame in pyds.NvDsTargetMiscDataObject.list(miscDataObj):
                        print('frameNum:', miscDataFrame.frameNum)
                        print('tBbox.left:', miscDataFrame.tBbox.left)
                        print('tBbox.width:', miscDataFrame.tBbox.width)
                        print('tBbox.top:', miscDataFrame.tBbox.top)
                        print('tBbox.right:', miscDataFrame.tBbox.height)
                        print('confidence:', miscDataFrame.confidence)
                        print('age:', miscDataFrame.age)
        try:
            l_user=l_user.next
        except StopIteration:
            break

    return Gst.PadProbeReturn.OK	

I’ve found that deepstream-test2 runs succesfully.
(l_user=batch_meta.batch_user_meta_list is not none and it prints streamId, surfaceStreamID, …)

Now, my goal is to attach a tracker to a pipeline with multiple input sources.

So, I attached a nvtracker and a modified version of osd_sink_pad_buffer_probe to deepstream-test3.

On the osd, it shows the tracking ID, but l_frame = batch_meta.frame_meta_list is none.

#!/usr/bin/env python3

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import sys
sys.path.append('../')
from pathlib import Path
from os import environ
import gi
import configparser
import argparse
gi.require_version('Gst', '1.0')
from gi.repository import GLib, Gst
from ctypes import *
import time
import sys
import math
import platform
from common.platform_info import PlatformInfo
from common.bus_call import bus_call
from common.FPS import PERF_DATA

import pyds

no_display = False
silent = False
file_loop = False
perf_data = None
measure_latency = False

MAX_DISPLAY_LEN=64
PGIE_CLASS_ID_VEHICLE = 0
PGIE_CLASS_ID_BICYCLE = 1
PGIE_CLASS_ID_PERSON = 2
PGIE_CLASS_ID_ROADSIGN = 3
MUXER_OUTPUT_WIDTH=1920
MUXER_OUTPUT_HEIGHT=1080
MUXER_BATCH_TIMEOUT_USEC = 33000
TILED_OUTPUT_WIDTH=1280
TILED_OUTPUT_HEIGHT=720
GST_CAPS_FEATURES_NVMM="memory:NVMM"
OSD_PROCESS_MODE= 0
OSD_DISPLAY_TEXT= 1
pgie_classes_str= ["Vehicle", "TwoWheeler", "Person","RoadSign"]

# pgie_src_pad_buffer_probe  will extract metadata received on tiler sink pad
# and update params for drawing rectangle, object information etc.
def pgie_src_pad_buffer_probe(pad,info,u_data):
    frame_number=0
    num_rects=0
    got_fps = False
    gst_buffer = info.get_buffer()
    if not gst_buffer:
        print("Unable to get GstBuffer ")
        return
    # Retrieve batch metadata from the gst_buffer
    # Note that pyds.gst_buffer_get_nvds_batch_meta() expects the
    # C address of gst_buffer as input, which is obtained with hash(gst_buffer)

    # Enable latency measurement via probe if environment variable NVDS_ENABLE_LATENCY_MEASUREMENT=1 is set.
    # To enable component level latency measurement, please set environment variable
    # NVDS_ENABLE_COMPONENT_LATENCY_MEASUREMENT=1 in addition to the above.
    global measure_latency
    if measure_latency:
        num_sources_in_batch = pyds.nvds_measure_buffer_latency(hash(gst_buffer))
        if num_sources_in_batch == 0:
            print("Unable to get number of sources in GstBuffer for latency measurement")

    batch_meta = pyds.gst_buffer_get_nvds_batch_meta(hash(gst_buffer))
    l_frame = batch_meta.frame_meta_list
    while l_frame is not None:
        try:
            # Note that l_frame.data needs a cast to pyds.NvDsFrameMeta
            # The casting is done by pyds.NvDsFrameMeta.cast()
            # The casting also keeps ownership of the underlying memory
            # in the C code, so the Python garbage collector will leave
            # it alone.
            frame_meta = pyds.NvDsFrameMeta.cast(l_frame.data)
        except StopIteration:
            break

        frame_number=frame_meta.frame_num
        l_obj=frame_meta.obj_meta_list
        num_rects = frame_meta.num_obj_meta
        obj_counter = {
        PGIE_CLASS_ID_VEHICLE:0,
        PGIE_CLASS_ID_PERSON:0,
        PGIE_CLASS_ID_BICYCLE:0,
        PGIE_CLASS_ID_ROADSIGN:0
        }
        while l_obj is not None:
            try: 
                # Casting l_obj.data to pyds.NvDsObjectMeta
                obj_meta=pyds.NvDsObjectMeta.cast(l_obj.data)
            except StopIteration:
                break
            obj_counter[obj_meta.class_id] += 1
            try: 
                l_obj=l_obj.next
            except StopIteration:
                break
        if not silent:
            print("Frame Number=", frame_number, "Number of Objects=",num_rects,"Vehicle_count=",obj_counter[PGIE_CLASS_ID_VEHICLE],"Person_count=",obj_counter[PGIE_CLASS_ID_PERSON])

        # Update frame rate through this probe
        stream_index = "stream{0}".format(frame_meta.pad_index)
        global perf_data
        perf_data.update_fps(stream_index)

        try:
            l_frame=l_frame.next
        except StopIteration:
            break

    #past tracking meta data
    l_user=batch_meta.batch_user_meta_list
    print(l_user)
    while l_user is not None:
        try:
            # Note that l_user.data needs a cast to pyds.NvDsUserMeta
            # The casting is done by pyds.NvDsUserMeta.cast()
            # The casting also keeps ownership of the underlying memory
            # in the C code, so the Python garbage collector will leave
            # it alone
            user_meta=pyds.NvDsUserMeta.cast(l_user.data)
        except StopIteration:
            break
        if(user_meta and user_meta.base_meta.meta_type==pyds.NvDsMetaType.NVDS_TRACKER_PAST_FRAME_META):
            try:
                # Note that user_meta.user_meta_data needs a cast to pyds.NvDsTargetMiscDataBatch
                # The casting is done by pyds.NvDsTargetMiscDataBatch.cast()
                # The casting also keeps ownership of the underlying memory
                # in the C code, so the Python garbage collector will leave
                # it alone
                pPastDataBatch = pyds.NvDsTargetMiscDataBatch.cast(user_meta.user_meta_data)
            except StopIteration:
                break
            for miscDataStream in pyds.NvDsTargetMiscDataBatch.list(pPastDataBatch):
                print("streamId=",miscDataStream.streamID)
                print("surfaceStreamID=",miscDataStream.surfaceStreamID)
                for miscDataObj in pyds.NvDsTargetMiscDataStream.list(miscDataStream):
                    print("numobj=",miscDataObj.numObj)
                    print("uniqueId=",miscDataObj.uniqueId)
                    print("classId=",miscDataObj.classId)
                    print("objLabel=",miscDataObj.objLabel)
                    for miscDataFrame in pyds.NvDsTargetMiscDataObject.list(miscDataObj):
                        print('frameNum:', miscDataFrame.frameNum)
                        print('tBbox.left:', miscDataFrame.tBbox.left)
                        print('tBbox.width:', miscDataFrame.tBbox.width)
                        print('tBbox.top:', miscDataFrame.tBbox.top)
                        print('tBbox.right:', miscDataFrame.tBbox.height)
                        print('confidence:', miscDataFrame.confidence)
                        print('age:', miscDataFrame.age)
        try:
            l_user=l_user.next
        except StopIteration:
            break

    return Gst.PadProbeReturn.OK



def cb_newpad(decodebin, decoder_src_pad,data):
    print("In cb_newpad\n")
    caps=decoder_src_pad.get_current_caps()
    if not caps:
        caps = decoder_src_pad.query_caps()
    gststruct=caps.get_structure(0)
    gstname=gststruct.get_name()
    source_bin=data
    features=caps.get_features(0)

    # Need to check if the pad created by the decodebin is for video and not
    # audio.
    print("gstname=",gstname)
    if(gstname.find("video")!=-1):
        # Link the decodebin pad only if decodebin has picked nvidia
        # decoder plugin nvdec_*. We do this by checking if the pad caps contain
        # NVMM memory features.
        print("features=",features)
        if features.contains("memory:NVMM"):
            # Get the source bin ghost pad
            bin_ghost_pad=source_bin.get_static_pad("src")
            if not bin_ghost_pad.set_target(decoder_src_pad):
                sys.stderr.write("Failed to link decoder src pad to source bin ghost pad\n")
        else:
            sys.stderr.write(" Error: Decodebin did not pick nvidia decoder plugin.\n")

def decodebin_child_added(child_proxy,Object,name,user_data):
    print("Decodebin child added:", name, "\n")
    if(name.find("decodebin") != -1):
        Object.connect("child-added",decodebin_child_added,user_data)

    if "source" in name:
        source_element = child_proxy.get_by_name("source")
        if source_element.find_property('drop-on-latency') != None:
            Object.set_property("drop-on-latency", True)



def create_source_bin(index,uri):
    print("Creating source bin")

    # Create a source GstBin to abstract this bin's content from the rest of the
    # pipeline
    bin_name="source-bin-%02d" %index
    print(bin_name)
    nbin=Gst.Bin.new(bin_name)
    if not nbin:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create source bin \n")

    # Source element for reading from the uri.
    # We will use decodebin and let it figure out the container format of the
    # stream and the codec and plug the appropriate demux and decode plugins.
    if file_loop:
        # use nvurisrcbin to enable file-loop
        uri_decode_bin=Gst.ElementFactory.make("nvurisrcbin", "uri-decode-bin")
        uri_decode_bin.set_property("file-loop", 1)
        uri_decode_bin.set_property("cudadec-memtype", 0)
    else:
        uri_decode_bin=Gst.ElementFactory.make("uridecodebin", "uri-decode-bin")
    if not uri_decode_bin:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create uri decode bin \n")
    # We set the input uri to the source element
    uri_decode_bin.set_property("uri",uri)
    # Connect to the "pad-added" signal of the decodebin which generates a
    # callback once a new pad for raw data has beed created by the decodebin
    uri_decode_bin.connect("pad-added",cb_newpad,nbin)
    uri_decode_bin.connect("child-added",decodebin_child_added,nbin)

    # We need to create a ghost pad for the source bin which will act as a proxy
    # for the video decoder src pad. The ghost pad will not have a target right
    # now. Once the decode bin creates the video decoder and generates the
    # cb_newpad callback, we will set the ghost pad target to the video decoder
    # src pad.
    Gst.Bin.add(nbin,uri_decode_bin)
    bin_pad=nbin.add_pad(Gst.GhostPad.new_no_target("src",Gst.PadDirection.SRC))
    if not bin_pad:
        sys.stderr.write(" Failed to add ghost pad in source bin \n")
        return None
    return nbin

def main(args, requested_pgie=None, config=None, disable_probe=False):
    global perf_data
    perf_data = PERF_DATA(len(args))

    number_sources=len(args)

    platform_info = PlatformInfo()
    # Standard GStreamer initialization
    Gst.init(None)

    # Create gstreamer elements */
    # Create Pipeline element that will form a connection of other elements
    print("Creating Pipeline \n ")
    pipeline = Gst.Pipeline()
    is_live = False

    if not pipeline:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create Pipeline \n")
    print("Creating streamux \n ")

    # Create nvstreammux instance to form batches from one or more sources.
    streammux = Gst.ElementFactory.make("nvstreammux", "Stream-muxer")
    if not streammux:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create NvStreamMux \n")

    pipeline.add(streammux)
    for i in range(number_sources):
        print("Creating source_bin ",i," \n ")
        uri_name=args[i]
        if uri_name.find("rtsp://") == 0 :
            is_live = True
        source_bin=create_source_bin(i, uri_name)
        if not source_bin:
            sys.stderr.write("Unable to create source bin \n")
        pipeline.add(source_bin)
        padname="sink_%u" %i
        sinkpad= streammux.request_pad_simple(padname) 
        if not sinkpad:
            sys.stderr.write("Unable to create sink pad bin \n")
        srcpad=source_bin.get_static_pad("src")
        if not srcpad:
            sys.stderr.write("Unable to create src pad bin \n")
        srcpad.link(sinkpad)
    queue1=Gst.ElementFactory.make("queue","queue1")
    queue2=Gst.ElementFactory.make("queue","queue2")
    queue3=Gst.ElementFactory.make("queue","queue3")
    queue4=Gst.ElementFactory.make("queue","queue4")
    queue5=Gst.ElementFactory.make("queue","queue5")
    pipeline.add(queue1)
    pipeline.add(queue2)
    pipeline.add(queue3)
    pipeline.add(queue4)
    pipeline.add(queue5)

    nvdslogger = None

    print("Creating Pgie \n ")
    if requested_pgie != None and (requested_pgie == 'nvinferserver' or requested_pgie == 'nvinferserver-grpc') :
        pgie = Gst.ElementFactory.make("nvinferserver", "primary-inference")
    elif requested_pgie != None and requested_pgie == 'nvinfer':
        pgie = Gst.ElementFactory.make("nvinfer", "primary-inference")
    else:
        pgie = Gst.ElementFactory.make("nvinfer", "primary-inference")

    if not pgie:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create pgie :  %s\n" % requested_pgie)

    tracker = Gst.ElementFactory.make("nvtracker", "tracker")
    if not tracker:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create tracker \n")

    if disable_probe:
        # Use nvdslogger for perf measurement instead of probe function
        print ("Creating nvdslogger \n")
        nvdslogger = Gst.ElementFactory.make("nvdslogger", "nvdslogger")

    print("Creating tiler \n ")
    tiler=Gst.ElementFactory.make("nvmultistreamtiler", "nvtiler")
    if not tiler:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create tiler \n")
    print("Creating nvvidconv \n ")
    nvvidconv = Gst.ElementFactory.make("nvvideoconvert", "convertor")
    if not nvvidconv:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create nvvidconv \n")
    print("Creating nvosd \n ")
    nvosd = Gst.ElementFactory.make("nvdsosd", "onscreendisplay")
    if not nvosd:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create nvosd \n")
    nvosd.set_property('process-mode',OSD_PROCESS_MODE)
    nvosd.set_property('display-text',OSD_DISPLAY_TEXT)

    if file_loop:
        if platform_info.is_integrated_gpu():
            # Set nvbuf-memory-type=4 for integrated gpu for file-loop (nvurisrcbin case)
            streammux.set_property('nvbuf-memory-type', 4)
        else:
            # Set nvbuf-memory-type=2 for x86 for file-loop (nvurisrcbin case)
            streammux.set_property('nvbuf-memory-type', 2)

    if no_display:
        print("Creating Fakesink \n")
        sink = Gst.ElementFactory.make("fakesink", "fakesink")
        sink.set_property('enable-last-sample', 0)
        sink.set_property('sync', 0)
    else:
        if platform_info.is_integrated_gpu():
            print("Creating nv3dsink \n")
            sink = Gst.ElementFactory.make("nv3dsink", "nv3d-sink")
            if not sink:
                sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create nv3dsink \n")
        else:
            if platform_info.is_platform_aarch64():
                print("Creating nv3dsink \n")
                sink = Gst.ElementFactory.make("nv3dsink", "nv3d-sink")
            else:
                print("Creating EGLSink \n")
                sink = Gst.ElementFactory.make("nveglglessink", "nvvideo-renderer")
            if not sink:
                sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create egl sink \n")

    if not sink:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create sink element \n")

    if is_live:
        print("At least one of the sources is live")
        streammux.set_property('live-source', 1)

    streammux.set_property('width', 1920)
    streammux.set_property('height', 1080)
    streammux.set_property('batch-size', 2)
    streammux.set_property('batched-push-timeout', MUXER_BATCH_TIMEOUT_USEC)
    if requested_pgie == "nvinferserver" and config != None:
        pgie.set_property('config-file-path', config)
    elif requested_pgie == "nvinferserver-grpc" and config != None:
        pgie.set_property('config-file-path', config)
    elif requested_pgie == "nvinfer" and config != None:
        pgie.set_property('config-file-path', config)
    else:
        pgie.set_property('config-file-path', "dstest3_pgie_config.txt")
    pgie_batch_size=pgie.get_property("batch-size")
    print("PGIE batch size",pgie_batch_size)
    print("config file path",pgie.get_property("config-file-path"))

    if(pgie_batch_size != number_sources):
        print("WARNING: Overriding infer-config batch-size",pgie_batch_size," with number of sources ", number_sources," \n")
        pgie.set_property("batch-size",number_sources)


    #Set properties of tracker
    config = configparser.ConfigParser()
    config.read('dstest2_tracker_config.txt')
    config.sections()

    for key in config['tracker']:
        if key == 'tracker-width' :
            tracker_width = config.getint('tracker', key)
            tracker.set_property('tracker-width', tracker_width)
        if key == 'tracker-height' :
            tracker_height = config.getint('tracker', key)
            tracker.set_property('tracker-height', tracker_height)
        if key == 'gpu-id' :
            tracker_gpu_id = config.getint('tracker', key)
            tracker.set_property('gpu_id', tracker_gpu_id)
        if key == 'll-lib-file' :
            tracker_ll_lib_file = config.get('tracker', key)
            tracker.set_property('ll-lib-file', tracker_ll_lib_file)
        if key == 'll-config-file' :
            tracker_ll_config_file = config.get('tracker', key)
            tracker.set_property('ll-config-file', tracker_ll_config_file)


    tiler_rows=int(math.sqrt(number_sources))
    tiler_columns=int(math.ceil((1.0*number_sources)/tiler_rows))
    tiler.set_property("rows",tiler_rows)
    tiler.set_property("columns",tiler_columns)
    tiler.set_property("width", TILED_OUTPUT_WIDTH)
    tiler.set_property("height", TILED_OUTPUT_HEIGHT)
    sink.set_property("qos",0)

    print("Adding elements to Pipeline \n")
    pipeline.add(pgie)
    pipeline.add(tracker)
    if nvdslogger:
        pipeline.add(nvdslogger)
    pipeline.add(tiler)
    pipeline.add(nvvidconv)
    pipeline.add(nvosd)
    pipeline.add(sink)

    print("Linking elements in the Pipeline \n")
    streammux.link(queue1)
    queue1.link(pgie)

    pgie.link(tracker)
    tracker.link(queue2)

    # pgie.link(queue2)
    # if nvdslogger:
    #     queue2.link(nvdslogger)
    #     nvdslogger.link(tiler)
    # else:
    #     queue2.link(tiler)
    queue2.link(tiler)
    tiler.link(queue3)
    queue3.link(nvvidconv)
    nvvidconv.link(queue4)
    queue4.link(nvosd)
    nvosd.link(queue5)
    queue5.link(sink)   

    # create an event loop and feed gstreamer bus mesages to it
    loop = GLib.MainLoop()
    bus = pipeline.get_bus()
    bus.add_signal_watch()
    bus.connect ("message", bus_call, loop)
    pgie_src_pad=pgie.get_static_pad("src")
    if not pgie_src_pad:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to get src pad \n")
    else:
        if not disable_probe:
            pgie_src_pad.add_probe(Gst.PadProbeType.BUFFER, pgie_src_pad_buffer_probe, 0)
            # perf callback function to print fps every 5 sec
            GLib.timeout_add(5000, perf_data.perf_print_callback)

    # Enable latency measurement via probe if environment variable NVDS_ENABLE_LATENCY_MEASUREMENT=1 is set.
    # To enable component level latency measurement, please set environment variable
    # NVDS_ENABLE_COMPONENT_LATENCY_MEASUREMENT=1 in addition to the above.
    if environ.get('NVDS_ENABLE_LATENCY_MEASUREMENT') == '1':
        print ("Pipeline Latency Measurement enabled!\nPlease set env var NVDS_ENABLE_COMPONENT_LATENCY_MEASUREMENT=1 for Component Latency Measurement")
        global measure_latency
        measure_latency = True

    # List the sources
    print("Now playing...")
    for i, source in enumerate(args):
        print(i, ": ", source)

    print("Starting pipeline \n")
    # start play back and listed to events		
    pipeline.set_state(Gst.State.PLAYING)
    try:
        loop.run()
    except:
        pass
    # cleanup
    print("Exiting app\n")
    pipeline.set_state(Gst.State.NULL)

def parse_args():

    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog="deepstream_test_3",
                    description="deepstream-test3 multi stream, multi model inference reference app")
    parser.add_argument(
        "-i",
        "--input",
        help="Path to input streams",
        nargs="+",
        metavar="URIs",
        default=["a"],
        required=True,
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "-c",
        "--configfile",
        metavar="config_location.txt",
        default=None,
        help="Choose the config-file to be used with specified pgie",
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "-g",
        "--pgie",
        default=None,
        help="Choose Primary GPU Inference Engine",
        choices=["nvinfer", "nvinferserver", "nvinferserver-grpc"],
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--no-display",
        action="store_true",
        default=False,
        dest='no_display',
        help="Disable display of video output",
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--file-loop",
        action="store_true",
        default=False,
        dest='file_loop',
        help="Loop the input file sources after EOS",
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--disable-probe",
        action="store_true",
        default=False,
        dest='disable_probe',
        help="Disable the probe function and use nvdslogger for FPS",
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "-s",
        "--silent",
        action="store_true",
        default=False,
        dest='silent',
        help="Disable verbose output",
    )
    # Check input arguments
    if len(sys.argv) == 1:
        parser.print_help(sys.stderr)
        sys.exit(1)
    args = parser.parse_args()

    stream_paths = args.input
    pgie = args.pgie
    config = args.configfile
    disable_probe = args.disable_probe
    global no_display
    global silent
    global file_loop
    no_display = args.no_display
    silent = args.silent
    file_loop = args.file_loop

    if config and not pgie or pgie and not config:
        sys.stderr.write ("\nEither pgie or configfile is missing. Please specify both! Exiting...\n\n\n\n")
        parser.print_help()
        sys.exit(1)
    if config:
        config_path = Path(config)
        if not config_path.is_file():
            sys.stderr.write ("Specified config-file: %s doesn't exist. Exiting...\n\n" % config)
            sys.exit(1)

    print(vars(args))
    return stream_paths, pgie, config, disable_probe

if __name__ == '__main__':
    stream_paths, pgie, config, disable_probe = parse_args()
    sys.exit(main(stream_paths, pgie, config, disable_probe))

INPUT0=file:///opt/nvidia/deepstream/deepstream/samples/streams/sample_1080p_h264.mp4
INPUT1=file:///opt/nvidia/deepstream/deepstream/samples/streams/sample_1080p_h264.mp4
NVDS_ENABLE_LATENCY_MEASUREMENT=1
NVDS_ENABLE_COMPONENT_LATENCY_MEASUREMENT=1

# python3 deepstream_test_3.py \
#     -i $INPUT0 $INPUT1 \
#     --pgie nvinfer \
#     -c config_infer_primary_peoplenet.txt \
#     -s

$ python3 deepstream_test_3.py \
    -i $INPUT0 $INPUT1 \
    --pgie nvinfer \
    -c dstest3_pgie_config.txt \
    -s

Nvtracker doesn’t have enable_past_frame parameter on DS7.0, please refer to gst-nvtracker.

In your code, the tracker is linked to the pgie plugin and your probe function is added to the pgie plugin. So you cannot get tracker info from the prob function of pgie.

Thank you for the clarification! @yuweiw

Then, to access the tracker-applied data, I need to attach the probe function to nvtracker, not pgie?

Thank you again for the Enlightenment!

I’ve attached tracker_src_pad_buffer_probe to nvtracker’s source pad, and it works!

I believe I was a bit confused because in deepstream-test2, the past tracking meta data is accessed inside osd_sink_pad_buffer_probe

So, I guess tracker_src_pad_buffer_probe returns the tracker-applied data, right?

    ...

    tracker_src_pad=tracker.get_static_pad("src")
    if not tracker_src_pad:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to get src pad \n")
    else:
        if not disable_probe:
            tracker_src_pad.add_probe(Gst.PadProbeType.BUFFER, tracker_src_pad_buffer_probe, 0)
            # perf callback function to print fps every 5 sec
            GLib.timeout_add(5000, perf_data.perf_print_callback)

    ...
def tracker_src_pad_buffer_probe(pad,info,u_data):
    gst_buffer = info.get_buffer()
    if not gst_buffer:
        print("Unable to get GstBuffer ")
        return

    batch_meta = pyds.gst_buffer_get_nvds_batch_meta(hash(gst_buffer))

    #past tracking meta data
    l_user=batch_meta.batch_user_meta_list
    while l_user is not None:
        try:
            # Note that l_user.data needs a cast to pyds.NvDsUserMeta
            # The casting is done by pyds.NvDsUserMeta.cast()
            # The casting also keeps ownership of the underlying memory
            # in the C code, so the Python garbage collector will leave
            # it alone
            user_meta=pyds.NvDsUserMeta.cast(l_user.data)
        except StopIteration:
            break
        if(user_meta and user_meta.base_meta.meta_type==pyds.NvDsMetaType.NVDS_TRACKER_PAST_FRAME_META):
            try:
                # Note that user_meta.user_meta_data needs a cast to pyds.NvDsTargetMiscDataBatch
                # The casting is done by pyds.NvDsTargetMiscDataBatch.cast()
                # The casting also keeps ownership of the underlying memory
                # in the C code, so the Python garbage collector will leave
                # it alone
                pPastDataBatch = pyds.NvDsTargetMiscDataBatch.cast(user_meta.user_meta_data)
            except StopIteration:
                break
            for miscDataStream in pyds.NvDsTargetMiscDataBatch.list(pPastDataBatch):
                print("streamId=",miscDataStream.streamID)
                print("surfaceStreamID=",miscDataStream.surfaceStreamID)
                for miscDataObj in pyds.NvDsTargetMiscDataStream.list(miscDataStream):
                    print("numobj=",miscDataObj.numObj)
                    print("uniqueId=",miscDataObj.uniqueId)
                    print("classId=",miscDataObj.classId)
                    print("objLabel=",miscDataObj.objLabel)
                    for miscDataFrame in pyds.NvDsTargetMiscDataObject.list(miscDataObj):
                        print('frameNum:', miscDataFrame.frameNum)
                        print('tBbox.left:', miscDataFrame.tBbox.left)
                        print('tBbox.width:', miscDataFrame.tBbox.width)
                        print('tBbox.top:', miscDataFrame.tBbox.top)
                        print('tBbox.right:', miscDataFrame.tBbox.height)
                        print('confidence:', miscDataFrame.confidence)
                        print('age:', miscDataFrame.age)
        try:
            l_user=l_user.next
        except StopIteration:
            break

    return Gst.PadProbeReturn.OK

Yes, you can understand it in this way. We suggest your learn some basic concepts about Gstreamer too. You can refer to the concepts.

There is no update from you for a period, assuming this is not an issue anymore. Hence we are closing this topic. If need further support, please open a new one. Thanks

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