nvcamerasrc - trigger frame capture at precise time?

Autonomous Machines Jetson & Embedded Systems Jetson TX2
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I have a working gstreamer pipeline which uses nvcamerasrc to: 1) stream video and 2) save off individual frames as .jpg images, at a low rate (0.5 hz). I need to get the timestamp of the saved images so I can correlate with other data.

It seems like there isn’t a software-only way to get the timestamp of any image, for instance see https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1030288/jetson-tx2/get-very-precise-timestamp-of-camera-frame-time/.

But it would be just as well for me if I could trigger the .jpg capture at a known time - is this possible with the nvcamerasrc “trigger” property, or something else?

I’m using a TX2 with LI IMX-290 camera and LI-TX1-CB Rev 1.3 carrier board.

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The nvcamerasrc ‘trigger’ property cannot capture at exact time. You probably leverage appsink. Below is a similar case for your reference:
[url]https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1043237/jetson-tx2/how-to-turn-off-auto-capture-when-gstreamer-pipeline-runs-only-on-demand/post/5292513/#5292513[/url]