feat(visualization): replace cv2 GUI with Rerun (and solves ffmpeg versioning issues) (#903)

benchmarks/video/capture_camera_feed.py

@@ -17,12 +17,21 @@
 
 import argparse
 import datetime as dt
+import os
+import time
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import cv2
+import rerun as rr
+
+# see https://rerun.io/docs/howto/visualization/limit-ram
+RERUN_MEMORY_LIMIT = os.getenv("LEROBOT_RERUN_MEMORY_LIMIT", "5%")
 
 
-def display_and_save_video_stream(output_dir: Path, fps: int, width: int, height: int):
+def display_and_save_video_stream(output_dir: Path, fps: int, width: int, height: int, duration: int):
+    rr.init("lerobot_capture_camera_feed")
+    rr.spawn(memory_limit=RERUN_MEMORY_LIMIT)
+
     now = dt.datetime.now()
     capture_dir = output_dir / f"{now:%Y-%m-%d}" / f"{now:%H-%M-%S}"
     if not capture_dir.exists():
@@ -39,24 +48,21 @@ def display_and_save_video_stream(output_dir: Path, fps: int, width: int, height
     cap.set(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT, height)
 
     frame_index = 0
-    while True:
+    start_time = time.time()
+    while time.time() - start_time < duration:
         ret, frame = cap.read()
 
         if not ret:
             print("Error: Could not read frame.")
             break
-
-        cv2.imshow("Video Stream", frame)
+        rr.log("video/stream", rr.Image(frame.numpy()), static=True)
         cv2.imwrite(str(capture_dir / f"frame_{frame_index:06d}.png"), frame)
         frame_index += 1
 
-        # Break the loop on 'q' key press
-        if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord("q"):
-            break
-
-    # Release the capture and destroy all windows
+    # Release the capture
     cap.release()
-    cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+
+    # TODO(Steven): Add a graceful shutdown via a close() method for the Viewer context, though not currently supported in the Rerun API.
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
@@ -86,5 +92,11 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         default=720,
         help="Height of the captured images.",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--duration",
+        type=int,
+        default=20,
+        help="Duration in seconds for which the video stream should be captured.",
+    )
     args = parser.parse_args()
     display_and_save_video_stream(**vars(args))