I figured out why it wasn't working for me. After using the qt3d debug
build, I noticed that Qt3D was asserting:
ASSERT failure in Q_UNREACHABLE(): "Q_UNREACHABLE was reached", file
graphicshelpers/graphicscontext.cpp,
line 1684
Basically, it was telling me that it had an invalid framebuffer type. I had
multisampling enabled which would prevent direct reads from a framebuffer.
Multisampled framebuffers need to be copied to a texture before reading to
main memory. After disabling multisampling, it still wasn't working. Then
I forced a new default format with QSurfaceFormat:
QSurfaceFormat format = QSurfaceFormat::defaultFormat();
format.setAlphaBufferSize(8);
format.setRedBufferSize(8);
format.setGreenBufferSize(8);
format.setBlueBufferSize(8);
QSurfaceFormat::setDefaultFormat(format);
Then it worked! I tried re-enabling multisampling which caused it not
to work agian.
I think there's currently two bugs for RenderCapture:
1. The default QSurfaceFormat doesn't work with RenderCapture (on macOS 10.12.1)
2. The multisampling (using Scene3D) doesn't work with RenderCapture
Sean, should I make a bug report?
Thanks,
Phi|ip
On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 4:16 PM Philip Schuchardt <vpica...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I prototyped a framegraph using 5.8-beta and RenderCapture, but was unable
> to get anything to save to disk. It creates a RenderCaptureReply. The reply
> gets completed but the image is null and nothing is saved. I'm currently
> saving to "~/testShot.png". Any ideas why it's not working? I probably set
> up the framegraph wrong or something. I would be really helpful if there
> was an example in the documentation.
>
> Here's my test example. You can run through Qt Creators -> Tools ->
> External -> Qt Quickt - > qmlscene
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13470469/Renderer3D.qml
>
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 11:33 AM Philip Schuchardt <vpica...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Cool! I didn't see RenderCapture class in 5.7. I glad it was added in 5.8.
> I'll try to prototype something with custom framegraph in 5.8.
>
> Phi|ip
>
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 6:48 AM Juan Jose Casafranca <jjcas...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I will have a better look to how the aspect translates the framegraph node
> to opengl commands.
>
> Thanks!
>
> 2016-11-28 12:42 GMT+01:00 Sean Harmer <sean.har...@kdab.com>:
>
> On Monday 28 November 2016 12:34:01 Juan Jose Casafranca wrote:
> > How does QRenderCapture works? When a capture is requested it sets a
> flags
> > and when generating the view, it creates a job that will render the
> image?
> > I imagine the QRenderCapture in the framegraph is important. If you put
> it
> > right after the ClearBuffers, it will render an empty image, wont it?
>
> I suspect the issue here is not being clear on the frame graph. Each leaf
> node
> of the frame graph results in a phase of rendering. The RenderCapture node
> essentially gets translated into a glReadPixels call for that rendering
> phase.
> If the sub-tree containing the ClearBuffers and RenderCapture also does
> some
> drawing (i.e. doesn't have a NoDraw node) the glReadPixels will happen
> after
> the draw calls so should read back the framebuffer that has just been drawn
> to.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Sean
>
> >
> > 2016-11-28 12:11 GMT+01:00 Sean Harmer <sean.har...@kdab.com>:
> > > On Monday 28 November 2016 11:48:14 Harald Vistnes wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > yes, this would be a most welcome feature.
> > > >
> > > > Concerning Jira, it has already been requested multiple times
> > > > https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52074
> > > > https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52136
> > >
> > > I meant for reading back from a buffer. :)
> > >
> > > > I tried to render into a FBO and read back the results, but had some
> > > > problems. I attached some test code in the Jira
> > > >
> https://bugreports.qt.io/secure/attachment/57353/offscreenrenderer.zip
> > >
> > > but
> > >
> > > > never got any feedback. If someone will look into this it would be
> > > > great.
> > >
> > > I'll see if someone can take a look. I may have some time next week if
> > > nobody
> > > else can.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Sean
> > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Harald
> > > >
> > > > 2016-11-28 11:41 GMT+01:00 Sean Harmer <sean.har...@kdab.com>:
> > > > > On Monday 28 November 2016 11:40:10 Juan Jose Casafranca wrote:
> > > > > > Oh thanks!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Yes, in fact my first thought was to use it for a compute
> shader. It
> > > > >
> > > > > would
> > > > >
> > > > > > make Qt3D a great tool not only for rendering but also for GPGPU.
> > > > > > I will try to have a look on it during the Christmas vacations
> :-)
> > > > >
> > > > > Awesome! Drop by #qt-3d on irc if you need anything.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > >
> > > > > Sean
> > > > >
> > > > > > 2016-11-28 11:31 GMT+01:00 Sean Harmer <sean.har...@kdab.com>:
> > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Monday 28 November 2016 11:22:30 Juan Jose Casafranca wrote:
> > > > > > > > Hi Sean,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > is there any example on how to do that? I tried to use a
> > > > >
> > > > > QRenderCapture
> > > > >
> > > > > > > but
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I failed two weeks ago.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > http://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qt3d.git/tree/tests/manual/
> > >
> > > rendercapture-qml
> > >
> > > > > > > http://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qt3d.git/tree/tests/manual/
> > >
> > > rendercapture-cpp
> > >
> > > > > > > > Is there any way to access the buffers content data using a
> > >
> > > similar
> > >
> > > > > > > > approach to the QRenderCapture method?
> > > > > > > > For example, in an animation system, use a graphics pipeline
> to
> > > > >
> > > > > compute
> > > > >
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > deformed mesh and then get the new vertex positions for
> export.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Right, that is missing at the moment. It would be very useful
> to
> > > > > > > be
> > > > >
> > > > > able
> > > > >
> > > > > > > to do
> > > > > > > this to read back the results of a compute shader too for
> e.g.. If
> > >
> > > you
> > >
> > > > > > > wish to
> > > > > > > have a go at adding such a feature analogous the the
> RenderCapture
> > > > > > > node
> > > > > > > then
> > > > > > > that would be awesome. If not, we can try to do it for 5.9 but
> the
> > > > >
> > > > > feature
> > > > >
> > > > > > > freeze is approaching. In either case could you file a JIRA
> for it
> > > > >
> > > > > please?
> > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Sean
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Cheers
> > > > > > > > Juan José
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > 2016-11-28 11:13 GMT+01:00 Sean Harmer <sean.har...@kdab.com
> >:
> > > > > > > > > On Monday 28 November 2016 02:23:59 Philip Schuchardt
> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > I'm trying to port my OpenGL code (
> > >
> > > https://github.com/Cavewhere/
> > >
> > > > > > > > > cavewhere/)
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > to use Qt3D. I think Qt3D will allow me to quickly
> improve
> > >
> > > and
> > >
> > > > > > > modify my
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > rendering pipeline. The one requirement I need is to be
> able
> > >
> > > to
> > >
> > > > > > > render
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > to a
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > QImage and save it to disk. Currently, have a method that
> > > > > > > > > > renders
> > > > > > > > > > high-resolution images from OpenGL. I do this by tiling a
> > > > >
> > > > > projection
> > > > >
> > > > > > > > > matrix
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > and rendering the scene one tile at a time and combining
> > > > > > > > > > them
> > > > >
> > > > > into
> > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > on
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > huge
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > PNG. The problem is I'm not sure how to render Qt3D
> pipeline
> > >
> > > to
> > >
> > > > > > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > > > texture
> > > > > > > > > > and then download if from the GPU into memory in Qt3D. Is
> > >
> > > there
> > >
> > > > > an
> > > > >
> > > > > > > easy
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > way
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > to do that? Do I need to create my own Aspect?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Hi, you can use a custom frame graph that includes a
> > > > > > > > > QRenderCapture
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > node
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > (coming in Qt 5.8). If you combine this with a camera and
> some
> > > > >
> > > > > logic
> > > > >
> > > > > > > for
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > tiling the frustum (NodeInstantiator) you should be able to
> > > > >
> > > > > replicate
> > > > >
> > > > > > > your
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > existing logic. I'd like to get something like this
> wrapped up
> > > > >
> > > > > along
> > > > >
> > > > > > > with
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Qt
> > > > > > > > > 5.9.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Also, many parts of the documentation seem to be missing,
> > >
> > > very
> > >
> > > > > > > > > > light,
> > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > not up to the same standard as the rest of Qt's
> > >
> > > documentation.
> > >
> > > > > > > > > Yes this is something I really want to have a push on in
> the
> > >
> > > near
> > >
> > > > > > > future.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Sean
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Perhaps,
> > > > > > > > > > I'm just missing something from the undocumented
> > >
> > > documentation.
> > >
> > > > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > > > Phi|ip
> > > > > > > > >
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