Intermittent "Half-Image Swap/Flip" Glitch on ZED Box Mini via JetPack 7.2

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I am experiencing an intermittent issue with our ZED2i camera feed where the left and right halves of the video frame appear to be swapped or flipped. The image added is of the left camera frame but it occurs on both.

System Configuration:

  • Hardware: ZED Box Mini

  • Connection: ZED2i Camera plugged directly inot ZED Box Mini via USB

  • OS/Environment: JetPack 7.2

  • SDK Version: ZED SDK 5.4

Details: The glitch occurs sporadically during operation. The video feed will suddenly show the left side of the image on the right, and vice versa. It seems like a frame buffer synchronization or UVC/USB packet handling error under this specific environment. This can be seen in ZED Explorer as well.

We are fully aware that GMSL drivers do not exist for the JetPack 7.2 stack on Orin hardware, which is why we must run this setup strictly over the USB camera interface. JetPack 7.2 is required for our application architecture.

Would anyone have any experience on what might cause this specific USB frame-swapping artifact under ZED SDK 5.4, or if there are specific environment variables or

buffer tweaks we can apply to keep the USB stream stable? Let me know what logs/diagnostic files I can provide to help troubleshoot.

Thank you for any assistance.

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Hi @oherbert
Welcome to the StereoLabs community.

Normally, this type of problem is happening when the USB3 buffer is over not processed quickly enough.

How is it possible that you are using JP7.2 with the ZED Box Mini?
We have not yet provided a script to upgrade the ZED Box Mini to this version and we do not yet provide the drivers to use it.

I believe your problem is caused by the usage of a not official and then not optimized configuration.

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Hi @Myzhar,

Thank you for the quick response.

To clarify the setup: we flashed the ZED Box Mini with JetPack 7.2 using NVIDIA’s standard flashing tools because our software stack requires Ubuntu 24.04. Since the ZED SDK 5.4 installer for JetPack 7.2 was available on the website, we assumed the SDK was ready for this OS combination as long as we stuck to the standard USB interface (since GMSL drivers aren’t supported yet).

However, since you mentioned this is fundamentally a processing issue tied to the unoptimized environment, it sounds like something we won’t be able to safely work around.

Because our application architecture is dependent on migrating to Ubuntu 24.04, could you share what the current timeframe looks like for official JetPack 7.2 support on the ZED Box Mini? Even a rough estimate would be incredibly helpful for us to plan our internal development timeline.