Serve the camera frame at the tick's log time.

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What has changed and why?

The camera-frame endpoint returned the keyframe. Tick details already store both the keyframe time and the picture time. Depends on PR1–PR3.

log_time_ns is an optional query parameter. When it is omitted, the response is still the keyframe.
The service reads from the keyframe through that log time, continues a cached decoder when it can, and stores the decoder afterward.

How has it been tested?

New tests

Did you update CHANGELOG.md?

• Yes
• Not needed (internal change)

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Camera-frame requests can specify a timestamp after the keyframe to retrieve a later frame. If omitted, the keyframe is returned.
• Bug Fixes
  • Requests for timestamps before the keyframe return an HTTP 400 error. Responses identify the requested frame timestamp.
  • Requests that encounter a frame-decoding failure return an HTTP 400 error.

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The camera-frame service now returns frames at requested log times. It decodes from a keyframe and can reuse decoders. The recording API accepts an optional timestamp and maps decoding errors and missing frames to HTTP responses.

Changes

Camera frame retrieval

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Decode requested frames from keyframes lightly_studio/src/lightly_studio/services/recording_service/get_camera_frame.py, lightly_studio/tests/services/recording_service/test_get_camera_frame.py	The service decodes from a keyframe through the requested timestamp, reuses eligible decoders, and returns the requested frame. Tests cover frame contents, timestamps, decoder reuse, and missing-frame cases.
Expose requested frame time through the recording API lightly_studio/src/lightly_studio/api/routes/recordings/get_camera_frame.py, lightly_studio/src/lightly_studio/api/routes/mcap_sequences/get_tick_details.py, lightly_studio/tests/api/routes/recordings/test_get_camera_frame.py	The route accepts an optional nonnegative log_time_ns and passes it to the service. Its documentation and error mappings describe the requested time. Route tests exercise keyframe and later-frame responses.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant RecordingRoute
  participant get_camera_frame
  participant VideoDecoder
  Client->>RecordingRoute: Request frame with keyframe timestamp and log_time_ns
  RecordingRoute->>get_camera_frame: Pass channel and timestamps
  get_camera_frame->>VideoDecoder: Decode messages through requested timestamp
  VideoDecoder-->>get_camera_frame: Return decoded frame
  get_camera_frame-->>RecordingRoute: Return JPEG frame and timestamp
  RecordingRoute-->>Client: Return frame response

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The requested camera frame is selected by its log time, while requests without a log time retain the keyframe behavior. No actionable merge-blocking issue was found.

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lightly_studio/tests/services/recording_service/test_get_camera_frame.py (1)

23-26: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Import get_camera_frame through its module.

Import the containing module and call get_camera_frame with dot notation in this test file. Keep the direct CameraFrame class import if needed. As per coding guidelines, “For functions, import the containing module and call the function using dot notation.”

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Update the test to import the module containing get_camera_frame and call the
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