Merge pull request #21337 from mansourmoufid:videocapture-get-property-return

Make cv::VideoCapture::get return cv::CAP_PROP_UNKNOWN (-1) for unsupported properties #21337

The return value indicating an unsupported property is not consistent across backends.

I stumbled on this issue because my code was determining if a property value is valid if it's non-zero (like the documentation says), which worked fine on macOS, but not on Android.

For example, auto-exposure is not supported on macOS, so get() returns 0. But it is supported on Android and 0 means auto-exposure is off.

I think -1 is the better return value to indicate unsupported properties.

I made changes to all the backends. I think I got every case. This breaks API compatibility for some backends, so I based this on branch 3.4.

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- [x] To the best of my knowledge, the proposed patch is not based on a code under GPL or other license that is incompatible with OpenCV
- [x] The PR is proposed to proper branch
- [ ] There is reference to original bug report and related work
- [ ] There is accuracy test, performance test and test data in opencv_extra repository, if applicable
      Patch to opencv_extra has the same branch name.
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modules/videoio/test/test_images.cpp

@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ TEST(videoio_images, write_returns_status)
     col.generate(1);
     VideoWriter wri(col.getFirstFilename(), CAP_IMAGES, 0, 0, col.getFrame(0).size());
     ASSERT_TRUE(wri.isOpened());
+    EXPECT_EQ(CAP_PROP_UNKNOWN, wri.get(CV__CAP_PROP_LATEST));
 
     const Mat frame = col.getFrame(0);
 
@@ -345,6 +346,7 @@ TEST_P(videoio_image_seq_start, open)
         ASSERT_TRUE(cap.open(pattern, apiPref,
                              { CAP_PROP_IMAGE_SEQ_START, start }));
         ASSERT_TRUE(cap.isOpened());
+        EXPECT_EQ(CAP_PROP_UNKNOWN, cap.get(CV__CAP_PROP_LATEST));
         for (size_t idx = 0; idx < count; ++idx)
         {
             Mat img;