Hi all.
Just been able to test my new-to-me Skydroid Analogue FPV receiver using VLC player on Ubuntu. Think I opened a video capture device, /dev/video1 and it did the rest.
Tried all sorts of different video options on QGC and no video.
Thanks.
This is the full stream details:
…and this is my settings on QGC:
It has just occurred to me that QGC may actually be recognising that the stream is snow/static at the moment - no camera connected - so will try again later with the FPV camera attached.
Edit: Plan B would be set up the laptop to stream the video, then hook the QGC to the localhost stream, but that does seem a little wasteful!
I can now get this on QGC, but it is very convoluted. I will look into posting a comment on github. The following is based on me running on Ubuntu.
This on the command line shows a live feed from the camera:
gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src device=/dev/video2 ! image/jpeg ! jpegparse ! jpegdec ! xvimagesink
Once I install GitHub - GStreamer/gst-rtsp-server: RTSP server based on GStreamer. This module has been merged into the main GStreamer repo for further development. then the following sets up a rtsp server for the camera:
./test-launch ‘( v4l2src device=/dev/video2 ! image/jpeg ! rtpjpegpay name=pay0 pt=96 )’
I can then point the QGC to “RTSP Video Stream” and the URL rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/test
I feel like I must be missing something? This seems very convoluted for what I would have thought is the cheapest way to feed analogue camera feeds into QGC?
I’m using one of the “OTG FPV Receivers” that can be used to feed signal into Android devices. What’s the normal for 5.8G video?
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Not quite sure what you are asking here. QGC is wanting an RTSP URL, this is not a direct video device. What you have shown, using an RTSP server is exactly what is needed, that takes a video device and streams to RTS,p (a network protocol). I dont see it as convoluted as capture devices are physical (ie /dev/video0) and RTSP is a network streaming protocol, and the server you linked is doing just that.
Hello -
Did you ever find the correct QGC config for this Skydroid diversity FPV receiver?
I have the same device, and I’d like to add it to my QGC.
Many thanks!
Morning. I got it working in the third or forth post, just in a very convoluted way. It’s been over a year since I looked at this, so maybe things have changed in QGC. Likewise I’ve gone full circle on projects and come back to this one, so if I find a way to improve on the convoluted route I’ll share!
does qground control on linux not let you select the usb video device?