Rpanion Live Video Setup

Rpanion supports live video visible in VLC, Mission Planner and QGC ground stations. This page explains the setup assuming this setup has already been completed and a CSI/MIPI camera is connected to the RPI.

Rpanion’s official setup instructions are here

Configuring Live Video

• Connect to the “rpanion” wifi access point (password is “rpanion123”)

• Open a browser to http://10.0.2.100:3001/ and enter username: admin, pw: admin

• From the left menu select “Photo and Video” and set the following

  • Camera Mode: Streaming

  • Streaming Mode: RTSP

  • Video Device: Select any device listed

    • If no devices are listed then the RPI could not detect the camera which normally means “dtoverlays” must be added to /boot/firmware/config.txt. The exact overlays depend upon the camera but as a reference, below is the procedure required to support one particular Sony IMX412 camera

      • Use Putty (or any similar terminal program) to connect to the RPI using SSH

        • Host Name: 10.0.2.100

        • Connection Type: SSH

        • Port: 22

        • Username/password: pi/raspberry

        • Open /boot/firmware/config.txt with your favourite linux text editor:

          • sudo nano /boot/firmware/config.txt

          • sudo vi /boot/firmware/config.txt

          # Automatically load overlays for detected cameras
          camera_auto_detect=1
          dtoverlay=imx415,addr=0x1a,4lane=1,clk-37125
          

      • Save and exit the text editor and reboot the RPI

      • Reconnect with a browser and check the “Photo and Video” page again

  • Resolution: set the resolution depending upon the available bandwidth (lower bandwidth will require lower resolution)

  • Max Bitrate: set depending upon bandwidth. Wifi will typically support 2000-4000 kbps, 4G/LTE will typically support 500-1000 kbps. Lower values will lead to reduced image quality

  • Framerate: typically 10 ~ 30 FPS. Higher values lead to smoother video and may even perform better on lower bandwidth links

  

Displaying Live Video on GCS

The bottom of the “Photo and Video” pages includes URLs that may be copy and pasted into VLC, Mission Planner and QGC

See here for more information on displaying live video in Mission Planner