Live Video

This page explains how live video can be displayed on Mission Planner’s Data screen

HUD

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To display video from a Herelink on the HUD please follow the CubePilot instructions which include:

  • Ensure the camera gimbal is connected to the Herelink AirUnit’s HDMI port (see RTSP video instructions below if using ethernet)

  • Ensure the PC is connected to the Herelink GroundUnit’s Wifi AP

  • Right-mouse-button click on Mission Planner’s Data screen’s HUD and select Video, Herelink

  • Enter the Herelink GroundUnit’s IP address which is normally 192.168.43.1

For non-Herelink setups, an RSTP video stream can be displayed on the HUD by doing the following:

  • Right-mouse-button click on the HUD and select Video, Set GStreamer Source

  • Input the GStream pipeline. The pipeline below is known to work for the Siyi A8 using IP address of ‘192.168.144.25:8554’

    rtspsrc location=rtsp://192.168.144.25:8554/main.264 latency=41 udp-reconnect=1 timeout=0 do-retransmission=false ! application/x-rtp ! decodebin3 ! queue max-size-buffers=1 leaky=2 ! videoconvert ! video/x-raw,format=BGRA ! appsink name=outsink sync=false

Pop-Out or within Map

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To display video in a pop-out window or within the Data screen’s map area:

  • Right-mouse-button click on the Data screen’s map area and select Gimbal Video, and then “Full Sized”, “Mini” or “Pop Out”

  • An new window or portion of the map view should display “No Video”

  • Right-mouse-button click on “No Video” to display the menu and select “Video Stream” to display the “VideoStreamSelector” window

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  • The “Detected Streams” drop-down will be populated if the autopilot or camera gimbal is publishing the VIDEO_STREAM_INFORMATION mavlink message

    • Please install the video-stream-information.lua script on the autopilot and set the VID1_CAMMODEL parameter to the camera being used

    • Alternatively if the above script cannot be used, fill in the GStreamer pipeline directly. The pipeline below is known to work for the Siyi A8 using IP address of ‘192.168.144.25:8554’

      rtspsrc location=rtsp://192.168.144.25:8554/main.264 latency=41 udp-reconnect=1 timeout=0 do-retransmission=false ! application/x-rtp ! decodebin3 ! queue max-size-buffers=1 leaky=2 ! videoconvert ! video/x-raw,format=BGRA ! appsink name=outsink sync=false

  • The gimbal movements can be controlled directly from the live video screen by left-mouse-button clicking on the video or via keyboard shortcuts. These shortcuts can be viewed and changed by right-mouse-button clicking on the video area and selecting Settings