Opkg install voxl-streamer

yu zhang · 15 Feb 2022, 14:47

@Eric-Katzfey , I have a look at the /etc/modalai/voxl-streamer.conf.

It seems this config includes a set of different input and output settings. I am wondering if my issue may refer to this config? Do you have a document to introduce the mapping of this config?

E.g., the second line is "configuration": "tracking". Does it mean the view showing in QGC will be related to the view of the tracking camera?

As default, QGC will show which camera's view? If I would prefer to show the Hi-res view, how should I config it?

I also simply try to type in 1.3333 for aspect ratio, but it seems it doesn't work.

Eric Katzfey · 15 Feb 2022, 17:02

@yu-zhang voxl-streamer documentation is located here: https://docs.modalai.com/voxl-streamer/

yu zhang · 16 Feb 2022, 02:48

@Eric-Katzfey Thanks, I double-check the config file, and it seems everything should be good. But there is still no video showing in QGC.

I am wondering if QGC blocks the stream data. I tested both QGC 4.1.4 and the latest 4.2.0 on both my Macbooks (m1 and intel). They all cannot show the video correctly.

I found QGC 4.1.1 got this issue on m1 Macbook, but it should already be fixed in the later versions.

I am wondering what's your QGC version? Do you have a Macbook at hand? If so, could you please make a quick test to check if it's an issue with QGC?

yu zhang · 17 Feb 2022, 01:09

Hi @Eric-Katzfey ,

I tested using VLC on amd64 Macbook, and the streamer works well. It's all the same config as in QGC. So, I assume the latest QGC (4.1.4/4.2.0) still has the issue to fail receive streaming video on host PC.

I will continue to work on my target and hope QGC will cover this issue soon later.

Thanks again!

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Eric Katzfey · 17 Feb 2022, 17:03

@yu-zhang Can you please do us a big favor and ask your questions in separate posts instead just adding them all on to a single post? The forum is a resource for all of our customers and having each question in it's own forum posting makes it much easier for other people to benefit from the information in it. And regarding QGC 4.1.4, I use that version for testing but I am on a Linux Ubuntu 20.04 machine so maybe that's the difference.

yu zhang · 17 Feb 2022, 22:30

@Eric-Katzfey Good to know that QGC 4.1.4 can work on Ubuntu.

All right, I will repost my lastest 2 questions in separate posts. Thanks for letting me know that.

Steve Turner · 31 Mar 2022, 23:06

Late to the party on this -- but I have been able to build ipk's off of an M1 recently.

I followed: https://docs.modalai.com/install-voxl-docker/

And then also downloaded the image from the developer portal as laid out: https://docs.modalai.com/voxl-cross/

To load:
docker load --input voxl-cross_V1.8.tar

To run:
voxl-docker -i voxl-cross:V1.8

Then the docs in all of the Modal repo's work well.

I do have buildkit etc enabled as laid out here: https://medium.com/nerd-for-tech/developing-on-apple-m1-silicon-with-virtual-environments-4f5f0765fd2f but you shouldn't need any of that. Let me know if that helps you. Worked just fine for me -- no special rosetta2 terminal or Docker version.

I'll see if I can contribute something to the docs when I have a moment.

yu zhang · 27 Apr 2022, 06:23

Hi @stevet Late to reply, and thanks so much for your instruction! It's great news for M1 developers like me

I will have a try if it works well, and let you know then.