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UVC Camera interfacing in version 3.2.0

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  • Dean FortierD Offline
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    Dean Fortier
    wrote on last edited by
    #1

    Hi Modalai Team,

    I am using a UVC camera and following the UVC streaming guide with VOXL version 3.2.0 and do not have ffmpeg installed by default and the link to download the ffmpeg ipk is broken. What is the recommended path forward for using a UVC camera? Should I use voxl-docker-ffmpeg, build voxl-ffmpeg, or something else?

    Thanks

    Also here is my current voxl-version:

    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    system-image:    ModalAI 3.2.0 BUILDER: ekatzfey BUILD_TIME: 2021-02-05_19:54
    kernel:          #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Feb 5 20:03:22 UTC 2021 3.18.71-perf
    factory-bundle:  1.0.1 (Yocto installation)
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    architecture:    aarch64
    processor:       apq8096
    os:              GNU/Linux
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    voxl-suite:
    Package: voxl-suite
    Version: 0.3.4
    Depends: voxl-utils (>= 0.6.0), libmodal_json (>= 0.3.4), libmodal_pipe (>= 1.7.8), librc_math (>= 1.1.4), libvoxl_io (>= 0.5.4), mavlink-camera-manager (>= 0.0.1), opencv (>= 4.5.1), openmp (>= 10.0.1), voxl-camera-server (>= 0.5.6), voxl-dfs-server (>= 0.0.7), voxl-docker-support (>= 1.1.1), voxl-gphoto2 (>= 0.0.5), voxl-hal3-tof-cam-ros (>= 0.0.5), voxl-imu-server (>= 0.7.8), voxl-modem (>= 0.11.0), voxl-mpa-tflite-server (>= 0.0.2), voxl-mpa-tools (>= 0.1.6), voxl-nodes (>= 0.1.3), voxl-qvio-server (>= 0.2.1), voxl-rtsp (>= 1.0.3), voxl-streamer (>= 0.2.1), voxl-vision-px4 (>= 0.8.1), voxl-vpn (>= 0.0.3)
    Status: install user installed
    Section: base
    Architecture: all
    Maintainer: james@modalai.com
    MD5Sum: e1e5bf1a125affe5036099f6ce895bed
    Size: 1818
    Filename: voxl-suite_0.3.4.ipk
    Description: meta-package for voxl-suite stable release
    Installed-Time: 13238
    
    Package: voxl-suite
    Version: 0.2.0
    Depends: docker, imu_app (= 0.0.6), libvoxl_io (= 0.5.2), voxl-cam-manager (= 0.2.2), voxl-docker-support (= 1.1.1), voxl-hal3-tof-cam-ros (= 0.0.2), voxl-modem (= 0.10.0), voxl-nodes (= 0.0.8), voxl-rtsp (= 1.0.2), voxl-utils (= 0.5.2), voxl-vision-px4 (= 0.6.8), voxl_imu (= 0.0.4), voxl-time-sync (= 0.0.1), voxl-vpn (= 0.0.2), librc_math (= 1.1.2), libmodal_pipe (= 1.2.2), modalai-vl (= 0.1.3)
    Status: unknown ok not-installed
    Section: base
    Architecture: armv7a
    Maintainer: james@modalai.com
    MD5Sum: af706cd3c1ea59f274f2ed9b93141f1d
    Size: 870
    Filename: voxl-suite_0.2.0.ipk
    Description: meta-package to install all of the voxl-suite
    
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      Arrowtec
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      @Dean-Fortier personally I use the docker version and it works fine on my end

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      • Eric KatzfeyE Offline
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        Eric Katzfey
        ModalAI Team
        wrote on last edited by
        #3

        voxl-streamer is the recommended approach. Documentation for that is here: https://docs.modalai.com/voxl-streamer/

        You can also run ffmpeg in a Docker to access a UVC camera.

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        • Dean FortierD Offline
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          Dean Fortier
          wrote on last edited by
          #4

          Thank you both

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          • Eric KatzfeyE Offline
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            Eric Katzfey
            ModalAI Team
            wrote on last edited by
            #5

            gstreamer in a Docker also works

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