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  • tomT tom

    @Kris It looks like voxl-streamer is already running in the background and then you're running it again in the terminal manually, hence the existing instance of voxl-streamer found, attempting to stop it

    You should be able to pull up the stream if the service is running, no need to run it manually like that

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    #5

    @tom Thank you.

    I tried it again without manually running voxl-streamer.
    First I made sure it was on by inspecting my services.
    When I confirmed that it was on, I tried to input the rtsp:// in the Open Network Stream in VLC, but it failed.
    Here is the error message in VLC

    Connection failed:
    VLC could not connect to "192.168.110.152:8900".
    Your input can't be opened:
    VLC is unable to open the MRL 'rtsp://192.168.110.152:8900/live'. Check the log for details.
    Connection failed:
    VLC could not connect to "127.0.0.1:8900".
    Your input can't be opened:
    VLC is unable to open the MRL 'rtsp://127.0.0.1:8900/live'. Check the log for details.
    Connection failed:
    VLC could not connect to "192.168.110.159:8900".
    Your input can't be opened:
    VLC is unable to open the MRL 'rtsp://192.168.110.159:8900/live'. Check the log for details.
    
    

    Can you confirm that I should be using the rtsp://192.168.110.152:8900/live for the VLC network stream?
    Or should it be rtsp://127.0.0.1:8900/live ?

    voxl:~$ voxl-streamer -i tracking
    Waiting for pipe tracking to appear
    Found Pipe
    detected following stats from pipe:
    w: 640 h: 480 fps: 30 format: RAW8
    Stream available at rtsp://127.0.0.1:8900/live
    
    

    Here is my settings in voxl-mavcam-manager

    {
            "snapshot_pipe_name":   "tracking",      
            "video_record_pipe_name":       "tracking",           
            "default_uri":  "rtsp://192.168.110.152:8900/live",
            "enable_auto_ip":       true
    }
    
    
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    • KrisK Kris

      @tom Thank you.

      I tried it again without manually running voxl-streamer.
      First I made sure it was on by inspecting my services.
      When I confirmed that it was on, I tried to input the rtsp:// in the Open Network Stream in VLC, but it failed.
      Here is the error message in VLC

      Connection failed:
      VLC could not connect to "192.168.110.152:8900".
      Your input can't be opened:
      VLC is unable to open the MRL 'rtsp://192.168.110.152:8900/live'. Check the log for details.
      Connection failed:
      VLC could not connect to "127.0.0.1:8900".
      Your input can't be opened:
      VLC is unable to open the MRL 'rtsp://127.0.0.1:8900/live'. Check the log for details.
      Connection failed:
      VLC could not connect to "192.168.110.159:8900".
      Your input can't be opened:
      VLC is unable to open the MRL 'rtsp://192.168.110.159:8900/live'. Check the log for details.
      
      

      Can you confirm that I should be using the rtsp://192.168.110.152:8900/live for the VLC network stream?
      Or should it be rtsp://127.0.0.1:8900/live ?

      voxl:~$ voxl-streamer -i tracking
      Waiting for pipe tracking to appear
      Found Pipe
      detected following stats from pipe:
      w: 640 h: 480 fps: 30 format: RAW8
      Stream available at rtsp://127.0.0.1:8900/live
      
      

      Here is my settings in voxl-mavcam-manager

      {
              "snapshot_pipe_name":   "tracking",      
              "video_record_pipe_name":       "tracking",           
              "default_uri":  "rtsp://192.168.110.152:8900/live",
              "enable_auto_ip":       true
      }
      
      
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      #6

      I am not able to view any video when executing the voxl-mavcam-manager either.

      voxl:~$ voxl-mavcam-manager
      =================================================================
      Parameters as loaded from config file:
      snapshot_pipe_name:        tracking
      video_record_pipe_name:    tracking
      default_uri:               rtsp://192.168.110.152:8900/live
      enable_auto_ip:            1
      =================================================================
      Camera name for qgc: Camera 0
      Mavlink server Connected
      Got camera information request
      auto-detected RTSP URI: rtsp://192.168.110.152:8900/live
      Got camera information request
      auto-detected RTSP URI: rtsp://192.168.110.152:8900/live
      Got camera information request
      auto-detected RTSP URI: rtsp://192.168.110.152:8900/live
      
      
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      • KrisK Kris

        I am not able to view any video when executing the voxl-mavcam-manager either.

        voxl:~$ voxl-mavcam-manager
        =================================================================
        Parameters as loaded from config file:
        snapshot_pipe_name:        tracking
        video_record_pipe_name:    tracking
        default_uri:               rtsp://192.168.110.152:8900/live
        enable_auto_ip:            1
        =================================================================
        Camera name for qgc: Camera 0
        Mavlink server Connected
        Got camera information request
        auto-detected RTSP URI: rtsp://192.168.110.152:8900/live
        Got camera information request
        auto-detected RTSP URI: rtsp://192.168.110.152:8900/live
        Got camera information request
        auto-detected RTSP URI: rtsp://192.168.110.152:8900/live
        
        
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        voxl-streamer error.jpg

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        • KrisK Kris

          voxl-streamer error.jpg

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          #8

          @Kris Again, you've ran through voxl-configure-sku and voxl-configure-mpa there is no reason to start a service manually. In your first post you could see that voxl-mavcam-manager was already running as a service.

          What do your video stream settings look like in QGC? Do you have it setup correctly to expect an rtsp stream?

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          • tomT tom

            @Kris Again, you've ran through voxl-configure-sku and voxl-configure-mpa there is no reason to start a service manually. In your first post you could see that voxl-mavcam-manager was already running as a service.

            What do your video stream settings look like in QGC? Do you have it setup correctly to expect an rtsp stream?

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            #9

            @tom
            Yes, I have ran through the voxl-configure-sku and the voxl-configure-mpa.
            This is what my video stream seetings look like in QGC, if its the correct location.

            QGC1.jpg

            QGC2.jpg

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            • KrisK Kris

              @tom
              Yes, I have ran through the voxl-configure-sku and the voxl-configure-mpa.
              This is what my video stream seetings look like in QGC, if its the correct location.

              QGC1.jpg

              QGC2.jpg

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              wrote on last edited by
              #10

              @Kris 27359e0b-c763-47ba-9635-adf90f5bcca1-image.png

              The video stream settings are under "General", you'll want to enter the RTSP URI there

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              • tomT tom

                @Kris 27359e0b-c763-47ba-9635-adf90f5bcca1-image.png

                The video stream settings are under "General", you'll want to enter the RTSP URI there

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                wrote on last edited by
                #11

                @tom Thank you so much, I just found it and I will try it.

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                • tomT tom

                  @Kris 27359e0b-c763-47ba-9635-adf90f5bcca1-image.png

                  The video stream settings are under "General", you'll want to enter the RTSP URI there

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                  #12

                  @tom
                  I am sorry, it is still not working....

                  QGC3.png

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                  • KrisK Kris

                    @tom
                    I am sorry, it is still not working....

                    QGC3.png

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                    #13

                    QGC4.png

                    QGC5.jpg

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                    • tomT tom

                      @Kris 27359e0b-c763-47ba-9635-adf90f5bcca1-image.png

                      The video stream settings are under "General", you'll want to enter the RTSP URI there

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                      #14

                      QGC6.jpg

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                      • KrisK Kris

                        QGC6.jpg

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                        #15

                        @Kris What do you see with systemctl status voxl-streamer?

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                        • tomT tom

                          @Kris What do you see with systemctl status voxl-streamer?

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                          #16

                          @tom This is what I see.

                          voxl:~$ systemctl status voxl-streamer
                          ● voxl-streamer.service - voxl-streamer
                             Loaded: loaded (/usr/bin/voxl-streamer; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
                             Active: active (running) since Tue 2024-03-05 01:18:42 UTC; 13min ago
                            Process: 17793 ExecStartPre=/bin/sleep 5 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
                           Main PID: 17800 (voxl-streamer)
                             CGroup: /system.slice/voxl-streamer.service
                                     └─17800 /usr/bin/voxl-streamer
                          
                          Mar 05 01:31:34 apq8096 voxl-streamer[17800]: A new client rtsp://192.168.11...1
                          Mar 05 01:31:34 apq8096 voxl-streamer[17800]: Camera server Connected
                          Mar 05 01:31:34 apq8096 voxl-streamer[17800]: rtsp client disconnected, tota...0
                          Mar 05 01:31:34 apq8096 voxl-streamer[17800]: no more rtsp clients, closing ...y
                          Mar 05 01:31:34 apq8096 voxl-streamer[17800]: A new client rtsp://192.168.11...1
                          Mar 05 01:31:34 apq8096 voxl-streamer[17800]: Camera server Connected
                          Mar 05 01:31:34 apq8096 voxl-streamer[17800]: rtsp client disconnected, tota...0
                          Mar 05 01:31:34 apq8096 voxl-streamer[17800]: no more rtsp clients, closing ...y
                          Mar 05 01:31:34 apq8096 voxl-streamer[17800]: A new client rtsp://192.168.11...1
                          Mar 05 01:31:34 apq8096 voxl-streamer[17800]: Camera server Connected
                          Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.
                          
                          
                          voxl:~$ systemctl status voxl-streamer -l
                          ● voxl-streamer.service - voxl-streamer
                             Loaded: loaded (/usr/bin/voxl-streamer; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
                             Active: active (running) since Tue 2024-03-05 01:18:42 UTC; 14min ago
                            Process: 17793 ExecStartPre=/bin/sleep 5 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
                           Main PID: 17800 (voxl-streamer)
                             CGroup: /system.slice/voxl-streamer.service
                                     └─17800 /usr/bin/voxl-streamer
                          
                          Mar 05 01:33:33 apq8096 voxl-streamer[17800]: no more rtsp clients, closing source pipe intentionally
                          Mar 05 01:33:33 apq8096 voxl-streamer[17800]: A new client rtsp://192.168.110.159:48596(null) has connected, total clients: 1
                          Mar 05 01:33:33 apq8096 voxl-streamer[17800]: Camera server Connected
                          Mar 05 01:33:33 apq8096 voxl-streamer[17800]: rtsp client disconnected, total clients: 0
                          Mar 05 01:33:33 apq8096 voxl-streamer[17800]: no more rtsp clients, closing source pipe intentionally
                          Mar 05 01:33:33 apq8096 voxl-streamer[17800]: A new client rtsp://192.168.110.159:48604(null) has connected, total clients: 1
                          Mar 05 01:33:33 apq8096 voxl-streamer[17800]: Camera server Connected
                          Mar 05 01:33:33 apq8096 voxl-streamer[17800]: rtsp client disconnected, total clients: 0
                          Mar 05 01:33:33 apq8096 voxl-streamer[17800]: no more rtsp clients, closing source pipe intentionally
                          Mar 05 01:33:33 apq8096 voxl-streamer[17800]: A new client rtsp://192.168.110.159:48606(null) has connected, total clients: 1
                          
                          
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                          • tomT tom

                            @Kris What do you see with systemctl status voxl-streamer?

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                            #17
                            voxl:~$ systemctl status voxl-mavcam-manager -l
                            ● voxl-mavcam-manager.service - voxl-mavcam-manager
                               Loaded: loaded (/usr/bin/voxl-mavcam-manager; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
                               Active: failed (Result: signal) since Tue 2024-03-05 01:18:39 UTC; 20min ago
                              Process: 17657 ExecStart=/bin/bash -c /usr/bin/voxl-mavcam-manager (code=killed, signal=ABRT)
                             Main PID: 17657 (code=killed, signal=ABRT)
                            
                            Mar 05 01:18:39 apq8096 bash[17657]: snapshot_pipe_name:        tracking
                            Mar 05 01:18:39 apq8096 bash[17657]: video_record_pipe_name:    tracking
                            Mar 05 01:18:39 apq8096 bash[17657]: default_uri:               rtsp://192.168.110.152:8900/live
                            Mar 05 01:18:39 apq8096 bash[17657]: enable_auto_ip:            0
                            Mar 05 01:18:39 apq8096 bash[17657]: =================================================================
                            Mar 05 01:18:39 apq8096 bash[17657]: Camera name for qgc: Camera 0
                            Mar 05 01:18:39 apq8096 bash[17657]: Mavlink server Connected
                            Mar 05 01:18:39 apq8096 systemd[1]: voxl-mavcam-manager.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=6/ABRT
                            Mar 05 01:18:39 apq8096 systemd[1]: voxl-mavcam-manager.service: Unit entered failed state.
                            Mar 05 01:18:39 apq8096 systemd[1]: voxl-mavcam-manager.service: Failed with result 'signal'.
                            
                            
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                            • tomT tom

                              @Kris What do you see with systemctl status voxl-streamer?

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                              voxl:~$ voxl-inspect-sku
                              
                              family code:   MRB-D0003 (seeker)
                              compute board: 1 (voxl1)
                              hw version:    7
                              cam config:    7
                              SKU:           MRB-D0003-1-V7-C7
                              
                              
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                              • tomT tom

                                @Kris What do you see with systemctl status voxl-streamer?

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                                voxl-inspect-mavlink mavlink_sys_status

                                |   ID  |      Mavlink MSG Name       |Counter|  Hz  |
                                |-------|-----------------------------|-------|------|
                                |     1 | sys_status                  |    92 |  5.0 |
                                
                                
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                                • KrisK Kris

                                  voxl-inspect-mavlink mavlink_sys_status

                                  |   ID  |      Mavlink MSG Name       |Counter|  Hz  |
                                  |-------|-----------------------------|-------|------|
                                  |     1 | sys_status                  |    92 |  5.0 |
                                  
                                  
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                                  wrote on last edited by Alex Kushleyev
                                  #20

                                  @Kris , please try the following:

                                  • verify the ip address of voxl2
                                    • when you adb into voxl2, the ip address is printed
                                    • you can use ifconfig to check the ip address
                                  • make sure voxl-streamer is running (it looks like it is based on output of systemctl status voxl-streamer
                                  • ping your voxl2 ip from your host machine (just to make sure it can reach voxl2)
                                  • download ffmpeg / ffplay to your host machine
                                    • perhaps something in VLC is not working, but ffmpeg / ffplay usually works
                                    • on linux OS should be able to do it using apt-get ffmpeg
                                    • for other OS you can find direct download : https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html

                                  play the video on the host machine (replace voxl2-ip with actual ip address)

                                  ffplay rtsp://<voxl2-ip>:8900/live
                                  
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                                  • Alex KushleyevA Alex Kushleyev

                                    @Kris , please try the following:

                                    • verify the ip address of voxl2
                                      • when you adb into voxl2, the ip address is printed
                                      • you can use ifconfig to check the ip address
                                    • make sure voxl-streamer is running (it looks like it is based on output of systemctl status voxl-streamer
                                    • ping your voxl2 ip from your host machine (just to make sure it can reach voxl2)
                                    • download ffmpeg / ffplay to your host machine
                                      • perhaps something in VLC is not working, but ffmpeg / ffplay usually works
                                      • on linux OS should be able to do it using apt-get ffmpeg
                                      • for other OS you can find direct download : https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html

                                    play the video on the host machine (replace voxl2-ip with actual ip address)

                                    ffplay rtsp://<voxl2-ip>:8900/live
                                    
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                                    Typically hires is the only pipe with encoding enabled by default, but in this case tracking is being used. Can you make sure encoding is enabled for the tracking camera in voxl-camera-server.conf ?

                                    Or, can you just see if hires_enc is working in QGC first? That's what we ship by default on a fresh install hires_enc to QGC should by enabled by default.

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