# Recording tracking camera video compressed and coloured

Source: https://forum.modalai.com/topic/4249/recording-tracking-camera-video-compressed-and-coloured
Category: Development Drones (https://forum.modalai.com/category/44/development-drones)
Tags: rb5
Posted: 2025-03-10 17:00:59 UTC by vjuliani
Replies: 1 · Views: 992

## vjuliani · 2025-03-10 17:00:59 UTC

Hi

I have a RB5 with the following SDK version:
```
rb5:/$ voxl-version
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system-image: 1.7.1-M0052-14.1a-perf-nightly-20231025
kernel:       #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Oct 26 05:24:02 UTC 2023 4.19.125
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hw version:   M0052
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voxl-suite:   1.1.2
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Packages:
Repo:  http://voxl-packages.modalai.com/ ./dists/qrb5165/sdk-1.1/binary-arm64/
Last Updated: 2025-02-27 20:41:51
List:
        libmodal-cv                 0.4.0
        libmodal-exposure           0.1.0
        libmodal-journal            0.2.2
        libmodal-json               0.4.3
        libmodal-pipe               2.9.2
        libqrb5165-io               0.4.2
        libvoxl-cci-direct          0.2.1
        libvoxl-cutils              0.1.1
        mv-voxl                     0.1-r0
        qrb5165-bind                0.1-r0
        qrb5165-dfs-server          0.2.0
        qrb5165-imu-server          1.0.1
        qrb5165-rangefinder-server  0.1.1
        qrb5165-slpi-test-sig       01-r0
        qrb5165-system-tweaks       0.2.3
        qrb5165-tflite              2.8.0-2
        voxl-bind-spektrum          0.1.0
        voxl-camera-calibration     0.5.3
        voxl-camera-server          1.8.9
        voxl-configurator           0.4.8
        voxl-cpu-monitor            0.4.7
        voxl-docker-support         1.3.0
        voxl-elrs                   0.1.3
        voxl-esc                    1.3.7
        voxl-feature-tracker        0.3.2
        voxl-flow-server            0.3.3
        voxl-gphoto2-server         0.0.10
        voxl-jpeg-turbo             2.1.3-5
        voxl-lepton-server          1.2.0
        voxl-libgphoto2             0.0.4
        voxl-libuvc                 1.0.7
        voxl-logger                 0.3.5
        voxl-mavcam-manager         0.5.3
        voxl-mavlink                0.1.1
        voxl-mavlink-server         1.3.2
        voxl-modem                  1.0.8
        voxl-mongoose               7.7.0-1
        voxl-mpa-to-ros             0.3.7
        voxl-mpa-tools              1.1.3
        voxl-neopixel-manager       0.0.3
        voxl-opencv                 4.5.5-2
        voxl-portal                 0.6.3
        voxl-px4                    1.14.0-2.0.63
        voxl-px4-imu-server         0.1.2
        voxl-px4-params             0.3.3
        voxl-qvio-server            1.0.0
        voxl-remote-id              0.0.9
        voxl-streamer               0.7.4
        voxl-suite                  1.1.2
        voxl-tag-detector           0.0.4
        voxl-tflite-server          0.3.1
        voxl-utils                  1.3.3
        voxl-uvc-server             0.1.6
        voxl-vision-hub             1.7.3
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
```

I tried to use encoder parameter in voxl-streamer to record h265 encoded videos from the tracking camera but looks like it was not implemented in this SDK version.

Is there any options to record h265 encoded videos from the tracking camera? Also, is the tracking camera video only grey or it is possible to configure it as coloured?

Thanks

## Reply by Alex Kushleyev (ModalAI staff) · 2025-04-09 02:56:15 UTC

@vjuliani , the tracking camera ( i assume ov7251 or AR0144) is monochrome, so you can not make the image colored. You can install the latest version of the voxl-streamer from dev (nightly builds) http://voxl-packages.modalai.com/dists/qrb5165/dev/binary-arm64/ and it should allow you to encode h265.

Alex