General

The Silvus Obscura Cam is a high performance video streaming camera. The SOC is capable of encoding in h.264 and h.265. The camera is suitable for low light and FPV use.

Mission Planner Video Streaming

• Launch mission planer

• Right click on the PFD (HUD)

• Go to the Video menu

• Select set GStreamer Source

• Enter the command below

  • Change the IP address to the address of the camera as listed in the drone master file (10.x.y.25)

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• If the aspect ratio of the window is incorrect (4:3 instead of 16:9)

  • Right click on the PFD (HUD)

  • Select change aspect ratio

QGroundControl Video Streaming

• Power on the aircraft

• Connect directly over ethernet or over the network radio (Doodle, Silvus)

• Open QGroundControl

• Click in the top left corner to access Settings Menus

• Select Application Settings

• Find video settings

  • Set source to RTSP stream

  • URL: rtsp://10.x.y.25/

  • Aspect Ratio: 1.777777

  • Format: mkv

  • Check low latency mode

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• Click back in the top left

• Look for video stream in the bottom left corner of the window

• Move item in frame or move camera to test video for break ups and test latency

Accessing Settings

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