Introducing WFB-ng! Is OpenHD in trouble?
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- Introducing the new Wifibroadcast next generation! (WFB-ng)
This is NOT a fork of any other project!
It is created by Vasily (svpcom) and OpenHD forked it and used it.
Vasily also created the only working patched Realtek rtl8812au driver for the wifibroadcast that OpenHD is using.
So, basically, it’s the “father” of OpenHD!
This VTX software is the only one in the world that can run on Raspberry Pi0/02W/2/3A/3B/3Bmini/4B, Jetson nano/TX2, some other linux based devices and for the first time ever on a X86 Linux computer!
Exactly! You don’t need any additional hardware for the Ground station!🤯
That makes it probably the cheapest available solution for a digital VTX system because everyone has an old laptop somewhere around them to test this software. It supports H264 for all hardware and H265 for all Jetson nano series and laptops with a compatible GPU for decoding.
This video demonstrates the H265 capabilities of WFB-ng!
For more information please visit this website: www.wfb-ng.com
If you want to join the community click the link below:
t.me/EZWBC
Please watch the full video because there are very useful information regarding the brand new software.
RUclips compressed the video so I uploaded the original video from the Ground station Jetson nano. The WFB-ng has a build-in video recorder (DVR)! Cheers! 😊🍻
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Jetson Nano drone used:
Frame: iFlight XL8 V4
Motors: Racerstar BR2508S 1275KV
ESC: Racerstar 4in1 Anniversary Edition
Flight Controller: Matek F722-SE
GPS: Matek M8Q-5883
Propellers: Gemfan 8045
FC Firmware: INAV 2.6.1
RX: FrSky R9mm with ExpressLRS telemetry firmware
Battery: Sony VTC6 Li-Ion 4s2p 6000mah
Air Unit:
Jetson Nano 2GB
NCB00 carrier board (m.tb.cn/h.fMdHbfo)
ASUS AC-56 WiFi USB module
ASUS AC-56 stock antenna
5V3A BEC (www.ebay.co.uk... in EC-SBEC-BEC-3A-1-17V-DC-Adjustable-Step-Down-Power-Supply-FPV-PDB-5V-/254153188189)
Arducam HQ mini (www.amazon.co....)
Ground Station:
Jetson Nano 2GB
ASUS AC-56 WiFi USB module
ASUS AC-56 stock antenna
3x 5V3A BECs (www.ebay.co.uk...)
7 inch IPS Touch Screen (www.amazon.co....)
Goggles:
Fatshark HDO
Transmitter:
Jumper T16
FrSky R9M with ExpressLRS telemetry firmware running at 100Hz/1:16TLM @ 868MHz (with ExpressLRS fan mod)
Antenna tracker: www.rcgroups.c...
Music:
Flashes by mezhdunami. / mezhdunami
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Excellent performance by WFB-NG and excellent presentation !
Thank you for all your hard work! I added you in the Credits of this video. Cheers mate!😊🍻
I have been waiting for it :D
Cheers mate!😊🍻
The real question is where in the world did you manage to buy a jetson nano in 2022! In all seriousness thou thank you for creating this :-) Is there a github link?
I bought them in November 21 when they costed 50£. The link is in the video description. Cheers mate!😊🍻
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Cheers mate! 😄🍻
With jetson nano, it's awesome !
You should also put a small vidéo in h264 (with pi0/2 for example), for just us to view it..
Yes, I’m planning to post a video in the future for the cheapest available setup!
Pi0 Air unit(10$) + a MIPI camera(20$) + any Linux laptop (most of us have a laptop and we can install a Linux distro) and 2X ASUS AC56 WiFi modules(2*30$)! Cheers mate!😊🍻
@@mariofpv 👍
I just came across this! @MarioFPV I'm curious, what is the actual latency like? And I imagine you can basically use any camera that will work on a RPi??
The latency feels similar to the one that the DJI FPV system has when you fly long range. You can use ANY camera that is available for RPI (or Jetson Nano if you use one for Air Unit) as long as you load the correct camera driver and use a gstreamer pipeline specifically for the camera. Some cameras have very specific gstreamer pipelines. There are so many examples on the internet. Cheers mate!😊🍻
@@mariofpv I didn't know about the evolution of the open source system to such low latency, this is spectacular, thanks for sharing.
And you haven’t seen the OpenIPC FPV project yet! H265 encoding 1080p low latency for 20$!!!
@@mariofpv I'm canceling netflix, there's a marathon on a new channel. I have to figure out the list of what it takes for that. 🇧🇷
@@mariofpv Say whaaat?? $20??
Nice interested also the fact that ground station can use a common laptop with linux installed, so i suppose for the air unit we can use a device like the banana pi? Here where i live the raspberry pi its very expensive and difficult to find it in stock.
Exactly mate! There are so many hardware that we can use with this!🎉
I bet that other projects will start copying WFB-ng really soon.😉
Cheers mate!😊🍻
Wow nice, looking forward to your tutorials video
Hi. I'm very tempted to try out OpenIPC. I'm from India, and most boards shown in tutorials are not available here. Can you please help me choose a board that I can run OpenIPC on?
Welcome to our community. Please read our wiki you will find all the information there. Cheers mate!😊🍻
Does OpenHD or OpenIPC offer any additional features? In other words, is there any reason to use them over wfb-ng in 2024? What is your latency btw?
Don’t use OpenHD, it is just a copy of WFB-ng which a few extra features. OpenIPC has h265 encoding, 35ms latency and the original updated WFB-ng link for ultra long range flights. There are also OpenIPC hardware to buy. Search for my video tutorials. Cheers mate!😊🍻
Mate, most of us use jetson nano developer board 4gb, please consider it also at least to play around at home, very few of us have ncb00 board. Best wishes :D
The NCB00 makes the Jetson nano small enough to fit inside a 5” drone! Cheers mate!😄🍻
Looks great!! Can’t wait to try.. but am not so good with Linux .. any images that I can use right away ?
Not yet. I’m preparing a series of video tutorials so stay tuned mate. Cheers!😊🍻
how far did you fly via WFB-ng ? / На какое расстояние улетели на WFB-ng ?
30km is the longest we flew so far but there are records of 100km from other pilots. Cheers!😊🍻
Hey bro is there anyway you can post us the link of the product of the asus 56. Cause i think the wifi dongle comes in really different version. Which exact version should we use.? Hope to hear from you.
This one has been tested and working fine:
Ac180 network card RTL 8812au network card raspberry pico network card 1w-2w power network card RTL8812au
a.aliexpress.com/_ExTyNgd
I tried to find out how, openHD and WFB-ng relate to each other. But I can't find a fork from WFB-ng to openHD. Where did you get your info from?
You discovered this video one year after I published it. So a year ago you could browse the GitHub repo of OpenHD and you would be able to see a folder called “wifibroadcast” which was forked by WFB-ng repo of svpcom. The new OpenHD developers removed every trace of that so they can claim their source code is not related to WFB-ng. They should be ashamed of that because as an open source community we should always give properly credits to the original authors. Their attitude is arrogant and nowhere near as the attitude of the old developers. And that is why very few are actually supporting their privatised project. They keep giving false promises about a new hardware that will never come and even if it comes it will be outdated and very expensive compared to other options that are now available in the market. Cheers!😊🍻
@@mariofpv Not giving credits in the open source world is a 'no-no'.
Ok I found a reference that is still visible in the OpenHD repo. In the Summary section they mention that they forked the OpenHD link from the WFB-ng link: github.com/OpenHD/wifibroadcast
Any clue if there is latency improvement compared to open hd
Yes, this VTX system can use any Linux hardware with powerful GPU (GTX/RTX) to have ultra low latency, even below 50ms.
The only extra hardware you would need is a Jetson nano with a MIPI camera and 2X ASUS AC56 WiFi modules! Cheers mate!😊🍻
@@mariofpv you know what would be an interesting video. Doing a glass to glass latency test. And see what component in the chain adds how much latency. This would tell us, where we can focus our efforts for improvements.
That’s in my future videos mate. Cheers!😊🍻
which natennas did you use ?
The stock antenna on the Air unit and a patch antenna on the Ground station. Check in the video description for more details. Cheers mate!😊🍻
+1👍 💪
Cheers mate!😊🍻
how do you set this up???
nevermind series of videos will be published soon thanks
is the latency good???
It’s the same as OpenHD. After all, OpenHD is using the same core software. The good news is that you can have ultra low latency with Jetson nano as Air unit and a laptop with strong GPU running Linux. Stay tuned for more. Cheers mate!😊🍻
Thanks you for blue-yellow my country flag
I hope the war ends soon. Cheers mate!😊🍻
Hi bro! Looks much better now, but can u save small peace ( 30s ) of original DVR video, i know utube kodek in 1080p looks bad for now, txs for the U-flag, appreciate❤❤❤=)))))))))))))
Yes, I will upload the full DVR and post the link. RUclips decreased the video quality! Cheers mate and I hope the war ends soon!😊🍻
A bit sneeky picking the worst footage you could find of OHD for the comparison, its better than that and you have far better footage than that on your own channel lol.
I didn’t compare the video quality of OHD 2.1. Notice that I’m comparing the range! Also I can’t record on the Ground station of OHD2.1 and so I only have the bad quality video of the HDMI recorder. Cheers mate!😉🍻
You are confusing OHD 2.0.x with OHD 2.1.
OHD 2.0.x can run only on RPi and has H264 encoding with a lot of latency but long range capabilities.
OHD 2.1 can run on Jetson and RPi and has H265 encoding with low latency but for the moment only 800-900m range.
WFB-NG can run on Jetson, X86 Linux computer/laptop without additional hardware(!), Linux TV boxes etc. and all RPi, it supports H265 encoding with low latency and it has very long range capabilities just like any WFB based project. Cheers!🍻