If I understand this correct it is just a wifi connection if so you should be using openhd, Rubyhd, or WFB-ng thats the only way you're going to get good range and latency otherwise use the siyi video system, it's pretty good.
I just set up my sliders on my TX16S to control pan/tilt by hand. New features in QGC and Mission Planner will also allow control from the ground station. Follow the Camera Gimbal setup instructions on the ArduPilot wiki.
In a nutshell, connect the PI direct to the ethernet port of the A8. Define a fixed IP address for the ethernet port with a route to 192.168.144.25, then run "cvlc rtsp://192.168.144.25:8554/main.264 --sout '#rtp{sdp=rtsp://:8554/a8}' :demux=h264" to forward the rtsp stream over the network.
I'm pretty sure the latency is on the VLC side. Try gstreamer or ffmpeg on the client side. I'm about to buy a Siyi A8 to do the same thing over the 4G LTE network.
![Siyi A8 mini Gimbal on a Fixed Wing - Review [ENG]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/cuQAhk0fuTA/mqdefault.jpg)
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If I understand this correct it is just a wifi connection if so you should be using openhd, Rubyhd, or WFB-ng thats the only way you're going to get good range and latency otherwise use the siyi video system, it's pretty good.
Yes that would be the next step. This was basically to figure out how to get video from the A8 mini - so directly connected to my PC for this test.
Is that camera a good indoor / out door camera? I need pics of birds eating from feeder.
It's a bit of overkill for that. It's made for mounting on an RC Plane or drone. Definitely not what you want.
Very cool 😎
I think it's going to be very, very cool in a plane - stay tuned!
how do you control the gimbal?
I just set up my sliders on my TX16S to control pan/tilt by hand. New features in QGC and Mission Planner will also allow control from the ground station. Follow the Camera Gimbal setup instructions on the ArduPilot wiki.
Can you please let me know how it is working becoz it is not working in my raspberry pi 4 with ethernet cable
I think I explained it. I followed my own instructions and set it up a second time just to be sure.
Please how did you achieve that? Because I am trying to do the same, but with a jetson nano. Thank you.
In a nutshell, connect the PI direct to the ethernet port of the A8. Define a fixed IP address for the ethernet port with a route to 192.168.144.25, then run "cvlc rtsp://192.168.144.25:8554/main.264 --sout '#rtp{sdp=rtsp://:8554/a8}' :demux=h264" to forward the rtsp stream over the network.
@@timtheplaneman thanks a lot, I will try that out.
Please what was the cable you used from the camera to the rasperry bi ethernet
Just a regular cat-5 or cat-6 ethernet cable, a very short one.
@@timtheplaneman and how is this cable connected to the camera
And also is the camera lagging when its output is displayed directly from the rasperry bi? Thank you in advance
My A8 Mini came with an ethernet adapter cable with an RJ-45 socket@@ahmedsaleh4640 did you not get one of those? If not perhaps contact SiYi
Oh yes it's quite laggy. perhaps 2 seconds delay@@ahmedsaleh4640 not for FPV flying I think!
Too much delay.
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Yes I noticed that, it's very laggy. This video is just about getting it to work which was not simple, but I think SiYi has some work to do.
I'm pretty sure the latency is on the VLC side. Try gstreamer or ffmpeg on the client side.
I'm about to buy a Siyi A8 to do the same thing over the 4G LTE network.
Cool ❤
I'm having so much fun doing this stuff. Can you tell? 🙂