A New High Quality Underwater USB Camera

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@cwnetdev

Any more info available on setting these for streaming with an RPi4 and FathomX without using Pixhawk and QGround control?

The normal camera streaming functionality is already unrelated to the Pixhawk, and QGroundControl is just a receiver.

Given this:

@DeepWaterExploration

Our new camera’s firmware will allow the exploreHD camera to be plug and play with ArduSub Companion. It will automatically apply recommended H264 settings for the RPI setup including bitrate and GOP settings, no need for modifications or driver installation. Of course, if you want to tinker with those settings, you can still install our driver on the Pi and experiment around

I expect it should be possible to use the exploreHD the same way as any other H264 camera, which could either be done using our Companion software, or just setting up a gstreamer pipeline (if you only want the video stream).

This comment covers how the camera stream is set up in the existing Companion software (including a link to the gstreamer pipeline we use), as well as some ways of receiving a stream outside of QGroundControl.