Less of a problem to be solved, more of a curiosity. When I have an ROV active in QGC I get a micro-stutter every 1s, and it lasts for like, 1 frame. No big deal as I don’t think that will impact my ability to maneuver the ROV for inspections. I did a test record and oddly enough the video itself …

UPDATE: I don’t know how, if possible to edit the post. But the issue has been fixed, the RJ45>USB adapters we were using had their speed set to “auto-negotiate”, the new ones we are using have their speed set to the full 2.5gbs and there’s 0 lag now.

Hi @dcarroll394 - To be honest, I never use QGC for BlueROV2 piloting anymore - Cockpit is just so nice! I’d suspect your computer may be struggling to handle the video - is it in a powersave mode on battery power? Also, we only recommend the older QGC, version 4.2.8 , as we’ve not tested much wit…

I’ll see about downgrading to 4.2.8 then, but I highly doubt it’s my laptop. I’ve got the AOG Strix G18 and it’s a proper powerhouse, battery is set to performance mode.

If you have a graphics card in your computer changing this steeing might help [image] QGroundControl Not Recording Video QGroundControl With older QGC, (4.1.x) I made video recording work by not choosing “Nvidia decoder” but instead use “Force DirectX3D” If t…

Video lags in QGC, but not in recording

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Boko (Bo Koppel) August 2, 2025, 7:27am 4

If you have a graphics card in your computer changing this steeing might help

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