video_stream_to_topic

video_stream_to_topic

Overview

This is package which converts video stream (e.g. from IP camera) and makes it as a ROS image topic.

Keywords: stream, ip camera, topic.

License

The source code is released under a BSD 3-Clause license.

Author(s): Ugnius Malūkas
Maintainer: Ugnius Malūkas, ugnius@malukas.lt

The video_stream_to_topic package has been tested under [ROS] Kinetic and Ubuntu 16.04.

Installation

Building from Source

Dependencies

• Robot Operating System (ROS) (Middleware for Robotics),
• OpenCV (Computer Vision)

Building

To build from source, clone the latest version from this repository into your catkin workspace and compile the package using

cd catkin_workspace/src
git clone https://github.com/ugnelis/ros_cameras_controller.git
cd ../
catkin_make

Usage

Run the main node with

roslaunch video_stream_to_topic video_stream_to_topic.launch

Launch files

• video_stream_to_topic.launch: video streamer to image topic node is launched.

  Arguments

  • stream_url Stream URL of the video. Default: http://192.178.1.13/mjpg/video.mjpg.
  • loop_rate Loop rate of the image publisher. Default: 5.0.

Nodes

video_stream_to_topic

Converts video stream and makes it as a ROS image topic.

Published Topics

• /stream/image (sensor_msgs/Image)

  Stream video as a topic.

Parameters

• stream_url (string, default: "http://192.178.1.13/mjpg/video.mjpg")

  Stream URL of the video.

• loop_rate (double, default: 5.0, min: 0.0)

  Loop rate of the image publisher

Bugs & Feature Requests

Please report bugs and request features using the Issue Tracker.