Edward’s Status Update for 11/7
So this week I was able to make some more progress with Heather in terms of getting a video feed through to a computer. We were able to send a receive video through gstreamer from the nano to the computer and see some of the frames. The big issue that still remains here is that the streaming of the bits may not be fast enough but we might be able to make use of a better streaming protocol using ethernet or usb rather than the current wireless transmission. With that in mind we have also seen some use cases of using gstreamer to create a video feed that is suitable for conferencing software like zoom and skype and we think that with a little more time we can get that connected even if the video feed itself is very poor just so we can show proof of concept and then try to optimize the video feed as much as we can afterwards. We also feel that with a faster protocol it may be more feasible to get a better image quality. We plan to move forward with using 2 cameras with a single direction of view and once we get that working for sure we will then proceed with integrating a second camera. Given a second camera, the code has already been written and should allow the set up and should still function properly. Given the research that we have done for setting up the gstreamer for a zoom video feed we also think that we will be able to use the similar setup of accessing the nano’s kernel. Overall, the main integration with the motors is done and the setup for the audio processor is complete even though the output right now is not fully implemented. For the upcoming week Heather and I plan to work closely together to get a video feed for a conferencing software setup and then try to improve the quality of the feed as best as we can. We know the general steps that we need to take but there are some technical issues that we ran into due to our unfamiliarity of the linux environment.