Video stream into QGC

PX4 Autopilot
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Hi another day = another issue and questions :slight_smile:
I would like to ask for help with streaming a vide from simulated camera into QGC.
I believe there is no plugin to stream a video while using new Gazebo with ubuntu 22.04 or is it? Or can I somehow enable it with x500_vision?
But I am unable to stream any video with old gazebo neither. I tried to use following docker image GitHub - JonasVautherin/px4-gazebo-headless: An unofficial Ubuntu-based container building and running PX4 SITL (Software In The Loop) through gazebo. with this command, but still I am unable to see anything in QGC. I did set the QGC camera port to the one from the image and still nothing.
I have my own docker image and I am able to connect and flight the simulated drone from it, but again I am unable to get any video stream (using https://docs.px4.io/main/en/sim_gazebo_classic/gazebo_vehicles.html#typhoon-h480-hexrotor model)
I am not sure how to understand and how to use following Simulation | PX4 Guide (main)
based on instructions (Gazebo Simulation | PX4 User Guide (v1.12)) I should see Video ON/Off button in gazebo GUI, but I dont.

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What can be wrong here?

Can anyone help pls?

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Well, I have update if anyone intersted :slight_smile:
I have installed gstreamer1.0-tools on my local machine and I am able to see the Vide: On/Off button finally. But still no stream into QGC. I am on ubuntu 22.04 and the simulation is running on ubuntu 20.04 and appearently there is a change in gstreamer library between those two so I am not sure if it is compatible now or not.

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I have found video with working camera and stream and gimbal simulation Simulated Workflows using Software-In-The-Loop Simulations — PX4 Developer Summit Virtual 2020 - YouTube
Can anyone help me to understand how to achieve this state? It seems it shall be ready in 2020. But I am unbale to find anything about how to start it.

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It seems there needs to be reverse proxy service created to forward the data from docker port to QGC port.

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ok, the solution is, that in the jinja file for model it needs to say for gst_camera_plugin udpHost = host.docker.internal and it starts to work :slight_smile: