Northdiver
New Member
Try installing the Qt6 libraries:
sudo apt install libqt6serialport6-dev
Good evening. Firstly thanks for all the hard work that goes in to developing OBS studio and these plug ins. We are looking to buy a number of PTX cameras for live streaming our church services. I bought one to test and it had to be connected via Serial Pelco D as it did not support IP. When I tried to configure the serial port it crashed when I clicked 'apply'. This happened repeatedly. looking further up this forum I found that I had to revert to OBS 28.1.1 and PTZ 0.12.1. Having done this all worked. Is there a plan to maintain the serial control interface for latest versions of OBS and this plug in or would I be better going for IP cameras with Ip control? Views would be appreciated as I always like to keep software up to date rather than run on legacy releases.
Lawrence_SoCal
Active Member
@GilesR: My $0.02
Serial control is ancient. makes for cheaper cameras, but presuming wanting to buy something that will last for years, buying a serial controlled PTZ camera now doesn't make sense, to me.
But... Depends on your Sanctuary layout, lighting, priorities, target resolution and frame rates, and budget .. feel free to DM me, or start a thread on its own this for more on this discussion (as its off-topic)
High-level feedback - The price premiums on NDI PTZ cameras from a couple of years ago have diminished, and breadth of offerings has increased on NDI PoE PTZ cameras, with a range of optics/sensor options. Smoother Pan/Tilt/Zoom motors (ex handling moving cleanly in the diagonal) and low-light capability with low image noise costs money. The trade-off for those NDI capable camera costs is the convenience of MUCH longer capable runs (vs HDMI, USB, etc ... SDI can be longer but has its own legacy issues), and a single cable for Power, Video feed, and PTZ control. For a single camera setup, near the OBS PC, NDI could be overkill. But as soon as you start talking multiple cameras, presumably dispersed, ease of single cable wiring, etc... NDI for the win ;^) The only counter-point that comes to mind is certain worship styles that place cameras mid-crowd and pay crazy amounts for highly-reliable dedicated wireless connections (NOT consumer WiFi. I avoid wireless whenever possible for reliability and consistency)... oh and maybe historical buildings where even cable runs are a big problem ... but I've been in old stone mason cathedrals and the wiring for the PTZ cameras (and speakers) isn't obtrusive... so yea, I'll still default to a wired connection
Am I rationalizing my own NDI PTZ camera choice from 3+ years ago? maybe... but I haven't seen a good alternative (and IT Infrastructure is my area of expertise). Really it comes down to budget. My choice then, and still would be, a single NDI PoE PTZ camera vs 2 cheaper non-NDI PTZ cameras (for approx same price). With a good quality PTZ camera, at least for us, live camera Pans look professional and smooth, and we have no complaints. The alternative is cutting between 2 cameras. With a higher-end camera, we also get excellent low-light capability.
Serial control is ancient. makes for cheaper cameras, but presuming wanting to buy something that will last for years, buying a serial controlled PTZ camera now doesn't make sense, to me.
But... Depends on your Sanctuary layout, lighting, priorities, target resolution and frame rates, and budget .. feel free to DM me, or start a thread on its own this for more on this discussion (as its off-topic)
High-level feedback - The price premiums on NDI PTZ cameras from a couple of years ago have diminished, and breadth of offerings has increased on NDI PoE PTZ cameras, with a range of optics/sensor options. Smoother Pan/Tilt/Zoom motors (ex handling moving cleanly in the diagonal) and low-light capability with low image noise costs money. The trade-off for those NDI capable camera costs is the convenience of MUCH longer capable runs (vs HDMI, USB, etc ... SDI can be longer but has its own legacy issues), and a single cable for Power, Video feed, and PTZ control. For a single camera setup, near the OBS PC, NDI could be overkill. But as soon as you start talking multiple cameras, presumably dispersed, ease of single cable wiring, etc... NDI for the win ;^) The only counter-point that comes to mind is certain worship styles that place cameras mid-crowd and pay crazy amounts for highly-reliable dedicated wireless connections (NOT consumer WiFi. I avoid wireless whenever possible for reliability and consistency)... oh and maybe historical buildings where even cable runs are a big problem ... but I've been in old stone mason cathedrals and the wiring for the PTZ cameras (and speakers) isn't obtrusive... so yea, I'll still default to a wired connection
Am I rationalizing my own NDI PTZ camera choice from 3+ years ago? maybe... but I haven't seen a good alternative (and IT Infrastructure is my area of expertise). Really it comes down to budget. My choice then, and still would be, a single NDI PoE PTZ camera vs 2 cheaper non-NDI PTZ cameras (for approx same price). With a good quality PTZ camera, at least for us, live camera Pans look professional and smooth, and we have no complaints. The alternative is cutting between 2 cameras. With a higher-end camera, we also get excellent low-light capability.
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AronOskarss
New Member
Could you add the possibility to recall a preset when source becomes Inactive??
Then i could set it up to send camera to back to starting possition when i switch to a different camera/source and that would be very usefull and make it possible for me to broadcast a race without having someone helping with the camera work.
Thanks for the plugin tho, this is amazing.
It'll come in handy next weekend, i'll just use studio mode and recall a preset in the preview window, make that work for now.
Then i could set it up to send camera to back to starting possition when i switch to a different camera/source and that would be very usefull and make it possible for me to broadcast a race without having someone helping with the camera work.
Thanks for the plugin tho, this is amazing.
It'll come in handy next weekend, i'll just use studio mode and recall a preset in the preview window, make that work for now.
AronOskarss
New Member
i Just realised i can offcourse just set the next scene/camera to revert the previus camera back... this is a game changer for my little motorsport broadcasts!
I have been configuring a TONGVEO camera this evening. The default IP address is printed on the underside of the camera base. Log into the camera by typing the IP address on the base of the camera into your browser. When the login page comes up login using the default 'admin' in both fields. You can now get all the details you need to set it up by selecting the configuration menu at the top of the screen. Choose 'network' from the left hand menu and you will find options for 'ethernet' and 'port' underneath this, along with RTSP for your stream address. Hope this helps.
Yes, I have got it working. You have to select the VISCA TCP option and the VISCA port number you will find by logging into the camera via your browser. See my answer to @Bruce Enon above for details of how to do this.
I have recently downgraded from Windows 11 to 10 and as a result lost all my settings. Subsequently I rebuilt all the scenes and presets for two Longveo cameras employing VISCA control (in a church). Each scene has a PTZ Action activity allocated and an appropriate Preset.
The problem is that when I change scenes the preset value set in the 'PTZ Action' window does not change in accordance with its Preset No. How can I save this preset data? If I click on a preset in the PTZ Controls dock, the camera will move to the correct position.
I am using OBS V. 28.1.1 with PTZ 0.12.1.
Any assistance would be greatly assisted.
The problem is that when I change scenes the preset value set in the 'PTZ Action' window does not change in accordance with its Preset No. How can I save this preset data? If I click on a preset in the PTZ Controls dock, the camera will move to the correct position.
I am using OBS V. 28.1.1 with PTZ 0.12.1.
Any assistance would be greatly assisted.
looks like the default. ok I will try again. Thanks
Hi everyone,
I have a have all my scenes defined in OBS and presets set up using this plugin. I'm trying to get scene changing to work as I thought it would work.
I want to use Studio Mode.
Scene is active with camera 1 and appears on both Preview and Program panels.
Selecting a new scene with new camera, camera 2, and new preset. I was hoping that camera 2 would do the preset and show in the Preview panel before I transition to Program.
However, the camera doesn't go to the preset position until it transitions to the Program panel. Am I thinking this wrong or am I missing a setting somewhere?
Thank you for your help.
I have a have all my scenes defined in OBS and presets set up using this plugin. I'm trying to get scene changing to work as I thought it would work.
I want to use Studio Mode.
Scene is active with camera 1 and appears on both Preview and Program panels.
Selecting a new scene with new camera, camera 2, and new preset. I was hoping that camera 2 would do the preset and show in the Preview panel before I transition to Program.
However, the camera doesn't go to the preset position until it transitions to the Program panel. Am I thinking this wrong or am I missing a setting somewhere?
Thank you for your help.
An Update of my question from yesterday.
Here is what I tried today. In OBS I have the PTZ Controls Docked. The only way I can get the cameras to perform the presets is to select the scene (with the PTZ action included) so the camera comes up in the Preview Panel at it's prior position. Then select the camera in the PTZ dock, double click on the preset in the dock I want to switch to. The camera preforms the movements in the preset. I can then transition to the new scene.
What I would like to have happen is when I select the scene it comes up in the Preview panel and does the camera movements defined in the preset before I transition to the Program panel. Is there a way to do this? If so, how? I want to perform all my scene changes via a Elgato Stream Deck, but how things work now, it's not going to happen. I really want to start using our PTZ cameras instead of using our current single DSLR.
Thank you for your assistance.
Here is what I tried today. In OBS I have the PTZ Controls Docked. The only way I can get the cameras to perform the presets is to select the scene (with the PTZ action included) so the camera comes up in the Preview Panel at it's prior position. Then select the camera in the PTZ dock, double click on the preset in the dock I want to switch to. The camera preforms the movements in the preset. I can then transition to the new scene.
What I would like to have happen is when I select the scene it comes up in the Preview panel and does the camera movements defined in the preset before I transition to the Program panel. Is there a way to do this? If so, how? I want to perform all my scene changes via a Elgato Stream Deck, but how things work now, it's not going to happen. I really want to start using our PTZ cameras instead of using our current single DSLR.
Thank you for your assistance.
Every Service on Sundays on my Church, during Live, PTZ Controls plugin stops working and i have to turn off/on my switch PPOe+ to have control again. If i try to use PTZ controls through PTZ website, it is working ok. Only in OBS stops working randomly. Any idea? I don´t know what to do. I´ve tried to uninstall latest release and tried other version, but the problem still happens.
Alaistair Deacon
New Member
hi,
Been using theplugin great. Just trying the joystick control on PC. Plugged in std X-box style PC controller on USB.
But plugin does not seem to be working for joystick?
I'm using 0.15.4 and the UI looks different to the pics in the user guide.
The joystick is enabled on mine in a "General" tab, not in the individual tab.
Am I missing something?
I've checked joystick is working fine with the PTZOptics native PC app.
TIA
Been using theplugin great. Just trying the joystick control on PC. Plugged in std X-box style PC controller on USB.
But plugin does not seem to be working for joystick?
I'm using 0.15.4 and the UI looks different to the pics in the user guide.
The joystick is enabled on mine in a "General" tab, not in the individual tab.
Am I missing something?
I've checked joystick is working fine with the PTZOptics native PC app.
TIA
Hoping you all can help me out, I've inherited a camera system at my church as I've taken over for the person that set it up initially. The PTZ camera is a knock-off security camera and I'm hoping to use the PTZ controls in OBS to manage it (currently we're using VMix for the streaming control and Blue Iris for the camera PTZ controls). I've attempted ever port configuration I can think of and find in the camera and Blue Iris data and cannot get the PTZ controls to respond, they do work in Blue Iris. I'm wondering if this is just not supported yet by the plugin? I've tried searching this thread and it looks like it may just be a no-go but I figured I'd ask.
I've attached a handful of screenshots of the camera settings and the Blue Iris settings to show how it's currently configured, I'm hoping someone here can point me down the right path or confirm that it simply won't work, thank you!
I've attached a handful of screenshots of the camera settings and the Blue Iris settings to show how it's currently configured, I'm hoping someone here can point me down the right path or confirm that it simply won't work, thank you!
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It seems that your camera and controller uses ONVIF protocol which is not yet supported by this plugin. There is also a SERIAL PORT which this plugin support but would need another interface cable and probably an adapter from your machine to your cameras. You might able to open your camera's configuration thru opening 192.168.1.168 from your browser. It might give you an clue if there is an option for VISCA over IP protocol