web_video_server repository

web_video_server

Repository Summary

Checkout URI	https://github.com/RobotWebTools/web_video_server.git
VCS Type	git
VCS Version	ros2
Last Updated	2025-05-28
Dev Status	MAINTAINED
CI status	No Continuous Integration
Released	RELEASED
Tags	No category tags.
Contributing	Help Wanted (0) Good First Issues (0) Pull Requests to Review (0)

Packages

Name	Version
web_video_server	2.1.0

README

web_video_server - HTTP Streaming of ROS Image Topics in Multiple Formats

This node provides HTTP streaming of ROS image topics in various formats, making it easy to view robot camera feeds and other image topics in a web browser without requiring special plugins or extensions.

Features

Stream ROS image topics over HTTP in multiple formats:
- MJPEG (Motion JPEG)
- VP8 (WebM)
- VP9 (WebM)
- H264 (MP4)
- PNG streams
- ROS compressed image topics
Adjustable quality, size, and other streaming parameters
Web interface to browse available image topics
Single image snapshot capability
Support for different QoS profiles in ROS 2

Installation

Dependencies

ROS (Noetic) or ROS 2 (Humble+)
OpenCV
FFmpeg/libav
Boost
async_web_server_cpp

Installing packages

For newer ROS2 distributions (humble, jazzy, rolling) it is possible to install web_video_server as a package:

sudo apt install ros-${ROS_DISTRO}-web-video-server

Building from Source

Create a ROS workspace if you don’t have one:

mkdir -p ~/ros_ws/src
cd ~/ros_ws/src

Clone this repository:

# ROS 2
git clone https://github.com/RobotWebTools/web_video_server.git
# ROS 1
git clone https://github.com/RobotWebTools/web_video_server.git -b ros1

Install dependencies with rosdep:

cd ~/ros_ws
rosdep update
rosdep install --from-paths src -i

Build the package and source your workspace:

colcon build --packages-select web_video_server
source install/setup.bash

Usage

Starting the Server

# ROS 1
rosrun web_video_server web_video_server

# ROS 2
ros2 run web_video_server web_video_server

Configuration

Server Configuration Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Possible Values	Description
`port`	int	8080	Any valid port number	HTTP server port
`address`	string	“0.0.0.0”	Any valid IP address	HTTP server address (0.0.0.0 allows external connections)
`server_threads`	int	1	1+	Number of server threads for handling HTTP requests
`ros_threads`	int	2	1+	Number of threads for ROS message handling
`verbose`	bool	false	true, false	Enable verbose logging
`default_stream_type`	string	“mjpeg”	“mjpeg”, “vp8”, “vp9”, “h264”, “png”, “ros_compressed”	Default format for video streams
`publish_rate`	double	-1.0	-1.0 or positive value	Rate for republishing images (-1.0 means no republishing)

Running with Custom Parameters

You can configure the server by passing parameters via the command line:

```bash

ROS 1

rosrun web_video_server web_video_server _port:=8081 _address:=localhost _server_threads:=4

File truncated at 100 lines see the full file

CONTRIBUTING

Any contribution that you make to this repository will be under the 3-Clause BSD License, as dictated by that license.

Any contribution that you make to this repository will be under the 3-Clause BSD License, as dictated by that [license](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause).

web_video_server repository

web_video_server

Repository Summary

Checkout URI	https://github.com/RobotWebTools/web_video_server.git
VCS Type	git
VCS Version	ros2
Last Updated	2025-05-28
Dev Status	MAINTAINED
CI status	No Continuous Integration
Released	RELEASED
Tags	No category tags.
Contributing	Help Wanted (0) Good First Issues (0) Pull Requests to Review (0)

Packages

Name	Version
web_video_server	2.1.0

README

web_video_server - HTTP Streaming of ROS Image Topics in Multiple Formats

This node provides HTTP streaming of ROS image topics in various formats, making it easy to view robot camera feeds and other image topics in a web browser without requiring special plugins or extensions.

Features

Stream ROS image topics over HTTP in multiple formats:
- MJPEG (Motion JPEG)
- VP8 (WebM)
- VP9 (WebM)
- H264 (MP4)
- PNG streams
- ROS compressed image topics
Adjustable quality, size, and other streaming parameters
Web interface to browse available image topics
Single image snapshot capability
Support for different QoS profiles in ROS 2

Installation

Dependencies

ROS (Noetic) or ROS 2 (Humble+)
OpenCV
FFmpeg/libav
Boost
async_web_server_cpp

Installing packages

For newer ROS2 distributions (humble, jazzy, rolling) it is possible to install web_video_server as a package:

sudo apt install ros-${ROS_DISTRO}-web-video-server

Building from Source

Create a ROS workspace if you don’t have one:

mkdir -p ~/ros_ws/src
cd ~/ros_ws/src

Clone this repository:

# ROS 2
git clone https://github.com/RobotWebTools/web_video_server.git
# ROS 1
git clone https://github.com/RobotWebTools/web_video_server.git -b ros1

Install dependencies with rosdep:

cd ~/ros_ws
rosdep update
rosdep install --from-paths src -i

Build the package and source your workspace:

colcon build --packages-select web_video_server
source install/setup.bash

Usage

Starting the Server

# ROS 1
rosrun web_video_server web_video_server

# ROS 2
ros2 run web_video_server web_video_server

Configuration

Server Configuration Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Possible Values	Description
`port`	int	8080	Any valid port number	HTTP server port
`address`	string	“0.0.0.0”	Any valid IP address	HTTP server address (0.0.0.0 allows external connections)
`server_threads`	int	1	1+	Number of server threads for handling HTTP requests
`ros_threads`	int	2	1+	Number of threads for ROS message handling
`verbose`	bool	false	true, false	Enable verbose logging
`default_stream_type`	string	“mjpeg”	“mjpeg”, “vp8”, “vp9”, “h264”, “png”, “ros_compressed”	Default format for video streams
`publish_rate`	double	-1.0	-1.0 or positive value	Rate for republishing images (-1.0 means no republishing)

Running with Custom Parameters

You can configure the server by passing parameters via the command line:

```bash

ROS 1

rosrun web_video_server web_video_server _port:=8081 _address:=localhost _server_threads:=4

File truncated at 100 lines see the full file

CONTRIBUTING

Any contribution that you make to this repository will be under the 3-Clause BSD License, as dictated by that license.

Any contribution that you make to this repository will be under the 3-Clause BSD License, as dictated by that [license](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause).

web_video_server repository

web_video_server

Repository Summary

Checkout URI	https://github.com/RobotWebTools/web_video_server.git
VCS Type	git
VCS Version	ros2
Last Updated	2025-05-28
Dev Status	MAINTAINED
CI status	No Continuous Integration
Released	RELEASED
Tags	No category tags.
Contributing	Help Wanted (0) Good First Issues (0) Pull Requests to Review (0)

Packages

Name	Version
web_video_server	2.1.0

README

web_video_server - HTTP Streaming of ROS Image Topics in Multiple Formats

This node provides HTTP streaming of ROS image topics in various formats, making it easy to view robot camera feeds and other image topics in a web browser without requiring special plugins or extensions.

Features

Stream ROS image topics over HTTP in multiple formats:
- MJPEG (Motion JPEG)
- VP8 (WebM)
- VP9 (WebM)
- H264 (MP4)
- PNG streams
- ROS compressed image topics
Adjustable quality, size, and other streaming parameters
Web interface to browse available image topics
Single image snapshot capability
Support for different QoS profiles in ROS 2

Installation

Dependencies

ROS (Noetic) or ROS 2 (Humble+)
OpenCV
FFmpeg/libav
Boost
async_web_server_cpp

Installing packages

For newer ROS2 distributions (humble, jazzy, rolling) it is possible to install web_video_server as a package:

sudo apt install ros-${ROS_DISTRO}-web-video-server

Building from Source

Create a ROS workspace if you don’t have one:

mkdir -p ~/ros_ws/src
cd ~/ros_ws/src

Clone this repository:

# ROS 2
git clone https://github.com/RobotWebTools/web_video_server.git
# ROS 1
git clone https://github.com/RobotWebTools/web_video_server.git -b ros1

Install dependencies with rosdep:

cd ~/ros_ws
rosdep update
rosdep install --from-paths src -i

Build the package and source your workspace:

colcon build --packages-select web_video_server
source install/setup.bash

Usage

Starting the Server

# ROS 1
rosrun web_video_server web_video_server

# ROS 2
ros2 run web_video_server web_video_server

Configuration

Server Configuration Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Possible Values	Description
`port`	int	8080	Any valid port number	HTTP server port
`address`	string	“0.0.0.0”	Any valid IP address	HTTP server address (0.0.0.0 allows external connections)
`server_threads`	int	1	1+	Number of server threads for handling HTTP requests
`ros_threads`	int	2	1+	Number of threads for ROS message handling
`verbose`	bool	false	true, false	Enable verbose logging
`default_stream_type`	string	“mjpeg”	“mjpeg”, “vp8”, “vp9”, “h264”, “png”, “ros_compressed”	Default format for video streams
`publish_rate`	double	-1.0	-1.0 or positive value	Rate for republishing images (-1.0 means no republishing)

Running with Custom Parameters

You can configure the server by passing parameters via the command line:

```bash

ROS 1

rosrun web_video_server web_video_server _port:=8081 _address:=localhost _server_threads:=4

File truncated at 100 lines see the full file

CONTRIBUTING

Any contribution that you make to this repository will be under the 3-Clause BSD License, as dictated by that license.

Any contribution that you make to this repository will be under the 3-Clause BSD License, as dictated by that [license](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause).

web_video_server repository

web_video_server

Repository Summary

Checkout URI	https://github.com/RobotWebTools/web_video_server.git
VCS Type	git
VCS Version	ros2
Last Updated	2025-05-28
Dev Status	MAINTAINED
CI status	No Continuous Integration
Released	RELEASED
Tags	No category tags.
Contributing	Help Wanted (0) Good First Issues (0) Pull Requests to Review (0)

Packages

Name	Version
web_video_server	2.1.0

README

web_video_server - HTTP Streaming of ROS Image Topics in Multiple Formats

This node provides HTTP streaming of ROS image topics in various formats, making it easy to view robot camera feeds and other image topics in a web browser without requiring special plugins or extensions.

Features

Stream ROS image topics over HTTP in multiple formats:
- MJPEG (Motion JPEG)
- VP8 (WebM)
- VP9 (WebM)
- H264 (MP4)
- PNG streams
- ROS compressed image topics
Adjustable quality, size, and other streaming parameters
Web interface to browse available image topics
Single image snapshot capability
Support for different QoS profiles in ROS 2

Installation

Dependencies

ROS (Noetic) or ROS 2 (Humble+)
OpenCV
FFmpeg/libav
Boost
async_web_server_cpp

Installing packages

For newer ROS2 distributions (humble, jazzy, rolling) it is possible to install web_video_server as a package:

sudo apt install ros-${ROS_DISTRO}-web-video-server

Building from Source

Create a ROS workspace if you don’t have one:

mkdir -p ~/ros_ws/src
cd ~/ros_ws/src

Clone this repository:

# ROS 2
git clone https://github.com/RobotWebTools/web_video_server.git
# ROS 1
git clone https://github.com/RobotWebTools/web_video_server.git -b ros1

Install dependencies with rosdep:

cd ~/ros_ws
rosdep update
rosdep install --from-paths src -i

Build the package and source your workspace:

colcon build --packages-select web_video_server
source install/setup.bash

Usage

Starting the Server

# ROS 1
rosrun web_video_server web_video_server

# ROS 2
ros2 run web_video_server web_video_server

Configuration

Server Configuration Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Possible Values	Description
`port`	int	8080	Any valid port number	HTTP server port
`address`	string	“0.0.0.0”	Any valid IP address	HTTP server address (0.0.0.0 allows external connections)
`server_threads`	int	1	1+	Number of server threads for handling HTTP requests
`ros_threads`	int	2	1+	Number of threads for ROS message handling
`verbose`	bool	false	true, false	Enable verbose logging
`default_stream_type`	string	“mjpeg”	“mjpeg”, “vp8”, “vp9”, “h264”, “png”, “ros_compressed”	Default format for video streams
`publish_rate`	double	-1.0	-1.0 or positive value	Rate for republishing images (-1.0 means no republishing)

Running with Custom Parameters

You can configure the server by passing parameters via the command line:

```bash

ROS 1

rosrun web_video_server web_video_server _port:=8081 _address:=localhost _server_threads:=4

File truncated at 100 lines see the full file

CONTRIBUTING

Any contribution that you make to this repository will be under the 3-Clause BSD License, as dictated by that license.

Any contribution that you make to this repository will be under the 3-Clause BSD License, as dictated by that [license](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause).

web_video_server repository

No version for distro ardent. Known supported distros are highlighted in the buttons above.

web_video_server repository

No version for distro bouncy. Known supported distros are highlighted in the buttons above.

web_video_server repository

No version for distro crystal. Known supported distros are highlighted in the buttons above.

web_video_server repository

No version for distro eloquent. Known supported distros are highlighted in the buttons above.

web_video_server repository

web_video_server

Repository Summary

Checkout URI	https://github.com/RobotWebTools/web_video_server.git
VCS Type	git
VCS Version	ros2
Last Updated	2025-05-28
Dev Status	MAINTAINED
CI status	No Continuous Integration
Released	RELEASED
Tags	No category tags.
Contributing	Help Wanted (0) Good First Issues (0) Pull Requests to Review (0)

Packages

Name	Version
web_video_server	2.1.0

README

web_video_server - HTTP Streaming of ROS Image Topics in Multiple Formats

This node provides HTTP streaming of ROS image topics in various formats, making it easy to view robot camera feeds and other image topics in a web browser without requiring special plugins or extensions.

Features

Stream ROS image topics over HTTP in multiple formats:
- MJPEG (Motion JPEG)
- VP8 (WebM)
- VP9 (WebM)
- H264 (MP4)
- PNG streams
- ROS compressed image topics
Adjustable quality, size, and other streaming parameters
Web interface to browse available image topics
Single image snapshot capability
Support for different QoS profiles in ROS 2

Installation

Dependencies

ROS (Noetic) or ROS 2 (Humble+)
OpenCV
FFmpeg/libav
Boost
async_web_server_cpp

Installing packages

For newer ROS2 distributions (humble, jazzy, rolling) it is possible to install web_video_server as a package:

sudo apt install ros-${ROS_DISTRO}-web-video-server

Building from Source

Create a ROS workspace if you don’t have one:

mkdir -p ~/ros_ws/src
cd ~/ros_ws/src

Clone this repository:

# ROS 2
git clone https://github.com/RobotWebTools/web_video_server.git
# ROS 1
git clone https://github.com/RobotWebTools/web_video_server.git -b ros1

Install dependencies with rosdep:

cd ~/ros_ws
rosdep update
rosdep install --from-paths src -i

Build the package and source your workspace:

colcon build --packages-select web_video_server
source install/setup.bash

Usage

Starting the Server

# ROS 1
rosrun web_video_server web_video_server

# ROS 2
ros2 run web_video_server web_video_server

Configuration

Server Configuration Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Possible Values	Description
`port`	int	8080	Any valid port number	HTTP server port
`address`	string	“0.0.0.0”	Any valid IP address	HTTP server address (0.0.0.0 allows external connections)
`server_threads`	int	1	1+	Number of server threads for handling HTTP requests
`ros_threads`	int	2	1+	Number of threads for ROS message handling
`verbose`	bool	false	true, false	Enable verbose logging
`default_stream_type`	string	“mjpeg”	“mjpeg”, “vp8”, “vp9”, “h264”, “png”, “ros_compressed”	Default format for video streams
`publish_rate`	double	-1.0	-1.0 or positive value	Rate for republishing images (-1.0 means no republishing)

Running with Custom Parameters

You can configure the server by passing parameters via the command line:

```bash

ROS 1

rosrun web_video_server web_video_server _port:=8081 _address:=localhost _server_threads:=4

File truncated at 100 lines see the full file

CONTRIBUTING

Any contribution that you make to this repository will be under the 3-Clause BSD License, as dictated by that license.

Any contribution that you make to this repository will be under the 3-Clause BSD License, as dictated by that [license](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause).

web_video_server repository

No version for distro galactic. Known supported distros are highlighted in the buttons above.

web_video_server repository

No version for distro foxy. Known supported distros are highlighted in the buttons above.

web_video_server repository

web_video_server

Repository Summary

Checkout URI	https://github.com/RobotWebTools/web_video_server.git
VCS Type	git
VCS Version	ros2
Last Updated	2025-05-28
Dev Status	MAINTAINED
CI status	No Continuous Integration
Released	RELEASED
Tags	No category tags.
Contributing	Help Wanted (0) Good First Issues (0) Pull Requests to Review (0)

Packages

Name	Version
web_video_server	2.1.0

README

web_video_server - HTTP Streaming of ROS Image Topics in Multiple Formats

This node provides HTTP streaming of ROS image topics in various formats, making it easy to view robot camera feeds and other image topics in a web browser without requiring special plugins or extensions.

Features

Stream ROS image topics over HTTP in multiple formats:
- MJPEG (Motion JPEG)
- VP8 (WebM)
- VP9 (WebM)
- H264 (MP4)
- PNG streams
- ROS compressed image topics
Adjustable quality, size, and other streaming parameters
Web interface to browse available image topics
Single image snapshot capability
Support for different QoS profiles in ROS 2

Installation

Dependencies

ROS (Noetic) or ROS 2 (Humble+)
OpenCV
FFmpeg/libav
Boost
async_web_server_cpp

Installing packages

For newer ROS2 distributions (humble, jazzy, rolling) it is possible to install web_video_server as a package:

sudo apt install ros-${ROS_DISTRO}-web-video-server

Building from Source

Create a ROS workspace if you don’t have one:

mkdir -p ~/ros_ws/src
cd ~/ros_ws/src

Clone this repository:

# ROS 2
git clone https://github.com/RobotWebTools/web_video_server.git
# ROS 1
git clone https://github.com/RobotWebTools/web_video_server.git -b ros1

Install dependencies with rosdep:

cd ~/ros_ws
rosdep update
rosdep install --from-paths src -i

Build the package and source your workspace:

colcon build --packages-select web_video_server
source install/setup.bash

Usage

Starting the Server

# ROS 1
rosrun web_video_server web_video_server

# ROS 2
ros2 run web_video_server web_video_server

Configuration

Server Configuration Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Possible Values	Description
`port`	int	8080	Any valid port number	HTTP server port
`address`	string	“0.0.0.0”	Any valid IP address	HTTP server address (0.0.0.0 allows external connections)
`server_threads`	int	1	1+	Number of server threads for handling HTTP requests
`ros_threads`	int	2	1+	Number of threads for ROS message handling
`verbose`	bool	false	true, false	Enable verbose logging
`default_stream_type`	string	“mjpeg”	“mjpeg”, “vp8”, “vp9”, “h264”, “png”, “ros_compressed”	Default format for video streams
`publish_rate`	double	-1.0	-1.0 or positive value	Rate for republishing images (-1.0 means no republishing)

Running with Custom Parameters

You can configure the server by passing parameters via the command line:

```bash

ROS 1

rosrun web_video_server web_video_server _port:=8081 _address:=localhost _server_threads:=4

File truncated at 100 lines see the full file

CONTRIBUTING

Any contribution that you make to this repository will be under the 3-Clause BSD License, as dictated by that license.

Any contribution that you make to this repository will be under the 3-Clause BSD License, as dictated by that [license](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause).

web_video_server repository

No version for distro lunar. Known supported distros are highlighted in the buttons above.

web_video_server repository

No version for distro jade. Known supported distros are highlighted in the buttons above.

web_video_server repository

No version for distro indigo. Known supported distros are highlighted in the buttons above.

web_video_server repository

No version for distro hydro. Known supported distros are highlighted in the buttons above.

web_video_server repository

No version for distro kinetic. Known supported distros are highlighted in the buttons above.

web_video_server repository

No version for distro melodic. Known supported distros are highlighted in the buttons above.

web_video_server repository

No version for distro noetic. Known supported distros are highlighted in the buttons above.