I see, I wonder how much better would it look like in HDR mode and h.265 encoding. 1920x960 seems a bit low for a HMD device.
Are you familiar with VLC-Unity? I’m aiming to directly to stream into headsets, without need of a PC and OBS Studio, using SRT stream directly of the plugin I developed. So in theory could stream to Unity on Meta Quest 2/3 but I assume other Unity compatible devices should work. Grabbing HDR preview of the Z1 in camera makes a huge difference in image quality and adjusting brightness, etc. in camera. Of course plugin also works to stream to OBS as capture device wirelessly.
So Unity is running on a high end PC and HTC Vive Pro 2 is used as display connecting with wires?
In the old demo from June 2018, we had the HTC Vive connected to a Windows PC with wires. Back then (5 or 6 years ago), we needed a gaming laptop with discrete mid-range GPU card (higher end for laptops) for demos. In 2024, think that a normal laptop can handle things
I have not tried VLC-Unity yet. It’s a library, so we would need some sample code to get the stream into Unity.
Personally, I’m using a laptop with 32 Gb of ram, a Ryzen 9 7945HX and an RTX 4060, and I’ve had no problems.
In terms of the HTC Vive, (I hope I’m not talking rubbish), but from what I know, I always need an auxiliary computer to run the application. However, PC - Headseat communication is wireless.
The camera is exhibiting unexpected behavior. The expected behavior is to be able to connect at 5GHz with just the one setting change. Are you sure your router or mobile phone is set to 5GHz only or 5GHz preferred?
I’m not sure what the source of the problem is. You can try
I wanted to provide an update regarding the 5Ghz implementation. Due to other pressing aspects demanding my attention, I had to postpone the implementation. However, I am now working on it.
Despite following all the steps mentioned by @craig, I haven’t been successful in getting it to work yet. My next course of action will be to attempt the setup with a different router. However, this might take some time.
Mean while, I’m also working in a more direct way to connect the Z1 to Unity, maybe I will focus in the VLC-Unity or some other unity plugin.
Hi, I’m trying to apply the second method which involve the RTSP connection but I can’t seem to get it to work. My guess is that my URL is wrong. Do you see anything wrong with my URL?rtsp://THETAYN34119099.OSC:HuaxiaWang@192.168.1.5:8554/live?resolution=1920x960.
For user, I put the SSID of my Ricoh Theta Z1. For Password, I put the password I gave my Ricoh Theta Z1. Lastly, for camIP, I put the IP address of my Ricoh Theta Z1 which I found by using my IPhone’s settings app which allows you to see the IP address of a wi-fi network. I also never connected the Z1 via CL (Client Mode I think?) which I’m guessing is also where I could be going wrong as I don’t know how to connect to CL or what CL is? If you could explain if there’s anything you see wrong in my URL and how to connect the Z1 via CL as well as what CL stands for, it would be greatly appreciated.
I’m running the dns-sd -G v4 THETAYN34119099.OSC.local command in my command terminal to find the IP address of my Ricoh Theta Z1 but it returns nothing. Is the format of my hostname wrong? Also what do I have to do with my Ricoh Theta Z1 so it’s detectable for the command?
I think I was able to find the IP address through connecting the camera to the Ricoh app on my phone but the camera feed still doesn’t connect to OBS. I have the Ricoh Theta Z1 set to client mode and started the RTSP streaming plug in mode on the camera. Then I started OBS and input the link on my media source in the following screenshot. Nothing shows up. Is there anything else I’m supposed to be doing to get it connect to OBS or is there anything you see wrong in my process?
@Manuel_Couto See the section on configuration of your router to specific channels. The channel specification may be the same on V and Z1
Troubleshooting
5 GHz Access Point
If you have a 5GHz WiFi router, the THETA V may not connect to it reliably. You need to limit the channels to 36, 40, 44, or 48. The THETA V complies to the 5GHz standard W52（IEEE 802.11a/n/ac that works with channels 36/40/44/48.
Many 5 GHz routers comply to W58 standard, which allows dynamic channel allocation to include 149/153/157/161.
If your router is using those channels, the THETA V will not connect in client mode. Please refer to this Wikipedia article on WLAN channels.
Yes, I have my z1 in client mode. The following picture is of my camera in CL mode and running the RTSP plug in. Also are you saying that I need to use the IP address of my router and not my Ricoh Theta Z1 for the URL?
You have to use the IP address of the Z1. It is odd that it is 192.168.1.1 (Z1 IP). Do you have access to the router? Can you log into the router and confirm the IP address? I suspect that the IP address is not 192.168.1.1. When you confirmed the IP address with your phone using the mobile app, was the mobile app in client mode?
as a test, does this work?
Testing IP access with Insomnia. replace the serial number with the serial number of your camera. Replace the IP address with the IP address assigned to your camera.
