rosbag2video.py
rosbag to video file conversion tool
by Maximilian Laiacker 2020
[email protected]
with contributions from
Abel Gabor 2019,
Bey Hao Yun 2021
[email protected],
[email protected]
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ffmpeg is needed and can be installed on Ubuntu with:
sudo apt install ffmpegROS2 and other stuff.
sudo apt install python3-sensor-msgs python3-opencv ros-foxy-rosbag2-transportros2bag2video.py [--fps 25] [--rate 1.0] [-o outputfile] [-v] [-s] [-t topic] bagfile1
Converts image sequence(s) in ros bag file(s) to video file(s) with fixed frame rate using ffmpeg
ffmpeg needs to be installed!
--fps Sets FPS value that is passed to ffmpeg
Default is 25.
-h Displays this help.
--ofile (-o) sets output file name.
If no output file name (-o) is given the filename 'output.mp4' is used.
--rate (-r) You may slow down or speed up the video.
Default is 1.0, that keeps the original speed.
-s Shows each and every image extracted from the rosbag file.
--topic (-t) Only the images from topic "topic" are used for the video output.
-v Verbose messages are displayed.# Source ROS2 Humble
source /opt/ros/humble/setup.bash
# Run the script. Rate greater than 5.0 leads to dropped frames on the test PC.
./ros2bag2video.py --fps=25 --rate=5.0 -t /camera_node/image_raw/compressed ~/Documents/rosbag2_2023_04_19-14_44_56
FPS (int) = 25
Rate (float) = 1.0
Topic (str) = /camera_node/image_raw/compressed
Output File (str) = output.mp4
Verbose (bool) = False
bag_file = rosbag2_2023_04_19-14_44_56/
[INFO] [1619616391.700087224] [rosbag2_storage]: Opened database './rosbag2_2023_04_19-14_44_56/rosbag2_2023_04_19-14_44_56.db3' for READ_ONLY.
[INFO] [1619616392.055535299] [ros2bag2videos]: Image Received [1/28]
[INFO] [1619616392.077294702] [ros2bag2videos]: Image Received [2/28]
[INFO] [1619616392.299152538] [ros2bag2videos]: Image Received [3/28]
[INFO] [1619616392.792717810] [ros2bag2videos]: Image Received [4/28]
[INFO] [1619616393.268813798] [ros2bag2videos]: Image Received [5/28]
[INFO] [1619616393.724949415] [ros2bag2videos]: Image Received [6/28]
[INFO] [1619616394.199588269] [ros2bag2videos]: Image Received [7/28]
[INFO] [1619616394.667638765] [ros2bag2videos]: Image Received [8/28]
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Writing to output file, output.mp4