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vrpn and time stamp with tracking tools

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 1:50 am
by jeuv
Hello,
i work with virtools (3d animation soft)which works with vrpn. i use optitrack camera with the tracking tools soft which streams data through vrpn to virtools.
The problem is that the incoming data coming from tracking tools through vrpn are not equally time stamped. I.e delay time between data varies (5ms to 20 ms) while optitrack sampling rate is 120Hz so delay time must be 8.33ms between data received by virtools soft though vrpn. Is there any solution to reduce the variability of the time stamp delay (my aims is 8.3ms +/- 1ms)?

Thanks!

Re: vrpn and time stamp with tracking tools

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 2:38 pm
by NaturalPoint - Mike
Are you streaming to Virtools on the same or another computer? Are you streaming live or recorded data?

Re: vrpn and time stamp with tracking tools

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:39 pm
by jeuv
I stream to virtools on an another computer through an intranet port (local network) but i try the experimentation on a single computer too (virtools and Tracking Tools on the same computer) and the result is about the same. I use the vrpn through UDP port in tracking tools, so i think i stream live data.

Thanks

Re: vrpn and time stamp with tracking tools

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:26 am
by jeuv
Is somebody have an idea?

Re: vrpn and time stamp with tracking tools

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:21 pm
by NaturalPoint - Mike
Which version of VRPN is virtools using?

Re: vrpn and time stamp with tracking tools

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:30 am
by jeuv
hello,

I use vrpn version 07.1.

Thanks!

Re: vrpn and time stamp with tracking tools

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:41 am
by NaturalPoint - Mike
The versioning should be correct. Not sure where the delay is coming from.

Do you see the same delay with the NatNet client?

Re: vrpn and time stamp with tracking tools

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:41 am
by jeuv
Could i use NatNet client with virtools?
How can i see data coming from Natnet client?

Thanks!

Re: vrpn and time stamp with tracking tools

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 2:11 pm
by NaturalPoint - Mike
The NatNet SDK (found here) has a sample client application (code and binary) that can be used to test streaming.