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| ''Continue reading at [[Howto:Canvas Path Benchmarking]]…'' | | ''Continue reading at [[Howto:Canvas Path Benchmarking]]…'' |
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| === Live-Streaming a Canvas via HTTP === | | === Streaming a Canvas via HTTP === |
| | [[File:Canvas-ND-live-streaming-via-httpd.png|thumb|Screenshot showing a [[NavDisplay]]) streamed to Mozilla Firefox]] |
| | ThomasS has created a patch for FlightGear for downloading any [[Canvas]] image from a running FlightGear process via HTTP.<ref>{{cite web |
| | |url = https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=30642#p296627 |
| | |title = Re: Canvas remote drawing |
| | |author = ThomasS |
| | |date = Oct 10th, 2016 |
| | |added = Oct 10th, 2016 |
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| | }}</ref> This is useful for situations such as displaying instruments on a separate monitor. This should be considered as merely the groundwork needed for more sophisticated use-cases. |
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| [[File:Canvas-ND-live-streaming-via-httpd.png|left|thumb|Screenshot showing a single Canvas texture ([[NavDisplay]]) streamed to firefox via httpd at 2hz <ref>https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=30642&p=297716#p297716</ref>]]
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| There are situations, e.g., for home cockpit builders <ref>{{cite web
| | ''Continue reading at [[Read canvas image by HTTP]]…'' |
| |url = https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=296448#p296448
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| |title = <nowiki> Canvas remote drawing </nowiki>
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| |author = <nowiki> ThomasS </nowiki>
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| |date = Oct 10th, 2016
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| }}</ref>, where it is useful to display instruments like a [[PFD]], [[ND]], EICAS or any [[MFD]] externally from the FlightGear 3D main window in a separate window or on a separate monitor, computer or a mobile device <ref>{{cite web
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| |url = https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=214980#p214980
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| |title = <nowiki> Need to Create a Standalone PFD </nowiki>
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| |author = <nowiki> deena102 </nowiki>
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| |date = Jul 18th, 2014
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| }}</ref> <ref>{{cite web
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| |url = https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=199428#p199428
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| |title = <nowiki> Re: TQ/Panel for FG made with Kivy </nowiki>
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| |author = <nowiki> pommesschranke </nowiki>
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| |date = Jan 31st, 2014
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| |url = https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=169150#p169150
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| |title = <nowiki> Re: using FGpanel to display various instruments and electri </nowiki>
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| |author = <nowiki> someguy </nowiki>
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| |date = Oct 23rd, 2012
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| Many of these avionics/graphics are created by FlightGear's 2D drawing [[Canvas]] system internally.
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| In addition there, are a number of other use-cases where being able to obtain a Canvas from fgfs using a network protocol like http may be desirable (e.g. imagine getting a tilemap based on actual scenery from FlightGear <ref>{{cite web
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| |url = https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=203495#p203495
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| |title = <nowiki> Re: Atlas still in use ? </nowiki>
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| |author = <nowiki> Torsten </nowiki>
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| |date = Mar 17th, 2014
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| }}</ref>) <ref>{{cite web
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| |url = https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=192817#p192817
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| |title = <nowiki> How to simulate capturing an image using a camera </nowiki>
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| |author = <nowiki> roy111 </nowiki>
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| |date = Oct 29th, 2013
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| }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
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| |url = https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=219105#p219105
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| |title = <nowiki> FGWebPanel aka FGPanel 2.0 or: FGPanel goes html </nowiki>
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| |author = <nowiki> Torsten </nowiki>
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| |date = Sep 22nd, 2014
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| ThomasS has created a patch for FlightGear for downloading any canvas image from a running FlightGear process by HTTP by serializing it to a raster image and serving that via the built-in mongoose based httpd server created by Torsten <ref>{{cite web
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| |url = https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=213146#p213146
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| |title = <nowiki> Serializing a </nowiki>
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| |author = <nowiki> Hooray </nowiki>
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| |date = Jun 22nd, 2014
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| }}</ref> <ref>{{cite web
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| |url = https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=203550#p203550
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| |title = <nowiki> Re: Atlas still in use ? </nowiki>
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| |author = <nowiki> Hooray </nowiki>
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| |date = Mar 18th, 2014
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| This could be considered the groundwork needed for more sophisticated use-cases such as e.g. actually streaming a live video of a certain MFD to a browser.
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| == In the hangar == | | == In the hangar == |