Travelling with batteries has never been more difficult, however there are a number of things you can do to prepare and make the process much smoother.

QGroundControl now outputs a subtitle file, which allows telemetry data (including GPS) to be overlaid on the video file from your drop/tow camera or ROV. Learn how to use VLC to hard encode batches of videos with the telemetry subtitle file, to create a professional video, ready to publish or send to clients

Here we show how you can use a topside GPS and software to get positional data displaying in QGroundControl for when you're using a Spot X ArduSub based tow camera or Blue Robotics BR2 ROV.

In this video we discuss how you can use an RTSP video feed to livestream using almost any simple IP camera and a laptop

Check out how you can use an ElGato CamLink (or other similar device) to live stream your video feed, even in the field.

Check out how to setup the BlackMagic Web Presenter to live stream your underwater footage

Use the GoPro app on your phone or tablet to stream directly to Facebook or YouTube. Use our underwater housings to get live streaming underwater in minutes

Use a PixHawk flight controller, Blue Robotics depth sensor, and AeroMax OSD board to overlay GPS and other data to your videos

Once of the most common queries we have at Spot X is how to/the best/cheapest way to overlay positional data to a video survey. In this post we discuss and compare five relatively simple ways you can achieve this, with a handy table at the end of the article to quickly compare features.

Spot X Underwater Vision can assist with the topside and subsea equipment for broadcasting your real-time video on the web

In the next episode of our Researcher Profile series, we chat to ID Ocean about their work in a remote spot in the Indian Ocean.

Check out this short video on one of the GoPro alternatives we use at Spot X to achieve awesome real-time survey and live streaming imagery for our clients

Spot X has put together a web streaming kit to help you start streaming quality footage online in minutes

After a few years of using and supplying the ArduSub/Q Ground Control system to users of ROVs and drop cameras, we have a pretty good idea of the first things to check when you hit a roadblock. Here are the top 5 issues (and solutions) we see users having whilst getting setup .

Need a ruged topside PC for your ROV? Perhaps a custom console for your drop camera or tow camera? Spot X now has CAD designs for most major connectors (HDMI, ethernet, power, video), and can build a splashproof, self-contained console to suit your specific operations.

A world first underwater video trap, linked to Vemco acoustic receiver activity

Samantha Blampied is an award winning marine ecologist, PhD candidate, and Spot X customer based on the wild Channel Island of Jersey, studying through the University of Plymouth. Sam was generous enough to tell us a little bit about the Jersey marine environment and the important work she is conducting.

Spot X Underwater Vision recently attended the Australian Society for Fish Biology conference in Melbourne, meeting new customers and catching up with old ones