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metavision_driver

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A ROS2 driver that streams raw event-camera data from Prophesee Metavision SDK cameras and publishes it as ROS event_camera_msgs. Not written or supported by Prophesee.

Made by ROS event camera support.

Source on GitHub: github.com/ros-event-camera/metavision_driver (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 9702f83 (opens in a new tab).

Licenses

Code
Apache-2.0 (opens in a new tab)

Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (Apache-2.0) at commit 9702f83 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

What it does

  • Gets RAW EVT3 events from the camera with little processing and publishes them in event_camera_msgs format, for high data rates from Gen3 and later sensors.
  • Built for speed and low CPU use: avoids memory copies, runs as a nodelet/composable node, and prints message rate statistics.
  • Supports bias reconfiguration, hardware ROI, stereo camera synchronization, external trigger input and output, and event rate control.
  • Events can be decoded and displayed with companion packages such as event_camera_codecs, event_camera_py, event_camera_renderer and event_camera_tools.
  • Supports the IDS XCP-E, SilkyEVCam VGA and HD, and Prophesee EVK4 cameras; EVT2 and EVT4 formats are not supported.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 9702f83.

Getting started

Difficulty
Intermediate
Hardware it needs, as the project states it
ROS2 with the Metavision SDK (OpenEB) installed or the binary package; a supported event camera (IDS ueye XCP-E, SilkyEVCam VGA or HD, or Prophesee EVK4) that outputs EVT3 data, plus its udev rules and camera plugins.

Maintenance

Status
Active: a commit in the last 90 days
Newest commit
16 Oct 2026 on master
Latest release
None published on GitHub

Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.

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