rosbag_controller is an RViz panel plugin for sequential rosbag playback. It lets you add multiple .bag files, play them from inside RViz, move through the queue, pause/resume playback, and seek with the timeline.

• Add one or more rosbag files to a queue
• Play, pause, resume, and seek within the current bag
• Move to the previous or next bag
• Auto-advance to the next bag when playback finishes
• Right-click queued items to play or delete them
• Restore queued bag files and the current selection when RViz config is loaded
• Remember the last directory used in the file picker

sudo dpkg -i $DEB_FILE

ex)

sudo dpkg -i ros-noetic-rosbag-controller_0.0.1-0focal_amd64.deb

This package is expected to live under a catkin workspace, for example:

~/$YOUR_CATKIN_WS/src/rosbag_controller

cd ~/$YOUR_CATKIN_WS
catkin_make --pkg rosbag_controller

source ~/$YOUR_CATKIN_WS/devel/setup.bash

Launch RViz, then add the panel from the RViz menu:

Panels -> Add New Panel...

Select:

rosbag_controller/RosbagPlayerPanel

1. Open the RosbagPlayerPanel in RViz.
2. Click Add bag files and select one or more .bag files.
3. The first bag starts automatically if nothing is already playing.
4. Use Pause, Play, Previous, and Next to control playback.
5. Click the progress bar to seek within the current bag.
6. Right-click a queued file to Play it immediately or Delete it from the queue.

cd rosbag_controller
./build-local-deb.sh --ros-distro noetic --os-version focal

• The plugin launches rosbag play --clock internally.
• rosbag and rviz must be installed in the environment.
• The workspace must be sourced before RViz can discover the plugin.
• Playback progress depends on /clock from the rosbag playback process.

• Plugin class: rosbag_controller/RosbagPlayerPanel
• Base type: rviz::Panel
• Plugin registration file: plugin_description.xml