Latest Contributions by JeffLiedtke

Aloha Aaron, Still working on the workflow - sorry it is taking awhile.  Please contact me directly via email so I can give you a status on progress.  jliedtke@esri.com Mahalo, Jeff ... View more

Steve, There is not a .mxd in the tutorial.  Instead, the instructions walk you through setting up the environment to use the FMV Add-In effectively.  This includes loading a basemap, how to load a video into the video manager, GIS layers from Catalog into the Table of Contents to get ready for editing, etc. By the way, the tutorial will be updated in about a week to use smaller videos for more efficient downloads, but the course material is essentially the same as this version. I hope the tutorial is worthwhile and beneficial, let us know how it goes for you.  Thanks! ... View more

Hi Aaron, Initial investigation indicates that we may have a workable solution for multiplexing Phantom 3 and Inspire 1 data for use in the Full Motion Video Add-In.  We are working with the DJI US Dealer CompassDrone on a Phantom 4 and Matrice 100 solution, which will still take some time.  We will know more about the Phantom 3 and Inspire 1 use case shortly. Thanks for your offer to do some testing - we may reach out to take you up on your kind offer. Jeff ... View more

Hello Suong Sovann, Please see the FMV Product Page www.esri.com/fmv and go to the bottom of the page for instructions on how to obtain the FMV Add-In.  The latest release is FMV Add-In 1.3.1 - make sure to get the right version that matches your version of ArcMap.  Supported ArcMap versions are 10.3x and 10.4.x. Jeff  ... View more

We are in the middle of verifying workflows and will have some specific information next week ... View more

Sarah,   Thanks for clarification regarding your metadata values. I summarize them, and how to set some of the video multiplexer parameters accordingly below.   Since the video is 1 minute long and you have 60 metadata records we can assume that the “frames per second” is 1. The multiplexer needs sensor altitude values relative to mean sea level. Thus, they will be negative numbers. I understand that the sensor is set at a fixed angle of -32.8 degrees relative to the platform. Thus, I set the relative sensor elevation to the -32.8 angle – the pitch variation is handled by the platform pitch values. When you select ‘Calculate corners’, use a value less than the minimum sensor altitude. I used -51m but since the sensor was a few meters above the bottom you could use a value of perhaps -54 or so. One excel idiosyncrasy  -  whenever you open your csv in Excel it converts your UNIX time stamps to scientific notation.  Before closing/saving your csv, make sure to format the cell for the whole column to “Number” with zero decimal places. You need to do this every time you explicitly open the file in Excel. A clip of the metadata files is shown below, along with the video in the video player and displaying the video frame footprint and sensor ground track (and pointing direction of the sensor) Good luck with your work, Jeff ... View more

Hello Farouk, The Garmin VIRB XE includes both a GPS and orientation sensors.  The GPS sensor supplies the camera position info while the orientation sensor supplies the heading, pitch, roll and yaw (also known as "crab") parameters. These, together with the sensor height info (provided by the altimeter) and time stamp are the minimum info needed by the FMV application to compute the video frame footprint on the map. I took a look at the Garmin VIRB Elite manual and see that it includes the GPS info, but no reference to the orientation information.  So it looks like this info is not available with the Elite.  With just the GPS location info and the time stamp, you can display the sensor position on the map (but not the video frame footprint).  And you will not be able to digitize features in the FMV video player and/or the map without those orientation parameters. If you want to display the sensor ground track on the map, rename your gpx file extension to .xml.  This can then be directly imported into Excel and saved out as a CSV file.  The FMV User's Manual https://community.esri.com/docs/DOC-8607 details steps to ensure your metadata conforms to the MISB standard needed by the FMV application - see the Video Multiplexer section (page 39, through page 50). Jeff ... View more

The link should work now.  Just to make sure, try this one: https://www.esri.com/training/catalog/57630436851d31e02a43f1cc/get-started-with-arcgis-full-motion-video/ Cheers, Jeff ... View more

Kimberly, The training seminar video has been out and available online for quite some time - many months.  I don't know why the page says "Recording coming soon" - maybe maintenance?  In any case I will see that this link directs you to the training video or update the link to the video. Thanks, Jeff ... View more

Hello Sarah, I noticed that there were blank cells in the metadata csv file; everything without a timestamp needs to be deleted. Are the senor altitude values below sea level, where sea level is zero? Perhaps we can communicate via email for questions/answers, then I will post the revised metadata csv file so others can use it as an example? Thanks, Jeff ... View more

We are currently working with DJI on a streamlined workflow to directly generate a metadata file suitable for input into the video multiplexer tool that combines the metadata with the video data to create a single MISB-compliant video file.  Certainly some of the required metadata is contained in the .srt file, but not all that is required. As Doug mentioned previously, If you can access your .srt file and can provide it to us as a txt or csv file, we would be interested in looking into how it may be used with the video multiplexer tool. ... View more

I believe the reason you don't see the mp4 videos to be selected when you go to add an archived video file is because video file types are not native to Esri.  You need to close ArcMap and explicitly add them to ArcCatolog.  This process is outlined, step-by-step, in the user's guide/help which should be included in your trial version.  If not, go to the FMV catagory on GeoNet GeoNet: https://community.esri.com/search.jspa?q=fmv Add video file types in ArcCatalog The ArcGIS Full Motion Video 1.3.1 Add-In is now ready for use. The first step is to add the recognized video file formats. Steps: Open ArcCatalog. To see what video file types are currently supported open the Customize menu and click ArcCatalog Options. Navigate to the File Type tab. The File Types tab lists supported file types and allows the user to specify new file types that will be shown in Catalog. Click the New Type button. In the File Type dialog box type the file extension, as well as a description of the file type. Note: in this example an MPEG-2 Transport Stream, which has a '.ts' file extension, is being added. Click OK. The file type is added and will now be visible in ArcCatalog. Click the Apply. Add any other video file types that need to be displayed in ArcMap using steps 4 - 7. The following is a comprehensive list of the supported file types: Description Extension H.264 Video File H264 MPEG File MPG MPEG File MPEG MPEG-2 File MP2 MPEG-2 File MPG2 MPEG-2 File MPEG2 MPEG-4 File MP4 MPEG-4 File MPG4 MPEG-4 File MPEG4 MPEG-2 Program Stream PS MPEG-2 Transport Stream TS ESD File VOB Click OK to close the ArcCatalog Options dialog box.    Regards, Jeff ... View more

Hello Ryan, The video you recorded does not contain the metadata you refer to.  Instead, the workflow is to encode the metadata collected by your Solo drone (in CSV format) into the GoPro video.  This is done using the Esri FMV Video Multiplexer tool, which combines the metadata and the video data into one MISB-compliant video file (assuming you have the proper metadata in the right format). Esri worked with 3DR to make the process of inputting your Solo metadata and GoPro video a straightforward process.  Please refer to the blog https://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2016/08/03/new-3dr-solo-metadata-integrated-into-esri-fmv/ for step by step details on how to do this. Once you have the MISB-compliant video file, you can extract the metadata to create the GBD containing the 4 corners of the video frame footprint, frame center and sensor ground track. The Video_Multiplexer_MISB_Field_Mapping_Template.csv is located in the installation directory:  C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS 10.4 Full Motion Video Geoprocessing Tools\Video Multiplexer Templates. ... View more