You can use ArcGIS Excalibur to view and analyze video layers in the canvas. By default, the video is displayed in split view, which allows you to play a video while having geospatial context of what is being viewed if the video layer contains this information.
Map Panel view
By default, the Map Panel view opens next to the Focus Panel view in the canvas. The Map Panel view allows you to visualize the metadata of the video open in the Focus Panel view.
You can do the following in the Map Panel view:
- Click Zoom in and Zoom out to zoom in or out on the map.
- Click Default map view to return to the extent of the video in the canvas or the saved extent of the project.
- Drag the map to change its orientation.
- Search for a specific address or location using the Find address of place widget.
- Click Reset map orientation to reset the map's orientation.
- Click Basemaps in the upper right corner of the view to change the basemap.
- Click Overview Map to open an overview of the map.
- Click Map Legend to view the map legend.
Focus Panel view
Hosted video layers open in the Focus Panel view of the canvas. The Focus Panel view includes controls to work with video layers, and you can expand the view to give yourself more room to interact with videos.
Expand the Focus Panel view
To expand the size of the Focus Panel view, complete the following steps:
- Click Expand Focus Panel
in the upper right corner of the view.The Focus Panel view expands to cover the entire canvas.
- Click Reset to Split View
to revert to a split view.
Work with hosted video layers
Once a hosted video layer is published, you can open and work with it in the Focus Panel view.
- Click Play video
to play the video. - Click Pause video
to pause the video. - Optionally, if the video has sound, turn the sound on and off.
- To turn on the sound, click Turn on sound
. - To turn off the sound, click Turn off the sound
.
- To turn on the sound, click Turn on sound
- Navigate the video by doing the following:
- Click Jump backward 10 seconds
to go back 10 seconds. - Click Jump forward 10 seconds
to go forward 10 seconds. - Click Jump to the start
to go back to the start. - Click Jump to the end
to go to the end.
- Click Jump backward 10 seconds
- Click Update video layer graphics
and do any of the following to update the graphics on the map:Note:
These options are only available if the video layer contains the required metadata.
- Choose a layer color.
- Click Sensor Location
to show or hide the sensor's location. - Click Sensor Trail
to show or hide the sensor's trail. - Click Sensor Sight Line
to show or hide the sensor's line of sight. - Click Frame Outline
to show or hide the outline of the frame extent. - Click Frame Center
to show or hide the center of the frame extent.
- To change the graphics behavior, click Follow Video
and do any of the following:Note:
These options are only available if the video layer contains the required metadata.
- Click Follow Sensor
to make the graphics follow the sensor's location. - Click Follow Frame
to make the graphics follow the frame extent.
- Click Follow Sensor
- Click Change the playback rate
and choose a playback speed. - Optionally, click More playback settings
and do any of the following:- Click Display video metadata to display the video layer's metadata.
- Click Use precision time to show milliseconds in the video playtime.
- Click Loop playback to loop the video.
- Click Fullscreen playback mode to expand the Focus Panel view to cover the entire canvas.