You can publish hosted video layers from video files and supported metadata files using ArcGIS Excalibur. You can also publish hosted live stream video layers from network video broadcasts and streams. To publish hosted video and live stream layers, you must have the appropriate privileges to create, update, and delete video layers.
Publish hosted video layers
Complete the following steps to publish a hosted video layer:
- On the ArcGIS Excalibur home page, click Publish New: Hosted Web Layers.
Alternatively, from the left navigation menu, click Publish Layer.
- Click Video Layer.
- Type a title.
- Optionally, provide a summary that describes the layer.
- Type tags that describe the layer
Separate the terms with commas (for example, Federal land is considered one tag; Federal, land is considered two tags).
- Specify whether you want to share the layer across the organization.
- Click Next.
- Choose the publishing strategy that best describes how to create the layer:
- Video Layer from a Single Video File—Create a video layer from a single video file containing the required metadata.
- Video Layer from a Video File and Metadata Files—Create a video layer from a collection of files containing video and sensor metadata information. Choose this option if the video file does not contain the required metadata.
- Click Next.
- Browse to the location of the files on your local machine or a directory on a network share, and click Open.
Alternatively, drag the files into the drop zone.
Click Clear Files to start over.
- Choose one or more output video resolutions to use.
Source Resolution is enabled by default.
Note:
When ArcGIS Video Server is installed and configured on an environment with GPU, videos can be published and encoded with multiple resolutions up to the source video resolution, but not above. If GPU is not enabled on the environment, the native resolution of the video is the only option available.
- Click Next.
- Click Ready to publish your new video layer.
Once the video layer is published, click Connect to Canvas to work with the layer in the canvas in ArcGIS Excalibur.
Publish hosted live stream video layers
Complete the following steps to publish a hosted live stream video layer:
- Open ArcGIS Excalibur as a portal administrator or a member of a custom role with the correct privileges.
- From the left navigation menu, click Configure App.
Alternatively, click your name at the top of the app and click App Settings.
- Click Livestream Video Layers.
- Click Create Layer.
- Type a layer name.
- Type the service name.
- Provide the live stream connection address.
- Optionally, provide a summary that describes the layer.
- Optionally, type tags that describe the layer
Separate the terms with commas (for example, Federal land is considered one tag; Federal, land is considered two tags).
- For Start Stream Options, choose how to start the live stream.
- Start On Request—Start the live stream receiver whenever needed. This option provides the most control over when live streaming ports are active and listening. You can manage the configuration status through the list of live stream services.
- Start Automatically—Open the receiving port and initialize the live stream when the connection is configured and the video layer is created. Use this option if the live stream is available when the configuration and live layer are made. The receiving communications port on the server opens immediately.
- For Stop Stream Options, choose how to stop the live stream.
- Stop On Request—Stop the live stream receiver whenever needed. This option provides the most control over when live streaming ports are active and listening.
- Stop Automatically—Stop the live stream connection and close the port whenArcGIS Video Server detects that the live stream has ended.
- Choose a sharing level for the layer.
- Choose whether to share the layer with a group.
- Click New Livestream Video Layer.
Once the layer is published, it appears on the Analysis Layers page where it can be opened in the canvas in ArcGIS Excalibur. The layer also appears in the Manage Livestream Video Layers section in the Livestream Video Layers settings where you can start or stop the live stream, as well as delete the layer.