new File SDK from FLIR

[SReich-EMI]

Hi,
there is a new File-SDK from FLIR which directly supports Python. It is available from the FLIR download page or here in GitHub under:
https://github.com/gcathelain/thermalcognition/tree/master/FLIR%20Science%20File%20SDK

Is there an interest for this project to switch to the file-SDK? I transvered my own code basing on this project with the new SDK and it is much faster than the split_by_marker!
I maybe couldd helpt with coding.

[rakshith95]

@rsnk96 check this out

[rsnk96]

Hi @SReich-EMI

Apologies for the delayed response on this, it's been a while.

I am unable to find any details about the licensing of the Flir Science SDK, do you know if it can be used in other Open Source projects? If yes, then we can definitely try to integrate, seeing that it would help cover a broader spectrum of FLIR formats

Also, a heads up on where this project is heading - we've recently managed to integrate decoding and analysis of other Thermal formats like the DJI-format (used by DJI Thermal Analysis tool). Additionally, the current master branch of the repo would only work on FLIR-tiff-encoded-thermal-images. Hence, it would not work on data from cameras on the likes of FLIR T640, etc which use FLIR-png-encoded-thermal-images. This is also something that we have addressed, and will be adding back to this version of the repository soon! 😃

[SReich-EMI]

Hi,
here is the license you have to agree when installing the File-SDK:

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[rsnk96]

Seems mostly alright, except that every user would have to download a copy of the library individually by themselves

Thanks for sharing this @SReich-EMI , it'll definitely help expand the compatibility with different FLIR formats. We'll evaluate integrating this and get back on the same. Do also share your thoughts on the new UI when it's out.

Closing this issue for now, we can reopen it when the integration is evaluated.

[rsnk96]

Hey @SReich-EMI

Do give the new UI a shot, let us know your thoughts!

[SReich-EMI]

Hey,
I have checked, but the real read in of the seq-video files has moved to
https://github.com/detecttechnologies/thermal_base/blob/main/thermal_base/thermal_base.py
There the class ThermalSeqVideo could be written complete new with the help of the File-SDK. As I have developed my scripts from an older version in here, I can not directly transfer my code. But I can give my code. Then it should be easy to implement. As long as I don't use any GUI, I'm not familiar with all the details of thich package.