Bring your Flytrex flight data to life!

jflyer3 · Jan 13, 2015

If you have a Flytrex Core attached to your Phantom, this desktop software application may interest you. It allows you to watch your flight videos while simultaneously viewing your quadcopter's current geographic position on a Bing map. Flight data such as speed, altitude, distance, and number of GPS satellites are also displayed in graphs and data views. You can manipulate the video (zoom in/out and pan) using your mouse.

The software was originally designed for viewing dashboard camera video but has been adapted to support the GoPro video combined with Flytrex Core GPS telemetry. Below is a movie demonstrating how it works using video captured by a P2 w/Hero3+ Black.

PC and Mac downloads here:
http://dashcamviewer.com
Announcement here:
http://dashcamviewer.com/2015/01/12/dashcam-viewer-v1-6-1-released-for-mac-and-windows/
(Note: Lower-end PCs may have trouble keeping up with the GoPro video data rate)

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slR6GD81eKA[/youtube]

dptcalvin · Jan 15, 2015

Very neat. I'll be picking up a Flytrex Core 2 this week to try this out!

jflyer3 · Jan 15, 2015

Thanks! BTW, I recommend the Mac version. The PCs I've tested had trouble with the GoPro's data rate.

PhantomFanatic · Jan 15, 2015

Where is this available? Amazon?

chapsrlz · Jan 15, 2015

cool!

RCF - DRONE · Jan 16, 2015

Many thanks to you, just ordered a flytrex core 2.... if Dashware is in fact dead, this will help me out a lot...

LuvMyTJ · Jan 16, 2015

I have a dash cam and a few viewers. I'll have to give this a try.

You can also export the data from your Flytrex and use Google Earth to show your path in a 3D fashion.
http://www.phantompilots.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=24028

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GaryDZ · Jan 17, 2015

Tried to load MP4s from the P2V and they all crash the program. Will this only work with GoPro videos?

jflyer3 · Jan 17, 2015

Yes, only GoPro on the Mac for now.

dptcalvin · Jan 17, 2015

Running the latest version of Yosemite and it crashed about 2 minutes in. I have the latest retina iMac 5k that is maxed out, so I doubt my hardware couldn't handle it.

jflyer3 · Jan 18, 2015

That's strange. I've tried it with about a dozen GoPro movies using OS X 10.8.5. No issues. Perhaps your movie resolution is too high? I'm using 1920x1080p50. I'll try it on Mavericks and Yosemite this week.

PhantomFanatic · Jan 18, 2015

Was it available on Amazon? What is the cost?

dptcalvin · Jan 18, 2015

jflyer3 said:
That's strange. I've tried it with about a dozen GoPro movies using OS X 10.8.5. No issues. Perhaps your movie resolution is too high? I'm using 1920x1080p50. I'll try it on Mavericks and Yosemite this week.

I'm on 10.10.1 and just tried it on my rMBP 13 at 2560 x 1600. Still crashed.

jflyer3 · Jan 18, 2015

dptcalvin, do you have any 1080p movies to try? 1600p is probably too high.

PhantomFanatic: It's available at http://dashcamviewer.com. It's free unless you want to play more than 5 movies in sequence.