VideoElement | API Reference | ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.30

Represents a video element referenced in the MediaLayer's source. MediaLayer can display videos that are supported by web browsers. Refer to the common codecs document for supported video types.

Coordinates of the image and video elements can be specified in any spatial reference and are projected to the view's spatial reference. The content is stretched linearly between the coordinates, therefore it’s recommended for the image or video to match the view’s spatial reference to align correctly, especially for content covering large areas like the entire earth.

// create a video element by setting video param to point to the video file url
// set the geographic location of the video file on the map using an extent
const element = new VideoElement({
  video: "https://arcgis.github.io/arcgis-samples-javascript/sample-data/media-layer/videos/hurricanes_aerosol-aug.mp4",
  georeference: new ExtentAndRotationGeoreference({
    extent: new Extent({
      xmin: -150,
      ymin: 1,
      xmax: 20,
      ymax: 80,
      spatialReference: {
        wkid: 4326
      }
    })
  })
});

See also

Constructors

VideoElement Constructor new VideoElement(properties)

Parameter

properties Object

optional

See the properties for a list of all the properties that may be passed into the constructor.

Property Overview

Any properties can be set, retrieved or listened to. See the Working with Properties topic.

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Type	Summary	Class
HTMLVideoElement	The video content referenced in the video element instance.	VideoElement
String	The name of the class.	Accessor
ExtentAndRotationGeoreference\|CornersGeoreference\|ControlPointsGeoreference	The geographic location of the image or video element to be placed on the map.	VideoElement
Number	The opacity of the element.	VideoElement
String	The element type.	VideoElement
String\|HTMLVideoElement	The video element to be added to the media layer's source.	VideoElement

Property Details

content Property content HTMLVideoElementreadonly

The video content referenced in the video element instance. The content matches the video referenced in the video parameter.

declaredClass Inherited Property declaredClass Stringreadonly Inherited from Accessor

The name of the class. The declared class name is formatted as esri.folder.className.

georeference Property georeference ExtentAndRotationGeoreference |CornersGeoreference |ControlPointsGeoreference

The geographic location of the image or video element to be placed on the map. The location can be set by either specifying extent and rotation of the element, the corner points of the bounding box, or by defining control points.

Examples

// create a new ExtentAndRotationGeoreference
const geoReference = new ExtentAndRotationGeoreference({
  extent: new Extent({
    spatialReference: {
      wkid: 102100
    },
    xmin: -10047456.27662979,
    ymin: 3486722.2723874687,
    xmax: -10006982.870152846,
    ymax: 3514468.91365495
  })
});
const imageElement = new ImageElement({
  image: "https://arcgis.github.io/arcgis-samples-javascript/sample-data/media-layer/new-orleans/neworleans1891.png",
  georeference: geoReference
});

// create a canvas image element by setting its corner points of the bounding box
const canvasElement = new ImageElement({
  image: canvas,
  georeference: new CornersGeoreference({
    bottomRight: new Point({
      x: -121.369,
      y: 45.061
    }),
    bottomLeft: new Point({
      x: -122.363,
      y: 45.061
    }),
    topRight: new Point({
      x: -121.369,
      y: 45.678
    }),
    topLeft: new Point({
      x: -122.363,
      y: 45.678
    })
  })
});

// georeference an ImageElement, using ControlPointsGeoreference in the
// North American Datum 1927 spatial reference
const spatialReference = new SpatialReference({ wkid: 4267 });
const swCorner = {
    sourcePoint: { x: 80, y: 1732 },
    mapPoint: new Point({ x: -107.875, y: 37.875, spatialReference })
};

const nwCorner = {
    sourcePoint: { x: 75, y: 102 },
    mapPoint: new Point({ x: -107.875, y: 38, spatialReference })
};

const neCorner = {
   sourcePoint: { x: 1353, y: 99 },
   mapPoint: new Point({ x: -107.75, y: 38, spatialReference })
};

const seCorner = {
   sourcePoint: { x: 1361, y: 1721 },
   mapPoint: new Point({ x: -107.75, y: 37.875, spatialReference })
};

const controlPoints = [swCorner, nwCorner, neCorner, seCorner];

const georeference = new ControlPointsGeoreference({ controlPoints, width: 1991, height: 2500 });

const imageElement = new ImageElement({
    image: "https://jsapi.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/1a3df04e7d734535a3a6a09dfec5a6b2/data",
    georeference
});

opacity Property opacity Number

The opacity of the element. This value can range between 1 and 0, where 0 is 100 percent transparent and 1 is completely opaque.

Default Value:1

type Property type Stringreadonly

The element type.

For VideoElement the type is always "video".

video Property video String |HTMLVideoElement

The video element to be added to the media layer's source. The video element can be URL string pointing the video for example.

Example

// create a video element by setting video param to point to the video file url
// set the geographic location of the video file on the map using an extent
const element = new VideoElement({
  video: "https://arcgis.github.io/arcgis-samples-javascript/sample-data/media-layer/videos/hurricanes_aerosol-aug.mp4",
  georeference: new ExtentAndRotationGeoreference({
    extent: new Extent({
      xmin: -150,
      ymin: 1,
      xmax: 20,
      ymax: 80,
      spatialReference: {
        wkid: 4326
      }
    })
  })
});

// add the video element to the media layer
const layer = new MediaLayer({
  source: [element],
  title: "2017 Hurricanes and Aerosols Simulation",
  copyright: "NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center"
});

Method Overview

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Return Type	Summary	Class
	Adds one or more handles which are to be tied to the lifecycle of the object.	Accessor
Boolean	Returns true if a named group of handles exist.	Accessor
	Removes a group of handles owned by the object.	Accessor

Method Details

addHandles Inherited Method addHandles(handleOrHandles, groupKey) Inherited from Accessor Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25 Accessor since 4.0, addHandles added at 4.25.

Adds one or more handles which are to be tied to the lifecycle of the object. The handles will be removed when the object is destroyed.

// Manually manage handles
const handle = reactiveUtils.when(
  () => !view.updating,
  () => {
    wkidSelect.disabled = false;
  },
  { once: true }
);

this.addHandles(handle);

// Destroy the object
this.destroy();

Parameters

handleOrHandles WatchHandle|WatchHandle []

Handles marked for removal once the object is destroyed.

groupKey *

optional

Key identifying the group to which the handles should be added. All the handles in the group can later be removed with Accessor.removeHandles(). If no key is provided the handles are added to a default group.

hasHandles Inherited Method hasHandles(groupKey){Boolean} Inherited from Accessor Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25 Accessor since 4.0, hasHandles added at 4.25.

Returns true if a named group of handles exist.

Parameter

groupKey *

optional

A group key.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	Returns `true` if a named group of handles exist.

Example

// Remove a named group of handles if they exist.
if (obj.hasHandles("watch-view-updates")) {
  obj.removeHandles("watch-view-updates");
}

removeHandles Inherited Method removeHandles(groupKey) Inherited from Accessor Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25 Accessor since 4.0, removeHandles added at 4.25.

Removes a group of handles owned by the object.

Parameter

groupKey *

optional

A group key or an array or collection of group keys to remove.

Example

obj.removeHandles(); // removes handles from default group

obj.removeHandles("handle-group");
obj.removeHandles("other-handle-group");