Include dive information in your video

We encourage all users to use the built-in video overlays as described here.

Dive telemetry as subtitles in VLC media player

Include dive telemetry data in your video file by downloading subtitle files. With the 0.1.83 version of the Blueye Pioneer drone software and version 1.2.1 of the Blueye File Transfer app, or version 1.6 of the Blueye App for Android, you can now download subtitle files including depth, temperature, and heading information from your dive. 

The subtitle file is in SRT file format supported by popular media players such as VLC media player. The subtitle file has the same name as the mp4 video files downloaded from the drone. For example:

• mp4 video file: video_BYE070005_2019-01-27_132135.mp4
• srt subtitle file: video_BYE070005_2019-01-27_132135.srt

VLC media player and many other video players will automatically load and display the subtitle file if it is in the same directory as the mp4 file. You can disable subtitles in the Subtitles menu.

Permanently adding telemetry overlay in your video files

The subtitles can be turned on or off during playback in VLC media player or any other compatible video player. However, if you wish to share the video file online or you wish to edit multiple video files together to a movie in a video editing software, you need to permanently overlay the subtitles on the video file. Follow this tutorial on how to permanently add subtitles to your video using VLC media player on Windows or this tutorial for Mac. However, we encourage all users to use the built-in video overlays as described here.

How to update Blueye File Transfer and your Blueye underwater drone

1. Make sure you have the latest software update (at least the 0.1.97 version) of the Blueye Pioneer. Read how to update your Blueye underwater drone

2. Update the latest version of the Blueye File Transfer (at least version 1.2.1). Read instructions below.

If you have already installed the Blueye File Transfer app you can check for updates using the following menu:

• macOS: Blueye File Transfer > Check for updates...
• Windows: Help > Check for updates...

You need to be connected to the Internet and not the Surface Unit to check for updates. The Blueye File Transfer app will notify you if an update is available. After accepting the update you must wait for the app to notify you that the update is downloaded. We will improve the user experience with better feedback during downloading of updates in future versions of the app.

Advanced feature: 

Manual download of subtitle files

If you want to download the subtitle files without using the Blueye file transfer app or if you want to add more information to the subtitles, like a drone name or a location, you can manually download the srt file from the drone.

1. Connect with your PC to the drone Wifi and visit the following address in your browser: http://192.168.1.101
2. Click on Subtitles
3. Select the video file and insert a video title
4. Click on download to download the resulting srt file

In order to play the subtitle automatically, it needs to have the same name as the video file with srt extension, as explained in the first section.