BlackVue upload with tools 12.1

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Thought I’d jump in and ask, rather than try pulling the code apart.

@tao @boris

I haven’t uploaded any BlackVue vids for a while, so grabbed the newest tools and tried. Seems the syntax has changed from;

mapillary_tools --verbose upload_blackvue --user_name $MAPILLARY_USER $INPUT
to
mapillary_tools --verbose process_and_upload --user_name $MAPILLARY_USER $INPUT

Correct?

On my first try it failed saying the GPX data was bad in the GoPro Hero.

The vids are not from a GoPro. How can I force BlackVue upload?

The BlackVue DR900S-1CH has the Mapillary firmware and samples at 2FPS

Tnxs

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Okay got it going, but note upload_blackvue is deprecated. It’s not overly clear in the github README.md that no description.json is used to do the upload (only), so no “process” step is involved. Only the upload_history logs to avoid server dupes…

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@bob3bob3 yes, upload_blackvue the command got deprecated. We should use process_and_upload BLACKVUE.mp4 which supports all listed video formats (include BlackVue). If not, could you share me a sample short blackvue video for debug and support?

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Hello @tao
Yes if you wouldn’t mind testing one of these BlackVue mp4

Creating virtual environment
mkdir venv
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip3 install wheel
pip3 install --upgrade mapillary_tools

Command
source /home/bcameron/Thing/Mapillary/lapp600/venv/bin/activate
mapillary_tools --verbose process_and_upload 20250319Out 20250319In/*.mp4
–user_name “bob3bob3” 2>&1 | tee -a 20250319.log

Log 20250319.log
2025-03-21 11:56:59,555 - DEBUG - mapillary_tools version 0.13.3
2025-03-21 11:56:59,555 - DEBUG - CLI param: verbose: True
2025-03-21 11:56:59,556 - DEBUG - CLI param: import_path: 20250319Out, 20250319In/20250319_080122_NF.mp4, 20250319In/20250319_080223_NF.mp4, 20250319In/20250319_080526_NF.mp4, 20250319In/20250319_080728_NF.mp4 and 1 more
2025-03-21 11:56:59,556 - DEBUG - CLI param: skip_subfolders: False
2025-03-21 11:56:59,556 - DEBUG - CLI param: skip_process_errors: False
2025-03-21 11:56:59,556 - DEBUG - CLI param: filetypes: image, camm, video, blackvue, gopro and 1 more
2025-03-21 11:56:59,556 - DEBUG - CLI param: overwrite_all_EXIF_tags: False
2025-03-21 11:56:59,556 - DEBUG - CLI param: overwrite_EXIF_time_tag: False
2025-03-21 11:56:59,556 - DEBUG - CLI param: overwrite_EXIF_gps_tag: False
2025-03-21 11:56:59,556 - DEBUG - CLI param: overwrite_EXIF_direction_tag: False
2025-03-21 11:56:59,556 - DEBUG - CLI param: overwrite_EXIF_orientation_tag: False
2025-03-21 11:56:59,556 - DEBUG - CLI param: geotag_source: exif
2025-03-21 11:56:59,556 - DEBUG - CLI param: video_geotag_source:
2025-03-21 11:56:59,557 - DEBUG - CLI param: interpolation_use_gpx_start_time: False
2025-03-21 11:56:59,557 - DEBUG - CLI param: interpolation_offset_time: 0.0
2025-03-21 11:56:59,557 - DEBUG - CLI param: offset_angle: 0.0
2025-03-21 11:56:59,557 - DEBUG - CLI param: offset_time: 0.0
2025-03-21 11:56:59,557 - DEBUG - CLI param: cutoff_distance: 600.0
2025-03-21 11:56:59,557 - DEBUG - CLI param: cutoff_time: 60.0
2025-03-21 11:56:59,557 - DEBUG - CLI param: interpolate_directions: False
2025-03-21 11:56:59,557 - DEBUG - CLI param: duplicate_distance: 0.1
2025-03-21 11:56:59,557 - DEBUG - CLI param: duplicate_angle: 5.0
2025-03-21 11:56:59,557 - DEBUG - CLI param: user_name: bob3bob3
2025-03-21 11:56:59,557 - DEBUG - CLI param: dry_run: False
2025-03-21 11:56:59,613 - DEBUG - Validating 5 metadatas
2025-03-21 11:56:59,628 - INFO - Checking upload status for 5 metadatas
2025-03-21 11:56:59,628 - INFO - 5 gopro(s) read in total
2025-03-21 11:56:59,629 - ERROR - 5 gopro(s) failed due to MapillaryGPXEmptyError
2025-03-21 11:56:59,629 - ERROR - MapillaryProcessError: Failed to process 5 files. To skip these errors, specify --skip_process_errors
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/home/data.lap/mountpoints/PATA-500/spare/pictemp/Thing/Mapillary/lapp600/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mapillary_tools/commands/main.py”, line 164, in main
args.func(argvars)
File “/home/data.lap/mountpoints/PATA-500/spare/pictemp/Thing/Mapillary/lapp600/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mapillary_tools/commands/process_and_upload.py”, line 19, in run
ProcessCommand().run(args)
File “/home/data.lap/mountpoints/PATA-500/spare/pictemp/Thing/Mapillary/lapp600/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mapillary_tools/commands/process.py”, line 253, in run
metadatas = process_finalize(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/home/data.lap/mountpoints/PATA-500/spare/pictemp/Thing/Mapillary/lapp600/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mapillary_tools/process_geotag_properties.py”, line 650, in process_finalize
_show_stats(metadatas, skipped_process_errors=skipped_process_errors)
File “/home/data.lap/mountpoints/PATA-500/spare/pictemp/Thing/Mapillary/lapp600/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mapillary_tools/process_geotag_properties.py”, line 405, in _show_stats
raise exceptions.MapillaryProcessError(
mapillary_tools.exceptions.MapillaryProcessError: Failed to process 5 files. To skip these errors, specify --skip_process_errors

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Appreciated! I’ll look at it soon

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@tao

Noticed a lot of github version updates over the last few weeks. Did the BlackVue vid I posted work with them?

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Hey @bob3bob3 it’s supposed to be fixed in the latest release. Would you mind giving it a try?

# recommand use uv https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/
❯ uvx --pre mapillary_tools --version
mapillary_tools version 0.14.0a2

# Process and upload
❯ uvx --pre mapillary_tools --verbose process_and_upload --user_name $MAPILLARY_USER $INPUT
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Yes have tried 0.14.0a2 using the Linux executable. So far works well for both BlackVue mp4’s and EXIF jpgs’

There were some REDACTED words in the log, I’d guess unimportant;

2025-04-13 16:14:46,790 - DEBUG - HTTP GET https://graph.mapillary.com/me HEADERS={‘Authorization’: ‘[REDACTED]’} TIMEOUT=60
2025-04-13 16:14:47,287 - DEBUG - HTTP 200 (OK): {“id”: “xxxxxx”, “username”: “bob3bob3”}
2025-04-13 16:14:47,287 - INFO - Uploading to profile “bob3bob3”: {‘MAPSettingsUserKey’: ‘xxxxxxxxx’, ‘user_upload_token’: ‘[REDACTED]’, ‘MAPSettingsUsername’: ‘bob3bob3’}

Tnx much,

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Thanks @bob3bob3, very happy to hear that.

Yeah those REDACTED are irrelevant. I will just remove them in the next release.