Is there a way to output in MATLAB from FLIR thermal camera to ".seq" file?

I'm working on bypassing the ResearchIR software for my FLIR thermal camera. The outputs from ResearchIR were ".seq" files which had embedded lots of information that was used for post-processing. Does anyone have any experience or knowledge about which MATLAB output image format is best to still retain thermal signatures and information?

Add-On: Not as important, but struggling to alter default grayscale image to a more thermal similar colormap if anyone has any tips.

[dpb]

Builtin support, no. I didn't know anything about; the best I found was a Python library that might be of some interest @ <flirpy GitHub>. Never used Python meself, but I guess it can be interfaced w/ MATLAB so you possibly could figure out a way to interact with this -- if it supports your particular camera or files.

I didn't go look and Mr Gargle didn't return any hits so probably not there, but you'll want to check for anything on File Exchange.

[Sreedhar Unnikrishnakurup]

Export the file as .mat file and then use a function to convert the data into 3D matrix cube if the data is video

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[Akash]

Hi Jennifer,

Converting ".seq" files into a MAT file format can indeed be challenging. However, "FLIR" offers the "FLIR Atlas SDK" for ".NET", which can be utilized to read ".seq" files. By leveraging MATLAB's ".NET" interoperability capabilities, you can use this "SDK" to import the ".seq" files and then save the extracted data as ".mat" files in MATLAB.

For detailed instructions on how to achieve this, you can refer to the MATLAB Answers post provided in the link below:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/2050317-how-to-convert-flir-seq-file-to-mat-matlab-format?s_tid=answers_rc1-2_p2_MLT

Once you have the data in a ".mat" file, you can display it as an image within MATLAB. For guidance on how to do this, you may find the following MATLAB Answers post helpful:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/23195-display-mat-file-as-an-image