# DJI Mini 5 Pro - Best video settings for tracking dog walker **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Answers\ **Tags:** mini-5-pro, editing, video\ **Created:** [27 September 2026 17:41 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-mini-5-pro-best-video-settings-for-tracking-dog-walker/116022 "2026-09-27T17:41:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Samosa](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/samosa/32/230254_2.png) [@Samosa](https://greyarro.ws/u/Samosa)\ **Post date:** [27 September 2026 17:41 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-mini-5-pro-best-video-settings-for-tracking-dog-walker/116022/1 "2026-09-27T17:41:19Z")
I’m newish to droning (DJI mini pro 5) and so far have focused only on practicing controlling the drone/camera. I’ve now been asked to produce some footage of a dog walker with dogs with the output going to a website. What are best video settings on the drone? And what should the output setttings be for a website? Any other tips welcome. AI says: **On the drone:** - **4K / 50 fps** - **1/100 shutter** - ISO 100 where possible - D-Log M if you’re comfortable colour grading - Manual white balance - ND filter as necessary - Normal/standard sharpening rather than heavily sharpening the footage Then in your edit: **Website master:** - **1920 × 1080** - **25 fps** if you want a more cinematic/normal UK-web look - **50 fps** if you want particularly smooth movement - **H.264 MP4** - Rec.709 - Around **8–12 Mbps** for 1080p is a sensible starting point. - Do you agree? ---
**Author:** ![ForestFlyer](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/forestflyer/32/242747_2.png) [@ForestFlyer](https://greyarro.ws/u/ForestFlyer)\ **Post date:** [27 September 2026 21:07 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-mini-5-pro-best-video-settings-for-tracking-dog-walker/116022/2 "2026-09-27T21:07:32Z")
I did some similar, tracked workmen and machinery moving about for their website and used pretty much those settings, had good feedback - manual WB is fine if your not moving around much too. Just my experience but others may have more pro tips. ---
**Author:** ![ziceman](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/ziceman/32/53586_2.png) [@ziceman](https://greyarro.ws/u/ziceman)\ **Post date:** [28 September 2026 00:19 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-mini-5-pro-best-video-settings-for-tracking-dog-walker/116022/3 "2026-09-28T00:19:14Z")
@Samosa 4k 50 or 60 fps is imo a better option much more smoothness, sharper detail and can crop zoom or reframe your shot later in editing without losing clarity, you will get more textures and clearer in the people and surrounding area, you can export as a much better clean1080p final cut benefiting cutting down the video size for a webpage. ---
**Author:** ![ParmoPaul](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/parmopaul/32/170075_2.png) [@ParmoPaul](https://greyarro.ws/u/ParmoPaul)\ **Post date:** [28 September 2026 07:27 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-mini-5-pro-best-video-settings-for-tracking-dog-walker/116022/4 "2026-09-28T07:27:19Z")
Is the output video going to be hosted on the website or via YouTube? The quality on YouTube will be higher if uploaded in 4k , even if the original source video is 1080p, due to the codec used. ---
**Author:** ![Andy401C](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/andy401c/32/229726_2.png) [@Andy401C](https://greyarro.ws/u/Andy401C)\ **Post date:** [28 September 2026 09:52 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-mini-5-pro-best-video-settings-for-tracking-dog-walker/116022/5 "2026-09-28T09:52:11Z")
Contrary to the below 24fps is what I use for any video where people are being filmed. 60fps has no motion blur at all and looks quite unnatural - but is OK for fast action … walking dogs is definitely not ‘fast action’ by any definition. For example, rivers and waterfall footage looks dreadful at 60fps…granular, sharp and ‘bitty’ vs smooth and natural ---
**Author:** ![GreenAJ](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/greenaj/32/241557_2.png) [@GreenAJ](https://greyarro.ws/u/GreenAJ)\ **Post date:** [28 September 2026 10:12 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-mini-5-pro-best-video-settings-for-tracking-dog-walker/116022/6 "2026-09-28T10:12:56Z")
Just a reminder of the 180 degree shutter rule that cinema has proven to be the most pleasant. Whatever your frame rate is, double it and that is the shutter speed you are looking to get closes to. The result being a visually comfortable amount of motion blur and not that ridiculous clean detail that we got from The Hobbit and Avatar 2. ---
**Author:** ![milkmanchris](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/milkmanchris/32/237713_2.png) [@milkmanchris](https://greyarro.ws/u/milkmanchris)\ **Post date:** [28 September 2026 10:16 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-mini-5-pro-best-video-settings-for-tracking-dog-walker/116022/7 "2026-09-28T10:16:29Z")
> [@Andy401C](#): > > 60fps has no motion blur at all and looks quite unnatural Great though if you need to slow anything down in post ---
**Author:** ![GreenAJ](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/greenaj/32/241557_2.png) [@GreenAJ](https://greyarro.ws/u/GreenAJ)\ **Post date:** [28 September 2026 11:16 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-mini-5-pro-best-video-settings-for-tracking-dog-walker/116022/8 "2026-09-28T11:16:58Z")
This. Shooting at 60 and exporting at 30 is one of the easiest “pretty footage” hacks in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Wintermute](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/wintermute/32/206525_2.png) [@Wintermute](https://greyarro.ws/u/Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [28 September 2026 11:43 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-mini-5-pro-best-video-settings-for-tracking-dog-walker/116022/9 "2026-09-28T11:43:06Z")
Not that I am by any means a dog-walker, and looking at the dialogue so far the drone and editing settings are covered for general video work anyway by the suggestions in the forum s​👍 But.. what sort of duration, environment, and walked distance is the drone expected to cover in the livestream? If the dog-walker is expected to just throw the drone into the air (with the above settings ), walk 4 miles, then recover the drone, I fear the stream will probably be quite short due to battery life, trees, other obstacles etc. If the intention is for someone else to manage the streaming and control the drone, you should get a much better result, though repositioning the drone for best shot, changed environment, hazard avoidance etc may not make for a smooth contiguous? Livestream. For me, starting to get overweight, any walk over a mile is severely gonna tax the battery life of the drone AND controller 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Samosa](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/samosa/32/230254_2.png) [@Samosa](https://greyarro.ws/u/Samosa)\ **Post date:** [28 September 2026 21:37 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-mini-5-pro-best-video-settings-for-tracking-dog-walker/116022/10 "2026-09-28T21:37:18Z")
Thanks. No live-streaming. Just looking to get a few short clips which may or may not be mashed together for promotional material on a website. ---
**Author:** ![Wintermute](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/wintermute/32/206525_2.png) [@Wintermute](https://greyarro.ws/u/Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [28 September 2026 21:52 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-mini-5-pro-best-video-settings-for-tracking-dog-walker/116022/11 "2026-09-28T21:52:42Z")
Aahhh, my bad, I interpreted it as a livestream event. I’ll stay (humbly) quiet. 😜