Telemetry info on videos (DJI drones)

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Hi folks, can anyone tell me a reliable way to include the DJI telemetry in my flight videos?

I have a DJI Mavic Mini.

I’ve searched to see if this has been raised before but I’m new to the Group so maybe missed it. If it has been here before can someone post the link?

I’ve been using the cache version of my videos in the DJI Aircraft Album, which is good enough quality to cast to my tv, but there’s none of the height data etc on the video.

The only way I could see of doing it was using Screen Recording on my Samsung phone before I start recording the flight in the app. But when I tried doing this with a video whilst flying, there was a message saying ‘not enough capacity’. Or something like that, which might be because there wasn’t much phone signal as it was rural?

All a bit complicated, but is there an easier way of taking video which includes the drone flight data in the recording? I don’t think the flight data is included even if you use the aircraft SD card in a laptop?

Thanks in advance for any help.

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Hi @there, it looks as though you’re quite new here :wave:t2:

Why not nip over to the Introductions page, and say hello properly and tell us a bit about yourself. :+1:t2:

In response to your question, lookup Telemetry Overlay. I’ve used it myself - very configurable, but not free.

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Hi thanks I will do the intro thing. And thanks for the info. I gather from your response that it’s not just a setting in the DJI app /not easily sorted with some tech knowledge, it’s only possible to with a paying app.

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Without knowing the exact / correct warning that was displayed, I’d guess it was more related to a lack of CPU power.

The DJI Fly app is insanely resource hungry. If you’re on a lower spec or older device, it’ll struggle to do a screen recording at the same time as running Fly :confused:

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Depends how clever you are at getting shit loads of data into OSGs.

I’m not that clever, and the prog works a treat.

This is the kind of thing you can do … and so many other data series, layouts, and representations.

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You could also look for a program called Dashware. There are plenty of download sites that list it.

Last I looked it was no longer supported, so how easy it would be to hook into modern DJI data I’m not sure (Telemetry Overlay does it easily and recognises all the data headings).
Chances are by uploading a flight log to AirData and then downloading a .csv of the data, you could use Excel to manipulate into a format it would accept.

Let me know if you decide to go that route and need any help.

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Ah thanks so much Pingspike. I thought it was either signal or vaguely a processing thing. So the screen recording is a solution but I perhaps need a better phone. Mine is an Android, a Samsung Galaxy A52s so not a flagship model by any means. I will try screen recording at home on the WiFi and see if I can confirm the problem

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Screen recording goes so far … but if you want to colour grade the video and/or change the data that’s displayed during the video - you are stumped.

And - your max resolution is that of your screen - not the 4k the drone is capable of.

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Yeah thanks OzoneVibe, I’m not looking to do anything fancy, just basic telemetry would do

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I can tell you now OzoneVibe, I’m not up to messing about with data and Excel, I’m not clever enough! I’ll definitely try Dashware. How much is Telemetry Overlay?

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£70-ish, as I recall. Also recall seeing some cracks mentioned somewhere.

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Jeez! It’s gone up! link

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Probably better to try and get Dashware working.

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Your connection speed to the internet isn’t the issue here :blush:

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That price is horrendous, but they must know people will pay it

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It is, but there’s basically nothing else out there, and it is bloody excellent.

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You can use Adobe After Effects for £64

More info

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:+1:

But that’s only from .srt files which lack the majority of the data available in log files.

But, yes, might be adequate, and Davinci Resolve (and probably other editing software with subtitle capability) could do the same.

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Pingspike OzoneVibe,

I replicated the problem with the screen recording issue, see attached screen shot. So it looks like not enough resources regarding video quality and I need to step it down in the app. I’ll have a look…

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I can’t find the DJI app setting to reduce video resolution.

I’ve checked screen recording settings and my camera is already set to the lowest 480p

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You’ll need a more powerful device to run DJI Fly and record the screen at the same time.