Creator Combo

freddv · Wednesday at 10:43 AM

I think it has become very expensive, so I'm considering buying the regular version instead. Except for the remote, which is nice. Does the video recording on the regular version have a noticeable decrease in quality?

PINEBARON · Wednesday at 10:56 AM

I have the Creator Combo version. The Creator Combo supports the All Eye video codec, which records every frame, resulting in larger file sizes but easier editing. The standard Mavic 4 Pro doesn't have this codec.

akdrone · Wednesday at 12:34 PM

Plus the creator combo has a 512GB internal which cuts both ways in that if you shoot all day with it and loose the drone you've lost a lot of important footage...which happened to a friend.

akdrone · Wednesday at 12:35 PM

freddv said:
I think it has become very expensive, so I'm considering buying the regular version instead. Except for the remote, which is nice. Does the video recording on the regular version have a noticeable decrease in quality?

I ordered the creative combo when I thought I could actually get one from BH Video, mostly because of the much brighter screen and larger screen size.

PINEBARON · Wednesday at 12:42 PM

akdrone said:
Plus the creator combo has a 512GB internal which cuts both ways in that if you shoot all day with it and loose the drone you've lost a lot of important footage...which happened to a friend.

Despite the 512GB, I still installed a 1TB sd card in it although live recordings are preferred within its 512GB memory.

AstroNoot · Wednesday at 3:29 PM

akdrone said:
Plus the creator combo has a 512GB internal which cuts both ways in that if you shoot all day with it and loose the drone you've lost a lot of important footage...which happened to a friend.

If you record with an SD card you lose it with the drone aswell though?

PINEBARON · Wednesday at 3:37 PM

AstroNoot said:
If record with an SD card you lose it with the drone aswell though?

I don't worry about such things. If I lose the drone, DJI will replace it.

parkgt · Wednesday at 5:20 PM

PINEBARON said:
I have the Creator Combo version. The Creator Combo supports the All Eye video codec, which records every frame, resulting in larger file sizes but easier editing. The standard Mavic 4 Pro doesn't have this codec.

I think if you research you will find the ALL-I is much harder to deal with in post and not worth the effort. Even those with powerful computers are having difficulties.

They may improve it over time but right now it is not ready for prime time.

UAVquadman · Wednesday at 6:56 PM

parkgt said:
I think if you research you will find the ALL-I is much harder to deal with in post and not worth the effort. Even those with powerful computers are having difficulties.

They may improve it over time but right now it is not ready for prime time.

less processing power required.

Starz · Wednesday at 6:57 PM

PINEBARON said:
I don't worry about such things. If I lose the drone, DJI will replace it.

A few questions for my education please.
How many have you lost?
How many at pilot error verses defective product?
Cost for replacement(s)?
Thanks

akdrone · Wednesday at 8:14 PM

AstroNoot said:
If you record with an SD card you lose it with the drone aswell though?

After watching my friend lose his drone and SD card I began using smaller cards and changing them out through the day.

parkgt · Wednesday at 9:20 PM

UAVquadman said:
less processing power required.

What gave you that idea?

UAVquadman · Wednesday at 10:17 PM

parkgt said:
What gave you that idea?

when I looked it up on google. but for this drone the bugs will be worked out is my guess if there are any now like you said.

parkgt · Wednesday at 10:20 PM

UAVquadman said:
when I looked it up on google. but for this drone the bugs will be worked out is my guess if there are any now like you said.

Better read the reports of users of the MP4 that are reporting major issues in post before misleading others.

nevadariver · 2025-06-05T08:24:55-0400

Beware of Ebay offerings from Hong Kong.. they are permittting sellers to advertise creator combo packages without the new RC2 Pro Controller with photos with the the Pro controller shown in the in the photo and only with the old RC2.. this bait and switch marketing from Ebay and maybe other retailers will surely result in a class action suit who will be declining delivery in the month of June. I forecast this will get very ugly for Ebay and other retailers in the middle of this bait and switch scheme.

UAVquadman · 2025-06-05T12:53:33-0400

parkgt said:
Better read the reports of users of the MP4 that are reporting major issues in post before misleading others.

with Apple computers yes many bugs

akdrone · 2025-06-05T15:04:53-0400

UAVquadman said:
with Apple computers yes many bugs

If you consider ProRes to be an All-I version which I think it technically is, then Mac computers (and many others) have hardware support built in so processing that is very, very smooth. For whatever reason, both Mac and PC users are reporting a lot of problems with DJI's All-I which may indeed be a firmware update but it's unlikely processing their All-I version will never be as fast as using ProRes.

UAVquadman · 2025-06-05T23:18:27-0400

akdrone said:
If you consider ProRes to be an All-I version which I think it technically is, then Mac computers (and many others) have hardware support built in so processing that is very, very smooth. For whatever reason, both Mac and PC users are reporting a lot of problems with DJI's All-I which may indeed be a firmware update but it's unlikely processing their All-I version will never be as fast as using ProRes.

my brother would convert all his files to ProRes before editing but he has a slow apple computer. He flew the Phantom 4 Pro. Well they better fix the All-I or that would be a reason to return it.

bkushner · 2025-06-06T01:12:15-0400

akdrone said:
I ordered the creative combo when I thought I could actually get one from BH Video, mostly because of the much brighter screen and larger screen size.

Did B&H cancel your preorder?