MacBook as mavic monitor?

[ZeeKodadii]

Was wondering if there is anyway of connecting the controller to my MacBook Pro or laptop instead of an iPad or phone.

I have a great view of mountains around my house and would like to connect to my laptop and fly from home. ( just being lazy )

 

[Lou]

I'm pretty sure the short answer is no. You need an iOS or Android app (DJI GO4, Litchi, etc.) to cast the drone's telemetry and video stream to a device. Your drone WILL fly just fine without any device, you just won't see what it's up to.

 

[rockydog]

Can't be done.

 

[MacPap]

The only solutionI know of is using an airpaly program like AIrServer and mirror everything on the mac

 

[Mavic Ray]

I can mirror my android phone to my windows 10 laptop.
https://mspoweruser.com/cast-android-screen-windows-10-pc/

 

[Kestrel]

How is the latency though.

 

[Mavic Ray]

How is the latency though.

It was about 1-2 seconds. You probably wouldn't want to be flying in tight quarters using the laptop. You could use it as a spectator monitor.

 

[Big Fil]

I think ive read somwhere you can use an Apple TV using airplay from the phone to a macbook.

 

[MacPap]

It was about 1-2 seconds. You probably wouldn't want to be flying in tight quarters using the laptop. You could use it as a spectator monitor.

And to record evertything...

 

[Brannmanndan]

If you download an Android emulator you could then put dji 4 go onto the MacBook. I think that should work.

 

[StBean]

You can screen mirror to most smart TVs now. I tried with my Samsung 55 inch uhd tv. It was ridiculously huge!

 

[WithTheBirds]

You can screen mirror to most smart TVs now. I tried with my Samsung 55 inch uhd tv. It was ridiculously huge!

There have been a lot of advances in the almost two years past since the OP asked the question.

 

[JSmith731]

If you have the SC you can use the HDMI.