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Mavic Mini - video recorded in the SD card is not payable on a computer

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I made two videos, just minutes apart from each other. The first video plays fine on my computer. It will play using VLC, Omniplayer and Quicktime (this is a iMac)
The second video will not play on any, and software identifying video type shows nothing.
However, both videos play on the cellphone while connected to the RC and the drone. The SD card was formatted properly on the drone.
?????

More information:
Using the option "Save to Album" in DJI FLY did transferred to a location in the phone. Then I was able to fetch it from the phone to the computer, and it played fine. So the recording to the SD failed, but the video was OK in the phone...
Still puzzled.
 
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I made two videos, just minutes apart from each other. The first video plays fine on my computer. It will play using VLC, Omniplayer and Quicktime (this is a iMac)
The second video will not play on any, and software identifying video type shows nothing.
However, both videos play on the cellphone while connected to the RC and the drone. The SD card was formatted properly on the drone.
?????

More information:
Using the option "Save to Album" in DJI FLY did transferred to a location in the phone. Then I was able to fetch it from the phone to the computer, and it played fine. So the recording to the SD failed, but the video was OK in the phone...
Still puzzled.
It is normal if you fail to stop the recording before switching off power to the Drone. Before powering down the drone, check the app to see if you are recording, if recording end the recording then you can safely power down the drone

Hope this helps.

Cheers!
 
Some have had success putting the card back in the drone, starting everything back up, start and stop taking a video, then shut everything down.
As long as you haven't done any other recording on the card or formatting since not properly closing the file. Although if you put it back in the same drone, it should finish it up and close the file properly.
 
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