Newbie question .....

[stormtheCOCKpit]

Brand new to flying drones ..... just got back from my first flight at a nearby high school field. I went for about 10 minutes and didn’t want to push my luck bc of high winds. Just got back and watched the video on my iPhone (same one I used for the flight). I noticed that when watching it did not have any sound. Is there a fix for this ?

 

[fificap]

Hi, there is no sound on video with mavic Mini, never !
You can edit and add music post production.

 

[stormtheCOCKpit]

Hi, there is no sound on video with mavic Mini, never !

Oh man bummer ! That’s for the heads up on that.

 

[stormtheCOCKpit]

Some pics from the first flight ..... nothing great. I’m wondering if I had the best camera settings on

 

[slup]

What you see on your phone is the saved low quality cache file from the live feed you saw during the flight ... the real vid you find on the sd card in the Mini. None of these 2 files will have sound because the Mini doesn't have a mic.

Oh man bummer ! That’s for the heads up on that.

I don't think you actually want it ... I mean just alot of high pitch prop sounds ...

 

[stormtheCOCKpit]

That’s true ..... good point. Makes sense about the cache files .... I’m guessing it’ll look better on the card.

 

[Guitarzan]

As previously posted, there is no audio recording on the drone because there is no microphone.

 

[Dbez1]

What you see on your phone is the saved low quality cache file from the live feed you saw during the flight ... the real vid you find on the sd card in the Mini. None of these 2 files will have sound because the Mini doesn't have a mic.



I don't think you actually want it ... I mean just alot of high pitch prop sounds ...

Are you saying that if I download my files directly to my phone before shutting the aircraft off, it is less quality than pulling the SD card and downloading that to my phone? Thanks.

 

[slup]

Are you saying that if I download my files directly to my phone before shutting the aircraft off, it is less quality than pulling the SD card and downloading that to my phone? Thanks.

That's another story, going through the gallery ... then you actually transfer the real file to your phone. Feasible for full size stills but hardly effective for 4K vids as they are pretty hefty in size making the WiFi transfer take some while & AC battery %. Once on phone I imagine the full vids are pretty slow to work with phone processor load wise.

 

[Gkinghrn]

Not if you download The files but the default real time capture to your phone as you fly is low quality.

 

[Dbez1]

Okay, I understand now and you’re correct about videos being slow to download. I use video sparingly and try to make my clips short but in the future will go directly from the SD to my iPad. I have not been considering the battery recharge issue. Evidently there is a limited number of recharges. With my DSLR, I have 2 batteries and I keep them both at full capacity. I’m going on 5 years now and it continues to have good battery life. Sorry, it appears I’m hijacking this thread but one thing led to another ?.

 

[stormtheCOCKpit]

Okay, I understand now and you’re correct about videos being slow to download. I use video sparingly and try to make my clips short but in the future will go directly from the SD to my iPad. I have not been considering the battery recharge issue. Evidently there is a limited number of recharges. With my DSLR, I have 2 batteries and I keep them both at full capacity. I’m going on 5 years now and it continues to have good battery life. Sorry, it appears I’m hijacking this thread but one thing led to another [emoji848].

Haha no worries ! That’s how we all learn

 

[70Falcon]

If it did have a mic, would you hear anything other than the whir of the motors/blades?

 

[Thomas B]

If slow transfer is a concern, just do a drag and drop of the files.

 

[67A1F DG]

One option to record sound is by using the phone screen capture option. Cannot speak to Android phones, but my iphone has an option in the control center to record and capture video of what is shown on the phone screen and any audio that is within range of the phone.

What I like about it is that all the flight information during the flight is recorded as you see it in live time on the screen. Provides you a visual flight record. You see this function used by you tube drone reviewers all the time.

Try it, you'll like it.

 

[nn666]

No drones have mics, all you would hear is rotor noise and wind.